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September 16, 2019 at 6:00 am

Man cleared of murder charge sues King County Sheriff’s Office, detectives after 2 years in jail

Rodney Wheeler spent more than two years in jail awaiting trial for the Aug. 31, 2016, shooting death of a white construction worker outside a...

In this screenshot from surveillance video provided by SPD, a suspect from Friday night’s multiple shooting in the Westlake station exits the tunnel at Third and Pine with a gun in his hand.

September 13, 2019 at 9:50 pm

Police release video of suspect in deadly Westlake Station shooting

The Friday night shooting did not appear to be random, according to police. The gunman and two of the victims, all in their 20s, may...

September 12, 2019 at 6:00 am

Proctor fired after he complained a health-licensing test was unfair to Somali candidates, lawsuit claims

The employee says he repeatedly complained that the translation of the home-care test was fundamentally unfair to Somali candidates, and was fired because he contacted...

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Holding hands, Marc Hokoana, and his wife, Elizabeth Hokoana, left, make their way out of Judge Kristin Richardson’s courtroom after hearing the jury announce they were unable to reach a verdict, August 13, 2019.

September 6, 2019 at 5:50 pm

Prosecutors won’t retry couple accused in shooting of antifa protester on UW campus during Milo Yiannopoulos event

Prosecutors say they will dismiss assault charges against Marc and Elizabeth Hokoana stemming from the Inauguration Day shooting of an anti-fascist protester during protests on...

September 5, 2019 at 6:34 pm

Capital One hacking suspect pleads not guilty to federal computer, wire fraud charges WATCH

Hacker accused of compromising Capital One banks computer system and exposing personal data of 100 million customers pleads not guilty to wire, computer fraud charges...

September 5, 2019 at 6:08 pm

King County sheriff will apologize to 2 black teens held at gunpoint, pay $80K

King County Deputy Corey Marcotte approached what he thought was a stolen Jeep and pointed a gun at the 17-year-old driver, according to the lawsuit....

Tom Wales, assistant U.S. Attorney and president of the gun-control group Washington CeaseFire, was the apparent victim of an execution-style slaying Thursday night in his Queen Anne home. The gunman shot Wales through a basement window, hitting the prosecutor in the neck and side.

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September 5, 2019 at 6:00 am

Documents, family members link indicted Everett woman to possible hit man in Thomas Wales killing

A 34-year-old Everett woman indicted for allegedly obstructing a grand-jury investigation into the slaying of Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Wales has ties to two men...

Photo of slain Assistant United States Attorney Thomas Wales displayed at a news conference giving an update on the unsolved 2001 slaying of Wales, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018, in Seattle. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein joined other officials to discuss the killing of Wales, an 18-year veteran of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Seattle who was shot as he worked in the basement of his home on Oct. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) OTK OTK

August 25, 2019 at 6:00 am

The woman behind the apparent break in the Thomas Wales case: Personal tragedy, a troubled past — and now an indictment

Investigators trying to learn who fatally shot Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Wales in 2001 through the window of his Queen Anne home, believe Shawna Reid...

August 20, 2019 at 5:26 pm

Grand jury charges witness with lying about suspect in 2001 slaying of federal prosecutor Thomas Wales

A grand jury has indicted an Everett woman in connection with the 2001 slaying of Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Wales, the first indictment related to...

August 20, 2019 at 12:55 pm

Seattle FBI agents arrest man accused in Florida of threats to kill and fuel a race war

Officials have declined to say exactly where Eric Lin was arrested or what he was doing in Western Washington; he will appear in federal court...