Arkansas is sued for rejecting petitions on an abortion-rights ballot measurewww.seattletimes.com Arkansas is being sued for rejecting petitions in favor of a proposed ballot measure to scale back the state’s abortion ban.
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European Commission didn’t provide enough information about COVID-19 vaccine deals, EU court sayswww.seattletimes.com The EU general court says the European Commission did not allow the public enough access to information about COVID-19 vaccine purchase agreements it secured with pharmaceutical companies during the pandemic.
Tacoma man pleads not guilty in Oregon electrical grid attackswww.seattletimes.com A second Washington state man has pleaded not guilty to federal charges accusing him of damaging a power substation in Oregon in 2022.
As Gaza’s doctors struggle to save lives, many lose their own in Israeli airstrikeswww.seattletimes.com Israel’s 9-month-old war with Hamas in Gaza has decimated the territory’s medical system.
With Haitian migration growing, a Mexico City family of doctors is helping outwww.seattletimes.com At a clinic in the working class neighborhood, Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl on the outskirts of Mexico City, Doctor Hernández Pacheco attends to Haitian migrants.
2 workers fall off I-5 bridge in Snohomish County, 1 taken to hospitalwww.seattletimes.com Two workers in Everett fell over the side of a bridge on Interstate 5 Tuesday evening, with one of them plunging into the water below, fire officials said in a post on the social media platform X.
UN climate talks leader says financial help for poor nations is urgent goal of negotiationswww.seattletimes.com The head of upcoming climate negotiations is telling world leaders that a new financial aid package for poor and disaster-struck nations is the urgent and make-or-break goal of United Nations talks this fall.
Chef Naomi Pomeroy, a ‘titan of Portland food,’ dies in accidentwww.seattletimes.com Naomi Pomeroy, a James Beard Award-winning Portland chef and cookbook author, died Saturday in a river accident.
High-capacity gun magazine ban stays in place for now: WA Supreme Courtwww.seattletimes.com Monday's decision by the Washington Supreme Court means the ban on the sale of ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds will remain in effect.
Award-winning Oregon chef Naomi Pomeroy drowns in river accidentwww.seattletimes.com Naomi Pomeroy, an award-winning chef who helped put Portland, Oregon, on the map as a culinary destination, has drowned in an inner tubing accident.
Webcam monitors hundreds of rattlesnakes at a Colorado ‘mega den’ for citizen sciencewww.seattletimes.com A “mega den” of rattlesnakes at a remote location in northern Colorado is now available for live, round-the-clock viewing online.
Attorneys for convicted Auburn police officer seek new trial and judgewww.seattletimes.com Attorneys for convicted police officer Jeffrey Nelson are alleging his trial was rife with judicial and prosecutorial errors and misconduct. A hearing on the motion is set for next month.
Top WA Republicans absent from Trump-centered RNC in Milwaukeewww.seattletimes.com The Republican National Convention is the place for the party's elected officials to be this week. But Washington's elected Republicans are, by and large, noticeably absent.
Brazilian researchers discover dinosaur fossil after heavy rains in Rio Grande do Sulwww.seattletimes.com A team of Brazilian scientists has discovered a skeleton of what they believe is one of the world’s oldest dinosaurs.
An order blocking a rule to help LGBTQ+ kids applies to hundreds of schools. Some want to block morewww.seattletimes.com A federal judge’s order blocking a Biden administration rule for protecting LGBTQ+ students from discrimination applies to hundreds of schools and colleges across the U.S. A group that opposes the rule now hopes to extend it further.
WA awards $52 million from carbon auctions for tribal climate adaptationwww.seattletimes.com More than $50 million in revenue from the state's carbon market auctions is going to 32 tribal nations across the Northwest for clean-energy projects and efforts to better safeguard communities from the effects of climate change. The effects on Indigenous...
FACT FOCUS: Trump falsely claims babies can be seen to change ‘radically’ after vaccinationwww.seattletimes.com In an excerpt of a recent conversation between former President Donald Trump and independent presidential candidate Robert F.
Outside Amazon spheres, protesters call for zero-emission deliverieswww.seattletimes.com Protesters outside of the Amazon Spheres in Seattle called on the company to eliminate emissions from deliveries.
WSU Cougar alums, Pike Brewing work together on NIL beer dealwww.seattletimes.com The Cougar Collective, a name, image and likeness organization, partnered with Pike Brewing in Seattle to debut the Ol' Crimson Lager.
Driver’s ruse in Kent carpool lane doesn’t fool trooper, WA photo showswww.seattletimes.com When a trooper pulled the driver over for speeding, officials said, they saw quite the ruse in her backseat: a mannequin with long hair.
Seattle’s street parking rates in Ballard, Capitol Hill increasewww.seattletimes.com Parking rates increased Monday in 19 locations, including in Ballard, Capitol Hill, First Hill and Columbia City, and decreased in four.
Is the Burke-Gilman ‘missing link’ in Seattle finally getting built?www.seattletimes.com A last-minute, split vote at Seattle City Hall did something that has eluded trail and safety advocates for decades: finish the so-called "missing link" on the Burke-Gilman Trail. Or did it? Industry representatives in Ballard praised...
Detroit-area county to pay $7 million to family of man killed while jailed for drunken drivingwww.seattletimes.com A Detroit-area county has agreed to pay $7 million to the family of a man who was severely beaten by another man while in jail for drunken driving.
‘Hellishly hot’ southern Europe bakes under heat wave as temperatures top 104Fwww.seattletimes.com The Italian health ministry has placed 12 cities under the most severe heat warning as a wave of hot air from Africa is baking southern Europe.
Judge refuses to extend timeframe for Georgia’s new Medicaid plan, only one with work requirementwww.seattletimes.com A federal judge has ruled that the Biden administration complied with the law when it declined to grant an extension to Georgia’s year-old Medicaid plan, which is the only one in the country that has a work requirement for recipients...
A Baltimore man died after being sedated and restrained by medics. His mom wants answerswww.seattletimes.com The mother of a Baltimore man who died in police custody after being sedated by medics wants to know whether the actions of first responders caused his death.
Person dead after pursuit, shooting involving Pierce County deputieswww.seattletimes.com A person died after a pursuit and a shooting involving Pierce County sheriff's deputies, the department wrote in a blog post.
Seattle could break another heat record with streak of highs above 80www.seattletimes.com Sunday was Seattle's 11th straight day with temperatures above 80. Monday promises to be another one in the 80s, and the National Weather Service's seven-day forecast predicts much of the same.
CA hits ‘very high’ COVID levels as virus in wastewater jumps significantlywww.seattletimes.com Oregon is among a handful of other states with "very high" coronavirus levels in wastewater as a summer COVID surge continues to grow.