Weekly national news highlights for the week ending October 15, 2021.
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France's Interior Ministry – the agency charged with law enforcement – has ordered Catholic priests to report all child sex abuse allegations to the police, even if they learn about the incidents in confession.
The weekend's double feature of women's reproductive justice rallies showed that many in Seattle feel strongly about the abortion debate in Texas.
Three new light rail stations were officially opened in the northern reaches of the city, and they were welcomed by thousands throughout the day.
On October 1, 2021, the statewide single-use plastic bag ban was put into effect.
Seattle writer and Trans man H.E. Edgmond, author of the fantasy novel The Witch King talks about how he uses the genre of fantasy world to reflect on this world.
The MacArthur Foundation has honored 12 amazing Black creatives with its generous and prestigious Fellowship grants, out of 25 awardees overall – a record number of simultaneous Black winners for the MacArthur Fellowship since its inception since 1981.
The fifth and final entry in the actor's reign as author Ian Fleming's iconic British spy,
Glenn Burke was the first MLB player to come out as gay to teammates and team owners during his professional career and the first to publicly acknowledge it, stating, "They can't ever say now that a Gay man can't play in the majors, because I'm a Gay man.
After months of research, the Stonewall National Museum and Archives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida recently launched a major digital exhibit just in time for LGBTQ History Month in October.