Democratic lawmakers who wield control of the Virginia Legislature are hoping to make good on promises made on the campaign trail, including becoming the first Southern state to expand constitutional protections for abortion access.

Amazon has launched a low-cost online storefront featuring electronics, apparel and other products priced under $20.

The FBI is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest of a suspect in a trio of suspected arsons at Pacific Northwest ballot boxes last month.

The Republican-led Ohio Senate has approved a bill banning transgender students from using bathrooms that fit their gender identities.

At least 104 people have been sickened, with 34 hospitalized, in an outbreak of E.

Canadian health officials have confirmed bird flu in a British Columbia teen.

Former U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson, who served two Republican presidents and successfully argued on behalf of same-sex marriage, has died.

An "EF-0" tornado touched down Monday night in Tillamook County, the National Weather Service has confirmed.

Firefighters are battling wildfires from California to New Jersey and New York, hampered by high winds and record-setting dry conditions.

More than two decades after spotting a mysterious, gelatinous, bioluminescent creature swimming in the deep sea, California researchers this week announced that it was a new species of sea slug.

Regina Rogers-Wright, who was a basketball star at Chief Sealth High School and at Washington, has died.

Brooklyn native Bruce Degen, whose illustrations brought Ms. Frizzle and her Magic School Bus to life, has diedat age 79.

The session ahead wont be smooth sailing. Lawmakers could face a budget shortfall of between $10 billion to $12 billion over the next four years.

The City Council's transportation chair says it's time to "thoughtfully retire" the little-used South Lake Union streetcar and send the money elsewhere.

The fight continues over WA's older state forests, called legacy forests. They face a murky path forward.

Were trying to figure out, how do we fit in?" an administrator says. "Not only are we this new organization to Washington, were bringing this new model.

The petition accuses School Board President Liza Rankin of presiding over a rushed school closure process and failing to provide district oversight.

Pakistan introduced mobile clinics and added more beds in hospitals to treat the nearly 70,000 patients received daily with respiratory-related diseases as hazardous smog continued to shroud the countrys east.

New government data shows that U.S. drug overdose deaths appear to be showing a sustained decline.

Whidbey Island saw a wind gust of 56 miles per hour overnight, the National Weather Service in Seattle posted on X.

Judge John Judge had overseen the trial of Bryan Kohberger, accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students.

Reptile Realm will highlight threatened and endangered species from the forest floors to the treetops of Southeast Asia and Oceania, the zoo said.

It may seem like little changed in the state and local part of last week's election. But beneath the surface, there were signs of some red shifts in unexpected parts of blue Seattle.

County Councilmember Balducci announced her campaign as current King County Executive Dow Constantine made it known he would not seek a fifth term.

Voter turnout in Washington looks to be the lowest in more than two decades. Here's what state and local party leaders and the secretary of state have to say about the drop-off.