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The Washington state Supreme Court upheld fare enforcement checks on public transit as legal Thursday, but ruled that deputies wrongfully detained a Snohomish County man when he didn't show proof of …
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Mike Lindblom / The Seattle Times
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3/17/23
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Dozens of Lacey police officers, staff and those outside the department were recognized with awards before Lacey City Council on Thursday.
But among them were two officers — Corporal …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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3/17/23
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Two adults and a 10-year-old were killed early Thursday when a semitruck crashed into a vehicle on Interstate 90 near the Snoqualmie Pass summit, according to the Washington State Patrol.
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The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/16/23
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A man who was found dead Tuesday morning outside the Union Gospel Mission in downtown Olympia has been identified.
Coroner Gary Warnock identified the man as Eric Nelson, 44. His official cause …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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3/16/23
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The man who died Monday after a suspected fentanyl overdose at the Thurston County jail has been identified.
Coroner Gary Warnock identified the man as Alec Nieland-Herrera, 28. His official …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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3/16/23
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Hundreds of stolen catalytic converters were seized from two Tri-Cities businesses this week.
An investigation by the Interagency Narcotics Investigation Team that began in Grant County led to the …
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Cory McCoy / Tri-City Herald
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3/16/23
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Two people accused of separately trying to steal from a residence that belonged to a deceased property owner in Centralia earlier this week are now facing felony burglary charges in Lewis County …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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3/16/23
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Poland will send four Soviet-era fighter jets to Ukraine in the coming days as the nation moves ahead with deliveries to bolster Kyiv’s air power, President Andrzej Duda said.
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Maciej Martewicz and Natalia Ojewska / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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3/16/23
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WASHINGTON — A patchwork of state laws in the aftermath of a Supreme Court decision overturning the right to an abortion, combined with pandemic-related burnout and low reimbursement rates, …
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Sandhya Raman and Ariel Cohen / CQ-Roll Call (TNS)
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3/16/23
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WASHINGTON — The Navajo Nation will argue Monday at the Supreme Court that the United States must meet the water needs of their reservation in Arizona, amid long-standing tensions about how to …
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Michael Macagnone / CQ-Roll Call / (TNS)
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3/16/23
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WASHINGTON — Lawmakers in Congress and across the country are sounding national security alarms about foreign buyers, particularly those with links to the Chinese government, acquiring control …
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Ellyn Ferguson / CQ-Roll Call (TNS)
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3/16/23
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Russian President Vladimir Putin began talks with Syrian leader Bashar Assad in Moscow on Wednesday as the Kremlin steps up efforts to restore ties between Turkey and Syria.
Putin said he …
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Bloomberg News (TNS)
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3/16/23
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Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui, the exiled businessman and vocal critic of Beijing with ties to former President Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon, was charged with fraud after the U.S. seized $634 …
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Bob Van Voris / New York Daily News (TNS)
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3/16/23
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LAS VEGAS — President Joe Biden on Wednesday urged lawmakers to work together to lower drug prescription costs for Americans.
“It’s not just your health,” Biden said in …
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Jessica Hill / Las Vegas Review-Journal / (TNS)
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3/16/23
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WASHINGTON — More than 1,000 additional people could still face charges in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to a letter to the D.C. federal court from the …
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Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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3/16/23
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MINNEAPOLIS — A single traffic stop last month of a man suspected of trafficking massive quantities of fentanyl pills from California to Minnesota yielded enough pills to produce more than 2 …
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Stephen Montemayor / Star Tribune / (TNS)
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3/16/23
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SAN JOSE, Calif. — A Stanford University employee who authorities say twice reported last year that she was viciously dragged out of sight on campus and raped — touching off panic about a …
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Robert Salonga and Jakob Rodgers / Bay Area News Group (TNS)
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3/16/23
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WASHINGTON – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis scored his first congressional endorsement for president, as Texas Rep. Chip Roy, a leader in the far-right Freedom Caucus, urged conservatives Wednesday …
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Todd J. Gillman / The Dallas Morning News / (TNS)
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3/16/23
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WASHINGTON — A federal district judge heard oral arguments Wednesday in a controversial case that could decide the fate of the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion drug …
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Sandhya Raman / CQ-Roll Call (TNS)
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3/16/23
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz told House Republicans on Wednesday that his agency needs more technology and resources, as the number of migrants arriving at the southwest …
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Suzanne Monyak / CQ-Roll Call (TNS)
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3/16/23
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