Lisa Baumann

An undisclosed “technology issue” delayed more than 1,000 United Airlines flights across the U.S. United Airlines said in a statement Wednesday that flights on major routes were held at their departure airports because of a technology issue.

Questions and finger-pointing have increased in the days since a fire at a Massachusetts assisted-living facility killed nine and hurt dozens.

A California dog trainer is facing felony charges after police say 11 dogs died while in his care. Orange County prosecutors say 53-year-old Kwong (Tony) Chun Sit, of Irvine, pleaded not guilty Monday to multiple charges including animal cruelty and destruction of evidence.

About 250 million honeybees took to the skies when a commercial truck carrying them overturned in Washington state near the Canadian border.

An average of 1,200 tornadoes hit yearly, and the United States will probably get more killer supercells spawning tornadoes and hail as the world warms.

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has resigned after nearly five years in the position. He's leaving as President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency have floated the idea of privatizing mail service.

The partially mummified bodies of Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were discovered in February at their home in New Mexico.

A major storm was sweeping across the northwest U.S., battering the region with strong winds and rain and causing widespread power outages.

Police say they have arrested a man in a spate of random stabbings over two days in Seattle in which nine people were injured.

Firefighters in the West are scrambling as wildfires threaten communities in Oregon, California and Washington.

Asylum-seekers mainly from Angola, Congo and Venezuela have set up an encampment in a Seattle suburb. The Seattle Times reports the asylum-seekers moved to the site next to an empty motel in Kent on Saturday. The motel is owned by King County and was used as a place for homeless people to quarantine in they contracted COVID-19 during the pandemic. Some of the camping asylum-seekers were told to leave their shelter at a church while others lost their short-term motel or rental housing when it exp…

Severe storms with suspected tornadoes have damaged homes and businesses and killed at least three people in the central United States. Officials scrambled Friday morning to assess the extent of the destruction with the power out. The three reported deaths came in Logan County, Ohio. Thursday night’s storms also left trails of destruction in Kentucky, Indiana and Arkansas. Officials say there are “many, many significant injuries” after a suspected tornado in Winchester, Indiana. Search efforts a…

The small town of Fritch is again picking through the rubble of a Texas wildfire, a decade after another destructive blaze burned hundreds of homes and left deep scars in the Panhandle community. Residents in and around Fritch and other rural towns fled for safety Tuesday afternoon as high winds whipped the flames into residential areas and through cattle ranches. Fritch Mayor Tom Ray said on Wednesday the town’s northern edge was hit by a devastating wildfire in 2014, while this week’s blaze bu…

Authorities say an Oregon man accused of kidnapping a woman in Seattle and locking her in a cinder block cell has unsuccessfully tried to escape his own jail cell. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said Friday that Negasi Zuberi on Tuesday tried to break through the glass in his jail cell window at Jackson County Jail. The statement says Zuberi damaged the interior layer of the window. He faces added charges of attempted escape and disorderly conduct. The office of one of Zuberi’s attorneys, D…

Authorities say a second person has died in wildfires in eastern Washington state that have burned hundreds of structures and briefly closed a section of an interstate. Fire officials said Monday that a body was found Sunday in the vicinity of the Oregon fire north of Spokane. Another person died Friday in the Gray fire west of Spokane. Gov. Jay Inslee recently declared a statewide emergency because of those and other fires. Inslee said Monday he spoke with President Joe Biden about securing fed…

One of the most vocal bystanders who watched as a Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd is suing the city, alleging he was assaulted and suffered emotional distress. Donald Williams filed the lawsuit Tuesday in Hennepin County District Court. Williams in the lawsuit alleges that while ex-officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on Floyd’s neck on May 25, 2020, he threatened Williams and other bystanders with mace after Williams expressed concern for Floyd. The lawsuit also alleges that Chauvin and…

Outspoken abortion provider LeRoy “Lee” Carhart has died. Clinics for Abortions & Reproductive Excellence in Nebraska says Carhart, who was the medical director, died Friday. He was 81. A cause of death was not released. Carhart began focusing on abortion at his clinic in Nebraska after retiring from the Air Force in 1985. He was one of just a handful of late-term abortion providers in the U.S. He also was a public voice for abortion rights. He went before the U.S. Supreme Court twice to challen…

A ban on dozens of semi-automatic rifles has cleared the Democratic-controlled Washington state Legislature. Gov. Jay Inslee has pushed for the ban and is expected to sign it into law. It’ll almost certainly be challenged in court. The Legislature approved the bill on Wednesday. The measure would cover more than 50 types of guns, including AR- or AK-style rifles. It bans the future sale, distribution, manufacture and importation of these firearms. The bill will go into effect immediately once it…

Washington state officials have purchased a three-year supply of a leading abortion medication in anticipation of a court ruling that could limit its availability. Gov. Jay Inslee announced Tuesday that he ordered the Department of Corrections to buy 30,000 doses of the pill for about $1.28 million. Research shows that medication-induced abortions are safe. A Christian group that filed the case in federal court in Texas claims the drug was improperly approved. A ruling in that case would affect…

Actor Melissa Joan Hart says she helped a class of kindergartners that was fleeing the school shooting in Nashville earlier this week. Hart said in a video posted on Instagram Tuesday that her children attend a school next to the private Christian Covenant School. Hart said she and her husband were headed to her kids’ school conferences Monday when they helped some students get away from the shooting that killed six people. She said they “helped all these tiny little kids cross the road and get…