Couple
Couple vs. Few vs. Several: Usage Guide
One of the gripes lexicographers hear with regularity is that people don’t use words precisely or accurately. Many such complaints, however, are guided by the assumption that we’re the ones who should enforce precise usage (rather than what we really do, which is record the actual usage of words, even when that usage is considered …
Valve: don’t expect a faster Steam Deck ‘in the next couple of years’
It’s important to us that the Deck offers a fixed performance target for developers, and that the message to customers is simple, where every Deck can play the same games. As such, changing the performance level is not something we are taking lightly, and we only want to do so when there is a significant …
Florida couple rams patrol vehicles before breaking into mayor’s home, police say
HAINES CITY, Fla. – Haines City police say a couple drove straight at an officer, rammed two patrol vehicles and broke into a Florida mayor’s home while trying to evade authorities. Records show Officer William Tucker was patrolling around 2 a.m. Monday when he spotted a blue 2003 Toyota parked at a construction site and …
Couple arrested for breaking into, stealing from Kennewick home
April 23, 2021 6:16 AM Dru Miller Posted: April 23, 2021 6:16 AM Updated: April 23, 2021 6:17 AM KENNEWICK, Wash — Two people have been arrested after police located them attempting to get away from the Kennewick house they recently stole from. According to the Kennewick Police Department 59-year-old, David Jones and 43-year-old Jennifer …
‘Couple months’ to other side of pandemic
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A highly contagious coronavirus variant is becoming more prevalent in Wisconsin but vaccine shots should be available to everyone by mid-summer, pushing the state closer to the end of the pandemic, health officials said Thursday. State Department of Health Services Deputy Secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk told reporters during a question-and-answer …
Old Hickory couple sleeps through home break-in, thieves steal two cars
OLD HICKORY, Tenn. (WKRN) — Metro Police are searching for the thieves that stole two cars from an Old Hickory home while a family was inside sleeping. Monday morning Stacy and Kenneth Young woke up with no cars, no wallets, no keys, and no idea what had happened. “My husband woke up and yelled upstairs …
Couple accused of breaking into Battle Ground home
A Longview man is accused of breaking into a home, with a family member of the owners, and stealing a safe containing about $72,000 in cash and other items. William A. Courser Jr. appeared Monday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of first-degree theft and residential burglary. Judge Daniel Stahnke set Courser’s bail at …
Queensland to reopen borders to NSW February 1; Victoria records no new local virus cases; Memorial held for pregnant Brisbane couple killed while walking dog in Alexandra Hills; UK virus variant now detected in at least 70 countries; UK imposes hotel quarantine for hotspot travelers
An urgent search is underway for an autistic teenager missing from the New South Wales Central Coast area. Leif Courtney, 13, is described as being non-verbal but may respond to noise. He was last seen at his home on The Pacific Highway, at Mooney Mooney, in the Brisbane Water area, at 7.30pm yesterday. Leif’s mother …
BREAKING: Arrest made in death of elderly California couple found at bottom of a well in Mexico
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — The head state prosecutor in the city of Tijuana has announced the arrest of a suspect wanted in connection with the murders of an elderly couple from Southern California. The suspect Emmanuel “N,” was reportedly seen in the area where Ian Hirschsohn, 75, and Kathy Harvey, 65, were staying when …