Heavy rain and thunderstorms are forecast over the mountains Thursday, prompting a flash flood watch in the Cascades.

Burn scars Bolt Creek, Goat Rocks, Sourdough, Easy, Chilliwack, and Suiattle-Boulder-Toketie could also see floods, according to the National Weather Service (NWS) in Seattle.

“Potentially see some rain rates up to an inch an hour, and so that may bring some risk of debris flow on any of the burn scars that we’ve seen on our fires from the last couple years,” Samantha Borth, meteorologist with the NWS in Seattle, explained.

Flash flood watches have been issued for the following burn scars in the Washington Cascades…Bolt Creek, Goat Rocks, Sourdough, Easy, Chilliwack and Suiattle-Boulder-Toketie. Slow moving thunderstorms have the potential to produce high rain rates through late tonight.

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That flash flood watch will run until 5 a.m. Friday.

No flash floods expected in foothills

No major impact is expected in the foothills, but they could still see some showers and thunderstorms.

“We might see some showers and thunderstorms move over the area, but we’re not expecting to have, like, any flash flooding right now for those areas,” Borth said.

Contributing: Aaron Granillo, 成人X站 Newsradio; Julia Dallas, MyNorthwest

A Washington congresswoman is the latest lawmaker to push back on Trump administration plans to dramatically slash federal research funding.

The administration is working to reduce discretionary funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) by 40%. This comes in addition to federal cuts within the “big, beautiful bill.”

Congresswoman Kim Schrier (D-08) addressed the cuts while meeting with researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center on Wednesday.

“I have been deeply concerned about this administration’s reckless cuts to medical research and science in general, and what they have done with chopping off the head of NIH funding,” Schrier said. “They’ve done this to NIH. They’ve done this to FDA, to CDC, and it is threatening not just our current research, but the entire pipeline of research and students and U.S. leadership for at least a generation.”

Trump positions NIH cuts to reduce national deficit

The Trump administration has positioned the cuts as a way to reduce the national deficit and has also pushed to cancel NIH grants related to diversity, equity, and inclusion and gender identity research.

Schrier said that while she agrees there is a need to reduce the national debt, she does not agree with the President’s approach.

“The way to make those cuts is to do it with a scalpel and not with a chainsaw,” Schrier said. “Medical research and NIH are one of the best investments our country makes. Those dollars are spent efficiently.”

A South Hill woman’s morning cup of coffee was interrupted Tuesday when a bullet flew through her home, missing her and three young children.

“This bullet comes through her living room and it shoots through the wall and into her stairwell,” Pierce County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Carly Cappetto told 成人X站 Newsradio. “She can clearly see through the window that the shot had come from the neighbor’s house directly right beside her.”

Deputies arrived quickly and could hear what sounded like teenagers inside the home where the bullet came from.

When no one in the house would open the door, Cappetto said deputies booted it in, “pulled all the juveniles out, detained everybody, to figure out what was going on and where that shot had come from.”

“It turns out this was a juvenile party, on a Tuesday morning at 6:45 a.m.,” Cappetto said.

Pierce County deputies respond to house party in March

House parties aren’t rare in Pierce County. , deputies responded to a deadly shooting at a house party in the Tacoma area that involved dozens of juveniles. But they were called to that home just after midnight.

“You wouldn’t expect a party to be going on at 6:45 in the morning with juveniles in a home where alcohol is being supplied,” Cappetto said.

At the South Hill home, deputies arrested a 24-year-old man on suspicion of supplying alcohol to minors, and more serious charges could follow.

When Cappetto spoke to 成人X站 Newsradio, deputies were working to obtain a search warrant so they could look for the gun that was fired.

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Gunmaker Sig Sauer is taking Washington’s police academy to court after officials banned its SIG P320 pistol over safety concerns.

Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission (WSCJTC) banned the pistol after investigating growing claims that the firearm has a troubling history of firing without a trigger pull.

Houston officers suing Sig Sauer after P320 fires in holster

In one case, Houston police officer Rick Fernandez, who is now suing Sig Sauer for $10 million, said he was shot in the leg by his holstered gun, a P320 handgun.

“The bullet from the subject handgun shot through Officer Fernandez’s right calf and lodged into his ankle,” the stated. “But the subject handgun, at all times, remained holstered. He never pulled the trigger or otherwise handled the gun.”

Sig Sauer sues to stop WSCJTC ban of P320

Sig Sauer, an American company headquartered in New Hampshire, according to the , is suing Washington’s academy to reverse its ban, claiming it’s unnecessary and not well grounded in fact or law. It also wants to block the executive director of the training commission from making public statements about the pistol outside the scope of her duties.

“Law enforcement departments throughout Washington State trust, rely on, and prefer the P320 as their service pistol of choice,” the lawsuit stated. “By banning the P320 for new law enforcement recruits, the WSCJTC is putting these men and women at a disadvantage when they enter the field and will be assigned the P320. The action also imposes negative financial impacts on all those law enforcement agencies that utilize the P320 and Sig Sauer. It further inappropriately and unjustifiably inflicts reputational and economic harms on Sig Sauer.”

Air Force airman killed after incident with military pistol version

On Sunday, an Air Force airman in Wyoming was killed after an incident with the military version of the pistol, M18. The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command has halted use of that gun for now, according to .

Contributing: Luke Duecy, 成人X站 Newsradio; Julia Dallas, MyNorthwest

“Apparently, they didn’t do anything different,” 成人X站 Newsradio traffic reporter Chris Sullivan said. “They did the exact same thing that they did yesterday. And we’ve been running with hour 30, hour 45, and hour 50-minute trips coming down from the Everett area.”

On Monday, the first day without the I-5 express lanes open in the southbound direction, commuters encountered a 10-mile backup that stretched from Mountlake Terrace to downtown Seattle. The travel time from Everett to Seattle hovered around an hour and 40 minutes through most of the morning, double the normal time.

“People will adapt to this,” Pearce said. “We see it all the time. Whenever we鈥檙e doing road work, they just need to kind of experience it a little bit sometimes, and then they get used to it. They make changes in their behavior, and that just helps keep traffic moving.”

Tips to survive Revive I-5

So you’ve had it with hour delays into Seattle from Snohomish County because of construction. What can you try instead? Sullivan shared that there are a few ways to avoid the backups.

Light rail is one option, but parking at transit centers like in Lynnwood and Mountlake Terrace can be difficult.

“Light Rail is the most obvious answer, though it will be very hard to park at the transit centers,” Sullivan said. “My recommendation is to have somebody drop you off at Lynnwood or Mountlake Terrace and catch a train.”

Another strategy: shift your schedule. Commuters who hit I-5 before 6 a.m. are avoiding the worst of the slowdown. Alternatively, try to adjust your schedule to work remotely if possible.

“I might consider scheduling a breakfast meeting or a get-together near your job before your normal hours and just to get to Seattle really early,” Sullivan said. “If you can be on I-5 before 6 a.m., you will miss most of the delays. The best option might be to ask your boss if you can work from home or change your shift. Remember, we have three more weeks of this to survive.”

The older man was attacking a woman with a pipe when the men intervened.

Casey McNerthney, spokesperson for the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, said 10 senior prosecutors watched surveillance video of the incident.

All agreed the shooting was in self-defense.

“When you look at these multiple videos, frame by frame, as prosecutors did, it’s really clear that no prosecutor’s office in Washington State could overcome disproving self-defense.” McNerthney said.

However, the men could still face misdemeanor gun charges in Municipal Court.

2 men arrested for shooting in Renton appear in court

The two men arrested for the shooting appeared in court Saturday.

Investigators said the man was shot up to five times in the chest and legs. He’s in critical condition.

According to a police report, surveillance video shows the man was shot after he swung a short length of white PVC pipe at a 20-year-old woman.

Police said the video shows the woman’s brother, an 18-year-old Kent man, and her boyfriend, a 20-year-old from Burien, both fired guns as they grappled with the man with the pipe.

While there is no audio on the video, police believed both men fired shots, based on the reaction of the man, who lifted his hands up as he cowered with his head down.

The scuffle continued between two Metro coaches and was witnessed by at least one bus driver.

After it ended, police said the woman, her brother, and the boyfriend all boarded a bus and left the scene.

Police arrest men after Renton shooting

Police caught up with them near Renton’s Airport Way, detained all three, and eventually arrested the two men.

On Saturday, a judge set bail at $500,000 for the woman’s 18-year-old brother and $250,000 for her 20-year-old boyfriend.

King County Prosecutors argued before a judge that the police investigation had provided probable cause for a charge of assault in the first degree against the 18-year-old. Prosecutors also argued that there is probable cause for a charge of assault in the second degree for the 20-year-old.

After hearing from both sides, the first appearance court agreed and set bail at $500,000 for the 18-year-old brother and at $250,000 for the 20-year-old boyfriend.

This story was originally published on July 13, 2025. It has been updated and republished since then.

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The company provided customers with the option of dropping off their trash at the Bannerwood Parking Lot, located at 1790 Richards Road on Tuesday. That location was open again Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

However, a daycare told they’d have to rent a truck to get their bags of dirty diapers to the drop-off site.

“I’d have to glove up and go in there and get it out,” a daycare worker said.

成人X站 host Gee Scott cited a Facebook post his friend wrote to share his frustrations.

“Republic Services, please come pick up this trash. I don’t care about what y’all got going on, between my dad, kids, and myself 鈥攅verything is backed up over here. Pay these people because now I’m gonna go to random places. I’m over it,” Gee shared on “The Gee and Ursula Show” on 成人X站 Newsradio.

Republic Services offers to collect double regular amount

Republic Services told customers it would collect double their regular amount of trash and recycling when service resumes at no additional charge.

Customers will also receive a service credit on their upcoming bill.

Contributing: Frank Lenzi, 成人X站 Newsradio; Julia Dallas MyNorthwest;

FlightRadar24 showed they were Boeing MH-47G Chinook helicopters belonging to the army, based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM).

Gary Dangerfield, external communications chief for the base, confirmed that and said special operations teams were conducting training flights on July 15 and 16.

“These activities are not in response to any current event, and every effort is made to limit disruptions to the community,” said Dangerfield.

He added that local law enforcement and government entities had been notified and that the Army takes special safety precautions when flying over highly populated areas.

Bellevue residents spot helicopters

Residents spotted the three heavy lift transport helicopters flying in a “v”-formation as early 7:30 p.m. They reported them flying so low that the air from the rotors shook the tops of trees, and the sound drowned out a dinner party conversation.

“Military helicopters comply with FAA guidelines regarding routing and altitude. In some training scenarios, aircraft may fly at lower altitudes to meet mission-specific training objectives. These flights are conducted within approved safety parameters,” Dangerfield said.

Radar tracked the helicopters flying north across Bellevue, then south and east to the southern tip of Lake Sammamish at about 1,200 feet until they disappeared from radar. That can happen when aircraft fly too low or behind a mountain, or if a transponder is turned off.

Video appears to show the aircraft making passes across the eastside as late as 12:05 a.m.

“Night flying is authorized and is a necessary part of aviation training. It allows pilots and crews to gain the skills required to operate safely in low-light environments. Flights at night, including those reported over the Bellevue and Lakemont areas, are conducted to support this critical training requirement,” Dangerfield explained.

Residents can report any concerns they have by .

Over 130 aircraft based at JBLM

More than 130 aircraft and more than 400 pilots are based at JBLM. They all have mandatory training hours to complete.

Chinook helicopters are not small aircraft. According to Boeing, the H-47 series has a maximum weight of 54,000 pounds. The length is more than 50 feet with the rotors folded. The rotors themselves have a diameter of 60 feet.

The MH-47G is considered the top of their line. According to Military.com, they can conduct low-level flights in bad weather with low visibility and cover long distances. They are used to carry troops and cargo.

To smooth things out, the intersections and stop lights on both sides of the freeway are being replaced with multi-lane roundabouts, the .

Shoreline’s ‘Roundabout Ready’ event

To help drivers 鈥� especially new ones 鈥� who aren’t familiar with driving through multi-lane roundabouts, the City of Shoreline is hosting a “Roundabout Ready” event at Shoreline City Hall on July 22, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Participants can try a new roundabout simulator, ask questions, and learn about the safety benefits of roundabouts. The roundabouts won’t be quite the same as European Vacation at the Arc de Triomphe.

‘Roundabout Ready’ event details:

When: 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 22.

Where: Shoreline City Hall 鈥� 17500 Midvale Avenue North, Shoreline.

If you can’t attend the Roundabout Ready event, but want to try the simulator, you can also find it at these events:

• Swingin’ Summer Eve, Cromwell Park 鈥� Wednesday, July 16.
• Shoreline Farmers Market, 192nd and Aurora 鈥� Saturday, August 2.
• Celebrate Shoreline, Cromwell Park 鈥� Saturday, August 16.

Shoreline’s I-5 roundabout construction updates

The City of Shoreline provided its for the roundabouts on the 145th Street corridor.

The construction began in April 2024 with a full closure of 145th at I-5, and opened a few months later in January 2025.

145th Street will be open with reduced lanes until late 2025, and the city estimates that around that time, the roundabouts and I-5 interchanges will open with reduced lanes. In Spring 2026, final paving of the roads will begin.

The Johansen Construction Company is building the roundabouts, and the company urged drivers to reduce their speed through the area, as it is an active work zone.

For additional construction details and project updates, the City of Shoreline provided the .

Maj. Chadwick Dickerson, a 25-year veteran who oversees all sheriff鈥檚 detectives, was arrested Saturday after a crash near Graham.

“The Pierce County Sheriff鈥檚 Office confirms that one of our majors was arrested over the weekend in connection with this incident,” PCSO wrote in a statement. “This is a deeply concerning matter, and our thoughts are with everyone impacted.”

Investigators said Dickerson failed to yield the right of way at the intersection of 132nd Avenue E. and 288th Street E. and collided with an SUV.

“When Dickerson entered the intersection, his Dodge Ram pickup struck the passenger side of the Ford Expedition that was traveling west on 288th,” Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for Pierce County Loren Halstrom wrote in an incident report based on Washington State Patrol (WSP) investigations. “The Ford Expedition rolled onto its side and stopped against a fence. The Dodge Ram stopped in a ditch.”

The six occupants in the Ford Expedition were a 27-year-old woman who was driving and is seven months pregnant, her 30-year-old husband, her 57-year-old mother, and her three children, ages 8, 4, and 3, according to a news release from WSP. The 57-year-old woman suffered several broken bones. The other occupants appeared to be uninjured.

Dickerson told responding deputies “he had taken his eyes off the road, momentarily,” according to Halstrom’s report. He was also taken to the hospital and suffered several broken bones.

“Deputy Pressel reported that Dickerson appeared to be walking in a straight line, Pressel could not smell any signs of intoxicants, and that Dickerson鈥檚 speech did not appear to be impaired,” Halstrom wrote.

A family member of Dickerson drove to the scene of the collision, picked him up, and drove him to an urgent care facility, according to 成人X站 Newsradio. Forty minutes after the crash, Pierce County deputies were dispatched and arrived at the scene. Seventeen minutes after that, Pierce County requested WSP to take over the investigation because Dickerson was involved.

Pierce County Sheriff Keith Swank said charges could be delayed while the department waits for blood test results from the WSP Crime Lab.

Pierce County major arrested for DUI, vehicular assault

Dickerson reported he had two vodka sodas while golfing and didn’t feel impaired. He reportedly refused to perform voluntary field sobriety tests and was arrested for DUI, according to incident findings. His blood draw is pending.

Due to the nature of the 57-year-old woman’s injuries, Dickerson was also placed under arrest and booked into the Pierce County Jail for vehicular assault, according to WSP.

Pierce County Sheriff Keith Swank said the WSP is currently handling the investigation. He wrote a statement on X, asking people to be patient with the legal process.

I want everyone to know that I am deeply saddened and sorry about what happened. The victims are in our thoughts and prayers. Please allow the legal process to proceed. It will take some time.

鈥� Sheriff Keith Swank (@Swank4America)

Dickerson is scheduled to return to court Wednesday.

Contributing: James Lynch and Frank Lenzi, 成人X站 Newsradio; Julia Dallas, MyNorthwest

As of 5 p.m., 4,243 customers are without power. The outage spans parts of Capitol Hill and Eastlake.

Seattle City Light stated on X the cause of the outage was a tree that broke a cross arm near Boylston Avenue and Lakeview Boulevard.

UPDATE 4:45 PM – We have been able to significantly reduce the number of customers affected by the outage in Capitol Hill and East Lake. The cause has been determine to be tree that broke a cross arm in the vicinity of Boylston Ave & Lakeview Blvd.

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The North Seattle power outage has an estimated restoration time of 4:52 p.m., according to .

The new expansion added more than 70,000 square feet of space and cost more than $60 million, according to .

“It鈥檚 quite expensive, but it鈥檚 an investment,” Teri Gobin, chairwoman of the Tulalip Tribes’ board of directors, told the media outlet. “I hate to call it a gaming operation because it鈥檚 an economic decision the tribe makes to fund our government.”

Patrons will find a new gaming room with a ceiling designed to resemble a flowing river, featuring lighting that mimics rippling water and fishing nets. The blue carpet with copper accents is meant to reflect the Tulalip Tribes’ shoreline, The Puget Sound Business Journal听谤别辫辞谤迟别诲.

Tulalip Resort Casino touts 2 new entrances

The casino also added 400 more slot machines and a new bar with a heated patio. Customers can now enter from two new entrances on the east and north sides of the building, according to the media outlet.

The casino, at 10200 Quil Ceda Boulevard in Tulalip, now covers more than 270,000 square feet.

The city cites safety issues and law enforcement staffing as reasons for the cancellations.

“Your safety comes first. Data from past events and upcoming global impacts like the FIFA games have made it clear: we simply cannot ensure a safe environment for large nighttime events at this time,” the City of SeaTac wrote in a statement.

David Inman, the city’s communications director, points to last year’s Fourth of July event at Angle Lake Park.

“The park’s capacity is approximately 3,200 people. And we had 10,000 attendees show up with only 10 available police officers,” Inman said. “Hosting a crowd of that size again would put our residents and visitors, and all of the attendees there at risk.”

SeaTac Fourth of July fireworks not canceled over last year’s drone malfunction

Last year’s event was notable not just for the crowd size, but for the technical mishap that ensued. During a drone show ahead of the evening fireworks display, 55 drones fell into Angle Lake.

“The drone mishap is not the reason for the cancellation,” Inman said.

News of the decision to cancel was followed by a slew of comments on social media. Some residents are referring to the decision as “shocking” and “disappointing.”

“It’s not goodbye, it’s a reset,” the city wrote in its statement. “We鈥檙e using this time to reimagine how we celebrate鈥攕omething safer, more inclusive, and more fitting for a growing SeaTac.”

Angle Lake Park will remain open during the day on July Fourth, with access to swimming and the “splash pad.” The park will close at 6 p.m.

ICE Seattle Field Office Director Cammilla Wamsley has been in her role for less than two months and seems unbothered by the public opposition. She told 成人X站 Newsradio ICE agents are aware of the growing scrutiny, but are unwavering in their agency directive.

“I think the biggest part of being an American is being able to enjoy your rights, and being able to protest is one of those rights. I completely think that people ought to be able to do that,” Wamsley said. “We’re a political agency. I know it doesn’t seem like that when people have such strong views about immigration enforcement, but at the end of the day, regardless of who’s in the White House, there are aspects of our job we have to do.”

Her comments come as President Donald Trump continues to press for mass deportations. Agents are conducting the largest deportation push in American history. It’s widely reported that the Trump administration aims to meet an ICE arrest quota of 3,000 people per day. An objective shared between 25 ICE field offices.

ICE Seattle director says office has daily arrest goal

Wamsley maintains that there is no mandated quota, but said her office does have a daily arrest goal. One that is sometimes unmet.

“It’s between 30 and 50,” she said. “It depends on what we’re doing that day and how our teams are broken down. But again, it’s an aspirational goal.”

This week, CBS reported that 59,000 people are currently detained in immigration detention facilities across the country. Their report noted that nearly half of those detained did not have criminal backgrounds.

The president and ICE officials have long maintained that undocumented immigrants with criminal backgrounds were top priorities for deportation, but that all non-citizens were also at risk of removal. Wamsley agreed.

“I think many of our cases have criminality that are involved with them, or they also have a final order of removal, or they qualify for expedited removal processing,” Wamsley said.

She added, “There’s a lot of folks that we’ve arrested are sex offenders, child molesters, rapists, murderers.”

Wamsley said because of the state’s sanctuary policies, agents are 100% making arrests in neighborhoods.

‘Lovely facility’: ICE Seattle director disputes human rights concerns at Tacoma detention center

Many of those arrested by local ICE agents will be detained at the Northwest ICE Processing Center (NWIPC).

It’s a facility that’s faced years of complaints about alleged human rights violations. The facility is the focus of a series of reports by the University of Washington’s Center for Human Rights. Its 2024 report outlines an increase in reports of suicide attempts at the facility, as well as concerns about cleanliness and health conditions. A stark contrast to how Womsley describes their current conditions.

“I have been in a lot of detention centers. I’ve worked in several states and several field offices. This is a lovely facility,” Wamsley said. “There are requirements under the performance-based national detention standards that the contractor is held to. There are inspections that happen weekly and daily inspections that happen.”

Wamsley told 成人X站 Newsradio she plans to make the facility available to tours for Washington lawmakers later this summer.

Immigration was a driving issue in November’s presidential election and continues to remain divisive. A June Reuters poll shows 44% of Americans support the current immigration policy, a fall of three percentage points from the month prior.

“I know that there is a sentiment that people who come to this country shouldn’t be necessarily removed,” Wamsley said. “I don’t think it’s accurate to say that we’re ripping families apart. We’re removing people who have final orders of removal from this country back to their country of citizenship. It doesn’t always feel like that. I understand that, but that’s what our job is.”

Former Washington Governor Gary Locke there is a threat of America being attacked by terrorists.

“All it takes is just one person who is a jihadist and who believes in the cause,” Locke said.

He warned the war could be brought to the U.S.

“Terrorism is not just in the Middle East. People, suicide bombers, things like that, coming close to where American personnel congregate,” Locke said, according to 成人X站 7.

However, Locke, who served as Commerce Secretary and U.S. Ambassador to China under President Obama, cautions Americans not to turn their fears on Iranian-Americans.

Potential terrorism threats linked to Iran

No credible threats to the homeland have surfaced publicly in the days since the stealth American attack. It’s also unclear what bearing a potential聽聽by the U.S. between Israel and Iran might have on potential threats or how lasting such an arrangement might be.

But the potential for reprisal is no idle concern given the steps Iran is accused of having taken in recent years to target political figures on U.S. soil. Iranian-backed hackers have also launched cyberattacks against U.S. targets in recent years.

The U.S. has alleged that Iran’s most common tactic over the past decade, rather than planning mass violence, has been murder-for-hire plots in which government officials recruit operatives 鈥� including reputed Russian mobsters and other non-Iranians鈥攖o kill public officials and dissidents. The plots, which Tehran has repeatedly denied engineering, have been consistently stymied and exposed by the FBI and Justice Department.

鈥淵ou run into this problem that it’s not like there’s this one sleeper cell that’s connected directly to command central in Iran. There’s a lot of cut-outs and middlemen,鈥� said Ilan Berman, a senior vice president of the Washington-based American Foreign Policy Council. 鈥淭he competence erodes three layers down.鈥�

Whether Iran intends to resort to that familiar method or has the capacity or ambition to successfully carry off a large-scale attack is unclear, but the government may feel a need to demonstrate to its people that it has not surrendered, said Jon Alterman, a Middle East expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

鈥淭he capability to execute successfully is different from the capability to try,” he said. 鈥淪howing you’re not afraid to do this may be 90% part of the goal.鈥�

On Sunday, hours after the attack, FBI and DHS officials convened a call with local law enforcement to update them on the threat landscape, said Michael Masters, who participated in it as founding director of Secure Community Network, a Jewish security organization that tracks Iranian threats.

The DHS bulletin released over the weekend warned that several foreign terror organizations have called for violence against U.S. assets and personnel in the Middle East. It also warned of an increased likelihood that a 鈥渟upporter of the Iranian regime is inspired to commit an act of violence in the Homeland.鈥�

鈥淭he amount of material that we鈥檙e tracking online is at such a fever pitch at the moment,鈥� Masters said.

Contributing: ; Frank Lenzi, 成人X站 Newsradio;

The NTSB asserted that inadequate training, guidance, and oversight at Boeing led to last year’s stunning door plug blowout.

NTSB Chairman Jennifer Homendy called the mid-air scare “preventable,” caused by a chain of systemic failures that could have been deadly.

“I firmly believe there’s one reason flight 1282 averted catastrophe, and one reason only鈥攖he crew,” she said.

The NTSB outlined 19 action items for both Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). They include additional training and inspections, as well as a design change to Boeing doors, to eliminate the risk of another blowout.

The hearing spanned more than six hours.

Boeing door plug blows out in January 2024

The blowout aboard Alaska Airlines flight 1282 in January, 2024, occurred minutes after it took off from Portland, Oregon, and created a roaring air vacuum that sucked objects out of the cabin and scattered them on the ground below along with debris from the fuselage. Seven passengers and one flight attendant sustained minor injuries, but no one was killed. Pilots were able to land the plane safely back at the airport.

Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems鈥攖he company that made and installed the door plug鈥攁re redesigning them with another backup system to keep the panels in place even if the bolts are missing, but that improvement isn鈥檛 likely to be certified by the FAA until 2026 at the soonest. The NTSB urged the companies and the regulator to make sure every 737 Max is retrofitted with those new panels.

Both Boeing and the FAA have improved training and processes since the incident, according to the NTSB, but board officials said the company and agency need to better identify manufacturing risks to make sure such flaws never sneak through again. Homendy did single out Boeing鈥檚 new CEO, Kelly Ortberg, for improving safety since he took over last summer, though she said more needs to be done.

The NTSB recommended that Boeing continue improving its training and safety standards and make sure everyone knows when actions must be documented. Board members also highlighted the need to ensure that everyone throughout the company understands its safety plan as well as executives do.

The board also urged the FAA to step up and make sure its audits and inspections address key areas based on past problems and systemic issues. The agency was also encouraged Tuesday to assess Boeing鈥檚 safety culture and reconsider its longstanding policy not to聽聽to travel in their own seats with proper restraints.

Many of the NTSB recommendations echo a report the Transportation Department鈥檚 Inspector General issued last year and that the FAA is already working to implement.

The FAA said in a statement that it 鈥渉as fundamentally changed how it oversees Boeing since the Alaska Airlines door-plug accident and we will continue this aggressive oversight to ensure Boeing fixes its systemic production-quality issues. We are actively monitoring Boeing鈥檚 performance and meet weekly with the company to review its progress and any challenges it鈥檚 facing in implementing necessary changes.鈥�

Missing bolts put the focus on Boeing鈥檚 manufacturing

The panel that blew off was removed at a Boeing factory so workers could repair five damaged rivets, but bolts that help secure the door plug were not replaced. It鈥檚 not clear who removed the panel.

The NTSB said in a聽 that four bolts were not replaced after the repair job, but the work was not documented.

Investigators determined the door plug was gradually moving upward over the 154 flights prior to this incident before it ultimately flew off.

Boeing factory workers told NTSB investigators they聽聽and were asked to perform jobs they weren鈥檛 qualified for, including opening and closing the door plug on the particular plane involved. None of the 24 people on the door team was ever trained to remove a door plug and only one of them had ever removed one before. That person was on vacation when it was done on the plane at issue.

Investigators said Boeing did not do enough to train newer workers who didn鈥檛 have a background in manufacturing. Many who were hired after the pandemic and after two crashes involving the 737 Max planes lacked that experience, and there weren鈥檛 clear standards for on-the-job training.

NTSB staff also told the board that Boeing didn鈥檛 have strong enough safety practices in place to ensure the door plug was properly reinstalled, and the FAA inspection system did not do a good job of catching systemic failures in manufacturing. Boeing was required to adopt a more rigorous set of safety standards after a 2015 settlement, but the NTSB said that plan had only been in place for two years before the specific Alaska Airlines plane that suffered the door plug鈥檚 failure was made and that it was still being developed.

The FAA regularly conducts more than 50 audits a year on Boeing鈥檚 manufacturing, but there aren鈥檛 clear standards for what those audits cover. The agency routinely discarded past inspection records after five years and didn鈥檛 always base its inspection plan on those past findings.

Contributing: Gwen Baumgardner, 成人X站 Newsradio;

On Friday, announced plans to expand its facial recognition program to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac).

The program is called and is already being used in Atlanta and Washington, D.C.

The program–for those who opt in–would eliminate the need to show ID or a boarding pass to a TSA agent. Instead, passengers would just need to scan their faces to continue through security.

Facial recognition program will be a ‘game-changer’

“Using Touchless ID is going to be a game-changer for our guests as they navigate our hub airports. No longer needing to juggle a boarding pass and physical ID means our guests can breeze through security with just their face,鈥� Charu Jain, a Senior Vice President with Alaska Airlines, said in a statement.

It’s an effort by the airline to streamline airport security. Not everyone is eligible for the service, and those who use the program must opt in. Some of the eligibility requirements include an Alaska Airlines mileage plan account and enrollment in TSA PreCheck.

According to the Alaska Airlines website, “Touchless ID is a program run through the TSA, and they manage all data related to its usage.”

Touchless ID is only available at select airports. Seattle鈥揟acoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) will launch the program next week. Portland and Los Angeles will introduce the program in early July.

Following the ruling, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote, “This case carries with it the weight of fierce scientific and policy debates about the safety, efficacy, and propriety of medical treatments in an evolving field. The voices in these debates raise sincere concerns; the implications for all are profound.”

Murray, Jayapal respond to Tennessee gender-affirming care ban

Senator Patty Murray wrote , “Politicians should not be able to interfere in health care decisions that belong between doctors, patients, and their families. The fight for trans rights doesn’t end at the Supreme Court.”

Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal called the decision “very troubling”.

“This is a ruling that is putting a cruel and politically motivated policy over the lives of people,” Jayapal said. “It puts the government between doctors and their patients in Tennessee, and it says that the legislature knows better than a medical professional or a parent.”

Jayapal held a press conference at her Seattle office, following Wednesday’s 6-3 ruling by the Supreme Court. The Congresswoman was joined by parents and advocates.

“It’s important to make clear that this decision does not change the law in states that have not passed bans,” Caedmon Magboo Cahill, with the ACLU of Washington, said. “And Washington has laws that explicitly protect access to gender-affirming care, and transgender youth will continue to have access to gender-affirming care in Washington.”

Twenty-seven states have laws or policies to ban or limit gender-affirming care.

One 23-year-old was arrested for obstructing a public officer. A 19-year-old and a 25-year-old were arrested for assault 3, which is a felony. Another 25-year-old was arrested for intimidating a public official, also a felony. Police say all four were booked into jail.

None of the four are believed to be Seattle residents.

No arrests made during Seattle’s ‘No Kings’ march

This was the same day as the national day of protests. About 70,000 people were estimated to have participated in Seattle alone, marching from Cal Anderson Park in Capitol Hill to Seattle Center.

That march was peaceful. No arrests were made.

It was near sunset that people started flocking to Second Avenue. Some wore all black, and many had their faces covered.

Video from the scene shows some people blocking traffic and setting fires in front of the Federal Building, which houses the immigration court and has been the site of several recent protests.

Independent journalist attacked after weekend protest in Seattle

Cam Higby, a conservative online media personality, was there reporting on the simmering violence. He was wearing a helmet and was accompanied by someone with a camera.

Video shows at least one person attack him as a ring of people surrounded him. Some shouted to let him go. But he was hit repeatedly in the head. Even with the helmet, he told “The Jason Rantz Show” on KTTH that he suffered a mild concussion.聽Photos show dents and scratches in his helmet.

Detectives with the Seattle Police public affairs office confirmed the Assault and Homicide Unit would be investigating Higby’s case, and that a detective had been assigned. No arrests have been made.

“I have had to front my medical bills,” Higby said in a statement. “I have been unable to do my job as a result of the concussion and the danger I face in the field. I am not seeking vengeance, I am seeking justice. For myself, and the people of Seattle, Seattle press, and officers who are affected by ongoing violence.”

Several people online believe they have identified the person who attacked Higby, but 成人X站 Newsradio does not name suspects until they are charged with a crime.

However, a police spokesperson said if there are leads on a suspect, they will follow up.

Police ultimately advanced on the crowd around 11:30 p.m., breaking it up and making the four arrests.

Read more of Jillian Raftery’s stories here.

Some of the protesters piled up e-bikes and scooters to block the building’s driveway, preventing detained immigrants from leaving the facility.

Around 8 pm, at least one less-lethal round was fired, and the crowd was ordered to disperse. OC canisters were also deployed. As of 9 pm, two people had been arrested, according to the Seattle Times.

Protester in downtown Seattle on June 10, 2025. (Photo: James Lynch, 成人X站 Newsradio)

“Because that’s just what we want, is to show our immigrants, immigrant community, love and compassion, and we don’t want them to disappear in the dark of night,” one person told 成人X站 7.

The federal building houses Seattle’s immigration court.