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They couged it: The state's highest paid public employee, Nick Rolovich, hit the eject button on his job as head coach of the Washington State University whatevers when he failed to get vaccinated against the deadly respiratory virus before the state's October 18th deadline. Four assistant coaches joined him on his voyage, the Seattle Times reports. About 6% of the Washington State Patrol quit rather than take a life-saving vaccine: Nearly 130 employees left "for...

The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has surpassed 700,000.

No boarding pass or ID was needed to go to the gate and 4-inch-blade knives were allowed on board planes. Now we take off shoes, can't have liquids over 3.4 oz and go through high-tech body scanners.

- In the weeks since the first part of this piece– The Air Force silver medal, whose sale was delayed from June 22 to July 13 and whose mintage was limited to 10,000, did not sell out instantly as was expected but it did become “Currently Unavailable” after about two weeks. It is now bringing about $200 on eBay, with some sales below issue price and some others well above. Keep in mind that after fees, shipping, and taxes, sellers are barely making a profit at these levels – but that shouldn’t matter to those who bought the piece for the art and to support our military.

Sprawling Oregon blaze expands, forcing firefighters, residents into retreat By David Ryder Reuters BLY, Ore. (Reuters) -Stoked by hot, dry winds, the largest of several dozen Western wildfires roared through more drought-parched brush and timber in southern Oregon on Monday, displacing some 2,000 residents after destroying scores of homes, officials said. An army of nearly 2,200 personnel battling the so-called Bootleg fire, raging in and around the Fremont-Winema National Forest 250 miles (400 km) south of Portland, increased their containment lines to 25% of its perimeter, up from 22% the ...