First "murder hornet" nest of 2021 found in Washington state
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Washington state agriculture workers have discovered the first Asian giant hornet nest of the year, CBS Seattle affiliate KIRO-TV reports. They're also known as "murder hornets."
The station says it was found Thursday morning in a rural area outside the city of Blaine, which is due north of Seattle, about a quarter-mile from where a resident saw a live Asian giant hornet on Aug. 11. A nest was also found in Blaine last year. The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) says state agriculture staff netted three of the hornets, tagged them with trackers and released them. One of the hornets led the team to the nest.Two Native Hawaiian brothers who were convicted in the 1991 killing of a woman visiting Hawaii allege in a federal lawsuit that local police framed them "under immense pressure to solve the high-profile murder" then botched an investigation last year that would have revealed the real killer using advancements in DNA technology.
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