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Part of Highway 2 to reopen after being closed for flooding

A section of Highway 2 north of Leavenworth to Stevens Pass will partially reopen Monday morning, part of a 49-mile stretch of highway that has been closed for more than a week, Gov. Bob Ferguson said Friday. About 20 miles will be open from Coles Corner to Stevens Pass, allowing access to the ski resort from the east. A pilot car will guide vehicles for about 7 miles along a single lane near ...
News >  World

Thailand and Cambodia sign truce to halt fierce border conflict

BANGKOK – Thailand and Cambodia agreed on Saturday to halt weeks of fierce border clashes, the worst fighting in years between the Southeast Asian countries ‌that has included fighter jets sorties, ‌exchange of rocket fire ‌and artillery barrages.
News >  Pacific NW

Rick Steves’ gift saves Lynnwood center for ‘my homeless neighbors’

Sandra Mears refused to believe the Lynnwood Hygiene Center would close, even as she planned its goodbye party. Around 700 unsheltered people in south Snohomish County relied on the center for hot showers, meals and a safe place to rest. But last month, after five years of renting the site for free to the Jean Kim Foundation, the landowner said he had to sell. The center announced its Dec. 12 ...
News >  Nation

Wealth tax floated in California has billionaires thinking of leaving

LOS ANGELES – Billionaires including Peter Thiel, a tech venture capitalist, and Larry Page, a co-founder of Google, are considering cutting or reducing their ties to California by the end of the year because of a proposed ballot measure that could tax the state’s wealthiest residents, according to five people familiar with their thinking.
News >  Nation

Patel says FBI headquarters to ‘permanently close’ with move

FBI Director Kash Patel said the agency’s historic-but-aging headquarters in Washington would be “shut down permanently” as he shifts personnel into the building once occupied by the now-defunct U.S. Agency for International Development. “After more than 20 years of failed attempts, we finalized a plan to permanently close the FBI’s Hoover headquarters and move the workforce into a safe, ...
News >  Nation

California withdraws lawsuit challenging Trump’s $4 billion high-speed rail funding cut

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California this week withdrew its lawsuit against the Trump administration over the termination of about $4 billion in federal funding for its high-speed rail project, citing the federal government’s unreliability as the reason for the decision. The development follows a lawsuit filed in July, when California sued the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal ...
News >  Weather

2 ski patrollers caught in avalanche at California’s Mammoth Mountain after big storm

For the second time in less than a year, a pair of ski patrollers at Mammoth Mountain have been caught in an avalanche after a major snowstorm. At about 7:30 a.m. Friday, before the resort in eastern California opened, the two were performing "avalanche mitigation work" when a sudden slide occurred on Lincoln Mountain, according to Joani Lynch, vice president for marketing and sales. The pair ...
News >  Nation

Could expiring health insurance subsidies be revived retroactively?

WASHINGTON — There is still hope for getting help with health care premiums for Obamacare policies next year. Though enhanced subsidies for the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, policies are ending Wednesday, there’s a possibility Congress and President Donald Trump can apply them in 2026 so they wind up helping people all year. “While the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits ...
News >  Nation

Flights canceled, roads closed as storms hit U.S. holiday travel

Major storms on both U.S. coasts and into the upper Midwest are disrupting travel plans during the busy postholiday period when many Americans are making their way back home. More than 1,600 flights across the United States had been canceled as of 1:30 p.m. Eastern time Friday, according to the FlightAware website. There were more than 19,000 flight delays. New York City’s three major airports ...
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