As America copes with gun violence epidemic, there is vigorous debate about how to prevent people with mental illness from acquiring weapons, but less about firearms in the homes of aging Americans with dementia, impaired mental faculties.
The 17 people killed in the July 19 sinking of a duck boat near Branson, Mo., included an Indiana family on vacation, a teenager, a former pastor who was the boat’s driver.
Zachary Sligar, 18, and his 15-year-old girlfriend were arrested on Friday in connection with a triple murder plot against the girlfriend’s family so the two of them could run away together. The girl’s mother was shot in the face.
According to a new study, liver disease deaths spiked by 65 percent in the United States from 1999-2016, disproportionately affecting young adults ages 25-34. The increase was driven entirely by alcohol-related liver disease.
Mariners general manager Jerry Dipoto talked at length on Friday about what the Mariners are looking for entering the trade deadline, which mostly center around their pitching staff.
Maikham, a Thai and Laotian restaurant, is coming to Bellingham, WA, while New Mexico Tamale Company from Ferndale will park its food truck at Zuanich Point Park. La Herencia Express is opening at Bellis Fair Mall.
The short but steep hike to Teddy Bear Cove in Whatcom County will reward you with beautiful views of Chuckanut Bay, a beach of crushed shells, tide pools and rocks with honeycomb patterns.
Seventeen people killed in Table Rock Lake boating accident as winds exceeding 60 mph ripped across the southwest Missouri lake Thursday evening. Many were questioning why the “Ride the Ducks” tour boat was on the water.
Wade LeBlanc tied a career-high with 10 strikeouts, his most since 2011, Dee Gordon went 4-for-4 and Edwin Diaz picked up his 37th save as the Mariners opened the second half of the season with a 3-1 win over Chicago.
Tony Miles, a Tacoma native and Stadium High School alumnus, overcame a decade of alcohol and opiate addiction to take second place at the World Series of Poker main event in Las Vegas.
The universe's most lethal hunters are stronger, smarter and deadlier than ever before, having genetically upgraded themselves with DNA from other species.
New York Times’s Aisha Harris discusses how representations of police brutality in media changed. She says shows like “Insecure” and “Queen Sugar” sensitively deal with this issue by focusing on interactions’ emotional toll, not the violence itself.
A duck boat with 31 people on board capsized and sank to the bottom of Table Rock Lake during a severe thunderstorm on Thursday, resulting in one of the deadliest duck boat accidents in American history.
Wakeen Best, a 35-year-old homeless San Francisco woman, was found guilty of burglary and animal cruelty after throwing a Chihuahua seven stories off a parking garage during a car burglary.
Teddy Bear Cove, just south of Bellingham, is popular year-round. In summer, it’s a nice place to do a little bit of sun-lazing or tide-pool gazing during low tide.
North Whatcom Fire and Rescue and Whatcom County Fire District No. 7 battled a series of fires east of Birch Bay Friday afternoon in Whatcom County, Washington.
Two large travel trailers and a smaller pop-up trailer were a complete loss at the Whatcom Meadows Camping Association south of Lake Whatcom after crews battled a fire Thursday evening near Bellingham, WA.
The financial website WalletHub came out with the average credit card debt for selected U.S. cities during the first quarter. Bellingham, WA, ranked in the 46th percentile with a household average of $12,390.
The first heat wave of the summer earlier this week sped up the commercial harvest of raspberries in farms of Whatcom County, WA. U-pick farms now offer blueberries and vegetables as options
