May 7, 2025 Catholic Church to excommunicate priests for following WA law requiring child abuse confessions to be reported The Catholic Church said priests will be excommunicated if they follow a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report confessions about child abuse to law enforcement.
May 6, 2025 Anti-Israel protesters occupy University of Washington building, 30 arrested Anti-Israel protesters occupied a University of Washington building on Monday, demanding that the school divest from Boeing, before police arrested 30 demonstrators. The university condemned the illegal occupation.
May 5, 2025 DOJ investigating ‘anti-Catholic’ Washington state law requiring clergy to report child abuse The DOJ is investigating a new Washington state law that adds “members of the clergy” to a list of professionals required to report child abuse or neglect learned through confession.
May 2, 2025 Father presses for answers in college freshman daughter’s death after fall from dorm: 'She was our world' A father in Washington state spoke to ӣƵ this week about the investigation into daughter Liz Hamel's death after she fell from a dorm breezeway.
May 1, 2025 Trump Title IX team probing education chief who called it 'inaccurate' to say there are only boys and girls President Donald Trump's newly formed Title IX investigative team is launching an investigation into the Washington state superintendent of public instruction.
April 25, 2025 REAL ID sees nationwide state government compliance ahead of deadline, but it wasn't always that way Several states originally objected to REAL ID requirements, but all have since come into compliance ahead of the deadline, according to federal officials.
April 24, 2025 Top Dem denies ignoring constituent abducted by Maduro after being lambasted for Abrego Garcia advocacy Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., was lambasted by the family of a man being held captive in Venezuela after she took the mantle of Sen. Chris Van Hollen's Salvadoran cause.
April 21, 2025 Washington fails to pass proposals that would restrict trans athletes from competing against biological girls Two amendments in the state of Washington that would have barred transgender athletes from competing against biological girls failed to pass on Monday.
April 18, 2025 Washington Lyft driver charged after sexually assaulting teen passenger: police A Lyft driver in Washington state is behind bars after he allegedly sexually assaulted a 16-year-old passenger during an early morning ride on Feb. 17, according to Bellevue police.
April 16, 2025 Body of missing Washington state grandmother found buried under shed partially encased in concrete Marcia Norman, 82, was found buried in concrete below a shed her handyman, who police say was the last person to see her alive, built a day after her disappearance.