WA State Wire

Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers

Barbara Terrio

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday voted to restore “net neutrality” rules that prevent broadband internet ...

Boeing’s financial woes continue, while families of crash victims urge US to prosecute the company

Barbara Terrio

Boeing said Wednesday that it lost $355 million on falling revenue in the first quarter, another sign of the crisis ...

Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds talks new album ‘Loom’ — ‘Heavy concepts but playful at the same time’

Gregory Daniels

NEW YORK (AP) — The ambiguity of Imagine Dragons’ next album starts from the cover. Two figures stand in the ...

4/20 grew from humble roots to marijuana’s high holiday

Elaine Hadley

SEATTLE (AP) — Saturday marks marijuana culture’s high holiday, 4/20, when college students gather — at 4:20 p.m. — in ...

Can homeless people be fined for sleeping outside? A rural Oregon city asks the US Supreme Court

Elaine Hadley

GRANTS PASS, Oregon (AP) — A pickleball game in this leafy Oregon community was suddenly interrupted one rainy weekend morning ...

Biden’s ballot access in Ohio and Alabama is in the hands of Republican election chiefs, lawmakers

Elaine Hadley

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Democratic President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is wrangling with Republican-dominated state governments in Ohio and Alabama ...

$1.3 billion Powerball jackpot winner remains unknown

Barbara Terrio

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The winner of the eighth-biggest lottery prize in U.S. history won’t be announced for at least ...

Person comes forward to claim $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot in Oregon

Barbara Terrio

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A person with a ticket matching all six Powerball numbers in Saturday’s $1.3 billion jackpot came ...

Closed bridges highlight years of neglect, backlog of repairs awaiting funding

Elaine Hadley

After a yearlong closure, a bridge over the Puyallup River reopened in 2019 with a sturdy new span and a ...

Escaped white supremacist inmate and accomplice still at large after Idaho hospital ambush

Elaine Hadley

Authorities are searching for a white supremacist Idaho prison inmate and an accomplice who fled after the accomplice shot and ...