Young humpback whale leaps out of Seattle bay, dazzling onlookers

A humpback whale visiting the waters off Seattle gave people on shore a show Thursday morning

Congressmen ask DOJ to investigate water utility hack, warning it could happen anywhere

Three members of Congress are asking the U.S. Justice Department to investigate how hackers breached a water utility system near Pittsburgh

Montana miner backs off expansion plans, lays off 100 due to lower palladium prices

The owner of two a south-central Montana precious metals mines is stopping work on an expansion project and laying off about 100 workers because the price of palladium fell sharply in the past year

North Carolina trial judges block election board changes made by Republican legislature

North Carolina trial judges have blocked portions of a new law that would eliminate Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s authority to pick election board members

Florida Supreme Court: Law enforcement isn’t required to withhold victims’ names

Florida law enforcement agencies aren’t required to withhold victims’ names under the Marcy’s Law amendment approved by voters five years ago

Texas judge rips into Biden administration’s handling of border in dispute over razor wire barrier

A judge for now isn’t stopping Border Patrol agents from cutting razor wire that Texas has put on the U.S.-Mexico border to deter migrants

Biden hosts the Angolan president in an effort to showcase strengthened ties as Africa visit slips

President Joe Biden is hosting Angolan President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço in the Oval Office as he seeks to reaffirm his commitment to Africa

West Virginia jail employees indicted in connection with death of incarcerated man

Five former correctional officers in West Virginia have been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with the 2022 death of a man at a regional jail

Applications for jobless benefits up modestly, but continuing claims reach highest level in 2 years

Slightly more Americans filed for jobless claims last week, but the overall number of people in the U.S. collecting unemployment benefits rose to its highest level in two years

Mom convicted of killing kids in Idaho taken to Arizona in murder conspiracy case

A woman is in an Arizona jail facing charges in a killing after she was sentenced to life in an Idaho prison for murdering her two youngest children and another woman