Washington

The state organization that governs school sports in Washington State says that banning transgender athletes would violate the law.

An adult male brandishing a firearm was shot by U.S. Secret Service officers near the White House in Washington, DC, shortly after midnight on Sunday. The agency said the encounter happened near the intersection of 17th and F Streets NW. NPR

An American Airlines flight from Boston aborted its landing at Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC, Tuesday to avoid a plane departing from the same runway.

The Army was so strapped for experienced pilots that up through 2023 it was sending its most junior pilots fresh out of flight school to fly these specialized missions, according to an aviator.

President Donald Trump said Thursday at the National Prayer Breakfast that Americans are a “people ordained by God” to live in the “freest and most exceptional nation” in the world’s history.

A pair of Seattle, Washington-area teens accused of tying a younger boy to a tree and “disemboweling” him in a possible gang-related attack earlier this month have been charged as adults.

Two Portland, Oregon, men who went into the Washington state wilderness to look for “Sasquatch” were discovered dead after failing to return home on Christmas Eve, police said.

Airplane manufacturer Boeing is laying off 396 employees in Washington state as it makes adjustments to the company.

A federal appeals court has denied pleas by a Washington state county government that claims it has the right to block ICE deportations of illegal migrants to satisfy its liberal “sanctuary” policies.

A man who identifies as a woman was recently crowned Miss Trans USA 2024, saying the moment was “surreal.”

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) expressed “hope” that Democrats will “change the kinds of candidates” they support.

Several states, including some Democrat-run states plagued by Black Lives Matter and Antifa riots in 2020, have readied the National Guard in case violence breaks out on Election Day.

The Trump campaign said that Vice President Kamala Harris lied, name-called, and clung to the past in her closing argument speech “to avoid admitting the truth” about her and President Joe Biden’s “terrible policies.”

Hundreds of ballots in Washington state were potentially damaged after authorities reported that a Vancouver ballot drop box was burned in a Monday morning arson.

Heart-pounding video shows police officers in Seattle, Washington, saving a man in the nick of time on October 7.

A search is underway for two U.S. Navy pilots after their jet crashed near Washington State’s Mount Rainier, officials said.

A dog in Stevens County, Washington, knew exactly what to do when her elderly owner was injured and no help was in sight.

The largest North American producer of french fries is shutting down its plant in Washington and laying off hundreds of employees, company officials announced in a recent earnings report.

A Washington woman resorted to calling the police after her decades-long habit of feeding local raccoons spun out of control into an all-out raccoon invasion of her home, authorities said.

There has been a spike in ‘seismic activity’ at Mount Adams in Washington state, and scientists are keeping an eye on the situation.

A child who went missing in Washington State is safe again thanks to first responders and a fisherman who worked together to find her.

Footage of a police chase shocked viewers when cops realized the suspect was fully nude and had his four-year-old son in the car.

The Port of Seattle and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) experienced a “possible cyberattack” on Saturday that caused significant issues for travelers.

A New Jersey man has been accused of extremely unruly and inappropriate behavior during a flight from Seattle to Dallas on July 18.

A Washington special education substitute teacher has been arrested again after a second alleged victim accused him of sexual assault.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ recent relocation to Miami, Florida, saved him close to $1 billion in taxes on his latest stock sales after he fled Washington State, which has a state capital gains tax. 

Seattle officials have opened up city police jobs to illegal aliens in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

A woman was shocked to learn that a $40,000 car she bought for her retirement was actually stolen — three years after she purchased it.

A judge in the sanctuary state of Washington has reduced bail by 90 percent for the illegal alien accused of killing Christopher Gadd.

The suspect accused of killing a homeless man with an ax earlier in 2024 has been accused in a similar incident in Seattle, Washington.

A fence was set up Thursday around a homeless encampment in Burien, Washington, after tents spilled over into a nearby parking lot.

Police are looking for a suspect who is accused of stabbing a woman at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington, on Tuesday.

Four zebras escaped a trailer in North Bend, Washington, on Sunday near I-90 and community members were shocked at the sight of them.

A man in Lacey, Washington, was recently sentenced to 13 years for burying his wife alive claimed he suffered from mental illness and was “overmedicated and under treated” for PTSD.

A 13-year-old boy is accused of stealing a woman’s purse and hitting her in Seattle on Wednesday, an incident that has disturbed neighbors.

A Washington state gynecologist has been charged with the repeated rape of a minor female family member, with prosecutors saying he did it over the course of more than six years.