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Seattle moviegoers flee after man with gun threatens to 'shoot everyone'

A man in Seattle was arrested Friday after assaulting two moviegoers with a gun inside a theater and sending panicked patrons running when he threatened to “shoot everyone,” authorities said. The theater evacuation happened just before 10 p.m. Friday at Regal Thornton Placewhen the 30-year-old suspect became angry when a moviegoer walked past his row of seats twice, FOX13 Seattle …

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Seattle Times blasted for saying Trump 'falsely' claimed BLM protestors took over big part of the city in 2020

Social media users ripped The Seattle Times this week for stating that former President Trump “falsely claimed” during the debate that Black Lives Matter/Antifa protesters took over a “big portion” of Seattle during riots in 2020. In a piece published the morning after his debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, the outlet called out Trump for allegedly getting the size …

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Kentucky interstate shooting adds to string of highway violence that has US drivers on edge

Two mass highway shootings in Seattle and Kentucky this month –the latter of which sparked a manhunt –highlight the uptick of such attacks and the dangers drivers face on the roads. Joseph Couch, 32, allegedly wounded five people while opening fire on Interstate 75 in Kentucky on Sept. 7. On Sept. 2, 44-year-old California resident Eric Perkins allegedly opened fire …

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After shooting, Seattle parents regret school kicking out officers in 2020: 'Who is protecting our babies?'

After a recent shooting killed a 17-year-old student, Seattle’s Garfield High School may begin rethinking its decision to remove police officers back in 2020. On June 6, a 17-year-old student was shot and killed in the school parking lot after trying to break up a fight between two boys. Police reported that the suspect fled on foot and still remains …

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EV charging cable thefts are on the rise in yet another challenge to the appeal of going electric

Just before 2 a.m. on a chilly April night in Seattle, a Chevrolet Silverado pickup stopped at an electric vehicle charging station on the edge of a shopping center parking lot. Two men, one with a light strapped to his head, got out. A security camera recorded them pulling out bolt cutters. One man snipped several charging cables; the other …

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Seattle student shot and killed while trying to break up fight outside high school, police say

Police in Seattle say a 17-year-old student has died after being shot while trying to break up a fight outside his high school. Seattle Police Deputy Chief Eric Barden described the incident that unfolded outside Garfield High School on Thursday as an “extraordinary tragedy for the community.” “Unfortunately, gun violence emerged again today at our high school,” Barden said, while …

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Amanda Knox 'flabbergasted' after Italian Supreme Court conviction in slander case

Amanda Knox’s conviction Wednesday in the Italian Supreme Court for slander took her by surprise, she said on her podcast released a day after the verdict. The Supreme Court of Cassation in Rome found Knox, 36, guilty of slandering her former boss, bar owner Patrick Lumumba, whom she says she was coerced into accusing Knox’s 21-year-old roommate and a fellow …

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Washington city says Seattle shipped migrants to their church, overwhelmed resources while refusing to help

A pastor in a neighboring city to Seattle is pleading with local officials to take responsibility for overwhelming their town with migrants and declare a state of emergency after transporting thousands of asylum seekers to the suburban community. An article, headlined, “Seattle isn’t claiming Tukwila’s migrant crisis. But it did start here,” published in The Seattle Times on Tuesday spotlights …

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Museum closes anti-prejudice exhibit after employees walk out against Israel

A Seattle-based museum is temporarily closed after employees accused its “Confronting Hate Together” exhibit of inadvertently supporting Israel. The striking Wing Luke Museum employees, who organized under the handle @wlm4palestine on Instagram, say the exhibit “conflate[s] anti-Zionism as antisemitism.” The museum describes the exhibit as exploring “anti-Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander hate, Black hate and anti-Jewish hate.” The …

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Seattle mother shot twice in bed next to sleeping child after gunmen spray apartment with bullets, police say

Masked gunmen in Seattle unloaded a hail of bullets at an apartment building early Wednesday, wounding a mother and narrowly missing her toddler as they slept, authorities said. The shooting happened around 2:40 a.m. in the 9400 block of 27th Avenue Southwest in West Seattle, according to the Seattle Police Department. Surveillance video obtained by FOX13 Seattle shows three gunmen …

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