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Man accused of kidnapping Seattle woman, kidnapping charges in separate case

A man accused of abducting a woman in Seattle, driving her hundreds of miles to his home in Oregon and locking her in a makeshift cinder block cell 
3 years ago
A person browses offerings in the Raven's Nest Treasure shop in Pike Place Market, Dec. 10, 2021, i...
Associated Press

Man who faked Native American heritage to sell his art in Seattle sentenced to probation

A Washington state man who falsely claimed Native American heritage to sell his artwork at downtown Seattle galleries was sentenced Wednesday to federal probation and community service.
3 years ago
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Rio Yamat and Ken Ritter

Man tied to suspected shooter in Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing arrested

Tupac Shakur was gunned down when he was 25. He was in a BMW driven by Death Row Records founder Marion “Suge” Knight.
3 years ago
Image: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to a crowd during a campaign rally on Monday, Sept...
Associated Press

Judge rules Donald Trump defrauded banks, insurers while building real estate empire

A judge ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump committed fraud for years while building the real estate empire that catapulted him to fame and the White House.
3 years ago
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Andrew Dalton, Associated Press

Writers guild, Hollywood studios reach tentative deal to end strike; no actor deal yet

Union leaders and Hollywood studios reached a tentative agreement Sunday to end a historic screenwriters strike. No deal is yet in the works for actors.
3 years ago
Associated Press

Biden deal with tribes promises $200M for Columbia River salmon reintroduction

The Biden administration has pledged over $200 million toward reintroducing salmon in the Upper Columbia River Basin in an agreement with tribes that includes a stay on litigation for 20 years.
3 years ago
Associated Press

Amazon unveils a ‘smarter and more conversational’ Alexa amid AI race among tech companies

Amazon has unveiled a slew of gadgets and an update to its popular voice assistant Alexa, infusing it with more generative AI features to better compete with other tech companies who’ve rolled out flashy chatbots.
3 years ago
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David Bauder, The Associated Press

Rupert Murdoch, whose creation of Fox News made him a force in American politics, is stepping down

Murdoch inherited a newspaper in Adelaide, Australia, from his father in 1952 and eventually built a news and entertainment enterprise.
3 years ago
Microsoft’s Chief Product Officer Panos Panay holds a Surface Duo, left, and Surface Neo at an ev...
Associated Press

Microsoft chief product exec behind Surface devices and Windows 11 steps down

A top product executive at Microsoft who launched its Surface line of computers and Windows 11 is leaving the company.
3 years ago
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Bill Kaczaraba and Steve Coogan

Durkan, other officials won’t be charged in case of missing text messages

No charges will be filed against ex-Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and other officials for deleting thousands of text messages during the 2020 protests.
3 years ago
The MyNorthwest staff with wire reports

Washington, US mark 22 years since 9/11 with tributes and tears

From ground zero to small towns, Americans looked back Monday on 9/11 with moments of silence, tearful words and appeals to teach younger generations about the terror attacks 22 years before.
3 years ago
MyNorthwest Staff with AP wire reports

Supreme Court Justice Alito rejects Democrats’ call to step aside from WA tax case

Justice Samuel Alito on Friday rejected demands from Senate Democrats that he step aside from an upcoming Supreme Court case because of his interactions with one of the lawyers, in a fresh demonstration of tensions over ethical issues.
3 years ago
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The MyNorthwest staff with wire reports

Trump mug shot shows scowling ex-president during booking at Atlanta jail

Donald Trump posed for a mug shot Thursday as he surrendered inside a jail on charges that he illegally schemed to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia.
3 years ago
Associated Press

Suspect in Idaho student stabbings says he was out for a solo drive around the time of the slayings

The man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death late last year was on a long drive by himself around the time of the deaths, his defense attorneys wrote in new court documents filed this week.
3 years ago
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Nomaan Merchant

Whistleblower tells Congress the US is concealing ‘multi-decade’ program that captures UFOs

Retired Maj. David Grusch’s highly anticipated testimony before a House Oversight subcommittee was Congress’ latest foray into the world of UAPs.
3 years ago
In this Feb. 2018, file photo, a Boeing 737 MAX 7 is displayed during its debut in Renton, Wash. Th...
David Koenig

Boeing loses $149 million in Q2 as the plane maker is pushing ahead with production increases

Boeing said it is increasing production of its two most popular airline planes. Shares jumped nearly 7% Wednesday, the biggest upward move for the company.
3 years ago
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Andrew Dalton and Leslie Ambriz

Hollywood actors join screenwriters in historic industry-stopping strike as contract talks collapse

Leaders of a Hollywood’s actors union voted Thursday to join screenwriters in the first joint strike in more than six decades.
3 years ago
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The Associated Press

Megan Rapinoe says she’ll retire after the NWSL season and her 4th World Cup

U.S. women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe is ready to retire after an illustrious career in which she won an Olympic gold medal, two World Cups and never shied away from using her platform to spotlight social issues.
3 years ago
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Associated Press

Recent events that indicate Earth’s climate has entered uncharted territory

As a warming Earth simmered into worrisome new territory this week, scientists said the unofficial records being set for average planetary temperature were a clear sign of how pollutants released by humans are warming their environment. But the heat is also just one way the planet is telling us something is gravely wrong, they said.
3 years ago
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Alexandra Olson, Associated Press

Still hiring: Big Tech layoffs give other sectors an opening

For the thousands of workers who’d never experienced upheaval in the tech sector, the recent mass layoffs at companies like Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta came as a shock. Now they are being courted by long-established employers whose names aren’t typically synonymous with tech work, including hotel chains, retailers, investment firms, railroad companies and even […]
3 years ago
A  troller fishes in Sitka Sound, Alaska on February 2, 2021. A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday, Ju...
Associated Press

Alaska salmon season back on after court halts closure that sought to protect orcas

A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday halted a lower court ruling that would have shut down southeast Alaska’s chinook salmon troll fishery for the summer to protect endangered orca whales that eat the fish.
3 years ago
Associated Press

Sanders launches Senate probe into Amazon’s safety practices

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has opened a Senate investigation into Amazon’s warehouse safety practices.
3 years ago
Lawmakers vote on the Artificial Intelligence act Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at the European Parliame...
Associated Press

US urged to investigate the type of AI that powers systems like ChatGPT

Consumer protection groups urged regulators on Tuesday to investigate the type of artificial intelligence underpinning systems like ChatGPT
3 years ago
Investigators look over the scene of an overnight mass shooting at a strip mall in Willowbrook, Ill...
Associated Press

At least 6 killed, dozens injured in weekend shootings across US

At least six people including a Pennsylvania state trooper were killed and dozens injured in a string of weekend violence and mass shootings across the U.S.
3 years ago