Truck driver stops for a lottery ticket — and scores $5 million win in North Carolina
A truck driver stopped for a lottery ticket — and scored a life-changing prize in North Carolina. Melchor Aguilar, of South ...
Tri-City lawmaker pens bills to expand tax breaks for disabled vets, access to fed funds
A Tri-Cities lawmaker has prefiled two bills in the Washington Legislature to expand property tax relief for disabled vets and help communities secure more federal funds. The bills come as legislators ...
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WA is failing to curb homelessness. Gov.-elect Ferguson must figure out why | Editorial
The Biden administration chose the Friday between Christmas and New Year’s Day to release the nation’s most recent census of homeless people, a traditional day to try to bury bad news. It won’t work.
Hiker gets lost on trail and spends New Year’s Eve stranded, Hawaii officials say
A hiker in Hawaii rang in the new year lost on a challenging trail before he was rescued around sunrise, officials said. The ...
Daring test challenged 11 rattlesnakes to escape in Arizona office. See what happened
Giving 11 venomous snakes a chance to escape inside your office sounds risky, but one of the nation’s top rattlesnake experts ...
Shooter admits to killing a homeless man at Richland’s Uptown Shopping Center
Murder suspect Isiah N. Rodriguez makes his preliminary appearance Dec. 5 in Benton County Superior Court via a video link ...
2 Tri-Cities ballplayers ranked ‘top prospects’ to be drafted into Major League Baseball
Two local players are on the latest Top 100 MLB Draft Prospects list just published by MLB Pipeline. Kamiakin graduate Payton ...
Mom turns in son after seeing social media post about attempted robbery, Florida cops say
A mom recognized her son in a social media post from law enforcement seeking to identify a suspect in an attempted armed ...
Police investigating DUI report at 7-Eleven find woman’s body in car, Utah cops say
Police investigating a DUI in Utah ended up arresting a man on suspicion of murder after they found a body in the back of his vehicle, officials said. Officers went to a 7-Eleven in Bluffdale, which ...
Meaningless? Eliminated Seahawks finale at West champ Rams is Geno Smith’s $6M game
Seattle’s final game of the 2024 season at the NFC West-champion Los Angeles Rams is the veteran quarterback’s $6 million game. That’s how much he stands to earn in contract incentives and bonus cash ...
Man visiting family for Christmas buys lottery ticket in Iowa hometown — and wins big
A lottery ticket bought at a hometown grocery store paid off for one lottery player visiting his family in Iowa over ...