You still use a landline? FCC voting on new phone rules
WASHINGTON (AP) — The copper network behind landline phones, a communications mainstay for more than a century, is going away, as cable and fiber-optics lines come along with faster Internet speeds....
View ArticleMicrosoft increases paid leave for new parents
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft says it will offer more paid leave to new parents and increase other benefits for U.S. employees, a day after Netflix announced generous new-parent benefits for its...
View ArticleVideo: The crew of “Deadliest Catch” feels your pain, Seahawks fans
“Why did they throw it?” Those five words have eaten away at Seahawks fans since the gut-wrenching interception that sealed their fate in the Super Bowl against the Patriots. Those words also were the...
View ArticleOfficials rescue 367 migrants off Libya; 25 bodies found
A fishing boat crowded with migrants overturned off Libya as rescuers approached. At least 367 people were saved, although 25 bodies also were found in the latest human smuggling tragedy.
View ArticlePolice: Suspect wielding hatchet, gun dead at movie theater
ANTIOCH, Tenn. (AP) — A suspect wielding a hatchet, gun and pepper spray inside a Nashville-area movie theater died after exchanging gunshots with a SWAT team as he tried to escape through the...
View ArticleHuge water slide won’t be coming to Seattle this summer
Slide the City, a company that rolls out 1,000-foot vinyl water slides, has taken Seattle, Spokane and the Tri-Cities area off its tour because the company didn’t obtain necessary approval.
View ArticleFormer president George W. Bush not chosen for Dallas jury
DALLAS — Former President George W. Bush may once have been commander in chief but that apparently didn’t help him Wednesday when he showed up for jury duty at a Dallas courthouse Wednesday. The 43rd...
View ArticleOfficers rescue priest’s puppy stuck in 30-foot drain pipe
A Montana priest has his 8-week-old mastiff back after officers pulled the shaking puppy from the inside of a 30-foot drain pipe.
View ArticleFamily of dead Spokane man files claim seeking at least $6.5M
The family of a man who choked on his own vomit while being booked into the Spokane County Jail has filed a wrongful death claim seeking at least $6.5 million.
View ArticleSeahawks safety Kam Chancellor still holding out with no end in sight
Seattle safety Kam Chancellor is now in day six of his training camp holdout and comments from Seahawks coach Pete Carroll and GM John Schneider Wednesday indicated there's no immediate end in sight.
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