Northwest

A suburban Seattle police officer faces murder trial in the death of a man outside convenience store

April 22, 2024, 3:34pm Northwest

Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a suburban Seattle police officer charged with murder in the death of a 26-year-old man outside a convenience store in 2019. Read story

FILE - A woman gathers possessions to take before a homeless encampment was cleaned up in San Francisco, Aug. 29, 2023. The Supreme Court will hear its most significant case on homelessness in decades Monday, April 22, 2024, as record numbers of people in America are without a permanent place to live. The justices will consider a challenge to rulings from a California-based federal appeals court that found punishing people for sleeping outside when shelter space is lacking amounts to unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment.

With homelessness on the rise, the Supreme Court weighs bans on sleeping outdoors

April 22, 2024, 1:20pm Latest News Updated 1 day ago

The Supreme Court wrestled with major questions about the growing issue of homelessness on Monday as it considered whether cities can punish people for sleeping outside when shelter space is lacking. Read story

After nationwide manhunt, arrest made in shooting that wounded Tacoma boxing legend

April 22, 2024, 12:56pm Latest News

TACOMA -- After a nationwide manhunt, the 27-year-old Seattle man suspected of shooting a prominent boxer and coach in Tacoma two months ago outside the Oasis of Hope Center has been arrested. Read story

Use of force expert calls Spokane deputy’s actions from August park arrest ‘excessive,’ ‘unreasonable’; FBI involved

April 22, 2024, 8:54am Northwest

The Spokane County sergeant under investigation for the violent arrest of a man at Terrace View Park last summer used “excessive, objectively unreasonable” force, a use of force expert found. Read story

Small earthquake shakes the Tri-Cities. What we know about the Richland tremor

April 22, 2024, 7:51am Northwest

A small earthquake shook homes along the southern stretch of the Tri-Cities on Friday night. Read story

How UW investigates sexual assault allegations

FILE - Texas linebacker Jaylan Ford (41) tries to tackle Washington running back Tylin "Tybo" Rogers (20) during the Sugar Bowl CFP NCAA semifinal college football game, Jan. 1, 2024, in New Orleans. Rogers was arrested Friday, April 5, and charged Tuesday, April 9, with raping two women in Seattle. Court documents say he played in two College Football Playoff games for the school after the allegations were known to the university.

April 22, 2024, 6:00am College

Questions swirled about the University of Washington’s Title IX investigation process after the school’s football player Tylin “Tybo” Rogers was allowed to continue playing while Seattle police investigated him for the alleged rape of a woman last fall. Read story

Northwest

A suburban Seattle police officer faces murder trial in the death of a man outside convenience store

With homelessness on the rise, the Supreme Court weighs bans on sleeping outdoors

After nationwide manhunt, arrest made in shooting that wounded Tacoma boxing legend

Use of force expert calls Spokane deputy’s actions from August park arrest ‘excessive,’ ‘unreasonable’; FBI involved

Small earthquake shakes the Tri-Cities. What we know about the Richland tremor

Burning Tri-Cities cold storage center partially collapses. Evacuations lifted

Tacoma named No. 1 most sought-after renting destination in West, report shows

WSU’s veterinary chaplain is ‘on a mission’ to bring spiritual care to hospitals and clinics nationwide

Lobbying the Legislature from behind bars

How UW investigates sexual assault allegations