Western Washington is facing a “historic” flooding crisis that has forced tens of thousands to flee their homes and could displace thousands more Friday as rivers reach record levels. There have been ...

Residents began packing up and fleeing rising rivers in western Washington state Wednesday as a new wave of heavy rain swept into a region still reeling from a storm that triggered rescues and road ...

Days of heavy rain pushed waterways to record flood levels in a mountainous region north of Seattle. “Do not wait,” local officials warned residents, urging them to seek higher ground. Days of heavy ...

California has announced two new state symbols. Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation on Friday establishing the bigberry manzanita as California’s state shrub and the giant garter snake as the ...

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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Green Bay Packers defensive end Micah Parsons remains grateful to Washington Commanders coach Dan Quinn, even though they're no longer together in Dallas. Quinn was Dallas' ...

On July 20, President Trump reiterated his call for the Washington Commanders™ to change their name back to the Washington Redskins, this time by threatening a proposed DC stadium deal if the change ...

In July 2020, the NFL’s Washington Redskins announced it would drop its name and Native American logo, which some deemed offensive. The team adopted the name Commanders in 2022. But the family of the ...

There was a rare bit of good news out of the nation’s capital this week with a report that the owners of Washington's NFL team are seriously considering President Donald Trump’s demand to restore the ...

CLEVELAND (AP) — President Donald Trump is threatening to hold up a new stadium deal for Washington’s NFL team if it does not restore its old name of the Redskins, which was considered offensive to ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... I was browsing some local turquoise at a gas station in the Pueblo of Pojaque in northern New Mexico last summer when a native man rolled ...

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