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UK authorities seize cocaine worth more than $130 million from a ship at London port
LONDON (AP) — British authorities seized 2.4 metric tons of cocaine in a ship arriving in England from Panama, authorities said Saturday, calling it one of the U.K.’s biggest drug busts in years.
In words and photos, rural Alaska residents reflect on their village’s sustainable practices
In rural central Alaska, a village is in the midst of a clean energy transformation that locals say will boost savings, build ...
How to protect yourself from ticks year-round
Ticks can be active in any season and experts say it’s important to check for and remove the bloodsuckers as quickly as ...
Many forget the damage done by diseases like whooping cough, measles and rubella. Not these families
In the time before widespread vaccination, young children often lost their lives to devastating infectious diseases that ran ...
Five pressing questions for the Mariners entering season’s second half
As the Mariners wrap up a seesaw first half, Times beat writers Adam Jude and Tim Booth answer five pressing questions going ...
Who cut down these public trees in King County? Lawsuit targets property owners
Dozens of trees on a ridge above I-90 were cut or stripped. King County is now suing a trio of property owners.
Seattle CHOP killing: Lost evidence, official secrecy, a note home
Five years after a teen’s killing ended the Capitol Hill Organized Protest, the homicide case is shrouded in secrecy and ...
WA child welfare agency sees surge in deaths, near deaths as budget shrinks
Three times as many children involved in child welfare cases died or nearly died during the first quarter of this year ...
Takeaways from interviews with families forever changed by diseases that vaccines can prevent
In the time before widespread vaccination, young children often lost their lives to devastating infectious diseases that ran ...
B.C.’s Fraser River Valley makes for a delightful rural getaway
East of Vancouver, B.C. is the Fraser Valley, full of wineries and breweries, farm stores and scenic river paths on which to ...
ICE transfers 41 immigrants to Alaska due to overcrowding in Tacoma
With Trump pushing for mass deportation, the ICE detention center in WA has been filling up and briefly exceeded its capacity ...
Bezos divorced Seattle. A $33,315 apartment says he isn’t really gone
Seattle's biggest billionaire left us for another. Not far from Amazon HQ an apartment going for $33,315 per month shows how extreme wealth is only rising.