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Body of Mount Rainier climber found after he went missing while celebrating 80th birthday
Mount Rainier National Park officials say search crews have found and recovered the body of a man matching the description of a solo climber reported missing.
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Washington State to Decriminalize Drugs Unless Lawmakers Act
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is calling lawmakers back to work after they rejected a bill setting out a new statewide drug policy.
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Ferry Runs Aground on Island Near Seattle, Leaving Over 600 Stranded on Board
A passenger ferry carrying hundreds of people ran aground near Bainbridge Island west of Seattle on Saturday but there were no immediate reports of injuries or contamination, authorities said.
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A Woman With Tuberculosis Took a Bus to a Casino While Officer With a Warrant for Her Arrest Let Her Go
The woman has refused numerous orders to isolate. It isn’t clear why the officer didn’t take her into custody.
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Washington City Settles Bikini Barista Dress Code Lawsuit for $500,000
A legal battle over a dress code for bikini baristas at coffee stands is ending after a city north of Seattle agreed to pay $500,000 to the owner and employees who sued over it six years ago.
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Burglars Cut Hole in Coffee Shop Wall to Steal Over $500,000 in iPhones from Washington Apple Store
The crafty thieves stole over 400 iPhones worth about $500,000 from an Apple Store in the middle of the night in under 15 minutes. Here’s how they did it.
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Seattle Becomes First US City to Ban Caste Discrimination
The Seattle City Council on Tuesday added caste to the city’s anti-discrimination laws, becoming the first U.S. city to ban caste discrimination and the first in the world to pass such a law outside South Asia.
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8-Year-Old Boy Missing From Washington State for 8 Months Is Found in Missouri
A boy who has been missing from Washington state since at least mid-June was found safe in Missouri, the FBI office in Seattle said Tuesday. Authorities said 8-year-old Breadson John had vanished by June 17, when a welfare check at his home in Vancouver, Washington, just across the state line from Oregon, determined his absence, officials said. On Friday, Breadson…
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Single Ticket in Washington State Wins $754.6 Million Powerball Jackpot
The winning numbers were 05, 11, 22, 23, 69 and the Powerball 07
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A Washington Woman With Tuberculosis Refuses Treatment, so Authorities Got Court Orders
The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department in Washington has obtained multiple court orders requiring a Tacoma resident to get treatment for her active tuberculosis, officials told NBC News on Friday. The woman has thus far refused to isolate or take the necessary medications, according to Nigel Turner, the department’s division director of Communicable Disease Control. “The court order is in place ordering isolation...
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Man Called Mom to Confess Random Killings at Convenience Store: Police
Police say they located the suspect in the random killing of three people at a convenience store in Yakima, Washington, after he borrowed a stranger’s cell phone to call his mother and confess to what he had done.
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Man Arrested in Brazen Attempted Kidnapping of Barista From Drive-Thru Window
A man was captured on surveillance video attempting to kidnap a barista from the drive-thru window at a Washington state coffee shop.
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Video Shows Man Attempting to Kidnap Barista From Drive-Thru Window
Police in Washington state are searching for a man who was captured on surveillance video attempting to kidnap a barista from the drive-thru window at an Auburn coffee shop.
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Watch: Man Allegedly Tries to Abduct Barista Through Drive-Thru Window
Police say a suspect in Washington state attempted to kidnap a barista by pulling her through a drive-thru window on Monday.
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2 Arrested in Power Substation Attack in Washington State
Two men have been arrested and charged with vandalizing electrical substations in Washington state, attacks that left thousands without power over the holidays, and one suspect told authorities they did it so they could break into a business and steal money, U.S. authorities said Tuesday.
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Four Washington State Electrical Substations Vandalized, Knocking Out Power For Thousands
The attacks come as federal officials are warning that the U.S. power grid needs better security to prevent domestic terrorism and after a large outage in North Carolina earlier this month that took days to repair.
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At least 17,000 People Were Without Power on Christmas After Substation Attack
At least 17,000 people were left without power after four substations were attacked in Pierce County, Washington on Christmas Day
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Maxwell Frost, First Gen Z Congressman-Elect, Denied Apartment Over Bad Credit
Rep.-elect Maxwell Frost of Florida, the first member of Generation Z elected to Congress, says he is struggling to get an apartment in Washington and lost an application fee because his credit is “really bad.”
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Barber Fatally Shot While Cutting 8-Year-Old Boy's Hair
A Washington barber was in the middle of cutting an 8-year-old child’s hair when a gunman entered the shop and shot him several times.
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Barber Shot and Killed While Cutting 8-Year-Old's Hair
A Washington barber was shot and killed while cutting an 8-year-old boy’s hair Wednesday evening.