All counties move to Phase 3 on March 22
By Pepper Fisher OLYMPIA — Gov. Inslee announced Thursday all counties in Washington will move to Phase 3 of the state’s “Healthy Washington” reopening plan on March 22. Under Phase 3, indoor spaces can have 50% occupancy
US to resume aid to Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen amid desperate need, intensified fighting
Oleksii Liskonih/iStockBy CONOR FINNEGAN, ABC News(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. is set to resume humanitarian assistance to areas controlled by the Houthi rebels in Yemen, according to a notification from the Biden administration to aid groups and U.S.
Pfizer vaccine shows 94% effectiveness against asymptomatic transmission of COVID
Jan Hetfleisch/Getty ImagesBy Dr. ERIC SILBERMAN, MD, ABC News(NEW YORK) — Pfizer’s vaccine is successful in preventing not only symptomatic COVID-19, but also asymptomatic disease according to new real-world data, Israel’s Ministry of Health and Pfizer/BioNTech announced
Asian American man dies following assault, robbery in Oakland
kali9/iStockBy HALEY YAMADA, ABC News (OAKLAND, Calif.) — In what’s become a string of recent attacks on Asian Americans, a 75-year-old man was assaulted and robbed in Oakland, California, just before 7 a.m. on Tuesday morning, authorities
Transcript: Joe Biden delivers remarks on 1-year anniversary of pandemic
Chris Kleponis/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBy ABC News (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden delivered his first prime-time address on the one-year anniversary of the coronavirus outbreak officially being declared a pandemic. Here is the full transcript of Biden’s
Sports gambler 'Parlay Patz' pleads guilty to threatening Tampa Bay Rays players
nuttiwut rodbangpong/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO and LUKE BARR, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — A prominent sports gambler faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to threatening Tampa Bay Rays players. Benjamin Patz, 24, of Napa, California,
Key takeaways from Biden's 1st prime-time address to the nation
E4C/iStockBy BEN GITTLESON, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden marked a year since the beginning of the coronavirus “shutdown” with a prime-time speech Thursday night where he announced all adult Americans should be eligible to get
ShakeAlert launches in Oregon with Washington close behind
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — An early warning system for earthquakes has launched in Oregon on the 10th anniversary of the devastating quake and tsunami in Japan. California already has the system, and Washington state joins it in
State Supreme Court overturns life-without-release sentences for youths
SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington state Supreme Court has overturned the automatic life-without-parole sentences given to two men for murders committed when they were 19 and 20, saying they were too young for such sentences to apply.
Judge rules Seattle can release names of cops who attended Capital insurrection
SEATTLE (AP) — A King County judge has denied a request that would stop the City of Seattle from disclosing records that would identify six Seattle police officers who participated in the Jan. 6 pro-Trump rally in