mynorthwest.com —  7+ hour, 48+ min ago

...A statement referencing Nazis on a public art piece in Lakewood is generating anger from residents -- and now a response from the city.... ...City of Lakewood apologizes for Nazi reference in public art piece.... ...The project, built by Seattle-based artist John Fleming, was given a budget of $140,000.... ...after 1933, when Adolph Hitler was appointed as Chancellor of Germany and banned all political parties other than his own....

mynorthwest.com —  8+ hour, 37+ min ago

...The House Judiciary Committee endorsed the proposal to allow someone to be charged with misdemeanor sexual indecency with a child if they use a public... ...Arkansas bathroom bill condemned as too extreme is revamped.... ...Rios Stafford, a member of Washington County's quorum court and a transgender woman, told the committee during the hearing.... ...John Payton said after the vote....

mynorthwest.com —  4+ hour ago

...China threatens retaliation if Tsai and McCarthy meet.... ...Diplomatic pressure against Taiwan has ramped up recently, with Beijing poaching Taipei's dwindling number of diplomatic allies while also Honduras... ...Spokesperson for the Cabinet's Taiwan Affairs Office Zhu Fenglian at a news conference Wednesday denounced Tsai's stopover on her way to diplomatic... ...Following a visit by then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan in 2022, Beijing launched missiles over the area, deployed warships across the median...

mynorthwest.com —  4+ hour ago

..."It's just next to impossible to stop someone with an AR-17 coming through the door," said George Grant, a leader with the Nashville Presbytery,... ...Nashville shooting highlights security at private schools.... ..., said Myra McGovern of the National Association of Independent Schools.... ...of the National Association of School Resource Officers....

mynorthwest.com —  4+ hour ago

...If Bakhmut fell to Russian forces, their president, Vladimir Putin, would "sell this victory to the West, to his society, to China, to Iran," Zelenskyy... ...The Ukrainian leader spoke to the AP aboard a train shuttling him across Ukraine, to cities near some of the fiercest fighting and others where his... ...the United States and Western Europe.... ...But some in the United States -- including Republican Donald Trump, the former American president and current 2024 candidate -- have questioned whether...

mynorthwest.com —  4+ hour ago

...Longtime Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz will face sharp questioning Wednesday when he appears before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions... ...Bernie Sanders, a Vermont Independent who has been a vocal supporter of Starbucks labor organizers, has been seeking Schultz's testimony for months... ...Starbucks stores have voted to unionize since late 2021, according to the National Labor Relations Board. ... ...Starbucks Workers United, the labor group organizing the stores, has yet to reach a contract agreement with Starbucks at any of those stores....

mynorthwest.com —  6+ hour, 59+ min ago

...Eight-year Lynnwood resident Diodato Boucsieguez asked the council, "Is sexual marketing to inspire kids as a city councilman acceptable to this... ...The post angered some residents, who lined up at Monday's city council meeting to express their outrage.... ...During the meeting, Council President Shannon Sessions revealed that Binda's building access has been revoked, and his city council email is currently... ...Lunsford claimed Binda is a role model for the younger generations, including her children....

mynorthwest.com —  10+ hour, 17+ min ago

..."Inside of that container were exactly 189 "rainbow fentanyl" pills," said Marysville Police Officer TJ San Miguel.... ...Marysville Police find "rainbow fentanyl" pills in Tic Tac container.... .... -- Marysville Police (@MarysvilleWAPD) March 27, 2023.... ...It's really the color and how these things present that caused that concern, that they could be targeted more toward children to young adults," San...

mynorthwest.com —  8+ hour, 21+ min ago

...South Florida airport partially evacuated for security probe....

mynorthwest.com —  22+ hour, 17+ min ago

...The deal due to be signed later Tuesday is expected to help electric vehicles using metals processed in Japan qualify for tax incentives under President... ...Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act.... ...Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Japan's ambassador to the U.S., Koji Tomita, will grant Japan the same treatment as an FTA partner regarding... ...Trade Representative Katherine Tai said in a statement....