NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the share of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high, according to federal data posted Thursday.
The fraction of kids exempted from vaccine requirements rose...
The Seattle Police Department (SPD) made an arrest in connection with a Northgate Transit Center shooting that occurred Monday.
Officers arrested a 28-year-old man for allegedly shooting a 48-year-old man, who later died from his injuries, SPD announced Thursday.
“Despite all...
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The United States and Ecuador on Thursday signed a bilateral agreement aimed at strengthening their collaboration against transnational criminal networks.
The agreement, signed during a visit of U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to the South...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Thursday announced that construction on a $200 million ballroom will begin in September and be ready for guests “long before” President Donald Trump’s term ends in early 2029.
Trump has said for...
BOSTON (AP) — Lawmakers in Massachusetts have reached a deal to give public defenders a pay raise in hopes of ending a legal crisis that led to cases being dropped and defendants who couldn’t get lawyers being released from...
Several elite U.S. colleges have made deals with President Donald Trump’s administration, offering concessions to his political agenda and financial payments to restore federal money that had been withheld.
Ivy League schools Columbia, Brown and the University of Pennsylvania reached...
CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. (AP) — Thousands gathered in Virginia to watch the Chincoteague wild ponies make their annual swim across the Assateague Channel in the 100th anniversary of the popular tradition.
Foal No. 36 was the champion of the short...
The City of Seattle is taking legal action against the Trump administration over recent executive orders that it says put critical federal funding at risk.
City officials argue the orders threaten money used to support key services such as public...
The deputy shot and killed the man 10 minutes after someone called 911 to report that their son was armed and had broken into their home, according to the sheriff's office.
Did you feel it? An earthquake hit the Fall City area on Thursday morning.
The U.S. Geological Survey says it was a 2.8 magnitude quake.
It hit just after 7:30 a.m. and was about 20 kilometers in depth.
Eleven people reported feeling...
