The lead pilot of the Asiana Airlines jet that crash-landed in San Francisco was serving as a flight instructor for the first time. He was overseeing the pilot who was flying the aircraft, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board announced Tuesday.
The tragic cases in early 2012 had everybody talking. Four children accidentally shot, just days or weeks apart, across the state. Two of the kids died. More than one year later, just one person has been convicted in all these cases and now, a judge in Tacoma has dismissed a manslaughter charge.
An arbitrator has ruled the Washington Department of Corrections was wrong to fire three corrections officers and demote a sergeant for their actions around the time a guard was killed two years ago.
The royal guards at London's Buckingham Palace have dealt with plenty of strange visitors over the centuries. But it's likely they'd never before encountered a guy in a rubber suit and mask claiming to be a superhero. That is, until they met Phoenix Jones.
Seattle Children's Hospital has agreed to pull down bus ads featuring a young boy with the message: "Let's wipe out cancer, diabetes and autism in his lifetime," after receiving complaints on their Facebook page.
Aging chickens may be clucking out to you on your next trip to an animal shelter. The birds are reportedly being dropped off in record numbers as urban farmers are faced with the reality of caring for an animal that may live years past when it stops producing eggs.
Eliza Webb walked up to her car last month in West Seattle only to discover that somebody had found the door unlocked and ransacked it. But she came up with an unconventional way to teach the thief a lesson.
Trains full of crude oil, like the one that exploded outside Quebec, started rolling through Washington last fall. There's one 100-car train each day, and that rate is going to increase as the state's refineries take more and more oil from the Midwest.
Tuesday will be Pacific Mayor Cy Sun's last day on the job. Nineteen months after winning the election as a write-in candidate, Mayor Sun will be kicked out of office.
A Spokane man was charged Monday with first-degree murder in the brutal stabbing death of 20-year-old Phillipa S. Evans-Lopez, who was found dead at her Lake Stevens home on June 17.
The waters off Seattle's Seward Park on Lake Washington are a popular place for boaters to crank the tunes. And after plenty of complaints from residents of the area, the Seattle City Council is taking steps to turn down the volume.
What's in a name? Plenty when it comes to some of the most recognizable and popular brands. But it turns out there was a strong push at Microsoft to name the Xbox 11-X or Eleven-X before original Xbox mucky-muck Seamus Blackley and his launch team overruled the choice.
An investigation has revealed an employee with the Washington Department of Ecology gave dozens of massages to fellow employees in her office while on the taxpayer's dime.
25 people in a downtown Seattle high-rise were quarantined after an envelope filled with white powder prompted has a response by a Seattle Fire Department hazardous materials crew.
Still waiting for the next iPhone with the coolest, up-to-date features? No need. This week's app, according to Todd Bishop can make your phone potentially better than the next generation iPhone.
Air travel experts say the fact that 305 survived the crash of an Asiana flight at a San Francisco airport is a strong statement on the effectiveness of safety improvements implemented to make airplane crashes more survivable.
