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An off-duty officer has died after being stabbed by a robbery suspect who showed up at his Washington state home, and then mistakenly shot by a sheriff’s deputy who responded to the scene.

Localized flooding in Washington state from another in a series of rainstorms doesn’t appear to be as severe as when extreme weather hit the region earlier in the month

The settlement leaves in place two unanimous decisions by the Washington state Supreme Court that the Constitution does not grant a license to discriminate against LGBTQ people.

As parts of western Washington began drying out after an atmospheric river dumped days of rain, waters in some areas continued rising, more people were urged to evacuate and crews worked to restore power and reopen roads

A Washington state tech executive has been sentenced to two years in prison after fraudulently obtaining nearly $1.8 million in federal COVID-19 disaster relief loans.

Officials are concerned about the size and severity of the fires this early in the season.

A burglar in Washington broke into a home and proceeded to make himself comfortable before waking the homeowners.

Boeing’s newest version of the 737 Max jetliner has taken flight

Scientists have found a dead Asian giant hornet north of Seattle, the first so-called murder hornet discovered in the country this year

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed one of the nation’s most ambitious packages of police accountability legislation, prompted by last year’s outcry for racial justice.

Officials say an underground nuclear waste storage tank in Washington state that dates to World War II appears to be leaking contaminated liquid into the ground

The residents and staff members at a Seattle-area nursing home that had the first deadly COVID-19 outbreak in the United States began receiving vaccines on Monday.

Officials say seven train cars carrying crude oil derailed and five caught fire, sending a black plume of smoke into the sky north of Seattle close to the Canadian border.

Officials are warning evacuees in the fire-ravaged western states that they will have a harder time making it to safety the longer they wait. So far, 35 people have died from the fires in California, Oregon and Washington state.

A Washington state woman and her 16-year-old daughter were arrested Friday afternoon after the woman allegedly posed as a baby photographer and drugged a mother in an attempt to steal her newborn, NBC News reports.

The Justice Department is filing suit against the state of New Jersey and the county that is home to the city of Seattle over so-called sanctuary policies that hinder federal immigration officers

A gunman opened fire in downtown Seattle on Wednesday night, killing one person and wounding seven others, authorities said. Seattle Fire Chief Harold Scoggins said authorities began receiving calls at about 5 p.m. Wednesday of multiple gunshot victims. One person was found dead in a heavily trafficked area of downtown and five others were taken to a Seattle hospital, he…

A shoplifter attempting a getaway crashed a van into the store she allegedly stole from, injuring 11 people doing their holiday shopping, including a 2-year-old child.