Though data on air conditioning remains sparse, a 2022 government estimate indicated that less than 5% of British households have it.

Nexstar Media Group is buying broadcast rival Tegna for $6.2 billion, which will help strengthen its local news offerings.

New market-research data shows a striking gap in alcohol consumption rates along age and gender lines in the Seattle area, writes FYI Guy.

A ship loaded with 1,200 tons of food supplies for Gaza is approaching the Israeli port of Ashdod.

For the first time in 30 years, the American Academy of Pediatrics is substantially diverging from U.S. government vaccine recommendations.

This is the third small earthquake felt in Western Washington since June.

Fellow grad students told investigators that Bryan Kohberger developed a reputation for being sexist and creepy while attending a criminal justice program in the months before he killed four University of Idaho students in 2022.

The tunnel will be closed for up to five nights to texture the road to improve traction, says the Washington State Department of Transportation.

An American Orthodox archbishop exchanged warm greetings and gifts of holy icons with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has taken emergency action to ban the sale of a synthetic drug known as designer Xanax in his state.

The family of Kevin Finkbonner question why he was in the water for more than an hour before rescuers arrived.

Two people were injured in two separate stabbings, one near the Westwood Village shopping center and another in an encampment in Lake City.

For years, Seattleites have had to drive over 200 miles to Keizer, Ore., for their fix of double-doubles and animal fries. The trek gets a bit shorter this week.

A federal appeals court has upheld a law strengthening the rights of pregnant workers, vacating a judges earlier order that had stripped those protections from Texas state employees.

The federal conditions were placed on VOCA funding, which provides more than a billion dollars annually to states for victims compensation programs.

Health officials in Texas have declared the state's measles outbreak over.

The arrest of an innocent Seattle man highlights persistent inequities in the criminal legal system, columnist Naomi Ishisaka writes.

Seattle city officials say participation in a youth therapy program has more than doubled, and has added more services for youth from communities of color.

Musk's network, which connects tomore than 8,000 satellites in low-Earth orbit, has more than 6 million users worldwide.

Stuffy's II Restaurant in Longview owes $936,000 in fines $18,000 for each of the 52 days the eatery remained open for indoor dining while a ban was in effect.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote a letter saying Washington state had been identified by the White House as a "sanctuary" jurisdiction.

Do you live west of Lake Washington? You probably voted for Girmay Zahilay. East of Lake Washington? Chances are you favored Claudia Balducci.

After questioning, it came out that at least four jurors had used Google to do research about the Renton murder case they were deliberating. It's a rare and costly mistake.

To everyone but George Innis, there was no question that he killed his wife, Barbara, late last year. Instead, his family and the authorities faced a different quandary.