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“Bee” on alert. Roughly 250 million bees escaped into the wild when a commercial semi-truck rolled over in Washington state, prompting officials to warn locals to stay away from the area. The truck was hauling 70,000 pounds of honey bee hives when it overturned in a rural part of Whatcom County, just north of Seattle near the Canadian border, around 4 a.m. Friday, according to the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office.

Eighteen states sued the Trump administration Monday over its halting of permits for wind-energy projects, arguing that its actions posed an existential threat to the burgeoning industry.“This administration is devastating one of our nation’s fastest-growing sources of clean, reliable and affordable energy,” said Attorney General Letitia James of New York, which is one of the plaintiffs. She said the halt threatened “the loss of thousands of good-paying jobs and billions in investments” and was “delaying our transition away from the fossil fuels that harm our health and our planet.”The halt on federal permits for wind energy was first laid out...

Video surveillance captured the attack on a student at Washington State University in Pullman, WA. Both attackers relived of their college jobs. The instructor Patrick Mahoney is now facing assault charges.

A Washington State University (WSU) instructor and PhD student was arrested for allegedly assaulting an engineering student who was wearing a red “Take America Back” hat from the 2024 Donald Trump campaign, according to a police report obtained by “The Jason Rantz Show” on KTTH. The victim, Jay Sani, told Pullman Police that he was walking to a restaurant when the suspect, identified as Patrick Mahoney, grabbed the MAGA hat and threw it onto the street. After attempting to defend himself, the police reports say that Mahoney, along with a second suspect identified as Gerald Hoff, “grabbed Sani and took...

WSU PhD student arrested and suspended from teaching classes Pullman police arrested WSU PhD student Patrick Mahoney and charged him with 4th degree assault late in the evening of Feb. 28. Mahoney was held at the police department before being released with a set court date. The alleged assault occurred just outside of campus, near Valhalla Bar and Grill. The victim of the assault, Jay Sani, is said to be an engineering student at WSU. According to a statement on Facebook, Sani was wearing a red Make America Great Again hat, which Mahoney ripped off before throwing it into the...

George Washington could be removed from the flag of the state that bears his name, with local Democrats accused of a woke plot to erase him from history. Washington state lawmakers want to redesign their current emblem from 1923 that sees the United States' first president's face sit in the center of a green background. Progressive Dem politicians Strom Peterson, Julia Reed and Greg Nance introduced House Bill 1938 They want the existing flag to be ditched for a more 'representative' design In a post on Olympia Time, O'Connell wrote: 'We all know that symbols matter. Without much prompting, we...

The mysterious duo who were pulled over in Coventry, Vt. in the deadly shootout are leftist trans militants with alleged ties to a trans terror cell allegedly involved in three other homicides. On Inauguration Day, the shocking news that a US Border Patrol officer had been shot dead near the Canadian border in Vermont in an incident involving a now-deceased foreign national was overshadowed by coverage of Donald Trump's events in the nation's capital. One week later, a 21-year-old Washington woman was charged over the deadly incident, but little has been reported about her and her deceased accomplice, a German...

The FBI announced the arrest of a suspect Friday in the killing of U.S. Border Patrol Agent David "Chris" Maland near the Vermont-Canada border. Washington state resident Teresa Youngblut, 21, was taken into custody following the fatal shooting on Monday, according to the FBI’s office in Albany, N.Y. "The United States Attorney’s Office District of Vermont has charged Youngblut with assault on a federal law enforcement officer," it said. "Our hearts remain with our partners at U.S. Border Patrol Swanton Sector as they mourn this tremendous loss."

BURLINGTON, Vt. — The FBI says an arrest has been made in connection to the fatal shooting death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent who was from Minnesota. On Friday, FBI Albany announced a 21-year-old woman from Washington state, Teresa Youngblut, was arrested in David "Chris" Maland's death in Vermont. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Vermont has since charged Youngblut with assault on a federal law enforcement officer. "Our hearts remain with our partners at U.S. Border Patrol Swanton Sector as they mourn this tremendous loss," the FBI said. Maland, who was born in Blue Earth, Minnesota, was killed Monday...

Police arrested a 52-year-old Airway Heights woman Thursday on suspicion of possessing multiple explosives. The woman, Angela Andreas-Miller, faces eight potential charges of manufacturing, possessing or disposing of an incendiary device, arrest records show. Airway Heights police found one device in her apartment at 13660 W. 6th Ave., according to a news release from the department. They found seven more in her car. Police first arrived at the residence to serve a search warrant for alleged identity theft when they found a device, the release said. Those living in the apartment complex were evacuated as a precaution. Court records say...

At 9PM on January 26, 1700 one of the world's largest earthquakes occurred along the west coast of North America. The undersea Cascadia thrust fault ruptured along a 680 mile length, from mid Vancouver Island to northern California in a great earthquake, producing tremendous shaking and a huge tsunami that swept across the Pacific. The Cascadia fault is the boundary between two of the Earth's tectonic plates: the smaller offshore Juan de Fuca plate that is sliding under the much larger North American plate. The earthquake also left unmistakable signatures in the geological record as the outer coastal regions subsided...

Source: University Of Washington Date: 2003-10-31 Japanese Shipwreck Adds To Evidence Of Great Cascadia Earthquake In 1700 Evidence has mounted for nearly 20 years that a great earthquake ripped the seafloor off the Washington coast in 1700, long before there were any written records in the region. Now, a newly authenticated record of a fatal shipwreck in Japan has added an intriguing clue. Written records collected from villages along a 500-mile stretch of the main Japanese island of Honshu show the coast was hit by a series of waves, collectively called a tsunami, on Jan. 28, 1700. Because no Japanese...

SEATTLE - Washington governor-elect Bob Ferguson announced on Monday that he is creating a subcommittee in his transition team with the sole aim of fighting Project 2025, which they expect will be put into motion by the Trump Administration. Ferguson's committee will be co-chaired by Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates CEO Jennifer Allen and King County Councilmember Jorge L. Barón, who formerly served as executive director of the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project from 2008 to 2023. "We are preparing in case President Trump attacks Washingtonians’ core freedoms," Governor-elect Ferguson said. "We will keep Washington moving forward no matter what happens at...

A Jordanian migrant was busted trying to illegally cross the northern border earlier this month — and the feds believe he’s a terrorist. Mohammad Hasan Abdellatif Albana, 41, was booted from the US on Nov. 15 after Border Patrol agents caught him near the northern border in Lynden, Washington, where he was caught sneaking into the country, Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Wednesday. It’s unclear when Albana sneaked in or where.

A Seattle man was arrested and could face 10 years in prison for doing burnouts on an LGBTQ+ mural. Ivan Barzul, 21, was taken into custody Tuesday at his home in Renton after being accused of vandalizing the City’s LGBTQ+ Pride art piece, and nearly hitting pedestrians and cars as he did so. He's accused of committing the crime on three different occasions - July 14, September 7 and September 15 - at the mural, according to the Bellevue Police Department. Barzul was arrested for three counts of malicious mischief (first-degree vandalism), and three counts of reckless driving. He could...

An 82-year-old Edmonds woman was arrested Monday for a hate crime after assaulting two trump supporters, according to the Edmonds Police Department. She has not been charged, but a judge found probable cause for a hate crime offense and two counts of fourth-degree assault Tuesday. On Wednesday, a newly released police body camera video shows the suspect explaining to responding officers what happened. The 82-year-old told police, “I approached her, and I said I want to know why you're voting for Trump. That's the only thing. And. And I said because you're brown-skinned." Promoted Links Seattle: Say Bye To Your...

A teenage boy allegedly killed his software engineer father, his mom and three of his four siblings in their $2million Washington home, DailyMail.com can reveal. Mark Humiston, 42, his wife Sarah and three of their children were found shot dead on Monday inside their rustic mansion in Fall City by Lake Alice, about 30 miles east of Seattle, which has some of the most expensive homes in America. A 15-year-old boy was taken into custody after allegedly murdering five of the family's seven members. Police have not revealed the names or ages of the victims -- or their relationship to...

SEATTLE (KOMO) — Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson addressed recent developments in the state's governor's race Monday morning, days after two [other] people named Robert Ferguson joined the ballot...Right wing activist Glen Morgan posted...he was the "volunteer campaign manager for two of the Bob Fergusons running for governor. They are both superior in every way to the AG running for the same office..." [Wash state has "Top 2" Primaries]

A presidential election poll conducted April 16 through 23 by The Bullfinch Group, has the presumptive Republican nominee, Donald J Trump, winning Washington state in a 5-way race with current presidential contenders Joe Biden (D), Robert F Kennedy Jr (I), Jill Stein (G), and Cornel West (I). According to the poll, which is sponsored by The Independent Center, Trump leads with 40%, to Biden’s 35%, Kennedy has 13%, Stein is at 4% West came in at 1%, and approximately 8% of respondents were unsure who they would be voting for president. What may provide some additional insight, is that 45%...

MUKILTEO — Calling all unicorns. Mukilteo police want you on the force. What’s up with that? A uniformed unicorn police officer with rainbow hair is featured in a new recruitment strategy that reads: “Unicorns may not be real but a career with the Mukilteo Police is pure magic.” The city has two openings on its force slotted for 32 commissioned police officers. Entry-level pay is $81,544 to $105,295. Rookies must be at least 21 with a high school diploma or equivalent. “There’s a whole population who would be amazing police officers that had probably never even thought about the job...