Washington teen recovering after being pushed off 60-foot bridge
Video shows bystanders waiting for the girl to jump and when she hesitated, a woman is seen pushing the teen off.
View ArticleWashington teen recovering after being pushed off a bridge
Video shows bystanders waiting for the girl to jump and when she hesitated, a woman is seen pushing the teen off.
View ArticlePence outlines plan for new Space Force by 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — Faced with growing competition and threats from Russia and China, the White House on Thursday said it will create the U.S. Space Force as a sixth, separate military service by 2020....
View ArticlePence outlines US Space Force plan for ‘next battlefield’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pointing to growing threats and competition from Russia and China, the White House on Thursday announced ambitious plans to create the U.S. Space Force as a sixth, separate military...
View ArticleWSU short of dorm rooms as it welcomes largest frosh class
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Washington State University is preparing to welcome the largest freshman class in its history, and is short of dorm rooms to house them. More than 4,300 freshmen are expected to...
View ArticleVery hot temperatures feed fire danger east of Washington’s Cascades
SPOKANE, Wash. — Temperatures in the 100s are forecast in much of Eastern Washington, raising the threat from wildfires in the region. The state Department of Natural Resources says Thursday’s high...
View ArticleThousands sign petition calling for LeBron James to replace Betsy DeVos
If you could pick from LeBron James or Betsy DeVos to be the nation's secretary of education and those were your candidates, whom would you pick?
View ArticleGood progress on some Idaho wildfires, but another pops up
BOISE, Idaho — Firefighters made good progress on several large Idaho wildfires but another started that’s expected to burn into the fall. A central Idaho wildfire grew to 101 square miles (262 square...
View ArticleIdaho wildfire threatens historic gold mines, fire lookouts
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A wildfire in east-central Idaho burning in an area where there hasn’t been a wildfire in 80 years is threatening historic gold mines and fire lookouts, officials said Thursday. The...
View ArticleCourt orders ban on harmful pesticide, says EPA violated law
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that the Trump administration endangered public health by keeping a widely used pesticide on the market despite extensive scientific evidence...
View ArticleTwo girls badly hurt in auto-pedestrian accident on Rainier Avenue South
The two girls are approximately 10 years old. One has life-threatening injuries and the other is in serious condition, according to the Seattle Fire Department.
View ArticleTwo girls badly hurt in auto-pedestrian collision on Rainier Avenue South
The two girls are approximately 10 years old. One has life-threatening injuries and the other is in serious condition, according to the Seattle Fire Department.
View ArticleResearchers won’t take dead orca calf away from mother as she carries it into...
Meanwhile, a medical team is racing to help J50, a starving 3 1/2-year-old orca in the same family.
View ArticlePricey for-profit school chain Fusion Academy just got approved for a second...
Advertising flexible enrollment, a trademarked "Homework Cafe" and one-on-one instruction, Fusion Academy operates schools in at least a dozen other states, according to its website.
View ArticleTemperature readings are higher at Sea-Tac than Seattle this summer. What’s...
Close weather watchers have noticed something off about the official temperatures this summer. On warm days, the temperature readings at Sea-Tac Airport have been several degrees higher than nearby...
View ArticlePolice raid Foundation Nightclub, seize guns, drugs and arrest 12; liquor...
The state Liquor Control Board issued an emergency suspension of the liquor license of Belltown’s Foundation Nightclub after police and federal agents arrested 12 people, seized guns and narcotics —...
View ArticleRep. Adam Smith may face Democratic challenger Sarah Smith this fall in 9th...
Rep. Adam Smith might face fellow Democrat Sarah Smith in November in the 9th Congressional District. The primary in the 8th District remained too close to call, with Democrats Kim Schrier and Jason...
View ArticleDevastating toxic algae bloom plagues Florida’s Gulf Coast
LONGBOAT KEY, Fla. (AP) — Tons of dead fish. A smell so awful you gag with one inhale. Empty beaches, empty roads, empty restaurants. A toxic algae bloom has overrun Florida’s southern Gulf Coast this...
View ArticleMilford Graves Full Mantis Spotlights the Free-Jazz Drummer’s Wild Music and...
by Dave SegalMilford Graves Full Mantis plays at Northwest Film Forum August 15–16 and 22–23. Whatever preconceived notions you’ve harbored about free-jazz drummers—if indeed you think about these rare...
View ArticleWhy the Ballard Bridge and its steel neighbors need cool-water baths in the...
Seattle's steel drawbridges will be tested, measured and watered more often in summertime, after August heat caused a 76-minute traffic shutdown at the Ballard Bridge on Wednesday night.
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