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Mother, 29, beat son to death because he didn't do his chores, police say

The woman is being held in the King County Jail on a $3 million bail

The Independent UK

US can continue using Seattle airport for deportation flights, appeals court says

A federal appeals court says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement can continue using a Seattle airport for chartered deportation flights

The Independent UK

King County (Wash.) Violated Constitution and Contract by Trying to Ban ICE Flights Through Its Airport

From today's opinion in U.S. v. King County, written by Judge Daniel Bress and joined by Judges Michael Hawkins and… The post King County (Wash.) Violated Constitution and Contract by Trying to Ban ICE Flights Through Its Airport appeared first on Reason.com.

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Texas’ uneven population boom is creating ghost towns in many rural counties

Local leaders and rural revitalization experts say Texas’ smallest towns can survive — despite a shift to urban and suburban counties — but it will take investments.

The Texas Tribune

A list of mass killings in the United States this year

Five people were killed in a shooting inside a home southeast of Seattle in the latest mass killing in the U.S. King County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Mike Mellis says the shooting was reported early Monday at a home in Fall City, Washington

The Independent UK

Notorious serial killer is transferred to local jail from maximum security prison — and nobody will say why

Gary Ridgway, 75, is currently serving 49 life sentences for the 49 women he murdered between 1982 and 1998

The Independent UK

Series Of Shootings Reported On Interstate 5 In Washington

A series of shootings on Interstate 5 in King County, Washington, prompts investigations into potential links between the incidents.

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Suspect charged with murder and animal cruelty in fatal carjacking of 80-year-old dog walker

King County prosecutors have filed charges against a man they say forced his way into a vehicle occupied by a beloved 80-year-old Seattle dog walker, pushed her out and ran over her before going to a park and stabbing her dog to death

The Independent UK

Asylum-seekers looking for shelter set up encampment in Seattle suburb

Asylum-seekers mainly from Angola, Congo and Venezuela have set up an encampment in a Seattle suburb

The Independent UK

Brickbat: Swift Justice

King County Prosecuting Attorney Leesa Manion said she won't file felony charges against Officer Kevin Dave of the Seattle Police Department, who fatally struck Jaahnavi Kandula with his patrol car in January 2023. "Our legal analysis reveals that the PAO (Prosecuting Attorney's Office) lacks sufficient evidence to prove beyond a…

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India's mission in Seattle raises Jaahnavi Kandula case with authorities; monitoring progress

Jaahnavi Kandula case: India’s consulate in Seattle has raised with authorities the case of Indian student Jaahnavi Kandula

The Hindu

Man arrested in Washington state after detective made false statements gets $225,000 settlement

King County has agreed to pay $225,000 to settle a lawsuit by a Black man who was arrested after a veteran detective made false statements under oath in obtaining a search warrant against him

The Independent UK

4 elections offices in Washington are evacuated due to suspicious envelopes, 2 containing fentanyl

Four county elections offices in Washington state were evacuated Wednesday after they received envelopes containing suspicious powders — including two that field-tested positive for fentanyl — while workers were processing ballots from Tuesday’s election

The Independent UK

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Seattle man sentenced for 'horrific' murder, sexual violation of Yakama woman

SEATTLE — King County Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan on Friday stopped a senior deputy prosecutor from reciting the facts of Charles Becker's crimes out loud, saying that everyone in his courtroom knew the horrific details and Ryan did not want to see anyone retraumatized in the telling.

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Control of Pennsylvania’s state House up for grabs—again

Welcome to the Tuesday, April 25, Brew.

Tribune News Service

More homeless people died in King County in 2022 than ever recorded before

The 911 caller thought Trenton Harris had overdosed.

Tribune News Service

Former Renton attorney accused of stabbing rival lawyer

SEATTLE — A former Renton criminal defense attorney nursed a yearslong grudge against seven lawyers and judges he blamed for ruining his reputation and legal career, then ambushed one of the attorneys, stabbing him in the back, King County prosecutors say.

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Major King County drug bust nets $10 million worth of meth, fentanyl, heroin

BURIEN, Wash. — Quinn, a 2-year-old golden Labrador retriever, worked his first drug bust Wednesday, helping a team of veteran Burien police and King County sheriff's detectives score an estimated $2.5 million worth of crystal meth, fentanyl and black-tar heroin before it could be cut up and dispatched across Western…

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Judge sides with Albertsons in fight over $4 billion investor payout

SEATTLE — A King County judge on Friday ruled that Albertsons’ plans to pay out $4 billion in dividends to shareholders can go forward amid its increasingly contentious merger with another grocery giant, Kroger.

Tribune News Service

What prosecutors say happened before fatal high school shooting in Seattle

SEATTLE — Ten minutes before a 17-year-old Ingraham High School student was fatally shot in a hallway last week, he was involved in a fight in a bathroom with five other students in a failed attempt to take a handgun from one of the teens, according to King County prosecutors.

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All candidates for Northeast Division judge of King County District Court in Washington complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

Both of the candidates running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Northeast Division judge of King County District Court in Washington — incumbent Michael Finkle and Joshua Schaer — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them…

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Larkin to face Schrier in Washington congressional race, as Dunn concedes; Kent closes in on Herrera Beutler

SEATTLE — Metropolitan King County Councilmember Reagan Dunn conceded defeat Thursday to Republican businessman Matt Larkin in the race to take on Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Kim Schrier this fall.

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Monkeypox cases doubling nearly every week in Washington state, as US declares public health emergency

Monkeypox cases are doubling nearly every week in Washington, concerning state health officials as the vaccine supply runs short and the U.S. declares a public health emergency over the outbreak.

The Independent UK

Seattle area had six deaths blamed on last week's heat wave

The King County Medical Examiner’s office in Seattle has that there were six heat-related deaths during the heat wave that enveloped the Pacific Northwest last week

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