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Iran’s judiciary says at least 71 were killed in Israel’s attack on Tehran’s notorious Evin prison

<block>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s judiciary says at least 71 people were killed in Israel’s attack Monday on Tehran’s Evin prison, a notorious facility where many political activists have been held.Judiciary spokesperson Asghar Jahangir posted on the office’s official Mizan news agency website Sunday that those killed included staff, soldiers, prisoners and members of visiting families.</block>

After decades in the US, Iranians arrested in Trump’s deportation drive

<block>Mandonna “Donna” Kashanian lived in the United States for 47 years, married a U.S. citizen and raised their daughter. She was gardening in the yard of her New Orleans home when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers handcuffed and took her away, her family said. Kashanian arrived in 1978 on a student visa and applied for asylum, fearing retaliation for her father’s support of the U.S.-backed shah. She lost her bid, but she was allowied to remain with her husband and child if she checked in regularly with immigration officials, her husband and daughter said. She complied, once checking in from South Carolina during Hurricane Katrina. She is now being held at an immigration detention center in Basile, Louisiana, while her family tries to get information.Other Iranians are also getting arrested by immigration authorities after decades in the United States. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security won’t say how many people they’ve arrested, but U.S. military strikes on Iran have fueled fears that there is more to come.“Some level of vigilance, of course, makes sense, but what it seems like ICE has done is basically give out an order to round up as many Iranians as you can, whether or not they’re linked to any threat and then arrest them and deport them, which is very concerning,” said Ryan Costello, policy director of the National Iranian American Council, an advocacy group.Homeland Security did not immediately reply to an email seeking comment on Kashanian’s case but have been touting arrests of Iranians. The department announced the arrests of at least 11 Iranians on immigration violations during the weekend of the U.S. missile strikes. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said, without elaborating, that it arrested seven Iranians at a Los Angeles-area address that “has been repeatedly used to harbor illegal entrants linked to terrorism.”The department “has been full throttle on identifying and arresting known or suspected terrorists and violent extremists that illegally entered this country, came in through Biden’s fraudulent parole programs or otherwise,” spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said of the 11 arrests. She didn’t offer any evidence of terrorist or extremist ties. Her comment on parole programs referred to President Joe Biden’s expanded legal pathways to entry, which his successor, Donald Trump, shut down.Russell Milne, Kashanian’s husband, said his wife is not a threat. Her appeal for asylum was complicated because of “events in her early life,” he explained. A court found an earlier marriage of hers to be fraudulent.But over four decades, Kashanian, 64, built a life in Louisiana. The couple met when she was bartending as a student in the late 1980s. They married and had a daughter. She volunteered with Habitat for Humanity, filmed Persian cooking tutorials on YouTube and was a grandmother figure to the children next door.The fear of deportation always hung over the family, Milne said, but he said his wife did everything that was being asked of her.“She’s meeting her obligations,” Milne said. “She’s retirement age. She’s not a threat. Who picks up a grandmother?”While Iranians have been crossing the border illegally for years, especially since 2021, they have faced little risk of being deported to their home countries due to severed diplomatic relations with the U.S. That seems to no longer be the case.The Trump administration has deported hundreds of people, including Iranians, to countries other than their own in an attempt to circumvent diplomatic hurdles with governments that won’t take their people back. During Trump’s second term, countries including El Salvador, Costa Rica and Panama have taken back noncitizens from the U.S.The administration has asked the Supreme Court to clear the way for several deportations to South Sudan, a war-ravaged country with which it has no ties, after the justices allowed deportations to countries other than those noncitizens came from.The U.S. Border Patrol arrested Iranians 1,700 times at the Mexican border from October 2021 through November 2024, according to the most recent public data available. The Homeland Security Department reported that about 600 Iranians overstayed visas as business or exchange visitors, tourists and students in the 12-month period through September 2023, the most recent data reports.Iran was one of 12 countries subject to a U.S. travel ban that took effect this month. Some fear ICE’s growing deportation arrests will be another blow.In Oregon, an Iranian man was detained by immigration agents this past week while driving to the gym. He was picked up roughly two weeks before he was scheduled for a check-in at ICE offices in Portland, according to court documents filed by his attorney, Michael Purcell.The man, identified in court filings as S.F., has lived in the U.S. for over 20 years, and his wife and two children are U.S. citizens.S.F. applied for asylum in the U.S. in the early 2000s, but his application was denied in 2002. His appeal failed but the government did not deport him and he continued to live in the country for decades, according to court documents.Due to “changed conditions” in Iran, S.F. would face “a vastly increased danger of persecution” if he were to be deported, Purcell wrote in his petition. “These circumstances relate to the recent bombing by the United States of Iranian nuclear facilities, thus creating a de facto state of war between the United States and Iran.”S.F.’s long residency in the U.S., his conversion to Christianity and the fact that his wife and children are U.S. citizens “sharply increase the possibility of his imprisonment in Iran, or torture or execution,” he said.Similarly, Kashanian’s daughter said she is worried what will happen to her mother. “She tried to do everything right,” Kaitlynn Milne said. </block>

NYC, San Francisco and other US cities capping LGBTQ+ Pride month with a mix of party and protest

NEW YORK (AP) — The monthlong celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride reaches its rainbow-laden crescendo as New York and other major cities around the world host major parades and marches on Sunday.The festivities in Manhattan, home to the nation’s oldest and largest Pride celebration, kick off with a march down Fifth Avenue featuring more than 700 participating groups and expected huge crowds. Marchers will wind past the Stonewall Inn, a Greenwich Village gay bar where a 1969 police raid triggered protest

Pomas Fire reaches 1,600 acres, will likely burn throughout the summer

Eighty-one fire personnel are on site, fighting the flames, with one helicopter assisting above.Trail closuresRELATED STORIESSpecial Olympics Spring Games 50 year celebration across WASPD releases body cam footage from fatal domestic violence standoffMissing man located after being lost in Suquamish woods for 4 daysThe following trails are also closed, according to the Wildland Fire Application Information Portal:Entiat River TrailCow Creek TrailMyrtle Lake TrailLarch Lake Hiker TrailLarch Lakes

One dead following neighbor dispute in Skagit County

A shooting in Sedro-Woolley left one man dead Thursday night, the Skagit County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) confirmed.Deputies were called to respond to an alleged weapon offense at approximately 6:30 p.m. Thursday at 26000 Panorama Place in the Clear Lake area.When authorities arrived, they found one man dead in the roadway. Investigators since determined it was caused by a shooting that stemmed from a neighborhood dispute between two men.The Skagit County Sheriff’s Office is continuing to investig

30,000 WA grocery workers approve new deal, avoid strike

Thousands of grocery workers across Washington voted to ratify a new union contract Friday night, avoiding a strike.The union, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 3000, previously urged its members to approve the deal, as it offered raises, pension funding, and better staffing. The vote affected approximately 30,000 employees at QFC, Fred Meyer, Safeway, and Albertsons.One cashier in Ballard told KING 5 why she voted to accept the contract.“I would say that we got most of what we aske

Elon Musk renews his criticism of Trump’s big bill as it faces a key Senate vote

WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk on Saturday doubled down on his distaste for President Donald Trump’s sprawling tax and spending cuts bill, arguing the legislation that Republican senators are scrambling to pass would kill jobs and bog down burgeoning industries.“The latest Senate draft bill will destroy millions of jobs in America and cause immense strategic harm to our country,” Musk wrote on X on Saturday as the Senate was scheduled to call a vote to open debate on the nearly 1,000-page bil

Shooting in Tukwila leaves two men in critical condition

Police are investigating a double shooting in Tukwila early Saturday morning that left two men in critical condition.Police found the two men shot around 12:45 a.m. on Interurban Ave. S. near S. 140th.Officers gave the men life-saving aid until medics arrived.Both were transported to a hospital.Investigators don’t believe the shooting was a random act of violence.Detectives are asking anyone who lives in the area from South 58th to Tukwila Hill to check doorbell cameras and surveillance video during the time period from 12:30 a.m. to 1:00 a.m.If anyone has video recorded of suspicious-looking persons, or a vehicle described as a dark-colored, four-door sedan, police want to hear from them.Local residents who see something that might help capture the shooter or shooters, should email police at tips@tukwilawa.gov, or leave a private message on the Tukwila Police Department’s non-emergency line (206)-241-2121

Shooting in Tukwila leaves two men in critical condition

Police are investigating a double shooting in Tukwila early Saturday morning that left two men in critical condition.Police found two men shot at approximately 12:45 a.m. on Interurban Ave. S. near S. 140th Street.Officers gave the men life-saving aid until medics arrived. Both were transported to a nearby hospital.Investigators don’t believe the shooting was a random act of violence.Detectives are asking anyone who lives in the area, from S. 58th Street to Tukwila Parkway, to review their doorbell camera footage and surveillance video from 12:30 a.m. to 1 a.m.Local residents who see something that might help capture the shooter or shooters should email police at tips@tukwilawa.gov, or leave a private message on the Tukwila Police Department’s non-emergency line at (206) 241-2121.

Warren Buffett announces $6 billion in donations to five foundations

NEW YORK (AP) — Famed investor Warren Buffett is donating $6 billion worth of his company’s stock to five foundations, bringing the total he has given to them since 2006 to roughly $60 billion, based on their value when received.Buffett said late Friday that the shares of Berkshire Hathaway will be delivered on Monday. Berkshire Hathaway owns Geico, Dairy Queen and a range of other businesses, and Buffett is donating nearly 12.4 million of the Class B shares of its stock. Those shares have

Officials believe a young shark bit a woman at a New York beach

(AP) — A 20-year-old woman was likely bitten by a juvenile shark while waist-deep in the surf at a suburban New York beach, according to state officials.The unidentified woman suffered minor cuts to her left leg and foot after being bitten Wednesday at Jones Beach State Park on Long Island. She was treated for injuries that were not life-threatening, according to a release from state parks officials.The woman did not see what bit her, and a subsequent drone search for dangerous marine life was n

Protesters line highway in Florida Everglades to oppose ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Worries about environmental impacts have also been at the forefront, as groups such as the Center for Biological Diversity and the Friends of the Everglades filed a lawsuit Friday to halt the detention center plans. “The Everglades is a vast, interconnected system of waterways and wetlands, and what happens in one area can have damaging impacts downstream,” Friends of the Everglades executive director Eve Samples said. “So it’s really important that we have a clear sense of any wetla

Mamdani heads to Harlem after stunning New York City primary results

<block>Zohran Mamdani spoke at a rally in Harlem on Saturday as he sought to build on momentum from New York City’s Democratic primary, telling the crowd that people struggling to pay for housing, groceries and bus fare are hungry for change.Mamdani appeared at a National Action Network rally days after declaring victory over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the presumed favorite in the primary. Results will be finalized after the city’s ranked choice vote-counting resumes Tuesday. “What our victory showed on election night was less a victory between one man and another, but a victory for a city that New Yorkers can afford,” Mamdani said at a rally attended by Black clergy and filmmaker Spike LeeThe Rev. Al Sharpton, the influential leader of the network, praised Mamdani for coming to the rally, despite reports that he lost some of the city’s most solidly Black neighborhoods in the primary.“He could have went the other way and said, ‘It’s me against them.’ But he came this morning and he proclaimed something. And I gave him a lot of credit for that,” Sharpton said.The winner of the Democratic primary advances to November’s election. Mayor Eric Adams is running for reelection as an independent candidate. Curtis Sliwa, the founder of the crime-fighting Guardian Angels, is running as a Republican. Cuomo, who has conceded defeat in the primary, also could run as an independent candidate.In Harlem, the 33-year-old state lawmaker stuck to a cost-of-living theme that skyrocketed him to political stardom, weaving in quotes from Martin Luther King Jr., the Bible and the city’s first Black mayor, David Dinkins.He said people question whether the city will become “a museum” of a place where working people could once thrive.“What we have seen in the last two weeks is a hunger from New Yorkers to move beyond the days of museums and relics and make this city a living, breathing testament to what is possible.”</block>

Suspected drunk driver blamed for deadly car vs. pedestrian collision

101.The state patrol reports the driver of a red Honda Civic, a 62-year-old Yelm man, immediately called 911.Investigators say it appears a 42-year-old Spokane woman was standing in the roadway on or near the exit ramp.She died at the scene.It’s unclear why the woman was standing in the lane of travel.Neither the driver nor a passenger in the Honda, a 64-year-old woman from Yelm, were injured.Troopers say it’s likely the driver will face a charge of vehicular homicide.The roadway was blocked for

In words and photos, rural Alaska residents reflect on their village’s sustainable practices

One of the solutions I see is efficiency, reducing the need for energy to produce the same result, better insulated houses, better vehicles, better energy sources.” Aaren Sommer, 19, a Galena resident helping install the solar arrayThe array is “going to reduce the diesel usage a whole bunch over at the power plant, which is going to help us out.” ___Pineda reported from Los Angeles. ___The Associated Press receives support from the Walton Family Foundation for coverage of water and environmenta

Seattle Strong Coffee faces trademark fight with Nestlé over brand name

The food and beverage giant argued Seattle Strong’s name is too similar to Seattle’s Best, causing confusion among customers.The similarity is also “likely to dilute the distinctiveness of Nestlé’s Seattle’s Best mark” and could damage the company, Nestlé wrote, according to Axios.Evan Oeflein, the founder of Seattle Strong Coffee Company, started the business as a class project at the University of Washington (UW) in 2017. Seattle’s Best was obtained by

Seattle meteorologists respond to Joe Rogan’s climate change debate with Bernie Sanders

“The rise in global temperatures is on track to accelerate, similar to what long-term climate models reflect.”Buehner also noted that each year has reached a new global record high temperature average, going back 145 years. 2024 was the warmest, edging out 2023, which was warmer than 2022, and so on.An important point regarding the world’s warming is that it has not been evenly distributed. The polar regions have seen the greatest warming, which has resulted in the thawing of p

Senators prep for a weekend of work to meet Trump’s deadline for passing his tax and spending cuts

Senate passage could be days away, and the bill would need to return to the House for a final round of votes before it could reach the White House.“It’s evolving,” said Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., as he prepared to close up the chamber late Friday.The weekend session could be a make-or-break moment for Trump’s party, which has invested much of its political capital on his signature domestic policy plan. Trump is pushing Congress to wrap it up, even as he sometimes give

Costco rolls out new shopping hours, favors executive members

Costco’s Gold Star Membership is similar to the executive, although it does not offer a 2% reward or a Costco services discount.The addition of an extra hour of shopping in the morning for executive members helps to lengthen the gap between the benefit opportunities provided.King County Costco locationsCostco is home to 34 locations across the state, eight of which are located within King County: Covington, Federal Way, Issaquah, Kirkland, Seattle, Aurora, Tukwila, and Woodinville.Of the e

From Cap Hill to Kirkland: Popular Seattle-area restaurants closing this month

It was the only location remaining in Seattle for one of the city’s first craft brewers.Redhook did not announce a date for the microbrewery’s closure, but is planning to open a new location in the future, according to The Capitol Hill Seattle Blog.“During this transition period, Redhook beer will continue to be brewed and available, ensuring that our loyal customers can still enjoy their favorite brews without interruption,” Tilray said in a statement, according to The Capitol Hill Seattle Blog