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  • General: Pentagon hesitated on sending Guard to Capitol riot

    March 03, 2021 - 4:04 PM

    WASHINGTON - Defence Department leaders placed unusual restrictions on the National Guard for the day of the Capitol riot and delayed sending help for hours despite an urgent plea from police for reinforcement, according to testimony Wednesday that added to the finger-pointing about the government response.

  • '3rd time's a charm': SpaceX Starship nails landing in test

    March 03, 2021 - 4:19 PM

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - SpaceX’s futuristic Starship finally aced a touchdown Wednesday after two previous tries ended in massive fireballs.

  • NTSB: Plane began a turn, descent before fatal Alaska crash

    March 03, 2021 - 4:15 PM

    JUNEAU, Alaska - A plane that crashed in Alaska's Wrangell-St Elias National Park last month, killing two people, began a gradual right turn and a descent shortly before the accident, a preliminary report released Wednesday says.

  • Mississippi River cities join project to map plastic litter

    March 03, 2021 - 4:07 PM

    TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Cities along the Mississippi River will take part in a global system to determine where plastic pollution comes from and how it ends up in waterways as a first step toward solving the problem, officials said Wednesday.

  • Businesses tied to Noem family got $600,000 in virus grants

    March 03, 2021 - 4:03 PM

    PIERRE, S.D. - Family members of South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem received more than $600,000 in funds from a state grant program pushed by the governor that directed federal coronavirus relief funds to small businesses.

  • Study: Chinook salmon are key to Northwest orcas all year

    March 03, 2021 - 3:55 PM

    SEATTLE - For more than a decade, Brad Hanson and other researchers have tailed the Pacific Northwest's endangered killer whales in a hard-sided inflatable boat, leaning over the edge with a standard pool skimmer to collect clues to their diet: bits of orca poop floating on the water, or fish scales sparkling just below the surface.

  • Oregon moves to ban display of nooses, a racist symbol

    March 03, 2021 - 3:55 PM

    SALEM, Ore. - Greg Evans, a Black man who joined a parade of witnesses urging Oregon lawmakers to ban the display of nooses, said the issue was personal for him: A member of his family had been lynched over a century ago in South Carolina.

  • Editorial Roundup: US

    March 03, 2021 - 3:49 PM

    Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:

  • SUV in crash where 13 died came through hole in border fence

    March 03, 2021 - 3:45 PM

    HOLTVILLE, Calif. - The 13 people killed in one of the deadliest highway crashes involving migrants sneaking into the U.S. had entered California through a section of border fence with Mexico that was cut away, apparently by smugglers, immigration officials said Wednesday.

  • Water crisis continues in Mississippi, weeks after cold snap

    March 03, 2021 - 3:44 PM

    JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi’s largest city is still struggling with water problems more than two weeks after winter storms and freezing weather ravaged the system in Jackson, knocking out water for drinking and making it impossible for many to even flush their toilets.
  • Haywire Chardonnay iNwine Wednesday: Hello Haywire Chardonnay
    More love for Chardonnay this week with Haywire Secrest Mountain's chard in focus. Certified organic, Haywire is a label created at Okanagan Crush Pad in Summerland, Christine Coletta and Steve Lornie's innovative winery and cus

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