A tumbleweed or two might bring a sense of nostalgia for the Wild West, but thick drifts of them along a Washington state highway became a hazard on New Year’s Eve. Piles rising up to 30 feet of the seed-dropping plant trapped vehicles, including a tractor-trailer, along State Route 240.
Carlos Ghosn earlier this week jumped bail, escaping from Japan and what he called “a rigged Japanese justice system where guilt is presumed, discrimination is rampant, and basic human rights are denied.” Japanese authorities arrested the former Nissan chairman in November 2018 on charges of underreporting his future compensation and he was to go on trial in April.
The United States sent about 750 paratroopers from the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division to Kuwait on Wednesday in response to an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. Up to 4,000 U.S. troops are on alert for swift deployment to the Middle East.
| Not-so-long winter’s nap Zookeepers at a Ukrainian zoo took to Facebook in December to complain about their grumpy bears.
