Civil rights groups sue Georgia over new voting law

Prostock-Studio/iStockBy MICHELLE STODDART, ABC News(ATLANTA) — Civil rights groups on Tuesday said they have sued the state of Georgia over changes to voting laws enacted last week that they said make it harder for all Georgia residents

2 arrests in death of Seattle woman

MIAMI (AP) — Two women wanted in connection with the death of a Seattle woman in Texas last year have been arrested in Florida. 49-year-old Nina Marano was arrested last week near Miami. And 57-year-old Lisa Dykes

Seattle engineer getting free space vacation

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A billionaire’s private SpaceX flight has filled its two remaining seats with two longtime space fans. The newest passengers are a scientist-educator from Arizona and a Seattle-area data engineer whose college buddy

3-year sentence for burning Seattle police cars

SEATTLE (AP) — A 21-year-old Edmonds man will serve more than three years in federal prison after pleading guilty to torching two police cars using Molotov cocktails during Seattle protests against racism and police violence last year.

Pilot and passenger survive plane crash

YACOLT, Wash. (AP) — A Navy helicopter crew rescued the pilot and passenger of a small plane that went down near Yacolt, Washington yesterday. Authorities began searching for the plane after its pilot reported engine trouble. The

Low-level radioactive waste to be stored in Idaho

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. officials have released the latest plan to send low-level radioactive waste to Idaho from a South Carolina facility that converts enriched uranium into fuel for nuclear reactors. The waste includes sludge and