A possible tornado has caused significant damage in a central Arizona community, with trees falling onto homes and utility poles knocked down.

An assessment of the world's coral reef ecosystems has found that almost all face a high risk of collapse in the next 50 years mostly due to warming oceans and heat waves.

A new survey by healthcare research nonprofit KFF reveals that people relying on employer-sponsored health insurance are paying more for coverage this year.

An Australian coroner was moved to tears after hearing from the sister of an 8-year-old girl who died when her insulin was withheld by her parents on religious grounds.

Advocates for stricter voter ID laws are pushing new measures in some states to require driver's license or partial Social Security numbers on mail-in ballots.

Women are protesting around Poland for access to free and legal abortion services.

A teacher wounded in last weeks attack on a special education classroom at an Oregon elementary school says she never had a chance to try to shelter any of the children inside.

Seattle Public Schools is reinforcing expectations for how much time is devoted to each subject, prompting some schools to trim recess time.

Police say one person may have been trying to help a disabled person cross the tracks when they were hit by the freight train.

An outreach model that housed nearly 90% of people living outside in Pioneer Square earlier this year will be used across Seattle, Mayor Katie Wilson said Wednesday.

Pope Leo's doctors confirm that his lung cancer was localized, and no further treatment is needed.

New Mexicos attorney general is suing Jeffrey Epsteins attorney and accountant.

Katy Cornell is running for an open House position in Washington's 26th House District.

The 15-year-old is suspected of firing a handgun into a crowd of people at Seattle Center during the Bite of Seattle event on July 26.

Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins' once-underdog campaign in Alaska is testing whether Democrats can win in Republican states by building coalitions across party lines without embracing the socialist left.

Seattle residents can apply to have one of 200 new public curbside electric vehicle charging stations near their home.

The about-face, Christina Applegate said, doesnt mean shes not sick anymore. It means shes still sick but doesnt know why a common experience for people with complex chronic illnesses.

Kyle Francis Kennedy, the granddaughter of assassinated presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy and his wife Ethel Kennedy, has died.

Since 1990 some Montlake neighbors have been holding a "voting party," where they gather to vote over dinner. It's a departure from voting as a private, solitary act.

The bills now await the signature of Mayor Katie Wilson, whose team has expressed concerns about the cost and consequences for people who may lose their vehicles.

Having a sense of purpose is associated with better physical health, higher levels of happiness and life satisfaction, lower levels of depression and anxiety, and even a longer life.

The photographer won The Times' only Pulitzer Prize in photography for his photo of four firemen resting while fighting a house fire in Burien.

The Camas HS cross-country team is at the center of a political debate involving trans athletes. Six runners weighed in, as voters will soon decide the fate of an initiative.

The answer on the initiative's potential impact depends on the timeframe and also on your definition of tax break.