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Doctors call on cops to enforce Seattle’s bike helmet law

It's all too common to see people around the Seattle area riding bikes without helmets. It's against the law in Seattle and King County, but about a third of cyclists don't know or don't care. And some medical experts argue it's time to crackdown.

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Mill Creek homicide, crash victim were husband and wife

Police investigating a homicide and a fatal car crash in Mill Creek say the two people involved were husband and wife.

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Protesters disrupt Seattle police public drone meeting

A meeting called by Seattle police to answer questions about remote-control aerial cameras was disrupted Thursday night by demonstrators chanting "No drones! No drones!"

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Man killed walking on I-5 near Boeing Field

A man struck by a car while walking on I-5 Thursday morning has died.

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Seattle police looking for driver involved in two hit and run accidents

Police are searching for the suspect in two hit and run accidents in Seattle Thursday morning.

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Metro bus driver tackles man hassling, assaulting people at bus stop

A Metro bus driver stepped up to help detain a man harassing and assaulting people at a North Seattle transit station on Wednesday.

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Fugitive Seattle developer Mastro arrested in France

Fugitive Seattle real-estate developer Michael Mastro and his wife, Linda, have been arrested in France at the request of U.S. authorities.

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South King County firefighter honored for job-related HIV death

South King County fighter Doug Waller is the first in his department to be honored for dying in the line of duty. But it wasn't flames that took his life. It was HIV. Now, he's one of the first in the country to be recognized for contracting the disease on the job.

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Feds, local cops make huge King County gun and drug bust

Federal agents and local police have teamed up to bust a huge South King County crime ring, netting 33 suspects, 28 guns, and more than 15 pounds of drugs.

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Halloween masks show front-runner for president

A pretty accurate predictor says their indicators are showing a clear front-runner in the presidential race.

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Cut fiber line disables ability to call 911 in Monroe

Officials are working to restore the ability to call 911 in Monroe.

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Some voters in King, Pierce Counties to get new ballots after Congressional snafu

Elections officials in King and Pierce Counties are sending out new ballots after finding errors in the new 10th Congressional district.

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Review on abuse in adoptive placements in Washington to be released

Several cases of severe child abuse and neglect of adopted children in Washington state prompted the governor to call for a review of the system. The results of that review are due out Tuesday.

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Seattle tunnel boring machine needs a name

Students across our state will have a chance to name the world's largest tunnel boring machine.

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Space Needle picks new roof paint job

Space Needle officials have announced the winner of a contest to pick a new paint job for the Seattle icon.

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Police: Fake deliveryman stabs woman in her Spanaway home

The Pierce County Sheriff's Office is on the hunt for a violent robber who dressed as a deliveryman and forced his way into a Spanaway woman's home Friday morning.

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Big time voter turnout expected

Washington state's top election official predicted Thursday 81 percent of eligible voters would participate in the state's first completely vote-by-mail election for U.S. president.

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Millions drop, cover, and hold for Shakeout earthquake drill

Millions throughout the western U.S. practiced their drop, cover and hold earthquake skills on Thursday.

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Attorney releases Boy Scouts ‘perversion files’

Thousands of pages of confidential documents kept by the Boy Scouts of America about men suspected of child sex abuse were released Thursday after a two-year court battle.