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.Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.