23+ hour, 10+ min ago  (1293+ words) A black woman in an office happily putting two thumbs up during a video call. Imagine feeling excluded from your peer group at work to the degree that you are almost invisible. It's unimaginable to most of us. Yet it…...

15+ hour, 57+ min ago  (67+ words) Nonstop Local News Man killed in Yakima semi-truck crash identified, no charges against driver 1-year-old Toppenish boy accidentally run over by family member Richland police arrest paraeducator in AI child exploitation case Rooks Park closed after 3-year-old succumbs to injuries…...

17+ hour, 5+ min ago  (365+ words) K9 Letty and Officer Barker K9 Letty signs a certification with her paw print. COLLEGE PLACE, Wash. " The College Place Police Department has a new K9 officer: a one-and-a-half year old golden lab named Letty." The department announced Letty's onboarding on Thursday with…...

11+ hour, 39+ min ago  (670+ words) For weeks now, the global tech industry has been waiting for a major artificial intelligence launch from Deep Seek, seen as a benchmark for China's progress in the fast-moving field. More than a year has passed since the startup put…...

12+ hour, 4+ min ago  (375+ words) A US appeals court on Wednesday denied Anthropic's request to put on hold a move by the Pentagon to label it a supply chain risk, but ordered the AI startup's legal battle with the Department of War to be put…...

8+ hour, 1+ min ago  (198+ words) WEST RICHLAND, Wash. " The West Richland Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on the planned 7, 600 acre Lewis and Clark Ranch project. The proposal, centered on a large area inside city limits, south of the Yakima River and northwest of…...

11+ hour, 26+ min ago  (563+ words) Vice President JD Vance is expected to lead a US delegation to Pakistan on Friday or Saturday for talks on ending the war Oil prices climbed and stocks fell Thursday on fears over the nascent US-Iran ceasefire after Tehran threatened…...

23+ hour, 1+ min ago  (702+ words) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had set the elimination or at least severe degradation of Iran's nuclear programme as a central goal in the conflict A ceasefire between the United States and Iran has left Israel's principal war objectives largely unmet,…...

10+ hour, 58+ min ago  (772+ words) Japan is fighting back against online abuse of athletes and sports authorities ahead of this year's Asian Games JOC officials at the Winter Olympics in February checked around for posts abusing Japanese athletes, using both manual and AI searches, in…...

10+ hour, 42+ min ago  (965+ words) Workers respond to Israeli-US strikes that destroyed the Rafi-Nia Synagogue and nearby residential buildings in Tehran An Iranian resident looks out the window of his damaged home after Israeli-US strikes in Tehran on April 7, 2026 A building damaged by recent strikes…...