In the battle for an Alaska Senate seat and the governor’s mansion, the oil-dependent state’s declining fisheries loom large, but no one wants to look at the biggest culprit, climate change.

Grammy-nominated R&B singer Freddie Jackson, known for hits like “Rock Me Tonight” and “You Are My Lady,” has died at 70.

The Glasair plane was taking off from the airport's main runway when it crashed in a wooded area Thursday afternoon.

Student loan borrowers now have until the end of 2026 to enroll in auto pay and have their interest rate reduced by 1%.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s unexpected embrace of artificial intelligence has rankled some of his allies in the “Make America Healthy Again” movement.

Ferry commuters will have an easier time Tuesday getting to work and taking trips across the Puget Sound, after mass cancellations the day before.

Here's where Puget Sound-area housing vastly outstrips commercial zoning, and virtually the entire local workforce draws a paycheck from somewhere else.

The World Health Organization says that a possible case of pneumonic plague in Russia poses a "very low" risk outside the country.

Downtown Los Angeles hit 104 degrees, breaking the 1971 record of 101 degrees. Southern Californians will not see significant relief until the weekend.

A Kenyan citizen who had been living in Congo before returning to Nairobi over the weekend has become Kenya’s first confirmed case of Ebola and the country’s first death from the disease in the fast-moving outbreak.

A Belgian-born scientist has won the Nobel Prize in physics for his efforts to demystify a rare group of neutrinos, tiny cosmic particles that researchers believe offer clues to how the universe evolved.

A new video from Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders was standard issue Republican messaging for promoting her state’s stricter rules for people on Medicaid.

Jim Bakker, a television evangelist who lost his popular and prosperous ministry in a 1980s sex scandal and then lost his freedom for five years, died on Monday.

Vice President JD Vance said an Alaska natural gas project with South Korea will move forward even as Seoul said its participation remains conditional on the venture being economically viable.

It won't happen before the 2026 midterm elections. But Monday's development is the latest twist in the saga of Washington's redistricting efforts.

The U.S. Justice Department quickly sought an emergency stay with the federal court of appeals after a judge reinstated Roger Rogoff as the U.S. attorney in Western Washington.

Texas attorney general and GOP Senate candidate alleges a sprawling, profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation.

Prolific soap opera actor Robert Kelker-Kelly is dead at 62.

With the U.S. Supreme Court not reviewing the decision, an appeals court ruling remains in place that said the Snohomish County fire agency was within its rights to deny accommodations.

Starbucks is facing a consumer lawsuit over claims that the protein drinks labeled as “sugar-free” on its cafe menus may actually contain more sugar than a Reese’s peanut butter cup.

Doctors and health insurers have filed suit alleging Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Legislature violated the law when they approved a healthcare tax that could substantially increase insurance premiums.

Dr. Karl Deisseroth spent hours fielding congratulatory calls after learning that he had won a Nobel Prize for medicine for helping to open a new field of brain science called optogenetics.

Pennsylvania has more than 1,000 measles cases this year, making it the largest state outbreak in decades.

Funding for the Westport tsunami evacuation tower had been yanked by the Trump administration, but was restored.

The United States military recently confirmed that the U.S. has deployed weapons in space.

Crew shortages led to major disruptions in ferry service along several routes that commuters and visitors depend on. It remained unclear how long these will last.

Morning commuters this week should beware because of a weather pattern that is on theme for this season, but can create hazards.

The 18 Americans from the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak stayed at the Nebraska quarantine unit for 21 to 42 days. None of them were infected with the virus.

The law does not require landlords to install air conditioning units. But landlords in most cases can't prohibit tenants from installing the units.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health issued an extreme heat warning for residents of many areas, citing both daytime temperatures and unusually warm overnight conditions.

As infections surge across much of the U.S., public health investigators are working to figure out how this microscopic parasite contaminated the produce eaten by so many people.

The man turned himself Tuesday, ending a three-days search for the kidnapping and assault suspect, who slipped away from Tri-Cities Regional SWAT team Saturday.

Firefighters in central Spain are battling a massive wildfire in Guadalajara, which has burned over 32,000 hectares.

At least 999 people have died from the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo, according to official data published overnight into Wednesday, a grim toll in what’s already been declared the fastest Ebola outbreak in history.

France's minister for the environmental transition is stepping down over a controversial pesticide bill.

More than 2,000 volunteers are helping Polish scientists restore a Mastodonsaurus skeleton.

A 5-month-old baby died in a car fire Tuesday in Thurston County. Another young child was rescued by a sibling.

An Australian woman has given birth to identical quadruplet girls after a pregnancy doctors described as incredibly rare.

The community leader from Kendall suffered a fractured femur, along with serious hip and leg trauma.

Eight people are still hospitalized, and 56 others have spent time in but been discharged from hospitals in the Upper East Side outbreak, officials said.

One resident used a gas-powered rototiller to protect his home as the Kaiser Canyon wildfire erupted to 110 square miles. The fire remains only 1% contained.

"Operation Red Card" identified people who were either wanted on warrants for violent crimes or who police identified as suspects in yet-to-be-charged violent crimes.

The beloved raccoon from Seattle was mentioned on the national satirical news program Monday night, adding to the furry internet celebrity's trove of tributes.

Venezuela says three people died of infections of hantavirus but stressed there has been no evidence of human-to-human transmission in the South American country, which has rarely reported cases of the rodent-borne disease in humans.

A lawsuit is now seeking to have the onetime Washington immigration attorney's assets held in trust for ex-clients. A web of entities has allegedly hidden them.

A two-armed space robot is on its way to give extra life to out-of-gas satellites thousands of miles up.

The safety manager at a suburban Detroit clinic has pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter.

Kaylee Hottle, a deaf actor known for her roles in two “Godzilla” films, has died in a car crash in Maryland.

The Trump administration says it's deferring over $1 billion in Medicaid payments to Minnesota and California because of suspected fraud and noncompliance.