Nation Jun 08 Seattle council members protest after tear gas used on crowd Just days after Seattle's mayor and police chief promised a month-long moratorium on using a type of tear gas to disperse protesters, the department used it again during an overnight protest.
Nation Apr 20 Some U.S. manufacturers reopening amid fierce political heat SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing and a small number of other manufacturers around the U.S. geared up Monday to resume production this week amid pressure from President Donald Trump to reopen the economy and resistance from governors who warn there is…
Health Mar 05 As U.S. coronavirus death toll hits 11, feds investigate nursing home east of Seattle Seema Verma, head of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said the agency is sending inspectors to Life Care along with experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to figure out what happened and determine whether…
Health Mar 04 U.S. virus death toll rises to 11 with first California victim The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus has risen to 11 with a victim succumbing in California — the first reported fatality outside Washington state.
Nation Mar 04 Despite deaths, so far no shutdown orders in Seattle area As the coronavirus spread through Asia officials closed the schools in China, Japan and Hong Kong but at the epicenter of the outbreak in the United States, officials in Washington have so far not ordered that classrooms be shuttered or…
Health Mar 03 U.S. coronavirus death toll climbs to 9 All of the COVID-19 deaths in the United States so far have been in the Seattle area.
Politics Feb 24 U.S. appeals court upholds Trump rules involving abortions The rules ban taxpayer-funded clinics from making abortion referrals and prohibit clinics that receive federal money from sharing office space with abortion providers — a rule critics said would force many to find new locations, undergo expensive remodels or shut…
Nation Feb 21 Greyhound to stop allowing immigration checks without a warrant In an emailed statement, the company said it would notify the Department of Homeland Security that it does not consent to unwarranted searches on its buses or in areas of terminals that are not open to the general public.
Nation Jan 06 Groups demand answers after Iranians say they were detained on U.S.-Canada border Tensions between the United States and Iran are high following a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad last week that killed a top Iranian general. Iran's leaders have vowed to retaliate.
Politics Dec 04 U.S. Rep. Denny Heck of Washington state to retire after term Democratic Rep. Denny Heck of Washington state announced Wednesday that he is retiring from Congress at the end of his term, saying his work on the investigation into Russian election interference and the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump have…