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Aug. 10—According to a map of the Washington State International Kite Festival, Northwest winds are expected to blow through a sandy stretch of "buried kite anchors," where enthusiastic kite flyers will soon set up an annual display of colorful and unique kites along the shores of the Long Beach Peninsula. One image from a previous kite festival shows a trio of airborne gray whales flying over ...
Aug. 10—On a warm August 2021 morning in Kabul, Afghanistan's capital city was unnaturally quiet in the week that followed the United States' troop withdrawal. That day, an Afghan citizen and U.S. translator (referred to here as "John" to protect his identity) began to make his way to his work shift at 3 p.m. before traffic forced his driver to turn around. John returned home before going to ...
Aug. 10—KINGSTON, N.Y. — Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro and Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan will face off in a special election on Aug. 23 for the 19th Congressional seat vacated in May by former U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado, who stepped down to become lieutenant governor. The victor in the election will serve out the remainder of Delgado's term, which ends on Dec. 31. In a bit of an ...
Aug. 10—Olivia Newton-John captured the hearts of millions with her radiant smile, piercing eyes and long blond hair. She had a strong singing voice and charming Australian accent to go along with the beauty of a goddess and personality of an angel. "She was beautiful beyond belief, and she was always so nice to me," Joliet native Skip Griparis recalled. Newton-John, who sold more than 100 ...
Aug. 10—Members of the Northern Colorado Martial Arts Academy and Team USA recently returned from the Pencak Silat World Championships in Malaysia. Jackson Taggart, who trains at the facility in Ault, placed sixth in the world. He advanced to the quarterfinals and competed against other athletes from 22 countries. Though he did not medal in his weight class, Taggart was invited to train with ...
LOS ANGELES — Authorities investigating the crash in the Windsor Hills neighborhood that left five people dead are trying to sort out the actions and mindset of the nurse who prosecutors say plowed her Mercedes into the intersection. Investigators are still trying to get a full account of what brought Nicole Lorraine Linton, 37, to the corner of Slauson and La Brea avenues last Thursday ...
Brussels — EU member states are no longer allowed to import coal from Russia after the transitional period for the bloc's embargo ended at midnight (2200 GMT) on Wednesday.The embargo was part of the fifth sanctions package agreed by the EU in April and will be in full force from Thursday onwards.EU countries had agreed on a transitional period of 120 days to give the industry time to adapt to ...
Is COVID losing its fangs and becoming more like the flu? SAN JOSE, Calif. — Today’s hyper-transmissible strain of the COVID-19 virus has sent cases soaring across the country. But rising deaths — the grim marker of earlier dangerous surges — haven’t kept pace, and the average risk of dying from an infection is dropping to levels almost as low as seasonal influenza, leading epidemiologists ...
LONDON — A man alleged to be the fourth member of a terror cell known as The Beatles has reportedly been arrested in the U.K. on terror charges. Aine Davis, 38, was arrested on Wednesday evening after arriving into Luton airport on a flight from Turkey, according to BBC News. He was arrested in relation to offenses under sections 15, 17 and 57 of the Terrorism Act, 2000. Davis was arrested by ...
MINNEAPOLIS — U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar spent months largely ignoring her Democratic challenger. "I have not given it a thought," Omar, D-Minn., said in June when asked about the state of the primary race, going on to declare, "We're going to do great, as always." But in Tuesday's primary, amid lower turnout and some voter frustration over her policies and style, the 5th Congressional District ...