US children’s reading skills continue to decline post-pandemic, report says
Given every two years to a sample of America’s children, the National Assessment of Educational Progress is considered one of ...
Bill Gates Issues Warning About Next Pandemic
The Microsoft co-founder said he believes there is a 10-15 percent chance of a natural pandemic hitting in the next four ...
CIA shifts stance on cause of COVID-19 pandemic, says lab leak 'more likely' than natural origin
The Central Intelligence Agency has assessed that the COVID-19 pandemic is “more likely” to have emerged from a lab rather ...
CIA says COVID-19 more likely to have come from lab than nature
The Central Intelligence Agency has assessed that the COVID-19 pandemic is more likely to have emerged from a lab than from ...
Data: Arizona children are falling further behind in reading, math
Arizona and the nation’s children have continued to lose ground on reading skills in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Sea-Tac airport broke its passenger volume record in 2024
Passenger levels at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport were at an all-time high in 2024, a sign that the Pacific ...
China complains about CIA changing its tune on COVID-19 origins theory
The news comes after the CIA announced over the weekend that COVID-19 most likely originated from a leak at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in 2020.
Washington state hospitals lose nearly $400 million in first nine months of 2024, Providence loses $66 million in Spokane area
Hospitals in Spokane continued to bleed tens of millions of dollars last year – even as the losses slowed from those of 2023.
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The CIA believes COVID most likely originated from a lab but has low confidence in its own finding
WASHINGTON — The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory, according to an assessment that points the finger at China even while ...
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CIA Now Says, With ‘Low Confidence,’ That Lab Leak Was Most Likely Source of Covid Pandemic
The Central Intelligence Agency previously said that two explanations were plausible, a lab leak or a natural source for the ...