According to authorities, one person was still missing Tuesday after being seen in floodwaters clinging to a tree in the city of Bellingham. Evacuations have been ordered in multiple areas as floodwaters have swamped homes and businesses. Deputies have been evacuating stranded residents as the flooding continues. Governor Jay Inslee declared a severe weather state of emergency in 14 counties and said the state Emergency Management Division, with support from the Washington National Guard, would coordinate the response....

The survey from Politico/Morning Consult, released Tuesday, found that 33 percent of self-identified Democrats said lawmakers should pick someone else for the role. A majority of Democrats, 53 percent, said Pelosi should remain as House speaker. On the other side of the aisle, 83 percent of self-identified Republicans opposed what could be Pelosi’s fourth term as speaker. Independent voters supported her reelection to the position by 59 to 22 percent....

Boasting a fluid display, crazy-fast charging and glass materials that give it a premium feel there’s an obvious appeal to the device. It’s the latest release from a brand that has more than proven its products as worthy competitors to similarly priced smartphones from technology giants such as Apple, Samsung, Huawei and Google. The 8T, which became available to buy in the U.S. market today (October 23), is priced at a fairly competitive $749 and comes with 12GB RAM and 256GB storage....

NEWSWEEK: Why build a company around a chart from a TV show? Rosen: The “L Word” ’ s creator Ilene Chaiken thought that the Chart was ultimately a social network on the show. There hadn’t been a specific social networking site for lesbians heretofore. Obviously, there are lesbians on MySpace and there are lesbians on Facebook. I hope to steal all their business. What happens when “The L Word” ends its run?...

Coronavirus cases are trending upwards in all but one U.S. state and have infected Americans in all but one locality: Loving County, Texas. With a population of 169 people, according to the most recent U.S. Census numbers, Loving County, Texas, is the lone municipality never to record a single positive case of coronavirus. Loving County is the second-least populous in the U.S., behind Hawaii’s Kalawao County, but the least populated in the lower 48 states....

While the surgery offers many benefits and is often life-changing, recovery is usually gradual and challenging. After surgery, patients must be firmly committed to their follow-up care and heart-healthy lifestyle habits. What Is Open Heart Surgery? Open heart surgery is an inpatient operation performed by a cardiothoracic surgeon or heart transplant surgeon in a hospital under general anesthesia. This type of surgery may be scheduled or performed emergently, depending on the patient’s medical circumstances....

This week the European Union will decide when and under what conditions to admit Romania and Bulgaria into that most exclusive club. Governments are almost certain to go along. The odds are that, come New Year’s 2007, Europe will thus be that much bigger. Welcome to the neighborhood? Not quite. Pundits and publics remain deeply skeptical. Critics insist neither country is ready for admission. In these increasingly anti-foreigner times, some hint that they do not really belong–that they’re more Balkan than European....

When I moved into my partner’s 1950s-era house four years ago, I discovered that all but a couple of the windows had been painted shut, thus rendering them useless for letting in anything but light. Many of our friends live in a similar setting, and several commute to a work environment that is just as sealed off from the natural world. Each morning, they hop into their air-conditioned cars and drive to their air-conditioned offices without breathing so much as a breath of fresh air....

The 2016 Major League Baseball season gets under way today as the Pirates host the Cardinals, the Rays host the Blue Jays and the Royals host the Mets in a World Series rematch. The Mets-Royals game will be ESPN’s “Sunday Night Baseball” broadcast. Read more about Jessica Mendoza, who will be part of the Sunday night crew for ESPN this year here . 1:50 p.m.: The Pirates’ Gregory Polanco scores the season’s first run, giving Pittsburgh a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second....

Copyright, rooted in the Constitution, gives to those who designed creative works the exclusive use of that which they created for a specified period of time. This includes movies, television programs, home video, music, video games, publishing and computer software. These are the Copyright Industries. They are a creative and economic engine the likes of which the world has never seen before. The Copyright Industries are creating jobs at three times the rate of the rest of the American economy....

Marysville Pilchuck was supposed to play at Oak Harbor on Friday night for a league football championship. The game was canceled because of a deadly shooting at Marysville Pilchuck earlier in the day. MORE: Seattle pro teams express sympathy Oak Harbor’s coach then offered to forfeit the game, which in turn would give Marysville Pilchuck a No. 1 seed in the state playoffs. For the coach, Jay Turner, the gesture was personal....

Putin traveled to Belarus on Monday for the first time since the Ukraine invasion began in February amid speculation that he is trying to strong-arm Lukashenko to become more involved in his faltering invasion of Ukraine. Despite the size of Putin’s military, Moscow has struggled to maintain well-trained and motivated forces, allowing Ukraine, bolstered by Western support, to take back thousands of square miles of formerly occupied territory during the fall....

Winfrey’s endorsement gained considerable attention on Friday and was especially notable due to her personal ties to Oz, who rose to prominence as a celebrity doctor through appearances on her long-running talk show. Additionally, Winfrey initially declined to back anyone in the race, telling New York magazine late last year that “it’s up to the residents of Pennsylvania to decide who will represent them.” During an online get-out-the-vote event on Thursday night, Winfrey said: “I’ll tell you all this, if I lived in Pennsylvania, I would have already cast my vote for John Fetterman for many reasons....

In 2001, Alex Rodriguez, then one of the best hitters in the game, began a 10-year, $252 million contract with the Rangers which stipulated he could walk away from the deal 70 percent of the way through its term. It was a monstrous salary guarantee coupled with a contingency to pursue even more, while seemingly leaving the signing club high and dry. But A-Rod was a superstar, his reputation having enough pull to make an opt-out possible....

Optic nerve pits are not that common. One early report found that they occur in about 1 in 11,000 patients. They are congenital, meaning that people are born with them. Most people have it in just one eye, but 15% will have an optic nerve pit in both eyes. Males and females are equally affected by optic nerve pits. This article will explain more about what an optic nerve pit is, its symptoms, how it’s diagnosed, and available treatments....

That exchange unleashed a series of events that have plunged the university, some of its professors and the Roberts family into a cauldron of lurid accusations and litigation. Brooker and two of his colleagues in the department of history, humanities and government–his wife, Prof. Paulita Brooker, and John Swails, the department chair–allege that ORU forced them out to cover up Roberts’s misdeeds. Earlier this month, the trio sued the university, its board and some of its officers, alleging breach of contract, wrongful discharge and libel, among other things....

Only there’s one fairly significant problem trying to glean anything from Clemson’s rout of Oklahoma in last year’s bowl game: the two best quarterbacks in college football weren’t playing then. ORANGE BOWL: Inside the matchup | OU’s path | Clemson’s road | SN pick They will be in today’s Orange Bowl. “You’re talking about two guys that can change the face of a game in a hurry,” says Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables....

Since 2020, there have been some 236 reported interactions between orcas, also known as killer whales, and boats off the Iberian Peninsula, according to Spanish News Today. The encounters range from the whales simply approaching the boats, to actively interfering with it, and, on July 31, orcas sank a sailboat with five people on board. However, Alfredo López, of the Atlantic Orca Working Group, told Newsweek that if the killer whales were aggressive, dolphins would not go near them....

Those numbers reflect a stark difference from January, when video lottery sales plunged to under $1 million, according to data from the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis (OEA). “The fact that video sales fully rebounded last summer, and again in recent weeks, is proof enough that cabin fever is real,” Josh Lehner of the OEA wrote in a report published Wednesday. Oregon is one of the few states that offer widely available lottery-run video slot machines....

In recent months, Baker has undergone a battery of testing as doctors tried to figure out what caused the cardiac event, but other than a thickening at the base of his heart, no such cause was found. As such, Oregon State decided to err on the side of caution and keep Baker sidelined until doctors know for certain. “We’d be willing to meet with the family in the future,” Steve Clark, vice president for university relations and marketing told The Oregonian....