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With a sting that can kill, 'Murder Hornets' land in U.S.

By Nicholas K. Geranios, Associated Press

The world's largest hornet, with an appetite for honey bees, has been found in Washington state, where entomologists were making plans to wipe it out.

Contact tracing may be 'old-fashioned public health,' but it works

Officials in Northern California’s Santa Clara County now say two residents there died of COVID-19 in early and mid-February -- weeks before what were believed to be the first U.S. fatalities. Dr. Tom Frieden, former director of the Centers for…

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Washington state Democratic primary too early to call

By Associated Press

In the first batch of results released late Tuesday night, Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden are essentially tied.

As U.S. coronavirus death toll hits 11, feds investigate nursing home east of Seattle

By Gene Johnson, Rachel La Corte, Martha Bellisle, Associated Press

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…

U.S. coronavirus death toll climbs to 9

By Gene Johnson, Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press

All of the COVID-19 deaths in the United States so far have been in the Seattle area.

Washington state coronavirus outbreak 'a mystery so far'

The coronavirus has now spread to more than 60 countries and more confirmed cases are being reported in the United States. Washington on Saturday reported the first U.S. death from the virus as new cases continue to emerge in the…

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Washington becomes 1st state to allow composting of human remains

By Gene Johnson, Associated Press

Gov. Jay Inslee signed legislation Tuesday making Washington the first state to approve composting as an alternative to burying or cremating human remains.

U.S. judge in Washington state blocks new Trump abortion rule

By Gene Johnson, Associated Press

Judge Stanley Bastian in Yakima blocked new Trump administration rules that could cut off federal funding for health care providers who refer patients for an abortion.

Amazon lobbied Washington state to exempt many employees from labor protections

By Tom James, Associated Press

Many of Amazon's Seattle-area employees would be exempt from new labor protections in a bill passed by the state Senate after lobbyists for the tech giant pushed to change a key threshold in the rules.