King County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Satterberg has decided to seek the death penalty in the case against Christopher Monfort, the man accused of murdering Seattle Police Officer Timothy Brenton on Halloween in 2009.
Seattle Police have shut down an area in the 2000 block of Yesler after a man reportedly fired shots from a building. No one has been injured but a manhunt is underway for the suspect.
While Hurricane Earl is expected to brush the North Carolina coast late on Thursday night, Tropical Storm Gaston has weakened into a depression but still is forecast to intensify into a Category 2 hurricane in the next five days.
Parents in Morton are celebrating the news that State School Superintendent Randy Dorn is stripping a controversial history teacher of his license for three years.