Martha’s Recent Stories
Politics Nov 05
More than a dozen arrested as protesters demand vote countPolice arrested more than a dozen people in Seattle and Portland, Oregon overnight during protests demanding a full tally of all votes in the US election. Dozens of supporters of President Donald Trump rallied at tabulation sites in closely contested…
Nation Nov 05
Election demonstrators arrested in Seattle and PortlandMore than a dozen people have been arrested in Seattle and Portland, Oregon after hundreds took to the streets to demand a full count of all presidential election votes.
Nation Oct 23
Independent report shows Seattle officers used excessive force at protestsThe Office of Police Accountability continues to investigate the 19,000 complaints it has received since protests began in May.
Nation Jul 19
Police contracts can stand in the way of accountabilityA stipulation in a Kentucky police contract prohibited officials from initially firing the officers involved in Breonna Taylor’s death in Louisville.
Nation Jul 13
Seattle mayor, City Council at odds over 50 percent police budget cutSeattle Mayor Jenny Durkan is blasting the City Council's plan to cut the police department's budget by 50% and instead proposed transferring a list of functions out of the police budget.
Nation Jul 05
1 of 2 protesters hit by driver on Seattle freeway diesOne of two people hit by a man who drove his car onto a closed Seattle freeway and into a crowd protesting police brutality has died.
Nation Jul 01
Seattle cops start clearing ‘occupied’ zone, make arrestsSeattle police showed up Wednesday in force at the city's "occupied" protest zone, tore down demonstrators' tents and used bicycles to herd the protesters after the mayor ordered the area cleared following two fatal shootings in less than two weeks.
Economy Mar 23
Boeing to suspend production in Seattle because of virusBoeing is suspending operations at its Seattle area facilities due to the spread of coronavirus, idling tens of thousands of workers.
Health Mar 05
As U.S. coronavirus death toll hits 11, feds investigate nursing home east of SeattleSeema 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 victimThe U.S. death toll from the coronavirus has risen to 11 with a victim succumbing in California — the first reported fatality outside Washington state.