Seattle Police & Behavioral Health professionals start working together this fall
A dramatic shift is coming to the way 911 calls are handled in Seattle: Police officers and Behavioral Health workers will start hitting the streets together this fall. Psychiatric episodes have long been treated like violent crimes
KC Council gets heated before vote to prevent cashless businesses
Businesses will not be allowed to “go cashless” under an ordinance barely approved during a contentious King County Council meeting. The ordinance calls for requiring businesses in King County’s unincorporated areas to accept cash for transactions up
GOP voters and candidates weigh in on recording of Trump showing off ‘secret’ government info
Scott Eisen/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump is continuing to insist there was no wrongdoing in his handling of sensitive government documents after he left the White House — and supporters continue to stand by him — in the w…
4 more suspects charged in deadliest US smuggling attempt
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(SAN ANTONIO) — One year after 53 people, including six kids, were killed in an abandoned sweltering tractor-trailer near San Antonio during an alleged smuggling attempt, the Justice Department announced it…
ER visits and EMS calls for heat-related emergencies are up, as Texas battles extreme heat: CDC
Brandon Bell/Getty Images(HOUSTON) — Emergency room visits in Texas have increased from the same time last year, as the state battles extreme heat, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
For the week of June 18 to June 24, the r…
Judge hears arguments over whether to move Trump’s hush-money case into federal court
Scott Eisen/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A federal judge seemed disinclined on Tuesday to allow former President Donald Trump to move his criminal prosecution in New York into federal court.
“The act for which the president has been indicted does not rel…
NASA says 98% of astronauts’ urine, sweat can be recycled into drinking water
NASA(HOUSTON) — The idea of recycling urine to make clean drinking water might make those with even the strongest stomachs a little queasy, but NASA has managed to do just that.
The federal agency announced astronauts aboard the International Space S…
Nikki Haley seemingly softens stance on Saudi crown prince she once called ‘responsible’ for death of Jamal Khashoggi
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley apparently backpedaled on her once tough rhetoric toward Saudi Arabia’s crown prince — suggesting Haley, who was once a Cabinet-level diplomat, may have malleable v…
Former police chief sentenced to life in prison in arson case
Prince George’s County Fire(ELLICOTT CITY, Md.) — A former Maryland police chief accused of being a serial arsonist who targeted his rivals has been sentenced to life in prison.
David Crawford, 71, was found guilty of eight counts of attempted murder…
Judge dismisses claims against Ivanka Trump in New York AG’s $250M suit against Trump Organization
Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A New York appellate court on Tuesday dismissed a portion of the New York attorney general’s civil lawsuit against former President Donald Trump and other members of the Trump Organization.
New …