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FILE - A view of the mobile phone app logos for, from left, Facebook and Instagram in New York, Oct. 5, 2021. Meta plans to give European Facebook and Instagram users the option of paying for ad-free versions of the social media services as a way to comply with the continent's data privacy rules, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023.

Cantwell, McMorris Rodgers strike bipartisan deal on landmark data privacy bill

FILE - A view of the mobile phone app logos for, from left, Facebook and Instagram in New York, Oct. 5, 2021. Meta plans to give European Facebook and Instagram users the option of paying for ad-free versions of the social media services as a way to comply with the continent's data privacy rules, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023.

April 8, 2024, 10:33am Latest News

Since the dawn of the internet age, tech companies have developed increasingly sophisticated ways to collect and use vast swaths of Americans' personal data, while Congress has repeatedly failed to regulate the practice. Now, two Washington state lawmakers have a bipartisan plan to break that impasse and set a national… Read story

FILE - This photo combo provided by Twin Falls County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office in Idaho shows from left, Nicholas Umphenour and Skylar Meade. Meade and Umphenour, suspects in an attack on corrections officers at a Boise, Idaho, hospital are due in court for a preliminary hearing Monday, April 8, 2024.

Idaho inmate and accomplice accused of helping him escape during hospital ambush are due in court

FILE - This photo combo provided by Twin Falls County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office in Idaho shows from left, Nicholas Umphenour and Skylar Meade. Meade and Umphenour, suspects in an attack on corrections officers at a Boise, Idaho, hospital are due in court for a preliminary hearing Monday, April 8, 2024.

April 8, 2024, 7:24am Latest News

Two members of an Idaho white supremacist prison gang, including an inmate and the man accused of helping him escape in an armed ambush at a Boise hospital, are due in court for a preliminary hearing Monday, along with a woman accused of providing a vehicle they used during 36… Read story

FILE - An airplane flies over a sign on Boeing&rsquo;s 737 delivery center, Oct. 19, 2015, at Boeing Field in Seattle. The Federal Aviation Administration says a Southwest Airlines jet leaving Denver was forced to land after the engine cover fell off and struck the wing flap during takeoff. Southwest Airlines says the Boeing 737 landed safely Sunday, April 7, 2024, and the passengers headed to Houston are being put onto another aircraft.  (AP Photo/Ted S.

An engine cover on a Southwest Airlines plane rips off, forcing the flight to return to Denver

FILE - An airplane flies over a sign on Boeing&rsquo;s 737 delivery center, Oct. 19, 2015, at Boeing Field in Seattle. The Federal Aviation Administration says a Southwest Airlines jet leaving Denver was forced to land after the engine cover fell off and struck the wing flap during takeoff. Southwest Airlines says the Boeing 737 landed safely Sunday, April 7, 2024, and the passengers headed to Houston are being put onto another aircraft.  (AP Photo/Ted S.

April 8, 2024, 7:17am Business

A Southwest Airlines jet returned to Denver Sunday morning after the engine cover fell off and struck the wing flap during takeoff, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Read story

FILE - A person walks into the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., headquarters in Hsinchu, Taiwan on Oct. 20, 2021. The Biden administration pledged Monday, April 8, 2024, to provide up to $6.6 billion so that a Taiwanese microchip giant can expand the facilities it is already building in Arizona and ensure that the world most-advanced chips are produced domestically for the first time.

Biden administration announces $6.6 billion to ensure leading-edge microchips are built in the US

FILE - A person walks into the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., headquarters in Hsinchu, Taiwan on Oct. 20, 2021. The Biden administration pledged Monday, April 8, 2024, to provide up to $6.6 billion so that a Taiwanese microchip giant can expand the facilities it is already building in Arizona and ensure that the world most-advanced chips are produced domestically for the first time.

April 8, 2024, 7:16am Business

The Biden administration pledged on Monday to provide up to $6.6 billion so that a Taiwanese semiconductor giant can expand the facilities it is already building in Arizona and better ensure that the most-advanced microchips are produced domestically for the first time. Read story

A sign for the Powerball jackpot is displayed at a 7-Eleven, Friday, April 5, 2024, in Portland, Ore.

Winning Powerball jackpot ticket worth $1.3 billion sold in Portland, Oregon

A sign for the Powerball jackpot is displayed at a 7-Eleven, Friday, April 5, 2024, in Portland, Ore.

April 8, 2024, 7:11am Latest News

A Powerball player in Oregon won a jackpot worth more than $1.3 billion on Sunday, ending a winless streak that had stretched more than three months. Read story

Washington state trooper involved in crash that killed 2 in Mason County

April 8, 2024, 7:01am Northwest

A state trooper was involved in a Saturday afternoon crash on U.S. Highway 101 that killed two people in Mason County, according to the Washington State Patrol. Read story

Seattle firetruck fleet deteriorating faster than repairs can keep up

April 8, 2024, 7:00am Northwest

In 2022, firefighters aboard one of the Seattle Fire Department’s ladder trucks noticed something felt funny in the vehicle’s articulation. When maintenance crews took a closer look, they saw the fifth wheel bearing — a tree-trunk-sized metal disc that allows the long trucks to bend in half around tight city… Read story

Boater dies after being pulled from windy Columbia River near Finley. 2nd man survives

April 8, 2024, 7:00am Northwest

An unconscious boater in his 50s was pulled from the Columbia River in Finley late Saturday afternoon. Read story

Firefighters battle a wildfire in August 2021 near Greenwood Lake in the Superior National Forest of northeastern Minnesota. Some oil companies are set to stand trial in lawsuits brought by local and state governments, including Minnesota, over the damages caused by climate change. (U.S.

After a long slog, climate change lawsuits will finally put Big Oil on trial

Firefighters battle a wildfire in August 2021 near Greenwood Lake in the Superior National Forest of northeastern Minnesota. Some oil companies are set to stand trial in lawsuits brought by local and state governments, including Minnesota, over the damages caused by climate change. (U.S.

April 8, 2024, 6:03am Latest News

After years of legal appeals and delays, some oil companies are set to stand trial in lawsuits brought by state and local governments over the damages caused by climate change. Read story

Wildlife fencing parallels I-90 along Snoqualmie Pass, helping funnel wildlife to the undercrossings as well as the wildlife bridge, Oct. 30, 2019.

Cascade critter crossings: How Washington’s I-90 became safer for wildlife, drivers

Wildlife fencing parallels I-90 along Snoqualmie Pass, helping funnel wildlife to the undercrossings as well as the wildlife bridge, Oct. 30, 2019.

April 8, 2024, 6:00am Editor's Choice

Interstate 90 fractures the spine of the Cascades at its midpoint. Read story