5+ hour, 45+ min ago  (1087+ words) Why did the U. S. Senate strike its tent last week and go home early? Because in spite of a June 1 deadline set by President Trump, Senate Republican leaders were not ready to restore funding for two key components of the Department…...

10+ hour, 12+ min ago  (46+ words) KUOW Hacky sack is the latest trend, but its increased popularity is causing a shortage Iran's sports minister says the country can't take part in the World Cup because of US attacks...

22+ hour, 19+ min ago  (617+ words) WASHINGTON " A person who approached a White House security checkpoint and began firing at officers has died, according to federal officials. The U. S. Secret Service said in a statement late Saturday that, according to a preliminary investigation, the person approached a…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (1032+ words) Early Thursday morning, Michal Ruprecht went to Uganda's Entebbe International Airport at 2 AM to catch a flight. At the airline counter, he told the agent that he was headed to Michigan. "He did this sort of double look and asked…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (828+ words) ARICA, Chile'Out on the wide open plain on Chile's northernmost coastline, dust billows in the cool breeze which sweeps across the pampa. In front of a row of concrete markers tracing the border with Peru, two sandy-yellow Chilean military excavators…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (57+ words) KUOW President Trump says U. S. and Iran close to a deal for ending the war Mixed reaction, calls for congressional action: Washingtonians react to widening war with Iran At vigil for massacred protesters, Seattle-area Iranians process the start of war...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (1337+ words) Nanda Nunnelly had just come home from a weekend out of town when a massive, multi-vortex tornado ripped through Joplin, Missouri on May 22, 2011. The sky, she says, had a sickly green tinge. When the tornado sirens went off, she jumped…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (1004+ words) Sailors in their dress whites lined the deck of the aircraft carrier as it pulled into Norfolk, Va. , last weekend. Helenna Parrish let out a whoop when she spotted her daughter Asia, a culinary specialist, on the deck of the…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (652+ words) Temperatures are climbing, and so is the price of electricity. That's a one-two punch that could result in sharply higher utility bills this summer. "Climate scientists think this could be the hottest summer on record or at least close to…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (949+ words) The national average for a gallon of gasoline is $4. 55, according to AAA; that's a four-year high, unwelcome news for drivers as the U. S. heads into one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. AAA estimates a record 45 million Americans will…...