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COLLIN BINKLEY, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Suspect in shooting of National Guard members now facing a first-degree murder charge

Charges against the man accused of shooting two National Guard members have been upgraded to first-degree murder after one of the soldiers died.

9 months ago

CURTIS YEE and SAL CHRIST, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Trump wants to ‘permanently pause’ migration to the US from poorer countries

President Donald Trump says he wants to “permanently pause migration” from poorer nations and is promising to seek to expel millions of immigrants.

9 months ago

Trump says one of the two West Virginia National Guard members shot by Afghan national has died

President Donald Trump said that one of the two West Virginia National Guard members shot by an Afghan national near the White House had died.

9 months ago

Associated Press

What we do and don’t know about the shooting of 2 National Guard members in DC

The brazen daytime shooting of two National Guard members in the nation’s capital by a man authorities identified as an Afghan national has raised multiple questions.

9 months ago

JOSH FUNK AND ED WHITE, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Investigators say UPS plane that crashed in Kentucky, killing 14, had cracks in engine mount

Federal investigators released dramatic photos Thursday of an engine flying off a doomed UPS cargo plane that crashed two weeks ago, killing 14 people in Kentucky.

9 months ago

JULIE WATSON, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Hundreds of National Guard troops deployed to Portland and Chicago are being sent home

Hundreds of National Guard troops deployed to Chicago and Portland are being sent home, and those who will remain will continue to stay off the streets, a defense official said Monday.

9 months ago

Stephen Groves, The Associated Press

House votes overwhelmingly to pass bill to force release of Epstein files

The House voted to mandate the Justice Department release files on Jeffrey Epstein, aiming for transparency in a high-profile case.

9 months ago

Cloudflare outage disrupts ChatGPT, X, other internet services

Internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare says it is deploying a fix for an issue that caused global outages for ChatGPT, social media platform X, transit infrastructure, and other prominent internet services.

9 months ago

CLAIRE RUSH, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Off-duty pilot who tried to cut a flight’s engines midair is released without prison time

A former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 while riding off-duty in the cockpit will serve no additional prison time.

9 months ago

VIDEO: Seal seeks refuge on photographer’s boat while fleeing orcas

Witness a seal's narrow escape from orcas in this captivating video featuring Charvet Drucker's wildlife photography adventure.

9 months ago

FILE - In this March 11, 2019, file photo, rescuers work at the scene of an Ethiopian Airlines flig...

Jury awards $28M to family of a United Nations consultant killed in Boeing 737 Max crash in Ethiopia

A federal court jury has awarded more than $24 million to the family of a woman who died in the crash of a Boeing 737 Max jetliner in Ethiopia more than six years ago. The verdict was reached Wednesday on behalf of the relatives of Shikha Garg, a United Nations consultant, after a weeklong trial […]

9 months ago

Associated Press

Epstein email says Trump ‘knew about the girls,’ but White House calls release a Democratic smear

Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein wrote in a 2011 email that Donald Trump had “spent hours” at Epstein’s house with a victim of sex trafficking and said in a separate message years later that Trump “knew about the girls."

9 months ago

KEVIN FREKING, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A historic shutdown is nearly over. It leaves no winners and much frustration

The longest government shutdown in history could conclude as soon as Wednesday, Day 43, with almost no one happy with the final result.

9 months ago

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JONEL ALECCIA, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ByHeart recalls all baby formula sold nationwide as infant botulism outbreak grows, including in WA

ByHeart, a manufacturer of organic baby formula, recalled all of its products sold nationwide Tuesday, days after some batches were recalled in an expanding outbreak of infant botulism.

10 months ago

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Veterans Day: What’s open, what’s closed

The Veterans Day holiday began more than a century ago as a celebration of the end of World War I.

10 months ago

MARY CLARE JALONICK, LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Senate approves bill to end government shutdown, sending it to the House

The Senate passed legislation Monday to reopen the government, bringing the longest government shutdown in history closer to an end.

10 months ago

JOSH FUNK AND KEN SWEET, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

66 SEA flights cancelled in past 24 hours, cancellations expected to drag on even after government shutdown ends

The flight cancellations at airports across the U.S. are expected to persist even after the government shutdown ends.

10 months ago

JOSH FUNK AND RIO YAMAT, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Travelers face cancellations and frustration as the FAA orders flight cuts due to the shutdown

Hundreds of flight cancellations spread across the U.S. on Friday as airlines began complying with the FAA's order to scale down routes nationwide.

10 months ago

RIO YAMAT AND JAMIE STENGLE, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Boeing won’t face criminal charges over 737 Max crashes that killed hundreds of people

Boeing will not face a criminal conspiracy charge over two 737 Max jetliner crashes that killed 346 people.

10 months ago

MATTHEW DALY, JOSH FUNK, AND RIO YAMAT, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

FAA reducing air traffic by 10% across 40 ‘high-volume’ markets, including SEA, during government shutdown

The FAA is reducing air traffic by 10% across 40 “high-volume” markets beginning Friday morning to maintain travel safety during the government shutdown.