Under Washington state law, any assault on a health care worker can be a felony — including spitting, slapping or other actions that might otherwise be treated as minor offenses with fewer consequences for the accused. The decades-old statute was meant to protect providers, who are increasingly harmed in violent attacks....
Oregon authorities have expanded shellfish harvesting closures along the state’s entire coastline to include razor clams and bay clams, as already high levels of toxins that have contributed to a shellfish poisoning outbreak continue to rise....
Jonathan Kaye, 52, was seen throwing a vicious overhand right at the unnamed woman in Brooklyn - where he lives in a $4million four-bedroom townhouse in pricey Park Slope. It is unclear what sparked the confrontation
Two former Georgia election workers who are suing conservative media outlet Gateway Pundit have alleged that the company’s bankruptcy filing is explicitly designed to delay or avoid consequences in separate defamation lawsuits they have filed against the company....
In a new paper published this week in Science Advances, Connolly and her colleagues calculated that wildfire smoke is responsible for about 50,000 deaths across California between 2008 and 2018....
An Ohio nonprofit that provides off-site Bible instruction to public school students during classroom hours says it will triple its programs in Indiana this fall after new legislation forced school districts to comply....
In Ohio, doctors have worked to pass a ballot measure that enshrined reproductive rights into the state’s constitution. In Texas, they’ve battled in court over a narrow exception to the state’s abortion ban....
Jonathan Kaye, 52, was recorded throwing a vicious overhand right at the unnamed woman in Brooklyn on Saturday evening. The woman is seen being thrown to the floor by the force of the punch. It is unclear what sparked the confrontation.
At least 274 Palestinians were killed and 698 wounded in Israeli strikes on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, Gaza’s health ministry said on Sunday. The Israeli military said its forces came under heavy fire during the daytime operation....
The EU is expected to notify China that it will impose tariffs on electric vehicle imports this week, firing the starting gun on a potential summer trade war with Beijing....