Building a stronger, more just & transparent democracy
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In less than a year, those who want to board a flight or enter some federal buildings will be required to present a REAL ID. Starting on May 3, 2023, passengers will be required to have the new enhanced ID. The Real ID Act was passed by Congress in 2005, which put new minimum security standards in place for state-issued driver's licenses and ID cards. The original deadline to have a REAL ID was set for 2016 but it was delayed several times, most recently in April of 2021,...
Scientists are now asking the public to refer to the world's largest hornets as "northern giant hornets," opposed to the previously dubbed names "Asian giant hornets" and "murder hornets." The name was changed in late July to avoid using a geographical region in the insect's title. The Entomological Society of America (ESA) adopted "northern giant hornet" in its list of common names of insects and related organisms. ESA didn't have an official name for the hornets until now, a...
RAYMOND — It’s not an everyday occurrence that a man walks into the police department with what he thinks is a human foot, but that’s what happened Aug. 1 at 10:12 a.m. at the Raymond Police Department. “Please, I don’t want to see it,” the clerk at the police department told the man before learning that he found it near the swimming hole on Trap Creek, which is a popular summer destination for locals to escape the summer heat. The spot along U.S. Highway 101 attracts dozens of people daily and has a gravel parking spo...
Anyone exploring the byways of the Key Peninsula has seen them, and maybe even been startled. Wooden bear cubs clinging to a tree, an enormous eagle perched atop a roof peak, a life-sized Sasquatch looming up at the end of a driveway. Chainsaw woodcarvings are a Pacific Northwest tradition. But there's one hideaway on the KP where these creations come to life. Next to a stack of cedar trees stands a series of upright logs, roughly cut into vaguely familiar shapes. Further on,...
