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(The Center Square) – State Sen. Bob Hasegawa, D-Seattle, has introduced legislation to have the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee study transforming Washington state’s current part-time Legislature into a full-time one. SB 5744...

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WASHINGTON D.C.- President Biden has updated his previous prediction - that all Americans would be vaccinated by the end of July- and announced that the U.S. will have enough vaccines for all of it's citizens by the end of May.   His confidence comes after announcing a major partnership between pharmaceutical giants Merck & Co. and Joh ...

narvikk/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ERIN SCHUMAKER and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 99.8 million people worldwide and killed over 2.1 million of them, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University ...

ABC NewsBy MORGAN WINSOR, NICHOLAS COULSON and CATHY BECKER, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- A Texas teenager who alerted federal authorities about his father's alleged role in the Jan. 6 siege on the U.S. Capitol says he wants others to know that "it's OK to come forward ...

ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Several storms moving through the country are bringing tornadoes, heavy snow, freezing rain, flooding and hail. There are 31 states on alert Tuesday morning for a variety of dangerous weather stretching from California to Massachusetts ...

YangYin/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- After nearly two months, California health officials announced Monday they ended their latest stay-at-home order, citing increased Intensive Care Unit capacity. The new guidelines will allow certain businesses to reopen, including outdoor dining and gyms, with strict restrictions on the maximum number of people allowed, according to the Califor

carlballou/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC News (PORTLAND, Ore.) -- One person is dead after a vehicle struck several pedestrians during multiple hit and runs across several blocks in Portland, Oregon, Monday, according to the Portland Police Bureau ...

iStockBy: HALEY YAMADA, ABC News (HOUSTON) -- Juan Carlos Flores was on his delivery route in Houston on Monday when he found a 5-month-old baby abandoned on the side of a road after an apparent carjacking. With the help of nearby residents, Flores was able to reunite the kidnapped baby with his mother ...

iStockBy: CRISTINA CORUJO, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- The Puerto Rican government responded this weekend to the plea of thousands who have asked the island's leaders to address the ongoing crisis of gender violence. Newly sworn-in Gov. Pedro Pierluisi signed an executive order Sunday declaring a state of emergency that would allocate resources to deal with gender violence in Puerto Rico ...