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The Seattle City Council is considering a tougher law against crimes in chronically-plagued areas. Tim Burgess, head of the council's Public Health Committee, say the city's current nuisance law is so vague and ambiguous that it's rarely enforced.

These days, the lines are longer at the Georgetown food bank. Some 9,000 clients visit the bank each month -- that's more than twice last year's numbers.

The Washington coast has felt the tremors of a megaquake in the past. But results of a new study shows Seattle may feel them as well.

A deer has staked his claim right in the middle of the 101 dinghies and power boats, and it's left club members scratching their heads as to what to do with him.

Last year we met an amazing boy named Brenden Foster. Just 11, Brenden was losing his battle to leukemia. But he wasn't worried about dying; he was worried about the homeless going hungry. Brenden died last December, leaving behind just one wish.

Western Washington University student Carey Rose sold his beloved light-blue 1980 Datsun 210 to a man a year and a half ago. He had no idea the car would later reappear at the murder scene of a Seattle police officer.

Ford, Subaru and Volkswagen sit atop the insurance industry's annual list of the safest new vehicles, according to a closely watched assessment used by car companies to lure safety-conscious consumers to showrooms.

Kevin Swalwell, who police believe was responsible for several arson around Seattle's Greenwood community, would normally face 9-12 years in prison if convicted, but prosecutors say they are going to ask for an exceptional sentence.

Skagit County prosecutors say they will not seek to execute Isaac Zamora, who on Tuesday pleaded guilty to a 2008 shooting rampage that left six people dead and injured four others.

After years of back-and-forth rulings regarding his mental competency, a man accused of killing a cheerleader, her boyfriend and his grandparents pleaded guilty Tuesday.

Strong winds raced ashore late Monday and moved through Western Washington, knocking out power to thousands of people, and heavy rain caused a mudslide that forced road crews to shut down a five-mile stretch of Highway 101 for several hours.