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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Seattle man has casual response after leading police on dramatic chase: 'Can I get a cigarette?'
Body camera video released by police in Seattle shows the moments when they say they located a man in a stolen car, tried to stop him from speeding away, pursued him while he ran over two people in tents and finally apprehended him after he was hiding out in a dumpster. It all happened around 5:40 a.m. May 5, when …
Read More »Majority of House Dems vote to allow noncitizen voting in DC
The House of Representatives advanced a bill Thursday to repeal a Washington, D.C. law that allows noncitizens to vote in local elections. A whopping 52 Democrats joined Republicans on the measure, with 143 Democrats voting against it, for a final 262 to 143 vote. The D.C. law was passed by the progressive city council in 2022 and recently survived a …
Read More »Faith-based group prevails as judge rules 'vague' DC transit group's ad guideline restricts free speech
A Christian group who decried what it saw as violation of free speech by a Washington, D.C., transit group prevailed as a judge ruled the agency must display the nonprofit’s previously rejected ads. “The First Amendment grants all Americans the right to express their point of view, religious or secular,” First Liberty Institute Senior Counsel Jeremy Dys told Fox News …
Read More »'Devastated' DC delivery driver works in fear, through tears after carjacker stole vehicle at gunpoint
A “devastated” Washington, D.C. woman is doing her job in fear after an armed carjacker stole her vehicle. Willie Price was working an early morning paper route on May 8 when an armed masked man approached her in her car at 5:30 a.m. The thief made off with her vehicle, phone and wallet. “I was totally surprised. I was totally …
Read More »Cornel West joins DC reparations protest against Wells Fargo Bank
EXCLUSIVE: Unaffiliated presidential candidate Cornel West joined a group of protesters picketing in front of Wells Fargo Bank in downtown Washington, D.C., on Tuesday afternoon – bolstering their demands for reparations.West, who was initially running under the People’s Party banner before electing to run as an Independent, spoke to Fox News Digital after stopping by to offer support for the …
Read More »Washington state judge lowers bail for illegal immigrant accused of killing trooper from $1M to $100K
An illegal immigrant accused of killing a Washington state trooper in a crash earlier this year had his bail dropped from $1 million to $100,000 by a state judge last week. Raul Benitez Santana, 32,is currently being held at the Snohomish County Jail on charges of vehicular assault and vehicular homicide involving alcohol or drugs in connection to the death …
Read More »RNC evacuated due to suspicious package containing vials of blood
The Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., was evacuated on Wednesday morning due to a suspicious package, police confirmed.U.S. Capitol Police confirmed to Fox News “the suspicious package has been cleared.” With the security posture now loosening, police have since opened up the sidewalk on the opposite side of the street of the RNC and the Capitol Hill club. …
Read More »Former Tacoma Police officer sues city, Washington state in $47M defamation suit
One of the three Washington State police officers who were acquitted of criminal charges in the 2020 death of Manny Ellis has filed a multmillion-dollar suit against city and state officials, claiming he was falsely accused of criminal and racial misconduct. Ellis, a black man who was shocked, beaten and held facedown on a sidewalk as he pleaded for breath, …
Read More »Washington pilot who had gone missing found dead in plane that crashed in forested area
A Washington pilot who had gone missing over the weekend was found dead by search and rescue crews in crash debris in a heavily forested area, officials said. Jerry Riedinger, 69, of Issaquah was located inside his wrecked 2001 Extra Flugzeugbau 300/L around 1:30 p.m. Monday near Humpback Mountain west of Snoqualmie Pass, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) …
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