NATIONAL
February 3, 2014 | By Maria L. La Ganga
SEATTLE - There was a lot to celebrate - and a lot to clean up - Monday morning, the day after the Seattle Seahawks brought home the coveted Vince Lombardi Trophy for the first time and the vaunted "12th Man" fan base went a little crazy in response. Devotees of this Super Bowl-winning team are known as the loudest in the National Football League, ear-splitting enough that the NFL instituted a noise rule in 1985 in response to the Seattle pandemonium. But after the Seahawks' lopsided victory Sunday night, the 12th Man did more than just yell.
BUSINESS
August 26, 2013 | By Deborah Netburn
The Seattle Police Department made headlines this month when it decided to hand out bags of Doritos to attendees of the city's annual Hempfest. Now a few enterprising recipients of the complimentary chips are trying to make some money off them. Type "Hempfest Doritos" into EBay and you'll come up with more than 30 listings, with one small bag going for as much as $55. The organizers of the 22nd annual Seattle Hempfest describe ...
NATIONAL
August 13, 2013 | By Benjamin Mueller
A gunman who stormed onto a Seattle city bus and shot the driver in a spurt of morning rush-hour violence died after being wounded in a shootout with police, authorities said. Martin Duckworth, 31, died of gunshot wounds at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle on Monday, hospital spokeswoman Leila Gray said. The 67-year-old bus driver had injuries that weren't believed to be life-threatening, according to a statement from the Seattle Police Department. The driver was identified by TV station KING 5 as Deloy Dupuis.
NEWS
April 8, 2013 | By Kim Murphy
SEATTLE - Seattle Police Chief John Diaz said Monday he was retiring, leaving a department rocked by a federal investigation into excessive force and criticized for ill-planned responses to tumultuous May Day protests last year. Diaz, 55, said he was leaving as the department had achieved an 11% reduction in major crime over the last four years and made “significant progress” in a reform plan developed with the Justice Department to address findings that officers too often resorted to unnecessary beatings and shootings.
NATIONAL
July 27, 2012 | By Kim Murphy
SEATTLE -- The city of Seattle has agreed to set up an independent monitor and a community police commission to settle a review by the U.S. Justice Department, which had accused police of routinely escalating minor encounters with citizens and resorting to unnecessary use of batons, flashlights and other weapons. The memorandum of understanding provides for federal court oversight of a multi-year reform effort, similar to agreements that have been put into place in troubled cities across the country, including Los Angeles and -- earlier this week -- New Orleans.
NATIONAL
May 30, 2012 | By Kim Murphy, This post has been updated. Please see note at bottom for details.
SEATTLE -- Seattle was paralyzed at midday Wednesday by two shootings that occurred within half an hour of each other in two of the city's most congested areas, sparking massive manhunts for what initially appeared to be two different suspects. The first shooting occurred about 11 a.m. at a popular cafe near the University of Washington. An unidentified gunman opened fire on five people, killing two of them and critically wounding the others. Half an hour later, a woman was shot and killed in an apparent carjacking in downtown Seattle in a parking lot near the city's Town Hall lecture center.