Bill Gates Issues Warning About Next Pandemic
The Microsoft co-founder said he believes there is a 10-15 percent chance of a natural pandemic hitting in the next four ...
The CIA believes COVID most likely originated from a lab but has low confidence in its own finding
WASHINGTON — The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory, ...
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CIA now says COVID-19 'more likely' to have come from lab
NEW YORK – The Central Intelligence Agency has assessed that the COVID-19 pandemic is "more likely" to have emerged ... The ...
Children Fall Further Behind in Reading, Make Little Improvement in Math on National Exam
AmericaÂ’s children have continued to lose ground on reading skills in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and have made ...
Washington state hospitals lose nearly $400 million in first nine months of 2024, Providence loses $66 million in Spokane area
Hospitals in Spokane continued to bleed tens of millions of dollars last year – even as the losses slowed from those of 2023.
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Pasco nonprofit sues WA Attorney General over unvaccinated workers fired during pandemic
The Washington state Office of Attorney General is being sued for firing employees who refused to get a COVID-19 vaccination ...
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Washington County DJFS head expects positives from return-to-office order: Agency is a county entity, remote work limited
The director of Washington County Job and Family Services is optimistic about the impact of Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s executive order requiring state employees to go back to the office. DeWine issued ...
Nearly 80 years strong: DC's oldest Black family-owned flower shop shares their story
Lee's Flower Shop in D.C. has been around for nearly 80 years and roughly three generations.The Black-owned florist located on the U Street corridor survived t ...
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WA chief justice reflects on pandemic’s lasting imprint on state courts
Like everything else, Washington’s court system was upended by COVID-19. Court proceedings paused or moved online. Cases piled up. Justice was delayed.
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CIA Now Says, With ‘Low Confidence,’ That Lab Leak Was Most Likely Source of Covid Pandemic
The Central Intelligence Agency previously said that two explanations were plausible, a lab leak or a natural source for the ...
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CIA Now Considers Lab Leak More Likely Cause Of COVID-19 Pandemic
The CIA shifts its stance, suggesting a lab leak is more likely the cause of COVID-19 than natural origins. The reassessment ...
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China says it's "extremely unlikely" COVID pandemic came from lab leak, as CIA now indicates
"CIA assesses with low confidence that a research-related origin of the COVID-19 pandemic is more likely ... the issue of origin-tracing." Mao said Washington should "stop smearing and shifting ...