3-year-old boy struck by lawn mower and killed in Snohomish County
The boy, whose identity remains unknown, was riding the mower with his father, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office. The child fell off and then the mower struck him.
View ArticleEU moves to full ban pesticides that harm bees
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has made a key breakthrough to completely ban pesticides that harm bees and their crop pollination. The 28 member states got a large majority backing the ban on the...
View ArticleNASA’s only moon rover just got canceled
The cancellation troubles many lunar scientists, who said the mission is vital to human exploration and to scientific understanding of the moon.
View ArticleRoommate accused of killing Wallingford woman is ordered held on $1.5 million...
Police say blood found in the suspect’s car matched the DNA of the victim, Lalita “Lita” Byrnes.
View ArticleRoommate accused of killing Wallingford woman ordered held on $1.5 million bail
Police say blood found in the suspect’s car matched the DNA of the victim, Lalita “Lita” Byrnes.
View Article'Forever gone': 20 years in prison for Green River killing
James Smith and Travis Pendley shared common tragedies growing up.
View ArticleT-Mobile deal with Sprint could beef up Bellevue firm against industry’s two...
The Bellevue telecom company is once again in talks to merge with rival Sprint, and the third time could be the charm. The combination would have more than 127 million customers, putting it within...
View Article$12 million per mile for a bike lane? That should trigger a civic heart attack
The revelation that the biggest tax levy in Seattle history is already short of funds after less than three years ought to prompt a reckoning at City Hall about how they do business. It probably won’t.
View ArticleEx-Marine shot a mosque — now he’s close friends with its leader
Ted Hakey Jr. shot up a mosque in Connecticut in 2015. On April 28, he’s coming to Seattle with one of that mosque’s leaders to talk about their friendship and the “amazing series of events” that led...
View ArticleNew CDC director’s $375,000 salary draws scrutiny from Sen. Patty Murray and...
Senate Democrats and watchdog agencies question the use of a statute to authorize paying Dr. Robert R. Redfield nearly twice as much as his predecessor.
View ArticleDNA search for California serial killer led to wrong man
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Investigators hunting for the so-called Golden State Killer turned to searching genetic websites in 2017 but misidentified an Oregon man as a potential suspect. A year later,...
View ArticleGhost-home tax fills Vancouver’s coffers but rentals remain scarce
The outcome of the new tax is being watched closely as cities around the world struggle with the rise of so-called ghost homes: scarcely used residences in prime urban locations use by investors to...
View ArticleOne Seattle man’s quest to cancel his $10.48 monthly donation to Hillary...
Corey Koscielniak’s frustrating effort to cancel a recurring donation to Hillary Clinton’s organization, Onward Together, provides a glimpse into the opaque world of quasi-political 501(c)(4) groups.
View ArticlePay, sexual-harassment issues at stake as UW grad students vote to authorize...
Graduate students who work for the University of Washington say they could go on strike if they cannot reach a resolution over sexual-harassment and pay issues with the university.
View ArticleSeattle’s now-vacant Russian consul residence rekindles memories of family...
Before it was the place for Russian diplomats to live and host receptions, the mansion on East Madison Street in Seattle was a sign of an immigrant’s business success — but only for a short while.
View ArticleStuck in traffic? These folks found a solution by joining a vanpool
King County Metro operates the nation’s largest vanpool program, with more than 1,500 vans carrying commuters back and forth from work.
View ArticleLandowners join forces to restore New Mexico grasslands
CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — Ranchers and land owners in southeastern New Mexico are joining forces to restore grasslands in the area amid the growth of invasive plants and severe drought conditions. They are...
View ArticleDowned tree, transformer blamed for south Seattle outage; power mostly restored
Seattle City Light crews were out Sunday morning scrambling to restore power to more than 4,000 customers in Columbia City and Beacon Hill.
View ArticlePedestrian struck and killed by BNSF train
Police investigate train-pedestrian fatality in SoDo District
View ArticleOregon trucker missing for 4 days reportedly was lost, stuck
Mystery of missing Oregon trucker solved: he got lost and stuck and had to walked back to civilization.
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