British Columbia’s chief coroner, Lisa Lapointe, said her office received reports of at least 486 “sudden and unexpected deaths” between Friday and Wednesday. Normally, she said about 165 people would die in the Canadian province over a five-day period.
Two-time Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo outlined his campaign platform in a sit-down interview with the Review-Journal, pledging not to raise taxes and to defend the Second Amendment.
Pennsylvania’s highest court overturned Bill Cosby’s sex assault conviction Wednesday after finding an agreement with a previous prosecutor prevented him from being charged in the case.
The city is also inviting residents to choose their favorite. A decision is expected next month.
A high of 117 degrees was predicted in the southeastern Washington cities of Richland, Kennewick and Pasco. The state’s highest-ever recorded temperature was 118 degrees, recorded in 1961.
The national average is now almost 5 cents higher than a month ago and 92 cents higher than this time last year.
Seattle saw 108 degrees Monday — well above Sunday’s all-time high of 104 F. Portland, Oregon, reached 116 after hitting records of 108 on Saturday and 112 on Sunday.
It is part of the Biden administration’s nationwide “America’s Back Together” tour.
Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo on Monday officially launched his campaign for the Republican nomination for governor, but wouldn’t answer a question about the legitimacy of the 2020 election.
Beginning July 1, 2022, short-term rentals in the unincorporated county must be legalized and regulated. Divergent sides are worried.
Forecasters say many Pacific Northwest communities may sweat through the hottest days in their histories as as temperatures soar during a heat wave that has sent residents scrambling for relief.
The report was among a series of documents released by the city of Surfside as rescuers continued to dig Saturday through rubble in an effort to find any of the 156 people who remain unaccounted for after the collapse. At least five people were killed.
One hundred fifty-nine people were still unaccounted for two days after Thursday’s collapse, which killed at least four.
The extreme and dangerous heat was expected to break all-time records in cities and towns from eastern Washington state to Portland to southern Oregon.
Nevada on Friday reported 804 new coronavirus cases and three additional deaths, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Ex-Officer Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22½ years for killing George Floyd, whose death sparked reckoning on race.
Hawaii will drop its testing and quarantine rules for fully vaccinated domestic travelers in two weeks. Gov. David Ige said Thursday the state will drop the current travel restrictions for vaccinated U.S. mainland traveler
Record-high heat is forecast in the normally mild-weathered Pacific Northwest this weekend, raising concerns about wildfires and the health of people in a region where many people don’t have air conditioning.
The Biden administration has extended the nationwide ban on evictions for a month to help tenants who are unable to make rent payments during the coronavirus pandemic.
Airlines have reported about 3,000 cases of disruptive passengers since Jan. 1, according to the FAA. About 2,300 of those incidents involved passengers who refused to obey the federal requirement to wear a face mask.
The Coconino and Kaibab national forests in northern Arizona closed Wednesday. The Apache-Sitgreaves, Prescott and Tonto were set to close later this week.
