TACOMA, Wash. — A Pierce County jury has awarded $130 million to the estate of a 2-year-old girl who died after prolonged abuse, finding that Washington state agencies and a daycare failed to protect ...

A state of emergency will be declared in Western Australia, allowing the Cook Government to divert supplies and allocate fuel to where it’s most needed. Premier Roger Cook on Wednesday announced he ...

Washington Governor Bob Ferguson signed a new law Monday that sets guardrails for the use of automated license plate readers throughout the state. The law’s passage came after concerns that federal ...

On Monday morning, Washington had a state income tax on the books for the first time in nearly a century. Now what? A legal challenge certainly, maybe two. A ballot battle as well, its timing less ...

OLYMPIA — Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a high-earners income tax into law Monday, enacting a 9.9% levy on earnings of more than $1 million, and kicking off a campaign of legal and ballot challenges from ...

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Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast And with that, we are going to put the blog to bed. Before we go, let’s recap the big headlines: A series of isolated coastal towns are in ...

West Australian Premier Roger Cook has issued a veiled threat to the state’s biggest fuel suppliers to share confidential commercial information about fuel stocks, and where fuel is being sold, or ...

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — Landslides triggered by heavy rainfall have killed at least 20 people in southern Tanzania in recent days, authorities said, as the death toll from across the wider East ...

At least 20 people have been killed in landslides in southern Tanzania after days of intense rainfall, as extreme weather continues to batter parts of East Africa. Local officials say the disaster ...

Tropical Cyclone Narelle has crossed the coast of Western Australia, causing heavy rain and winds of up to 250 kilometres an hour. The cyclone had already cut a damaging path across Queensland and the ...

On Saturday, March 28, people across the nation — including in Washington state — will be taking part in more “No Kings Day” demonstrations opposing President Donald Trump and his administration’s ...