A Port Townsend man is suing the City of Port Townsend and one of its police officers, alleging the officer illegally entered his home without a warrant and arrested him following a traffic stop that later led to a dismissed DUI case. In his lawsuit filed Tuesday in Tacoma federal court, Jacobb Markel alleges Port…
Most people assume a murder charge requires the defendant to fire the fatal shot. But under Washington law, a person can still be charged with murder if prosecutors believe they set in motion the chain of events that caused someone’s death. That’s the legal theory at the center of the long-running case against Henry Eugene…
Several people are displaced and a family’s dog is missing after an early morning fire tore through a Mercer Island home on Wednesday, July 1. Firefighters responded to a residence in the 8200 block of 82nd Street, near Lakeridge Elementary School, just after 1 a.m., according to Eastside Fire & Rescue. Dispatchers received more than…
Talk about taking your relationship to new heights. Two masked climbers who scaled the top of New York City’s Empire State Building, unfurled a peace banner, and appeared to share a marriage proposal and kiss are now in police custody. The man and woman climbed to the top of the building’s 200-foot spire Wednesday afternoon,…
PlayStation fans are threatening to abandon the brand after Sony Interactive Entertainment announced Wednesday that it will stop producing physical game discs for all new PlayStation releases beginning in January 2028. PlayStation Moves Toward A Digital-Only Future In a statement, Sony said all new games released after January 2028 will be sold digitally through the…
A Louisiana man who legally changed his name to “Santa Claus” has been arrested and accused of attempting to meet a person he believed was a 15-year-old boy for sex, according to police. Santa Claus, 75, of New Orleans, was arrested last week as part of a child exploitation operation conducted by the Kenner Police…
Michigan State Police are asking for the public’s help after a newborn baby was found dead inside a portable toilet in the camping area of the Electric Forest music festival over the weekend. The body of the newborn, referred to by investigators as a “neonate,” was discovered Sunday morning during the four-day festival in western…
For decades, schools have quietly relied on teachers to do more than their contracts require. Gen Z teachers may be the generation that finally says no. A recent discussion in the Teachers subreddit sparked a larger debate about generational differences, teacher burnout, unpaid labor and whether schools can continue operating the way they always have….
A Joint Base Lewis-McChord Army captain was sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to secretly administering an abortion drug to a pregnant junior enlisted soldier he was dating, causing her to miscarry their unborn child. Capt. Brandon Jones-Adams, 34, entered the guilty plea during his court-martial on June 24 at the Cascade…
Ask five people where to get breakfast in Everett and you’ll probably get six different answers. Unless, apparently, you ask Facebook. When someone in the “Everett Washington Community” group recently posted a simple question—“whats the best place to have breakfast in everett? I’m super picky”—hundreds of locals weighed in. A few restaurants earned plenty of…
