The passing of celebrated Kenyan writer and scholar Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o on 28 May 2025 marks the end of a remarkable period in ...

Towards the end of last week, Kenyans were mourning. That should not even be news because Kenyans are always united in grief, and hardly like it when there is a long period of happiness or joy when ...

Eighteen rivers are forecast to reach major flooding levels across Western Washington through Friday, including four expected to shatter records. It could mean extensive inundation, property damage ...

Skagit County has activated its emergency operations center and, like much of Western Washington, is bracing for a second round of flooding this week that’s expected to be more intense than the first.

Gary Ridgway, the Green River Killer and one of America’s most prolific convicted serial killers, is receiving end-of-life care in a Washington state prison, according to five sources with knowledge ...

Only one person survived the incident on the Caloosahatchee River. Three people were killed on Saturday when a catamaran they were aboard flipped over and ejected them into the Caloosahatchee River on ...

Some online were calling it the Hillbilly Houseboat. An obviously homemade houseboat turned heads in Port Huron on Sunday, Nov. 23, as it made its way on the St. Clair River near the Blue Water Bridge ...

The latest Canadian freighter to run aground in the Detroit River near downtown has been freed. The 629-foot vessel Robert S. Pierson, which is hauling some 18,000 tons of stone from Windsor to ...

Last week we published our annual list of 100 Notable Books; today, we winnow that list to the 10 Best Books of 2025. And now, we’re ready to discuss them. In this week’s episode, the Book Review ...

The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s top fiction and nonfiction. Credit...By Sebastian Mast Supported by The envelope, please: After a full year spent reading hundreds of ...

WDFW stocks two dozen+ Washington lakes with nearly 65,000 jumbo rainbow trout. Agency stocked about 230,000 trout statewide this fall across 67 lakes. Anglers 16+ need a Washington freshwater license ...

After nearly a decade, the beginning of the end has arrived. The fifth and final season of “Stranger Things” premieres this week on Netflix. We live in a completely different world from when “Stranger ...