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Judge to decide on releasing videos in bikini barista case

An Olympia man is suing the city of Everett over public access to surveillance videos of bikini baristas engaging in illegal activity.
11 years ago
Nick Licata and Kshama Sawant want to make it illegal to increase rent on homes that are unfit for ...

Seattle ordinance aims to halt rent increases for subpar housing

An ordinance proposed in Seattle aims to stop landlords from raising rents for inadequate housing units.
11 years ago
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Seattle high school football player dies after game injury

A Seattle high school football player has died after spending the weekend in critical condition following a Friday game.
11 years ago
A prototype of a robot that will be used in Boeing’s Propulsion South Carolina plant to manuf...

Machinists union seeks election at South Carolina Boeing plant

The machinists union on Monday asked for an election so about 2,500 Boeing production workers in South Carolina can decide whether they want union representation.
12 years ago
A House lawmaker has introduced a bill that would not allow personal beliefs to be a sufficient rea...
Stephanie Klein

Washington lawmaker aims to limit vaccine exemptions

As a fifth person in Washington state is confirmed with a case of measles, a lawmaker has introduced a bill that would not allow personal beliefs to be a sufficient reason to not vaccinate a child.
12 years ago
The Washington State Patrol says a 38-year-old Kirkland woman was killed when she drove the wrong w...
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Wrong-way driver killed in collision on highway near Bothell

The Washington State Patrol says a 38-year-old Kirkland woman was killed when she drove the wrong way on Highway 522 near Bothell and collided head-on with another vehicle.
12 years ago
Forecasters say temperatures will drop Monday night and Tuesday into the 20s and 30s west of the Ca...
Alyssa Kleven

First freeze of season forecast in Northwest

Arctic air pushing into the Northwest Tuesday and Wednesday is expected to bring the first freeze of the season in much of Washington and Oregon.
12 years ago
In this May 17, 2013 file photo, actress Misty Upham arrives for the screening of the film Jimmy P....

Family reports actress Misty Upham missing

Police in Washington state say an actress known for her roles in "August: Osage County," "Frozen River" and "Django Unchained" is missing.
12 years ago

Shots fired in Kent home invasion

The King County sheriff's office says at least four masked men forced their way into a home near Kent Thursday morning shouting that they were police.
12 years ago
One paddle boarder in a line falls into the Puget Sound as the group begins their outing Wednesday,...

Warmest July-August on record in Seattle

It's been a warm summer in Seattle.
12 years ago
This photo taken with a fisheye lens on July 3, 2014 shows Microsoft Corp. signage outside the Micr...

Microsoft to cut up to 18,000 jobs over next year

Microsoft says it will eliminate up to 18,000 jobs over the next year as it works on integrating the Nokia devices business it bought in April.
12 years ago
A task force on drones convened by Gov. Jay Inslee met for the first time Monday in Olympia. (AP fi...

Washington state drone task force tackles privacy, public interest in first meeting

A government task force assigned to propose regulations for drone use in Washington state raised a wide variety of potential issues —from privacy to public information — at its first meeting in Olympia on Monday.
12 years ago
Customers walk to a Hobby Lobby store in Oklahoma City, Monday, June 30, 2014. The Supreme Court ru...

Justices: Can’t make employers cover contraception

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that some corporations can hold religious objections that allow them to opt out of the new health law requirement that they cover contraceptives for women.
12 years ago
Crews survey the scene of a Monday morning duplex fire that left a 3-year-old boy dead. (KIRO Radio...
Chris Sullivan

3-year-old boy dies in Bellevue duplex fire

A fatal fire in Bellevue early Monday morning took the life of a child.
13 years ago
Federal prosecutors say a 20-year-old California man has been arrested near the Canadian border and...

California man accused of plot to join al-Qaida

Federal prosecutors say a 20-year-old California man has been arrested near the Canadian border in Washington state and charged with trying to provide support to al-Qaida's efforts in Syria.
13 years ago

Slide risk in W. Washington; windy E. Washington

The National Weather Service says recent heavy rainfall has created a landslide risk in Western Washington.
13 years ago

No tsunami threat detected from large Chile quakes

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says it does not see a threat of powerful waves along the coasts of California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska or Hawaii due to a powerful earthquake off South America.
13 years ago

500 trees along I-5 will be removed for cameras

Around 500 trees along Interstate 5 between Lakewood and Lacey will be removed to improve sight lines of new state traffic cameras.
13 years ago

Police: SWAT imposter in Marysville robbery caught

Marysville police say a man who impersonated a SWAT team member during a robbery last month has been arrested in Renton.
13 years ago

Researchers: New form of poultry disease found

Researchers say a serious new form of a viral poultry disease has been found in Washington state.
13 years ago

Police: Pantless man seeking coat kicks in door

Police in Seattle say a pantless and very intoxicated man kicked in an apartment door and told a resident he was looking for his coat.
13 years ago

Fleeing driver shoots self to death in Auburn

A suspected drunken driver who fled the Washington State Patrol shot himself to death as the chase came to an end early Wednesday on Highway 167 in Auburn.
13 years ago
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will be in Seattle next month to talk abour her memoir. ...

Justice Sotomayor to visit Seattle next month

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will be in Seattle next month to talk abour her memoir.
13 years ago

Gov. Inslee to sign immigrant financial aid bill

Gov. Jay Inslee is scheduled on Wednesday to sign into law a measure that expands state college financial aid to students in the country without legal status.
13 years ago