Rachel Dolezal charged with welfare fraud

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In this March 20, 2017 photo, Rachel Dolezal poses for a photo with her son, Langston in the bureau of the Associated Press in Spokane, Wash. The former NAACP leader, who was born to white parents but posed for years as a black woman, is facing charges of welfare fraud. (Nicholas K. Geranios / AP)

updated Rachel Dolezal – now Nkechi Diallo after legally changing her name in 2016 – is accused of illegally receiving $8,747 in food assistance and $100 in child care assistance in 2017, according to the Washington Department of Social and Health Services.

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This one-minute exposure shows the International Space Station passing over Kent on Tuesday night. The ISS will make several passes over Western Washington over the coming week. (John McLaren / Seattle Astronomical Society)

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A handgun became embedded in the front bumper of a car Wednesday, May 23, 2018, in Lakewood, Wash. The Washington State Patrol says a driver on Interstate 5 near Tacoma, Wash., saw a small object strike the front of his car during his evening commute. When he stopped for gas later, he saw that it was a handgun. The weapon was embedded in his bumper, barrel-end first, with the trigger sticking out just below the driver’s-side headlight. The driver notified the Washington State Patrol, who recovered the gun, which was missing its magazine. (AP)

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Police investigate how a handgun ended up in driver’s bumper

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Authorities say a driver near Tacoma, Washington, saw an object strike the front of his car during his evening commute Wednesday. When he stopped for gas 18 miles later, he discovered it was a handgun.