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Massive fishing boat fire covers Seattle area in smoke

A large fishing vessel in Tacoma, Washington, was still burning Monday morning after catching fire early Saturday, sparking concerns of air pollution and drawing firefighters to the scene to extinguish the blaze. The shelter-in-place order that was issued for certain neighborhoods over the weekend was lifted Monday morning because of… Read More

Cisco still faces caste discrimination suit, even after case dismissal

The California Civil Rights Department has voluntarily dismissed its case alleging caste discrimination against two Cisco engineers, while still keeping alive its litigation against the Silicon Valley tech giant. The two Cisco supervisors, Sundar Iyer and Ramana Kompella, were accused in the department’s lawsuit of discriminating and harassing an employee… Read More

Free COVID testing will fade with US health emergency in May

When the COVID-19 public health emergency ends in the U.S. next month, you’ll still have access to a multitude of tests but with one big difference: Who pays for them. For the first time, you may have to pick up some or all of the costs, depending on insurance coverage… Read More

Ousted Tennessee Dem restored Monday

One of the two Democrats who were expelled last week from the GOP-led Tennessee House was reinstated Monday after Nashville’s governing council voted to send him straight back to the Legislature. The unanimous vote by the Nashville Metropolitan Council took only a few minutes to restore Rep. Justin Jones to… Read More

Karine Jean-Pierre was not ready for this explosive response

Since 2021, President Joe Biden’s White House has faced accusations of sheltering Biden from the press. On Monday, White House P)ress Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre took questions about the lack of a press conference ahead of Biden’s visit to Ireland. Jean-Pierre dismissed the questions, and even the liberal media reporters present… Read More

Retired Iowa mechanic wins lotto on April Fools’ Day

At first, the recent winner of a $40 million jackpot says he couldn’t believe he won the lottery — after all, he bought the ticket on April Fools’ Day. “I thought it was a joke,” said Earl Lape, a 61-year-old retired mechanic from Dubuque, Iowa. Only after confirming his Lotto… Read More

Leaked documents may have origin in chatroom for gamers

A major leak of classified U.S. documents that’s shaken Washington and exposed new details of its intelligence gathering may have started in a chatroom on a social media platform popular with gamers. Held on the Discord platform, which hosts real-time voice, video and text chats, a discussion originally created to… Read More

Al Jaffee, longtime Mad magazine cartoonist, dead at 102

Al Jaffee, Mad magazine’s award-winning cartoonist and ageless wise guy who delighted millions of kids with the sneaky fun of the Fold-In and the snark of “Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions,” has died. He was 102. Jaffee died Monday in Manhattan from multiple organ failure, according to his granddaughter, Fani… Read More

Joe Biden makes a 2024 big announcement

On Monday, President Joe Biden hosted the White House’s annual Easter Egg Roll. Predictably, the 46th president committed some embarrassing gaffes… but he also gave hints about 2024. Sponsored: Eerie WW2 Photo Reveals Shocking Secret The White House Easter Egg Roll dates to 1878, when President Rutherford B. Hayes opened… Read More