Historic El Niño keeps the Atlantic calm as Pacific becomes a storm factory
MIAMI — A strengthening El Niño has produced one of the starkest contrasts in modern tropical cyclone records, leaving the Atlantic hurricane basin nearly silent through its statistical peak while turning the Pacific into a prolific storm factory. As of Saturday, September 12, the Atlantic had generated only five named tropical storms and zero hurricanes, […]
Washington fire and flood victims can reconstruct lost tax records, IRS says
WASHINGTON STATE — Families who lost tax returns, bank statements and property papers in Washington’s recent wildfires and those still piecing together records after last winter’s historic floods can reconstruct enough documentation to file returns, claim casualty losses and apply for aid, the IRS said in a guidance issued September 2 in Tax Tip 2026-67. […]
Boeing makes final SPEEA offer with an immediate 10% guaranteed raise after August rejection
SEATTLE — Boeing presented a revised four-year contract offer Friday to the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA), and the union’s bargaining committee recommended that members vote to accept. Union negotiators said the new package is not everything members sought but represents a meaningful improvement in guaranteed pay and workplace language. “The results […]
