SEATTLE (AP) — BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state, a federal judge ordered Monday after finding the company intentionally trespassed when it ran trains to several times 100-car trains carrying crude oil across the tribe’s reservation. U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik initially ruled last year that … Read more
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon emergency crews rescued 28 people Friday after they were trapped for about a half-hour upside down on a ride at a century-old amusement park. Portland Fire and Rescue said on the social platform All riders were evacuated and medically examined, and no injuries were reported. A rider with a pre-existing … Read more
SEATTLE (AP) – William Anders, the elder Apollo 8 The astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo showing the planet as a shaded blue marble from space in 1968 was killed Friday when the plane he was piloting alone plunged into the waters off the San Juan Islands, Washington State. He was 90 years old. … Read more
SEATTLE (AP) — Retired Maj. The general. William Anders, the elder Apollo 8 The astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo showing the planet as a shaded blue marble from space in 1968 was killed Friday when the plane he was piloting alone plunged into the waters off the San Juan Islands, Washington State. He … Read more
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon officials have closed the state’s entire coastline to mussel harvesting because of an “unprecedented” outbreak of seafood poisoning that has sickened at least 20 people. They also banned the harvest of razor clams, clams and oysters in parts of the Oregon Coast. “We had a paralytic seafood poisoning event in … Read more
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho jury unanimously agreed Saturday that Convicted killer Chad Daybell deserves the death penalty for the gruesome murders of his wife and his girlfriend’s two youngest children, ending a dark case that began in 2019 with the search for two missing children. Daybell, 55, dressed in a dress shirt and … Read more
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho man was convicted Thursday of killing his wife and his new girlfriend’s two youngest children in a strange triple murder case this included allegations of doomsday prophecies, zombie children, and illicit affairs. Jurors deliberated only six hours before finding Chad Daybell guilty, closing a case that began in 2019 … Read more