Archaeologists have recentl uncovered a tomb belonging to the high priest Wahtye, who served during the fifth dynasty reign of King Neferirkare. (Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images) At a Glance The tomb belonged to Wahtye, a royal priest under King Neferirkare.Scenes inside depict wine making, religious offerings, musical performances, boats sailing and hunting.One of five shafts in the tomb may lead to Wahtye's sarcophagus. Egyptian archeologists have uncovered the 4,400-year-old well-preserved tomb of a royal priest. The priest, known as Wahtye, served...

At a Glance There have been four cliff collapses since August along California's Del Mar bluffs.The largest such cliff collapse was up to 50 feet wide. Coastal erosion is causing the cliffs to collapse. A stretch of cliff-lined California coastline that's a daily route for trains has collapsed four times in the last five months, but transit officials say the routes are safe for now. The fourth such seaside bluff collapse since August happened last week near San Diego and...

At a Glance Boston's ban on plastic carryout bags took effect Friday.For now, it applies only to stores that are 20,000 square feet or larger.About 350 cities, counties and states have banned or taxed plastic bag use. Boston has joined the growing list of cities that have banned single-use plastic bags. Boston's ban took effect Friday for stores that are 20,000 square feet or larger. The ban only applies to "checkout bags," the , according to the city's website. Retailers...

At a Glance E-learning is making school snow days a thing of the past. More and more school districts are turning to programs that allow kids to work from home. To millions of kids and for decades, a school snow day meant an instant holiday filled with playing out in the snow, lazing around home watching TV or playing video games with friends. Those days of waking up at the crack of dawn to see if your school was named...

At a Glance Three employees were fired from a construction company after mocking photos from Northern California's Camp Fire went public.The crew was on site to clean up the town of Paradise, which was decimated by the inferno."The Paradise Police Department is looking into criminal charges," said a post on the town's Facebook page. Three employees from a California construction company were fired after mocking photos emerged during cleanup of the Camp Fire in Northern California. Bigge Crane and Rigging...

A Missouri judge ordered a man convicted in a massive deer poaching ring to watch the Bambi at least once a month as a part of his year-long prison sentence. David Berry Jr. was ordered to watch the Disney classic at least once a month during his year-long jail sentence in what conservation agents have called odeer poaching cases in state history, the Springfield News-Leader . "The deer were trophy bucks taken illegally, mostly at night, for their heads, leaving...

At a Glance Dutch inventor Boyan Slat created the device to sweep up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.The solar-powered barrier is moving too slowly to hang on to the plastic it does catch.A crew of engineers will make changes to make the barrier move faster. As a teenager, Boyan Slat had a . So he invented a solar-powered, 2,000-foot floating contraption to corral an island of trash swirling between California and Hawaii. On Monday, Slat said the device has not...

At a Glance An EF2 tornado left major structural damage in Port Orchard, Washington, Tuesday afternoon.Authorities said no serious injuries were reported.The twister was in progress just 15 miles southwest of Seattle.At least 50 buildings were damaged, authorities said. At least 50 buildings were damaged in the town of Port Orchard, Washington, by an EF2 tornado that struck the town Tuesday afternoon. The National Weather Service was in progress just before 2 p.m. local time Tuesday. Minutes later, local news...

(Dave Rogers) At a Glance A photographer captured photos of U.S. Coast Guard boats being hurled in high surf off San Francisco's Ocean Beach.The boats were conducting a training exercise in waves that reached as high as 15 feet."One of the boats was completely on its side," said photographer Dave Rogers. Just days before the National Weather Service warned of dangerously high surf along the West Coast, photos of a pair of U.S. Coast Guard boats being hurled by colossal...

Population change for states and Puerto Rico from July 1, 2017, to July 1, 2018. (U.S. Census Bureau) At a Glance More than 125,000 people left Puerto Rico between July 1, 2017, and July 1, 2018.The state of New York saw a steep decline in population, the largest in the nation. The fastest growing states were Nevada and Idaho. New information released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau confirms a mass migration from Puerto Rico in the wake of...

A small fishing boat, rear, is washed aground on a breakwater as a roof sits on what was once a wharf of a port on Okushiri Island, off the southwestern coast of Hokkaido, in this file photo taken on July 14, 1993, one day after a major earthquake shook the island and a tsunami flattened the seaside area. (AP Photo/File, Katsumi Kasahara) At a Glance On July 12, 1993, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck in the Sea of Japan.A resulting...

The North Atlantic right whale is one of the world’s most endangered large whale species, with only an estimated 400 remaining. (NOAA Fisheries) At a Glance Nine attorneys general joined a lawsuit to block offshore seismic airgun testing.The testing is used to locate oil and natural gas deposits on the ocean floor.The tests could harm over 300,000 marine mammals, including the North Atlantic right whale.The attorneys general for Florida and South Carolina did not join the lawsuit. Nine attorneys general...