Teen, fatally shot in Seattle park, hoped to become a Marine
The 17-year-old Franklin High School senior, who dreamed of a career in the Marine Corps, went ghost hunting at a local park with friends Friday night, police say. They ran into another group, shots...
View ArticleSpaceX launches communication satellite, ditches old booster
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX has launched another satellite for a Luxembourg communication company. But it ditched the recycled booster in the Atlantic following liftoff. The Falcon 9 rocket...
View ArticleSearchers find body of missing high school student in Yakima River
The body of Dmetri Kennedy-Woody, 18, was found about 100 feet downstream from the railroad bridge from where he jumped on Memorial Day.
View ArticleFather, son haven’t returned from Oregon fishing trip
DETROIT, Ore. (AP) — Authorities are searching for a father and son who didn’t return from a fishing trip in the Detroit area as planned. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office says Monday that the family...
View Article2 children die in Wallowa County rafting accident
TROY, Ore. (AP) — Two young brothers died in a rafting accident over the weekend on the Grande Ronde River in Wallowa County. The Oregon State Police said Monday that the boys were rafting with their...
View Article4 Scouts from Seattle found after summit attempt of Mount Baker volcano
Editor’s note: The four Boy Scouts were airlifted to a hospital in Bellingham to be treated for possible hypothermia, a Whatcom County Sheriff’s Deputy said. Read the updated story here. BELLINGHAM —...
View Article4 Scouts from Seattle missing after summit attempt of Mount Baker volcano
BELLINGHAM — Search and rescue officials say four Scouts are missing in an attempted summit of Mount Baker, a 10,781-foot volcano in Washington state. The Bellingham Herald reports that Whatcom County...
View ArticleBoulder-size asteroid disintegrated harmlessly over Africa
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A boulder-size asteroid disintegrated harmlessly over Africa, just hours after its weekend discovery. It’s only the third time scientists have spotted an incoming asteroid...
View ArticleCardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo dies at 92, key figure in Nicaraguan turmoil
Few Nicaraguans could argue when President Daniel Ortega, in conferring a decoration on the cardinal in 2012, called him “one of the most important personalities in modern Nicaraguan history.”
View ArticleRescuers find missing Boy Scouts after night near summit of Mount Baker
The four Boy Scouts were airlifted to a hospital in Bellingham to be treated for possible hypothermia, a Whatcom County Sheriff's Deputy said.
View ArticleLong waits under VA’s private health program, report finds
Congress' auditing arm found veterans often had to wait between 51 and 64 days for appointments with private doctors under the Veterans Choice program, which was just approved for a sweeping expansion...
View ArticleTwo firefighters suffer minor injuries in South Seattle basement fire
The injured firefighters were sent to Harborview Medical Center for precautionary measures.
View ArticleMercer Island banker behind move to toughen federal laws on religious hate...
A Mercer Island banker’s outrage over 2017 bomb threats against the Stroum Jewish Community Center led to his spearheading a proposed change to federal hate-crime laws that has passed the House and is...
View ArticleTornado spawned by Pennsylvania storm called ‘brief, weak’
FINLEYVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Weather authorities say the weekend’s storms generated a small tornado in western Pennsylvania — but it didn’t last long. The National Weather Service office in Pittsburgh says...
View ArticleSlog AM: 100 Redwoods Need A Home In Seattle, Controversy Over New...
New sexual-harassment policy in King County, Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty, Oprah buys an Orcas Island homeby Nathalie GrahamThey're good tenants. John Muir promises.gangliu10 Seattle man...
View ArticleSouth Dakota philanthropist gives $100 million to nonprofit
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota businessman and philanthropist said Tuesday he is donating $100 million to the National University System, a nonprofit that focuses on education and philanthropy...
View ArticleSwimmer starts across Pacific Ocean, in bid to highlight plastic pollution
French swimmer Benoit Lecomte started a six-month-long attempt Tuesday to become the first to swim across the Pacific, from Japan to San Francisco. He's also working to highlight the pollution...
View ArticleImmigrant-rights activists taken into custody for blocking Second Avenue in...
Several immigrant-rights activists were taken into custody Tuesday morning after blocking traffic at Second Avenue and Madison Street in downtown Seattle. Roads were reopened shortly after 9 a.m....
View ArticleRoads reopen after immigrant-rights activists taken into custody for blocking...
Several immigrant-rights activists were taken into custody Tuesday morning after blocking traffic at Second Avenue and Madison Street in downtown Seattle. Roads were reopened shortly after 9 a.m....
View ArticleYakima County sheriff says boy accidentally shot and wounded friend
The Yakima County Sheriff's Office says the 911 caller initially reported that unknown persons drove up to the house and shot him while he was standing in the driveway on Monday afternoon. The victim...
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