MANU FERNANDEZ | The Seattle Times

Fire-fighters carry a dead body next to a damaged building at Toledo Street following an explosion in downtown Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. A powerful explosion apparently caused by a gas leak has ripped the facade off a residential building in central Madrid. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) EM125 EM125

January 20, 2021 at 6:33 am

Gas explosion rips through Madrid building, killing 4 VIEW

powerful gas explosion tore through a residential building in central Madrid on Wednesday, killing at least three people and ripping the facade off the structure.

January 13, 2021 at 6:28 am

Spain: Snow adds to misery in Madrid slum area without power VIEW

MADRID (AP) — As record snowfall and sub-freezing temperatures enveloped much of normally temperate Spain, few residents suffered as severely as the thousands who live...

January 11, 2021 at 11:41 pm

AP PHOTOS: Children learn Spain’s deadly art of bullfighting VIEW

MADRID (AP) — Holding the red cape outstretched, one boy practices making an elegant swivel as his fellow pupil slowly sweeps past with a pair...

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January 10, 2021 at 3:38 am

Spain shovels out of snowdrifts left by Storm Filomena VIEW

MADRID (AP) — Emergency crews in central Spain cleared 500 roads and rescued over 1,500 people stranded in their vehicles, allowing Madrid and other areas...

October 6, 2020 at 11:52 am

Battered by 1st wave, Madrid hospital staff stretched by 2nd VIEW

TORREJÓN DE ARDOZ, Spain (AP) — With speed and determination, nurses, doctors and caretakers move in and out of glassed rooms with beds hooked up...

July 25, 2019 at 12:26 am

Spain eyes new vote after Socialists can’t form government VIEW

MADRID (AP) — Spain's caretaker prime minister failed Thursday to receive the endorsement of Parliament to form another government, increasing political instability and pushing the...

July 23, 2019 at 12:39 am

Acting Spain PM fails in first chance to form government VIEW

MADRID (AP) — Spain's caretaker prime minister has two days to strike a deal with his left-wing rivals to back his bid to stay in...

December 11, 2017 at 2:11 am

Protesters oppose return of disputed art in Catalonia VIEW

LLEIDA, Spain (AP) — Spanish police on Monday escorted two trucks loaded with pieces of medieval religious art from a museum in the city of...

Nation & World

August 2, 2017 at 1:14 am

Neymar on cusp of record-breaking move to PSG

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Neymar is ready to leave Barcelona, and Paris Saint-Germain is ready to put up a record $262 million to make it...

Sports

June 9, 2017 at 1:52 am

Catalonia steps up separatist challenge with Oct. 1 vote VIEW

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Catalonia's regional government on Friday chose Oct. 1 as the date for a referendum on a split from Spain, stepping up...

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