Washington man sought in death of estranged wife
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles County homicide investigators are searching for the estranged husband of a woman who was fatally stabbed at her home in the city of Santa Clarita. Investigators say before the woman
Gov. signs bill to shut down detention center
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Gov. Inslee has signed a bill aimed at shutting down one of the country’s largest for-profit, privately run immigration jails. The nearly 1,600-bed Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma is operated by the GEO
Search continues for killer of Granite Falls man
ARLINGTON, Wash. (AP) — Family members say a Granite Falls man was fatally shot Saturday while waiting for a dialysis appointment in Snohomish County. The shooter is still at large. Seventy-eight-year-old Ivan Maik stopped at a Marysville
Bee sting blamed for spilled truckload of cheese
BINGEN, Wash. – The Washington State Patrol reports a semi-truck hauling cheese overturned along the Columbia River Gorge yesterday, spilling its load along the highway. The driver blamed the wreck on a bee sting. The crash happened
Maine man arrested for setting fire to Black church
Springfield Fire Department/Twitter (SPRINGFIELD, Mass.) — A Bulgarian national who was arrested Thursday faces hate crime offenses for setting several fires at a predominately Black church in Springfield, Massachusetts, last year. Dushko Vulchev, who is a naturalized
Capitol Police officer remembered at funeral in Massachusetts
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images (ADAMS, Mass.) — U.S. Capitol Police Officer William “Billy” Evans was remembered in Adams, Massachusetts, on Thursday. While his family, including his 9-year-old son, Logan, and 7-year-old daughter, Abigail, their
Police shoot man firing indiscriminately at people outside San Antonio airport: Police
kali9/iStock (SAN ANTONIO, Texas) — Police shot and killed an individual who began firing indiscriminately at people outside San Antonio International Airport in Texas on Thursday, police said. The person, described as being in his 40s, drove
House committee advances reparations bill: 'We're giving America the opportunity for redemption'
uschools/iStock (WASHINGTON) — A bill that will create a commission to study and make recommendations on how to best provide reparations to the descendants of enslaved people in the U.S. has taken a historic leap forward after
Daunte Wright's mom says she 'wants 100% accountability' in wake of officer's arrest
ABC News (BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn.) — The mother of Daunte Wright, the 20-year-old Black man shot dead by a Minnesota police officer at a traffic stop, said she “wants 100% accountability” in the wake of the officer’s
Fauci clashes with GOP lawmaker over when COVID restrictions should be eased
Amr Alfiky-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, pressed by a Republican lawmaker Thursday over when Americans will “get their liberties back,” gave his clearest explanation yet as to when COVID-19 restrictions could be safely lifted, saying