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Kentucky governor warns of shooting on I-75 south of Lexington
https://mynorthwest.com/3984836/kentucky-governor-warns-of-shooting-on-i-75-south-of-lexington/
Published: September 7, 2024 23:56
LONDON, Ky. (AP) — A shooting has occurred on Interstate 75 in a rural area south of Lexington, Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear said in a post on the social platform X. The interstate is shut down in both directions.
Former director of Los Alamos National Laboratory dead after car crash in New Mexico
Published: September 7, 2024 22:48
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — A former top official in U.S. nuclear weapons research at Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos national laboratories has died from injuries after an automobile crash in New Mexico, authorities said. He was 69. Charles McMillan, an…
Evacuations ordered as wildfire burns in foothills of national forest east of LA
Published: September 7, 2024 21:48
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Evacuations were ordered Saturday as a wildfire scorched the foothills of a national forest east of Los Angeles, amid a days-long heat wave that pushed temperatures into the triple digits across the region. The so-called Line…
Wynn Resorts paying $130M for letting illegal money reach gamblers at its Las Vegas Strip casino
Published: September 7, 2024 21:35
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Casino company Wynn Resorts Ltd. has agreed to pay $130 million to federal authorities and admit that it let unlicensed money transfer businesses around the world funnel funds to gamblers at its flagship Las Vegas Strip property. The…
Coal miner killed on the job in West Virginia. The death marks fourth in the state this year
Published: September 7, 2024 19:45
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A coal miner was killed on the job in West Virginia on Friday night, Gov. Jim Justice said. The Republican governor said Gary Chapman, 33, of South Williamson, Kentucky, died after being injured at the Mountaineer II Mine near…
Slain Dallas police officer remembered as ‘hero’ during funeral service
Published: September 7, 2024 19:16
Dallas police officer Darron Burks, who was fatally shot in what the police chief called an execution, was remembered Saturday as a hero during a funeral service in Dallas. “A hero who made the ultimate sacrifice … the grief is overwhelming,” said Dallas…
US believes Iran has transferred short-range ballistic missiles to Russia, AP sources say
Published: September 7, 2024 18:43
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has informed allies that it believes Iran has transferred short-range ballistic missiles to Russia for its war in Ukraine, according to two people familiar with the matter. They did not offer any details about how many…
One person dead, one survivor in vintage biplane crash
https://mynorthwest.com/3984756/one-person-dead-one-survivor-in-vintage-biplane-crash/
Published: September 7, 2024 17:42
The crash of a vintage biplane in a forested area of south-central Washington state has left one person dead and another stranded high in the trees. The 1943 Stearman plane crashed in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, about 12 miles northwest of the…
Jessica Pegula and Aryna Sabalenka try to win the US Open for the first time
Published: September 7, 2024 16:24
NEW YORK (AP) — Jessica Pegula and Aryna Sabalenka both will be trying to win the U.S. Open for the first time when they play each other in Saturday’s final at Flushing Meadows. The title match in Arthur Ashe Stadium is scheduled to begin at about 4 p.m.…
Recreational marijuana sales begin on North Carolina tribal land, drug illegal in state otherwise
Published: September 7, 2024 14:28
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians began selling marijuana and cannabis products to any adult 21 or over starting Saturday at its tribe-owned dispensary in North Carolina, where possession or use of the drug is otherwise illegal. A post on the Facebook…
‘Not all encampments are eyesores:’ Man’s makeshift White House catches the eye
Published: September 7, 2024 14:00
Using spare slabs of wood and white paint, a "White House" was constructed among a series of homeless encampments.
2-year-old boy fatally stabbed by older brother in Chicago-area home, police say
Published: September 7, 2024 13:58
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — A 2-year-old boy was fatally stabbed by his 6-year-old brother in Joliet, Illinois, police said. The child suffered multiple stab wounds from a kitchen knife inside a home Friday afternoon and later was pronounced dead at a hospital,…
Mega Millions jackpot soars to an estimated $800 million
https://mynorthwest.com/3984734/mega-millions-jackpot-soars-to-an-estimated-800-million/
Published: September 7, 2024 13:37
BOSTON (AP) — The Mega Millions jackpot has risen to an estimated $800 million with a cash option of $401.8 million for Tuesday’s drawing after no one matched all the winning numbers for Friday night’s drawing. The jackpot was last won in Illinois on June…
Takeaways from Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s response to violence after George Floyd’s murder
Published: September 7, 2024 13:21
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kamala Harris’ selection of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be the Democratic vice presidential candidate has revived the debate over how he handled the biggest crisis of his political career. Minneapolis and St. Paul erupted after a white…
With father of suspect charged in Georgia shooting, will more parents be held responsible?
Published: September 7, 2024 13:03
Murder charges filed against the father of a 14-year-old boy accused of a Georgia school shooting follow the successful prosecution of two parents in Michigan who were held responsible for a similar tragedy at a school north of Detroit. Is it a sign of a…
Upcoming Grandparents Day shines light on local Red Cross awardee
https://mynorthwest.com/3984589/grandparents-day-shines-light-on-local-red-cross-awardee/
Published: September 7, 2024 13:00
As Grandparents Day approaches, one local grandmother has been recognized by the American Red Cross with a Life Saver Award.
Sharp divisions persist over Walz’s response to the riots that followed the murder of George Floyd
Published: September 7, 2024 12:38
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz faced the biggest crisis of his political career when Minnesota’s two largest cities erupted in protests and riots after a white Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd. The Black man’s murder in 2020 sparked a…
How to pick the best preschool or child care center for your child
https://mynorthwest.com/3984719/how-to-pick-the-best-preschool-or-child-care-center-for-your-child/
Published: September 7, 2024 12:17
Preschool options are growing with the expansion of early learning programs, giving families in some parts of the U.S. a dizzying array of choices. Some states, like Colorado and New Mexico, are funneling state money into existing private preschools or…
Wisconsin health officials recall eggs after a multistate outbreak of salmonella infections
Published: September 7, 2024 12:16
Wisconsin health officials initiated a recall of eggs following an outbreak of salmonella infections among 65 people in nine states that originated on a Wisconsin farm. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services said in a statement Friday that those who…
Stellantis recalls 1.5M Ram trucks to fix software bug that can disable stability control
Published: September 7, 2024 12:06
DETROIT (AP) — Stellantis is recalling nearly 1.5 million Ram pickup trucks worldwide to fix a software problem that can disable the electronic stability control system. The recall covers certain trucks from the 2019 and 2021 through 2024 model years,…
Florida high school football player dies after collapsing during game
Published: September 7, 2024 11:50
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) — A Florida Panhandle high school football player has died after collapsing during a game, officials said. Port St. Joe High School wide receiver Chance Gainer collapsed during Friday night’s game at Liberty High School. The…
Proposed resolution asks UN to plan for UN peacekeepers to replace Kenya-led police mission in Haiti
Published: September 7, 2024 04:34
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and Ecuador circulated a draft resolution on Friday asking the United Nations to begin planning for a U.N. peacekeeping operation to replace the Kenya-led mission now in the Caribbean nation helping police to quell…
Maui’s toxic debris could fill 5 football fields 5 stories deep. Where will it end up?
Published: September 7, 2024 04:17
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Hinano Rodrigues remembers being 4 or 5 years old, carrying a bucket across a highway to the ocean in the Maui community where he still lives. At dawn, he would accompany his grandmother to a reef at low tide, where she plucked black…
A hurricane-damaged Louisiana skyscraper is set to be demolished Saturday
Published: September 7, 2024 04:15
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — An abandoned, 22-story building in Lake Charles, Louisiana — once an icon in the city that became a symbol of destruction from hurricanes Laura and Delta — is scheduled to be demolished Saturday after sitting vacant for nearly four…
Harris and Trump are getting ready for Tuesday’s debate in sharply different ways
Published: September 7, 2024 04:14
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are veering sharply in how they gear up for Tuesday’s presidential debate, setting up a showdown that reflects not just two separate visions for the country but two politicians who approach big moments very…
Cowabunga! New England town celebrates being the birthplace of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Published: September 7, 2024 04:09
DOVER, N.H. (AP) — As the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles grew to become a pop culture sensation, the place where they were conceived rarely got mentioned. It wasn’t the New York City sewers, where the Turtles mutated from regular reptiles into a…
Georgia school shooting suspect was troubled by a broken family, taunting at school, his father said
Published: September 7, 2024 04:05
It was just the two of them, the teenager and his father, since an eviction a year earlier ended with the boy’s parents parting ways in a separation that fractured the entire family. That’s what Colin Gray told a Georgia sheriff’s investigator who came to…
A mural honoring scientists hung in Pfizer’s NYC lobby for 60 years. Now it’s up for grabs
Published: September 7, 2024 04:04
NEW YORK (AP) — A mural honoring ancient and modern figures in medicine that has hung in the lobby of Pfizer’s original New York City headquarters for more than 60 years could soon end up in pieces if conservationists can’t find a new home for it in the…
Just how rare is a rare-colored lobster? Scientists say answer could be under the shell
Published: September 7, 2024 04:03
BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) — Orange, blue, calico, two-toned and … cotton-candy colored? Those are all the hues of lobsters that have showed up in fishers’ traps, supermarket seafood tanks and scientists’ laboratories over the last year. The funky-colored…
As US colleges raise the stakes for protests, activists are weighing new strategies
Published: September 7, 2024 04:02
University of Southern California law student Elizabeth Howell-Egan isn’t allowed on campus because of her role in last spring’s anti-war protests, but she is keeping up her activism. She and like-minded students are holding online sessions on the…
The heads of the CIA and MI6 issue a joint call for a cease-fire in Gaza
Published: September 7, 2024 04:00
LONDON (AP) — The heads of the American and British foreign intelligence agencies said Saturday they are “working ceaselessly” for a cease-fire in Gaza, using a rare joint public statement to press for peace. CIA Director William Burns and MI6 Chief…
Utah sheriff’s deputy stalked and killed by her father, prosecutors say
Published: September 7, 2024 02:58
TOOELE, Utah (AP) — Prosecutors charged a Utah man with murder Friday, alleging he killed his adult daughter, a Salt Lake City sheriff’s deputy. Hector Ramon Martinez-Ayala, 54, of Tooele, confessed in a text message to his brother of making “a big…
‘This is very scary:’ Bothell child sexually assaulted in random attack
Published: September 7, 2024 00:48
Snohomish County deputies reported an unknown man entered a family's apartment and sexually assaulted an 11-year-old child.
House Republican unveil bill to avoid shutdown. Senate Democrats say they’re wasting precious time
Published: September 6, 2024 23:39
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans unveiled on Friday their legislation to avoid a partial government shutdown at the end of the month and fund the government into late March, when a new president and Congress would make the final decision on agency…
Stakeholder in Trump’s Truth Social parent company wins court ruling over share transfer
Published: September 6, 2024 23:38
DOVER, Del. (AP) — A federal judge in Delaware has ruled in favor of a firm seeking assurance that it will be able to sell its minority stake in the parent company of former president Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform. The judge on Friday granted…
Boeing Starliner capsule leaves space station, heads home without astronauts
Published: September 6, 2024 23:36
After months of turmoil over safety, the Boeing astronaut capsule, Starliner, left the International Space Station Friday without its crew.
UN investigator accuses Israel of a ‘starvation campaign’ in Gaza that Netanyahu denies
Published: September 6, 2024 23:32
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. independent investigator on the right to food accused Israel of carrying out a “starvation campaign” against Palestinians during the war in Gaza, an allegation that Israel vehemently denies. In a report this week,…
News organizations seek unsealing of plea deal with 9/11 defendants
https://mynorthwest.com/3984583/news-organizations-seek-unsealing-of-plea-deal-with-9-11-defendants/
Published: September 6, 2024 23:11
WASHINGTON (AP) — Seven news organizations filed a legal motion Friday asking the U.S. military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to make public the plea agreement that prosecutors struck with alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two fellow…
Do you recognize these suspects? PCSD releases video of brazen robbery
Published: September 6, 2024 22:53
A strong-armed, takeover-style robbery shook up a clerk who was working at a gas station in unincorporated Puyallup on August 10.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
https://mynorthwest.com/3984570/guest-lineups-for-the-sunday-news-shows-161/
Published: September 6, 2024 22:41
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo.; Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-Ark. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.; Gov. Doug Burgum, R-N.D. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Former U.S. Ambassador to the United…
Man charged with plotting shooting at a New York Jewish center on anniversary of Oct. 7 Hamas attack
Published: September 6, 2024 22:40
NEW YORK (AP) — A Pakistani man was arrested in Canada this week for plotting a mass shooting at a Jewish center in Brooklyn on the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas that sparked the latest conflict in the Middle East, federal authorities…
Jannik Sinner reaches the US Open men’s final by beating Jack Draper after both need medical help
Published: September 6, 2024 22:22
NEW YORK (AP) — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner finished off a 7-5, 7-6 (3), 6-2 victory over Jack Draper to reach his first final at the U.S. Open — and second at a Grand Slam tournament his year — after they simultaneously received treatment from trainers on a…
The former Uvalde schools police chief asks judge to throw out the charges against him
Published: September 6, 2024 22:04
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The former Uvalde, Texas, schools police chief asked a judge on Friday to throw out the criminal indictment filed against him over the slow law enforcement response to the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting that left 19 students and…
Woman who fell trying to escape supermarket shooting prayed as people rushed past to escape
Published: September 6, 2024 22:03
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Elan Shakti was tired and had trouble walking but decided to go to the supermarket, using her shopping cart for support, to get plants for a mourning family. But soon after buying them in March 2021, Shakti found herself lying flat on…
Endangered species expects second baby at Point Defiance Zoo
https://mynorthwest.com/3984507/endangered-species-expects-second-baby-at-point-defiance-zoo/
Published: September 6, 2024 22:00
Staff at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma are getting ready for a new baby. Yuna, a 9-year-old Malayan tapir, is pregnant.
Hawaii can ban guns on beaches, an appeals court says
https://mynorthwest.com/3984549/hawaii-can-ban-guns-on-beaches-an-appeals-court-says/
Published: September 6, 2024 21:57
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii can enforce a law banning firearms on its world-famous beaches, a U.S. appeals court panel ruled Friday. Three Maui residents sued to block a 2023 state law prohibiting carrying a firearm on the sand and in other places deemed…
Shooter at Southern University frat party takes plea deal
https://mynorthwest.com/3984547/shooter-at-southern-university-frat-party-takes-plea-deal/
Published: September 6, 2024 21:51
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana man has been sentenced to 10 years behind bars for firing shots into a crowd at a 2022 fraternity party near Southern University’s campus in Baton Rouge. As part of the agreement, prosecutors dropped 11 counts of…
Washington State Ferries terminates sale of Elwha and Klahowya, gets $200,000 anyway
Published: September 6, 2024 21:49
The Elwha and Klahowya are back on the market after Washington State Ferries terminated sales agreements with Nelson Armas.
Swirling federal investigations test New York City mayor’s ability to govern
Published: September 6, 2024 21:45
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams is facing mounting questions over his ability to govern after federal investigators seized phones from multiple officials in his administration, compounding scrutiny of a Democrat who was already ensnared in…
California governor vetoes bill to make immigrants without legal status eligible for home loans
Published: September 6, 2024 21:38
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Friday that could have made immigrants without legal status eligible for loans under a state program offering assistance to first-time homebuyers. The bill drew staunch opposition from…
Karen Read says in interview that murder case left her in ‘purgatory’
https://mynorthwest.com/3984539/karen-read-says-in-interview-that-murder-case-left-her-in-purgatory/
Published: September 6, 2024 21:36
BOSTON (AP) — Karen Read’s months-long murder case left her in “purgatory” and ”stressed every day,” she said in an interview set to air Friday night. Read, 44, is accused of ramming into her Boston police officer boyfriend John O’Keefe with her SUV and…
Mexican drug cartel leader will be transferred from Texas to New York
Published: September 6, 2024 21:24
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A federal judge on Friday said that a powerful Mexican drug cartel leader who was arrested over the summer in the U.S. can be transferred from Texas to New York to face charges there. The order from U.S. District Judge Kathleen…
ACLU plans to spend $1.3M in educate Montana voters about state Supreme Court candidates
Published: September 6, 2024 21:15
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union plans to spend $1.3 million on campaign advertising to educate Montana voters about where state Supreme Court candidates stand on abortion and other civil rights issues with a measure constitutionally…
Navy officer demoted after installing unauthorized satellite dish on warship to access internet
Published: September 6, 2024 20:54
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A U.S. Navy chief who wanted the internet so she and other enlisted officers could scroll social media, check sports scores and watch movies while deployed had an unauthorized Starlink satellite dish installed on a warship and lied to her…
California man charged with killing 81 animals, including miniature horses, goats, ducks, parakeets
Published: September 6, 2024 20:52
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man suspected of going on a three-hour shooting rampage in Northern California and killing 81 animals, including miniature horses, goats and chickens, pleaded not guilty to animal cruelty and other charges. Vicente Arroyo, 39, made…
Texas Republican attorney general sues over voter registration efforts in Democrat strongholds
Published: September 6, 2024 20:47
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued two of the state’s largest counties to block efforts to register voters ahead of the November general election, drawing claims of voter suppression from state Democrats. Paxton announced…
1 of 2 missing victims of Labor Day boat crash found dead in Connecticut
Published: September 6, 2024 20:46
OLD LYME, Conn. (AP) — Authorities on Friday found the body of one of two men who remained missing four days after a boat carrying nine people crashed into a jetty along the Connecticut shoreline. State environmental conservation police officers located…
Abortion rights supporters in South Dakota blast state’s video of abortion laws
Published: September 6, 2024 20:43
A newly released, state-produced video intended to help doctors comply with South Dakota’s strict abortion law isn’t specific enough to ensure health care professionals don’t violate the regulations and open themselves up for prosecution, a group of…
Judge gives US regulators until December to propose penalties for Google’s illegal search monopoly
Published: September 6, 2024 20:37
A federal judge on Friday gave the U.S. Justice Department until the end of the year to outline how Google should be punished for illegally monopolizing the internet search market and then prepare to present its case for imposing the penalties next spring.…
A man who attacked a Nevada judge in court pleads guilty but mentally ill
Published: September 6, 2024 20:24
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A man whose courtroom attack on a judge in Las Vegas was recorded on video has pleaded guilty but mentally ill to attempted murder and other charges. Deobra Delone Redden ended his trial Thursday after Clark County District Court Judge…
Nevada inmate who died was pepper sprayed and held face down, autopsy shows
Published: September 6, 2024 20:13
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada prisoner died after he was pepper sprayed by guards, shut in a storage room, shackled and restrained with his face to the ground, according to an autopsy report obtained by The Associated Press. Patrick Odale’s death on Dec. 28,…
Supreme Court Justice Alito reports German princess gave him $900 concert tickets
Published: September 6, 2024 20:03
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Samuel Alito reported Friday that he accepted $900 worth of concert tickets from a German princess, but disclosed no trips paid for by other people, according to a new financial disclosure form. The required annual filing, for…
Judge considers bumping abortion-rights measure off Missouri ballot
https://mynorthwest.com/3984495/judge-considers-bumping-abortion-rights-measure-off-missouri-ballot/
Published: September 6, 2024 19:55
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge faces a Tuesday deadline to decide whether to take the rare step of pulling an abortion-rights amendment off the state’s November ballot. Lawyers for abortion opponents during a Friday bench trial asked Cole…
Dick Cheney will back Kamala Harris, his daughter says
https://mynorthwest.com/3984491/dick-cheney-will-back-kamala-harris-his-daughter-says/
Published: September 6, 2024 19:49
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Former Vice President Dick Cheney, a lifelong Republican, will vote for Kamala Harris for president, his daughter Liz Cheney said Friday. Liz Cheney, who herself endorsed Harris on Thursday, made the announcement when asked by Mark…
A small plane from Iowa crashed in an Indiana cornfield, killing everyone onboard
Published: September 6, 2024 19:28
ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) — A single-engine plane traveling from Iowa to Indiana crashed in a central Indiana cornfield Friday, killing everyone on board, authorities said. The plane left Fort Dodge, Iowa, just after 6:45 a.m. and was projected to land at…
Mayor of Alabama’s capital becomes latest to try to limit GOP ‘permitless carry’ law
Published: September 6, 2024 19:22
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The mayor of Alabama’s state capital signed a local ordinance into law on Friday requiring anyone carrying a concealed firearm to also carry a photo ID, saying Republican lawmakers’ decision to toss permit requirements for concealed…
Police say they arrested a woman after her 6-year-old son brought a gun to school in Memphis
Published: September 6, 2024 19:20
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis police have arrested a woman after her 6-year-old son brought a gun to his school. According to local news outlets, the 22-year-old woman faces several charges including carrying a weapon on school property and child neglect…
Man arrested after making threats, assaulting women in downtown Louisville, Kentucky
Published: September 6, 2024 19:19
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville Police arrested a man for allegedly sexually assaulting women and making “homicidal and suicidal threats” in the downtown area Friday. Police sent out a “Duty to Warn” notice on social media around 1 p.m. EST, telling…
Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald’s wife is pregnant with their first child
https://mynorthwest.com/3984413/seahawks-head-coach-wife-pregnant-first-child/
Published: September 6, 2024 19:14
Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald announced his wife, Stephanie, is pregnant with their first child -- a boy due sometime this December.
Residents in a Louisiana city devastated by 2020 hurricanes are still far from recovery
Published: September 6, 2024 19:06
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Every other day Lois Malvo waits for her son to bring six buckets of water from a spigot in the backyard. He then bathes his 78-year-old mother using water heated on the stove and washes her with a spray pump he bought online. It’s…
Utah woman killed her 3 children, herself in vehicle, officials say
https://mynorthwest.com/3984472/utah-woman-killed-her-3-children-herself-in-vehicle-officials-say/
Published: September 6, 2024 18:57
WEST HAVEN, Utah (AP) — A Utah woman and her three children who were found shot to death in a vehicle died in a murder-suicide, Weber County officials said Friday. Maribel Ibarra, 32, shot her children — ages 4, 2, and 1 — in the cargo area of her vehicle…
Man accused of I-5 mass shooting said he tried to get help
https://mynorthwest.com/3984435/man-accused-of-i-5-mass-shooting-said-he-tried-to-get-help/
Published: September 6, 2024 18:51
Charging documents are revealing more about the man accused of shooting at cars on I-5 in King and Pierce Counties Monday night.
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Published: September 6, 2024 18:16
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Report: US woman killed by Israeli military was a recent UW grad
https://mynorthwest.com/3984449/report-us-woman-killed-by-israeli-military-was-a-recent-uw-grad/
Published: September 6, 2024 18:00
Israeli soldiers killed an American woman during a protest in the West Bank on Friday. The woman was a UW graduate.
North Carolina GOP leaders reach spending deal to clear private school voucher waitlist
Published: September 6, 2024 17:58
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s Republican House and Senate leaders said Friday that they’ve agreed with each other on a supplemental spending proposal that includes hundreds of millions of dollars to eliminate the state’s waitlist for private school…
Texas sues to stop a rule that shields the medical records of women who seek abortions elsewhere
Published: September 6, 2024 17:53
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas has sued the Biden administration to try to block a federal rule that shields the medical records of women from criminal investigations if they cross state lines to seek abortion where it is legal. The lawsuit against the U.S.…
Judge delays Trump sentencing in hush money case until after November election
Published: September 6, 2024 17:34
A judge agreed Friday to postpone the sentencing of Donald Trump in his hush money case until after the November election.
Appeals court upholds conviction of former Capitol police officer who tried to help rioter
Published: September 6, 2024 17:28
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the conviction of a former U.S. Capitol police officer who tried to help a Virginia fisherman avoid criminal charges for joining a mob’s attack on the building that his law-enforcement colleagues…
Jessica Pegula will meet Aryna Sabalenka in the US Open women’s final Saturday
Published: September 6, 2024 17:28
NEW YORK (AP) — Back in January, when Aryna Sabalenka was winning a second consecutive Australian Open title, Jessica Pegula was bowing out in the second round with a straight-set loss against someone ranked 51st. It wasn’t the first setback for Pegula, of…
Walz says Gaza demonstrators are protesting for ‘all the right reasons’ while condemning Hamas
Published: September 6, 2024 17:15
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz said Thursday that those protesting American support for Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza are doing so for “all the right reasons,” as the Democratic ticket looks to balance its support for Israel…
New review of police response to Maine mass shooting documents need for improvements
Published: September 6, 2024 17:12
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Maine State Police released a report on Friday describing the lessons learned after the state’s largest mass shooting and making multiple recommendations for improvements in tactical response, incident management, training and…
Judge delays Donald Trump’s sentencing in hush money case until after November election
Published: September 6, 2024 17:12
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge agreed Friday to postpone Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case until after the November election, granting him a hard-won reprieve as he navigates the aftermath of his criminal conviction and the homestretch of his…
Court puts Ohio House speaker back in control of GOP purse strings
https://mynorthwest.com/3984428/court-puts-ohio-house-speaker-back-in-control-of-gop-purse-strings/
Published: September 6, 2024 17:04
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An appeals court has returned control of Ohio House Republicans’ campaign purse strings to Speaker Jason Stephens, but the Thursday ruling appeared to do virtually nothing to resolve a yearlong intraparty dispute. On X, Stephens tried…
Law enforcement leans on 3D-printer industry to help thwart machine gun conversion devices
Published: September 6, 2024 17:02
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department officials are turning to the 3D-printing industry to help stop the proliferation of tiny pieces of plastic transforming weapons into illegal homemade machine guns on streets across America. The rising threat of what are…
A rare 1787 copy of the US Constitution is up for auction and it could be worth millions
Published: September 6, 2024 16:57
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Historical document appraiser and collector Seth Kaller spreads a broad sheet of paper across a desk. It’s in good enough condition that he can handle it, carefully, with clean, bare hands. There are just a few creases and tiny…
Residents in a Louisiana city devastated by 2020 hurricanes are still far from recovery
Published: September 6, 2024 16:43
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Every other day Lois Malvo waits for her son to bring six buckets of water from a spigot in the backyard. He then bathes his 78-year-old mother using water heated on the stove and washes her with a spray pump he bought online. It’s…
Amazon says in a federal lawsuit that the NLRB’s structure is unconstitutional
Published: September 6, 2024 16:26
Amazon is challenging the structure of the National Labor Relations Board in a lawsuit that also accuses the agency of improperly influencing the outcome of a union election at a company warehouse more than two years ago. The complaint, filed Thursday at a…
Investigators say Wisconsin inmate killed his cellmate for being Black and gay
Published: September 6, 2024 16:21
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An inmate doing time at a maximum security prison in Wisconsin for trying to kill his mother strangled his cellmate for being Black and gay, investigators said. Prosecutors charged Jackson Vogel, 24, on Thursday with first-degree…
Police say 2 children were found dead inside a vehicle in Oklahoma
https://mynorthwest.com/3984402/police-say-2-children-were-found-dead-inside-a-vehicle-in-oklahoma/
Published: September 6, 2024 16:06
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Police in Oklahoma said Friday that two 2-year-old children were found dead inside a vehicle after accidentally being left there. The two were found about 3 p.m. Thursday by officers responding to a request for a welfare check on the…
Bull that escaped from Illinois farm lassoed after hours on the run
https://mynorthwest.com/3984398/bull-that-escaped-from-illinois-farm-lassoed-after-hours-on-the-run/
Published: September 6, 2024 15:52
MARENGO, Ill. (AP) — A bull that escaped from an Illinois farm spent hours on the run before men on horseback finally lassoed the animal in a scene straight out of the Old West. The bull was captured Thursday evening after the McHenry County Sheriff’s…
Sports betting firm bet365 fined $33K for taking bets after outcomes were known
Published: September 6, 2024 15:37
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey gambling regulators have levied a $33,000 fine on sports betting company bet365 for taking wagers on events in which the outcome was already known, and on games that were not approved for betting. The state Division of…
An open casket in a suburban Detroit park prompts calls to police
https://mynorthwest.com/3984389/an-open-casket-in-a-suburban-detroit-park-prompts-calls-to-police/
Published: September 6, 2024 15:16
WARREN, Mich. (AP) — A suburban Detroit park with baseball fields, a playground and picnic tables had an unusual addition this week: an open casket containing the body of a 97-year-old woman who used to live in the area. Police in Warren fielded calls from…
Trump plans New York press conference after hearing appeal arguments in sexual abuse case
Published: September 6, 2024 15:06
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is appearing in court on Friday, then holding a press conference afterward, as his lawyers argue that a $5 million verdict finding him liable of sexually abusing advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996 should be overturned.…
5-year-old dies after two-story fall from home in Everett
https://mynorthwest.com/3984377/5-year-old-dies-two-story-fall-from-home-everett/
Published: September 6, 2024 14:59
Firefighters rushed the 5-year-old boy to a hospital in Everett. He later died from his injuries at the hospital.
A US mother accused of killing 2 of her children fights extradition in London
Published: September 6, 2024 14:08
LONDON (AP) — A U.S. mother’s extradition fight to avoid trial in the killings of her children hit a setback Friday as new evidence appeared to undermine her argument that sending her home from the U.K. would violate her rights. Kimberlee Singler’s…
Nearly 200 victims sue WA for ‘widespread’ sexual abuse within juvenile detention
Published: September 6, 2024 14:01
Nearly 200 people are suing the State of Washington due to ongoing "sexual abuse and degradation" within its juvenile detention system.
Election 2024 Latest: Trump heads to North Carolina, Harris campaign says it raised $361M
Published: September 6, 2024 13:44
Donald Trump is returning to the battleground state of North Carolina Friday to address a meeting of the Fraternal Order of Police as he tries to portray himself as tougher on crime than his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, in the…
Mayfield: Set aside today’s trifles and join me at the beach?
https://mynorthwest.com/3984330/mayfield-set-aside-today-trifles-join-me-at-beach/
Published: September 6, 2024 13:11
My brain immediately forgot the small trifles and insignificant slights. They don’t actually matter, do they?
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Rhode Island’s state primaries
https://mynorthwest.com/3984309/ap-decision-notes-what-to-expect-in-rhode-islands-state-primaries/
Published: September 6, 2024 11:10
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than five months after weighing in on the presidential matchup, Rhode Island voters will choose which candidates will face off in this fall’s U.S. Senate election. Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse faces a primary challenge from…
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in New Hampshire’s state primaries
https://mynorthwest.com/3984307/ap-decision-notes-what-to-expect-in-new-hampshires-state-primaries/
Published: September 6, 2024 11:09
WASHINGTON (AP) — New Hampshire is among the smallest states in the country, but its state primaries on Tuesday have enough intrigue to fill a much larger state. The New England state has an independent streak that makes it hard to categorize as red or…
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