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Guilty or innocent, debriefers help jurors recover from trauma after verdict

The trauma experienced by victims of crime and their families is well documented. Less clear is what happens to jurors who have to sit through months of excruciating testimony to render a verdict in criminal trials.
12 years ago

Apartment fire shuts down Aurora Avenue

All of southbound Aurora Avenue was blocked Wednesday evening due to an apartment fire.
12 years ago

Preserving family’s Seattle history with an app

All of our families have stories that are worth sharing and preserving. But, I must confess that even though I document complete strangers' lives and stories for a living I've yet to do that for my own family.
12 years ago

Man arrested in California, charged in Bellevue murder

King County prosecutors have charged a 30-year-old man with first-degree murder and first-degree arson in the March 31 stabbing death of a 37-year-old woman in Bellevue.
12 years ago

Video: Did this South Carolina police officer plant the stun gun?

A white South Carolina police officer was charged with murder Tuesday in the weekend shooting death of a black motorist after a traffic stop.
12 years ago

Hoping for life in prison, convicted murderer Joseph McEnroe breaks down on stand

Joseph McEnroe told the courtroom Monday he wanted to walk away, but his girlfriend was intent on killing six members of her family on Christmas Eve 2007.
12 years ago

Twins, including KIRO reporter, help UW solve genetic riddles

Twin NASA astronauts are serving as guinea pigs in an experiment to test the effects of zero-gravity on the human body. But there's another twin study happening much closer to home.
12 years ago

Mariners fans flock to Safeco Field for Opening Day

Mariners fans excited for a promising season made their way to Safeco Field for Opening Day.
12 years ago

Bellevue murder suspect caught in California

The man suspected of killing a woman at the Avalon Apartments in Bellevue was arrested in northern California on Monday night.
12 years ago

What you may not have known about Safeco Field

There's nothing quite like Opening Night at Safeco Field - Mariners fans soak in the promise of a potentially bright future. Here are some facts you may not have known about Safeco Field.
12 years ago

At least 15 vehicles involved in collision near Mount Vernon, snarls I-5 commute

A 15-vehicle crash blocked all lanes of northbound I-5 in Mount Vernon.
12 years ago

Update: Seattle restaurateur Tom Douglas scraps ‘wage equality surcharge’

You may still notice an increase in your bill, but Seattle restaurateur Tom Douglas is doing away with a 2 percent surcharge.
12 years ago

‘I did do this awful thing,’ McEnroe pleads for his life after murdering six

Over seven years after Joseph McEnroe walked into his girlfriend's parents' house in Carnation and helped kill six members of the Anderson family, the convicted murderer pleaded for his life before a King County jury.
12 years ago

WSP: Fryberg bought gun illegally thanks to lack of reporting from tribal court

Raymond Lee Fryberg Jr. is accused of illegally purchasing the firearm his son used to shoot five students at Marysville Pilchuck High School last year.
12 years ago

Sales tax hike hits Seattle, but was it necessary?

Sales tax goes up by a tenth of a percent, to 9.6 percent, in Seattle, thanks to Proposition 1, a transit measure voters passed in November.
12 years ago

Photos: Hail, thunder, lightning across Seattle

A spring thunderstorm brings hail, thunder, and lightning across Seattle.
12 years ago

Jury finds Erick Walker guilty of manslaughter in Molly Conley trial

Jurors have found Erick N. Walker guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter in the death of a 15-year-old Seattle high school student who was walking along a road in Lake Stevens two years ago.
12 years ago

Bertha’s 2,000-ton front end making way to repair platform

Crews started lifting the front end of Bertha, the massive tunneling machine stuck under Seattle's waterfront, Monday and say they've made good progress.
12 years ago

Photos: Seattle geeks out over for Emerald City Comicon

Emerald City Comicon is touted as the largest gathering of comic book and pop culture fans in the Pacific Northwest.
12 years ago

Vindicated: Friends of Amanda Knox celebrate acquittal, ‘justice delayed’

"It's justice delayed, but it wasn't justice denied."
12 years ago

Kingdome a symbol of a new era in Seattle

On a quiet Sunday morning 15 years ago, a hallowed place of local history was reduced to rubble in seconds. Tens of thousands of people gathered to watch on March 26, 2000 as the Kingdome was imploded to make way for CenturyLink Field.
12 years ago

UW cherry blossoms star in Seattle’s first week of spring

Every year, hundreds of people flock to "The Quad" at the University of Washington to witness the first signs of spring.
12 years ago

‘He’s not a human being,’ family says of shooter in Carnation murders

Judy and Wayne Anderson were celebrating Christmas Eve in 2007 at their home in Carnation when their daughter, Michele Anderson, and her boyfriend, Joseph McEnroe, arrived and started a confrontation that ended in the shooting deaths of six family members.
12 years ago

New Italian court decision could make Amanda Knox a fugitive

Italy's highest court is expected to announce by Friday whether Amanda Knox must face another trial, or possibly extradition, for the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher.
12 years ago