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States, including Idaho, sue AI giant OpenAI, saying its popular chatbot is hurting children and deceiving adults
Documents: Cell phone pings helped find children’s bodies
BOISE (AP) — Authorities used cell phone information from the now-deceased uncle of two missing Idaho children to find the youths’ bodies on a rural property earlier this month, according to court documents.
Bags containing human remains found on Seattle beach
SEATTLE (AP) — Several bags containing human remains have been found on a beach in West Seattle.
Shooting in Seattle protest zone leaves 1 dead, 1 injured
SEATTLE — A pre-dawn shooting in a park in Seattle’s protest zone killed a 19-year-old man and critically injured another person, authorities said Saturday.
Layoffs climb in Washington aviation industry amid pandemic
SEATTLE (AP) — Job losses in Washington’s aviation sector are climbing as the coronavirus pandemic continues.
Spokane man arrested at Oregon truck stop on suspicion of kidnapping
PORTLAND (AP) — A Spokane man was arrested at an Oregon truck stop after reportedly holding a woman against her will and assaulting her while traveling from California, deputies say.
Easing of COVID-19 restrictions in King County approved
As of Friday three of Washington’s 39 counties are in Phase 1
Seattle is a young city with a long history of protests
By CHRIS GRYGIEL
Plow crews begin plowing snow drift in Glacier National Park
KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — Glacier National Park plow crews reached Logan Pass on Friday and have started clearing the Big Drift, an area in northern Montana where massive amounts of winter snow blanket a scenic highw…
Idaho community mourns after remains of two kids found
By REBECCA BOONE
4th Asian giant hornet found in Washington
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — A fourth Asian giant hornet has been found in northwest Washington.
Reports: Amazon under scrutiny by California, Washington
NEW YORK (AP) — State officials in California and Washington are reviewing Amazon’s business practices to determine whether the company is violating any laws with respect to the independent merchants that sell good…
Man married to missing kids' mom charged with hiding remains
An Idaho man has been charged with concealing or destroying two sets of human remains after authorities say they uncovered bodies on his property while investi…
King County seeks further easing of COVID-19 restrictions
King County plans to apply for approval to enter into a modified Phase 1 on Monday after Gov. Jay Inslee announced he wouldn’t extend the state’s COVID-19 stay-home orders
Idaho gets 14K more absentee ballot requests after extension
The state of Idaho has received another 14,000 absentee ballot requests after a federal court extended the deadline for the primary election because of website problems that kept some voters from filing their reque…
Washington returning 400 ventilators for use in New York
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said Sunday that the state will return more than 400 ventilators of the 500 it has received from the federal government so they can go to New York and other states h…