The Washington Supreme Court has declined to reconsider an opinion that upheld a Black man's virtual life sentence for shootings he committed at age 17, despite criticism that the ruling betrayed racial bias.
Friends and family gathered Monday to remember one of the four University of Idaho students stabbed to death in their home early Nov. 13, as police in the college town of Moscow have yet to identify a suspect in the slayings.
聽A federal judge has ordered Amazon to stop retaliating against employees engaged in workplace activism, issuing a mixed ruling that also hands a loss to the federal labor agency that sued the company earlier this year.
The U.S. government has taken a step toward approving the expansion of a natural gas pipeline in the Pacific Northwest 鈥� a move opposed by environmentalists and the attorneys general of Oregon, California, and Washington state.
Authorities investigating the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students as they slept in a house near campus asked for patience Sunday after a week passed with no arrests and residents of this small college town remain on edge and concerned about their safety.
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Rebecca Boone and Nicholas K. Geranios, Associated Press
Autopsies performed on four University of Idaho students who were found dead inside a rental house near campus showed that all four were stabbed to death, the Latah County coroner said Thursday.
Megadonor and novelist MacKenzie Scott announced almost $2 billion in donations to 343 organizations in a short blog post Monday, emphasizing her interest in supporting people from underserved communities.
The Washington state Department of Natural Resources said Monday it will not renew a fish-farming company鈥檚 last remaining leases on net pens in Puget Sound.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said he will give away the majority of his wealth during his lifetime, becoming the latest billionaire to pledge to donate much of his vast fortune.
Environmental groups on Thursday hailed a decision by the Biden administration to resume studying whether grizzly bears should be restored to the remote North Cascades ecosystem in Washington state.
Sen. Patty Murray won reelection Tuesday as the Democratic stalwart prevailed in a campaign in which she repeatedly said her Republican challenger was too extreme for Washington state.
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Stephanie Dazio and Scott McFetridge, Associated Press
Someone who bought a Powerball ticket in Southern California has won a record $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot after more than three months without anyone hitting the top prize.
An atmospheric river is bringing strong to damaging winds, heavy rain and below-normal temperatures for the Puget Sound region from Thursday evening through Saturday morning, the National Weather Service said. Snow in the passes is expected as is potential river flooding, The Seattle Times聽reported. Jeff Michalski, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Seattle, […]
A divided Washington Supreme Court on Thursday approved a registered sex offender鈥檚 application to become an attorney in the state 鈥� though the man says he鈥檚 not sure he鈥檒l wind up practicing law after all.
Federal regulators on Wednesday ordered seaplanes like one that went down in Washington鈥檚 Puget Sound in September be inspected for a flaw that likely caused the deadly crash.
The former operator of a Seattle donated-cadaver business who callously dumped numerous body parts around central Arizona was sentenced to more than six years in prison Monday.
