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Takeaways from AP’s report on the ICE detention center holding children and parents

More than half of Dilley detainees during the early part of the Trump administration were children, the AP analysis found.Since being reopened last spring, the number of people detained at Dilley has risen sharply and reached more than 1,300 in late January, according to researchers. Nearly two-thirds of children detained by ICE in the early months of the Trump administration were eventually deported.ICE holds many children longer than 20-day limitThe government is holding many children at Dille

Worms in food, poor medical care, lights on 24/7: Families tell of life in Texas detention center

LAREDO, Texas (AP) — A month after ICE agents sent the young Ecuadorian mother and her 7-year-old daughter to a sprawling detention center 1,300 miles from their Minnesota home, they were finally free.But when the bus pulled up to a migrant shelter in the border city of Laredo, dropping off a half-dozen families lugging bags stuffed with belongings, the stress of recent weeks tracked mother and daughter like the long shadows on that mid-February afternoon.Night after night inside south Texas’ Di

Harger: Pounds and pounds of stripped copper wire insulation recovered from Seattle homeless camp cleanups

What’s left behind tells the story.Video sent to KIRO Newsradio by We Heart Seattle founder Andrea Suarez showed pounds and pounds of wire insulation hauled out of a Seattle encampment cleanup. The plastic casing that surrounds copper wire, stripped off, discarded, left for volunteers to deal with while the people responsible move on to the next target.Suarez said she sees it at every single site she helps clean up now.“This is everywhere,” she told KIRO Newsradio.The copper it

Democrats look to Tejano music star Bobby Pulido in a high-stakes South Texas congressional race

Though largely aligned with Trump and the House leadership, she was one of only 17 House Republicans to vote with Democrats on a bill extending Affordable Care Act subsidies.Speaking before Trump at a rally in Corpus Christi on Friday, De La Cruz said she has worked with him to pressure Mexico to release water it owes from the countries’ shared Rio Grande basin. “We have together delivered for Texas and delivered for our nation by turning all of South Texas red, and we will continue to kee

Racial slur at BAFTA awards stirs complex feelings for Black people with Tourette syndrome

Others also worry that misinformation or stereotypes about Tourette syndrome could exacerbate racial profiling or discrimination for Black people who live with it.Now, advocacy groups are using the BAFTA moment to try to grow existing support networks focused on Black people who feel isolated by Tourette syndrome. What is Tourette syndrome and coprolalia?Tourette syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by sudden, involuntary movements and/or sounds called tics, according to the T

SR 3 in Mason County fully blocked after deadly crash involving bicyclist

State Route 3 (SR 3) is fully blocked after a deadly crash involving a vehicle and a bicyclist.The highway is blocked between Anthony Road and Pickering Road, the Washington State Patrol reported Friday via X around 4 p.m. The detour is from Mason Lake to Mason Benson.WSP noted Washington State Department of Transportation crews are conducting traffic control.“Our hearts go out to all of those affected by this tragic incident,” WSP stated.Law enforcement is investigating whether the

Warren Buffett’s successor Greg Abel publishes his first letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders

Abel will also be the only one answering questions at the shareholder meeting in May while Buffett watches from the floor with the rest of the board.The only initial changes so far are some administrative moves Abel made as he took over, and a filing in January suggesting Berkshire is considering sell off some or all of its 325 million Kraft Heinz shares. But Buffett may have supported that move because he had made comments about how Berkshire overpaid when it helped Heinz merge with Kraft, and

‘I think that’s a mistake’: Jake warns CARE chief’s blunt approach won’t work with SPD

The Community Assisted Response and Engagement Department’s (CARE) chief, Amy Barton, has expressed displeasure with the lack of support from the Seattle Police Department (SPD).CARE’s goal is to send out “experts” to non-emergency calls, primarily dealing with individuals suffering from mental health crises, rather than sending out SPD officers to respond.Jake Skorheim and Spike O’Neill, co-hosts of “The Jake and Spike Show” on KIRO Newsradio, detailed

‘It’s sort of insulting’: Brian Heywood says lawmakers can’t keep their house in order amid income tax push

Immediately, the response was, ‘Well, it must be bots.’ In fact, we created a not a bot organization, so when people signed in today, we had almost 1,000 people sign in as ‘not a bot.’“There are people who are so pissed off that people sign in multiple times, so there were duplicates in the count,” he continued. “In the system, there’s nothing to completely verify your ID; that’s how they set it up. So, they’ve set it up, probably about

We live in earthquake country. The Nisqually Earthquake proved it 25 years ago.

The Juan de Fuca plate continues to slide under the North American plate at about 3.5 to 4.5 centimeters per year, placing western Washington under growing pressure.About 100 miles off the Pacific Northwest coast is the Cascadia Subduction Zone, where the Juan de Fuca plate is sliding under the North American plate. This plate movement also generated the Cascade volcanoes and keeps them active in geologic time.A diagram of the Cascadia Subduction Zone. (Image courtesy of the Pacific Northwest Se

The Latest: Israel launches attack on Iran’s capital

President Donald Trump had wanted a deal and saw an opportunity while Iran is struggling with growing dissent following nationwide protests.Iran had hoped to avert a war, but maintains it has the right to enrich uranium and does not want to discuss other issues, like its long-range missile program or support for armed groups like Hamas and Hezbollah.Here’s the latest:Explosions heard in TehranTwo residents reported hearing the sounds of strikes echoing across the Iranian capital. A residen

Police video shows chaotic aftermath of Rhode Island ice rink shooting

Newly released video of the aftermath of a deadly shooting at a Rhode Island ice rink last week shows a chaotic scene of bystanders and law enforcement rushing to help victims and initial confusion over which person was the shooter.“My dad shot my brother,” a woman tells an officer outside the arena, police body camera video obtained by The Boston Globe on Friday shows. The officer quickly races into the arena, the more than 21-minute video released by the Pawtucket Police Department shows. The

In their own words: Texans vote under redrawn maps ordered by Trump

Lance Gooden’s district, which stretches more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) east into Texas’ rural, piney woods.“We felt represented, but with this change, we did not elect Lance Gooden and we don’t feel at home with that,” she said.“While this administration feels like it’s out of control, we need some checks and balances in the government,” Juergens said. “And we need a true representation of all the people and it just feels like they are just trying to cut it all out.”____‘It’s

Curley: House Majority Leader Joe Fitzgibbon’s drunken speech is nothing compared to Wilbur Mills

He then joins AA, goes into the hospital, and is able to recover as best he possibly can from the addiction of alcohol.He ends up not seeking reelection in 1976 — to think that he was going to be a possible presidential candidate in 1972 — but this whole thing falls apart.So what happens is, after he’s out of there, the House Ways and Means Committee opens up, and lobbyists are able to come in.Oh, by the way, Wilbur, the next year, comes in as a tax lobbyist. And at that point, it’s

Cuba unveils new details in fatal US boat shooting and says a 2nd boat on mission failed

They also revealed who financed it,” Álvarez added.He noted that officials detected 13 bullet holes on the border guard boat and 21 others on the suspect’s vessel, “meaning that there was combat.”The Cuban government had reported Wednesday that a person had been captured on land, but Álvarez said that so far, there is no information that the suspects had any support network on the island.Cuba’s chief prosecutor of the directorate at the Attorney General’s Office, Edward Robert Campbell, told the

Joe Biden returns to bask in ‘thank you’ event from South Carolina Democrats

He urged Democrats to make South Carolina to first primary state, shaking up the party’s nominating process, and he made Jaime Harrison, a native of Orangeburg, leader of the Democratic National Committee.Now South Carolina Democrats are at a political crossroads. The national party is reconsidering its primary calendar, which could undercut the state’s influence.Christale Spain, chair of the South Carolina Democratic Party, defended the state’s role. By boosting Biden in 2020,

Family of Colorado man who died after stem cell injection in Seattle awarded $24 million

Tami Meraglia, owner of the Seattle Stem Cell Center, which closed in 2021, told KIRO Newsradio she plans to appeal the verdict.“Based on legal rulings made before and during the trial, the jury did not hear all of the evidence we sought to present,” she said. “We believe there are significant issues for appellate review, and we intend to pursue an appeal promptly.”Trujillo, a journeyman electrician diagnosed with ALS in 2017, had sought treatment after seeing the clinic&

Former MLB pitcher sentenced to life in prison without parole for shooting his in-laws

<block>Auburn, Calif. (AP) — Former MLB pitcher Daniel Serafini was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the 2021 shooting of his wife’s parents during a burglary at their home by Lake Tahoe, authorities said. Serafini, 51, was convicted in July 2025 of first-degree murder of his father-in-law, Gary Spohr, attempted murder of his mother-in-law, Wendy Wood, and first-degree burglary. Spohr was killed and Wood survived, though she died a year after the shooting. Placer County District Attorney Morgan Gire said in a Friday statement that Spohr and Wood were loving grandparents and that Serafini’s crimes greatly impacted family members and friends. “The impact of this attack has extended far beyond the immediate victims, deeply affecting family members and the broader community, and highlighting the lasting harm caused by deliberate violence,” Gire said.Serafini’s attorney did not return requests for comment. During his sentencing hearing, Serafini addressed the court and maintained his innocence, <a href="https://mynews4.com/news/local/former-mlb-pitcher-dan-serafini-set-to-be-sentenced-friday-in-tahoe-murder-case" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to MyNews4.</a> He said he was out partying with his wife the night of the shooting and described himself as a “broken, imperfect man that makes mistakes.”Serafini was drafted in 1992 by the Minnesota Twins. In a career spanning 11 years, the left-hander played for the Chicago Cubs, San Diego Padres, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds and Colorado Rockies.Prosecutors said Serafini hated his wife’s wealthy parents and was heard saying he was willing to pay $20,000 to have them killed, according to <a href="https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article314866341.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Sacramento Bee.</a> Prosecutors showed jurors transcripts of angry emails and text messages between Serafini and his in-laws. During the six-week trial, Serafini’s attorney David Dratman argued there was no physical evidence linking his client to the crime scene. He told the jury that although Serafini had a rocky relationship with his in-laws, he did not have motive to kill them. Following his conviction, Serafini filed multiple motions for a new trial, but those were denied. Serafini will serve his sentence at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, according to the Placer County District Attorney’s Office. </block>

‘Millionaire tax’ clears House committee despite Republican pushback

And they won't let you vote on it.Republicans’ push for public vote failsRepublicans tried and failed to require a public referendum.“I see it in my inbox every day and probably every hour of every day that people are opposed to any form of an income tax,” Orcutt said.Mena argued that times have changed and the tax is needed now.“This bill represents a significant step towards right-sizing our upside-down tax code and moving closer to a system that reflects the values of

Copper theft spurs new calls for tougher crackdown, including from WA attorney general

Copper thieves are increasingly disrupting transit and critical infrastructure across the Pacific Northwest, prompting calls from top officials for tougher prosecutions and new regulations targeting scrap metal sales.Sound Transit CEO Dow Constantine said this week he plans to press King County prosecutors to take a harder line against suspects accused of stealing copper wire, after repeated thefts snarled light rail service.Speaking at a board meeting, Constantine said he will meet with prosecu