More than 3,000 prisoners in Washington have been mistakenly released early since 2002 because of an error by the state’s Department of Corrections that resulted in wrongly calculated sentences for about 3 percent of the prison population. At a news conference announcing the error Tuesday, Gov. Jay Inslee said he… Read More
El Nino washes rare, venomous snake onto American coasts
A dead yellow-bellied sea snake from southern Mexico has been discovered on Bolsa Chica beach, only the third one ever reported in California. Natural History Museum snake curator Greg Pauly says it’s only the seventh or eighth one ever seen north of Baja California’s Magdalena Bay. All the California sightings… Read More
May the police force be with you! Man in prison after Star Wars argument
An 18-year-old Helena man is charged with threatening to shoot a boy for sharing information about a subplot of the new “Star Wars” movie during an online conversation. Arthur Charles Roy was charged with felony assault with a weapon Monday during an appearance in Lewis and Clark County Justice Court…. Read More
The return of Superman? Scientists invent real X-Ray vision
The superpower we’ve all been waiting for could finally be possible! The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has developed software that allows radio signals to recognize human silhouettes through walls. The Associated Press contributed to this article.
Meet Rafia Farook – Mother and roommate of the San Bernardino shooters
When Rafia Sultana Farook needed help, she often turned to her younger son, a quiet and devout Muslim who the FBI says began veering toward radical ideology while living under her roof. After filing for divorce and claiming she was abused, Farook relied on Syed Rizwan Farook to help supervise… Read More
No indictment in case of Texas woman who died in jail
A grand jury decided that neither sheriff’s officials nor jailers committed a crime in the treatment of a black woman who died in a Texas county jail last summer, but it has not yet determined whether the state trooper who arrested her should face charges, a prosecutor said. Prosecutor Darrell… Read More
NYC to allow men in women’s bathrooms
Welcome to New York, where restaurant owners will no longer be allowed to require male diners to wear ties and gyms can’t tell men to get out of the women’s locker room or bathroom. They’re even trying to control business owners and employees’ free speech. Violators that call a woman “Ma’am” when… Read More
Health experts warn about cardiac arrest signs. Here’s what to look out for
Sudden cardiac arrest may not always be so sudden: New research suggests a lot of people may ignore potentially life-saving warning signs hours, days, even a few weeks before they collapse. Cardiac arrest claims about 350,000 U.S. lives a year. It’s not a heart attack, but worse: The heart abruptly… Read More
Alleged murderous cult dad offered plea deal
Prosecutors say he helped beat his two teens savagely as part of a cult ritual, one of whom was beaten to death. Now, he could be making a deal. The father of two teens beaten inside an upstate New York church has been offered a plea deal in his second-degree… Read More
“Everything offends everyone,” says teacher forced to take down small pink Christmas tree
A Maine high school has reversed its decision to prevent a math teacher from keeping a pink Hello Kitty Christmas tree in her classroom. Bangor High School officials had said Catherine Gordon had to remove the tree. The superintendent said the tree needed an educational component. But WABI-TV reports principal… Read More