Author: Grace Thompson

As Northern California and the Pacific Northwest began to experience the effects of a strong atmospheric river event, officials reported that a woman was killed by a fallen tree and that tens of thousands of residences in Washington state lost power on Tuesday. According to experts, the storm may deliver significant snowfall in the mountains and up to 15 inches of rain. According to the tracking website poweroutage.us, by approximately 7 p.m. local time, nearly 100,000 households and businesses in Washington and over 14,000 in Oregon were without power. Around 8 p.m. on Tuesday, the Bellevue, Washington, fire department posted on Xat that "trees are falling on houses and all over the city." Go to the lowest floor and avoid windows if at all possible. If at all possible, stay indoors. Arou...

The son of Norway's crown princess was detained on suspicion of rape on Tuesday, drawing the country's royal family into an ever-deepening crisis. Marius Borg H iby, 27, was taken into custody on Monday on a preliminary charge of engaging in "sexual intercourse with someone who is unconscious or for other reasons is unable to resist the act," according to a statement released by Oslo police early on Tuesday. According to police on Tuesday, he was also accused of driving without a valid driver's license, breaking a restraining order, and one count of "abuse in close relationships." Prior to filing a formal charge, a preliminary charge enables law enforcement to hold a person while they conduct additional investigation. Borg H. Iby, an Oslo socialite and the eldest child of Norwegian Crown P...

More than 4 million qualified veterans and their caregivers can now access military bases more easily thanks to new processes put in place by the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs as of November 1, 2024. These people can now sign up for recurring access, which makes future visits easier. Previously, they had trouble accessing installations to use services like commissaries, exchanges, and some Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) facilities. Who Is Involved? Purple Heart recipients, former POWs, eligible caregivers, and veterans with VA-documented service-connected disability ratings between 0% and 90% are the main beneficiaries of the policy. Although base access was already available to veterans with 100% service-connected disability, this extension, which was started in 2020,...