New building for Pacific Northwest National Lab campus RICHLAND — The federal government’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will build a new $90 million energy sciences research building on its Richland campus.
A contract to design and construct the building has been awarded to a Houston-based team of Harvey Cleary Builders and Kirksey Architecture.
The Tri-City Herald says the facility will cover 110,000 to 145,000 square feet. More
‘Scumbag’ comment gets juror removed in Pasco double-murder trial. Judge says it’s not her fault PASCO, Wa. — A relative of a Pasco homicide victim, who phoned a juror last week, admitted calling the accused killer a “scumbag” during the brief telephone conversation.
The relative was tracked down and interviewed by a defense investigator on Friday after the juror in Hector Orozco Jr.’s double-murder trial told court officials about the phone call.
On Tuesday, attorney Daniel Stovern renewed his claim of jury tampering based on the conversation between “Juror No. More
New trial starts for 2 charged in homeless camp killing SEATTLE — A new trial has started for brothers accused of fatally shooting two people and wounding three others at the Seattle homeless encampment known as the Jungle.
The Seattle Times reports James and Jerome Taafulisia are being tried for again on murder and assault charges in connection with the Jan. More
Woman sues Home Depot for $1.5M after termination BEND, Ore. — A Bend Paralympic athlete is suing Home Depot for $1.5 million, claiming the company did not consider her disability when it fired her in 2017.
The Bulletin reports in a complaint filed Tuesday in Deschutes County Circuit Court, Barbara Buchan claims that after suffering a concussion in a fall at work, management fired her for keeping $11 worth of presentation materials in her vehicle overnight. More
1 dead in Burien fire BURIEN — A woman was found dead and a second was injured as fire burned an apartment building in Burien.
KOMO reports that firefighters arrived at the Forest View Apartments around 6 p.m. Tuesday to find flames burning on at least three floors.
About two dozen people from seven affected apartments are receiving assistance from the Red Cross. More
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Culligan Plaza could see project delays A delay in the demolition and reconstruction of Culligan Plaza could be in the cards, which is not something local government officials in Alpena want or really anticipated. Alpena had hoped to begin ... 04/28/2024 - 6:37 pm | View Link
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Mayday! Mayday! As of midnight on May 1, Florida’s dangerous new six-week abortion ban is the law — effectively banning all abortion care in our state and causing doctors, patients and freedom-loving Floridians everywhere to elevate our calls for the passage of Amendment 4 so that we may enshrine abortion rights in the Florida Constitution.
Exactly one month ago, the Florida Supreme Court issued dueling opinions to take Florida one major step forward and one cataclysmic step back in the fight for reproductive freedom.
By KEVIN FREKING (Associated Press)
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats will vote to save Republican Speaker Mike Johnson’s job should some of his fellow Republican lawmakers seek to remove him from the position, Democratic leaders said Tuesday, likely assuring for now that Johnson will avoid being ousted from office like his predecessor, former Rep.
There’s one thing we know for sure about the 2024 Miami Dolphins, and that’s that they won’t be as talented as the 2023 Miami Dolphins.
A lot of talent walked out the door this offseason.
But this year’s Dolphins could be better than last year’s Dolphins if they use their talent differently.
We’re talking about philosophical change.
We could even use the term “philosophical tweak” in the case of the Dolphins’ offense.
The offense, which finished No 1 in the league, is good.
Changes aren’t necessarily needed.
But the offense needs to be better in a few ways.
Miami’s offense is way too reliant on passing to All Pro wide receiver Tyreek Hill and fellow speedy wide receiver Jaylen Waddle.
The offense needs to approach situations differently.
Here’s one thought that hints at exciting potential change: Does the acquisition of rookie running back Jaylen Wright, the fourth-round pick from Tennessee, mean coach Mike McDaniel will consciously commit to not abandoning the run?
That’d be using your talent differently.
The Dolphins will have a stable of at least five running backs, including Wright, in training camp, led by a Pro Bowl selection (Raheem Mostert), a player who established an NFL rookie record of 7.8 yards per carry last season (De’Von Achane), a slashing veteran (Jeff Wilson Jr.), and a young power back (Chris Brooks).
In just two months of fighting in Gaza, Israel launched more drone strikes on Toyotas than the United States did in four years of the American Civil War.
Accurate? Yes. Meaningless? Of course.
The same, and worse, could be said about comparative statistics the Wall Street Journal put before its readers. Last December, reporters Jared Malsin and Saeed Shah contrasted Gaza with Iraq as follows:
An assessment by the U.
By CEDAR ATTANASIO, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JONATHAN MATTISE (Associated Press)
NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of protesters took over a building at Columbia University in New York early Tuesday, barricading entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag from a window in the latest escalation of demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war on college campuses nationwide.
The South Florida Sun Sentinel and seven other newspapers sued Microsoft and OpenAI on Tuesday, claiming the technology giants illegally harvested millions of copyrighted articles to create their cutting-edge “generative” artificial intelligence products including OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Copilot.
While the newspapers’ publishers have spent billions of dollars to send “real people to real places to report on real events in the real world,” the two tech firms are “purloining” the papers’ reporting without compensation “to create products that provide news and information plagiarized and stolen,” according to the lawsuit in federal court.
“We can’t allow OpenAI and Microsoft to expand the Big Tech playbook of stealing our work to build their own businesses at our expense,” said Frank Pine, executive editor of MediaNews Group and Tribune Publishing, which own seven of the newspapers.