Kent, Wash., police investigating Boeing plant death; apparent industrial accident

Kent WA police investigating Boeing plant death

Majority owner of NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers goes on offense for Ohio casino issue

Cavaliers owner presses support for Ohio casinos

Seattle suburbs face devastating flooding during autumn rainy season because of leaky dam

KENT, Wash. — For nearly 25 years Kathy Gladden has lived about 100 feet from the Green River, a normally placid stream that meanders past the many homes, offices, warehouses and shopping malls that blanket the area.

WA union official: Tentative agreement reached aimed at ending nation’s only teacher strike

KENT, Wash. — Contract negotiators reached a tentative agreement Sunday night aimed at ending a teacher strike in Washington, the only such walkout in the nation, a union official said.

Labor dispute shuts down Washington school district and is the only teacher strike in nation

KENT, Wash. — On what was scheduled to be the first day of school, students and teachers at Mill Creek Middle School never made it through the front door. They stood or sat outside by the flagpole, waving signs and yelling at passing motorists.

Judge threatens to fine striking Wash. teachers unless they return to work Monday

KENT, Wash. — Striking teachers have until Monday to get back to the classroom in Washington state’s fourth-largest school district or be fined $200 day, a judge ruled Thursday.

‘You forget why we’re there’: 8 years after 9/11, American public wearying of Afghan war

KENT, Ohio — The demonstrations, the troops, the fresh anger are all long gone. Where anti-war protests raged, today a granite plaza invites peaceful reflection. On the spots where four young people fell in a spray of National Guard bullets, lanterns stand in remembrance.

Judge to weigh in on teacher strike that has closed school in suburban Seattle district

KENT, Wash. — A judge is expected to weigh in Thursday on a teacher strike that has shut down the fourth-largest school district in Washington during the first week of classes.

Photographer, subject of famous image from Kent State shootings mark anniversary

KENT, Ohio — The girl screaming in a familiar image taken after the Kent State shootings has reunited on campus with the man who took the photo.

Police say underage drinking arrest at block party near Kent St. sparked weekend riot, arrests

KENT, Ohio — Police say a weekend brawl and riot near Kent State University in Ohio started with the arrest of a female for underage drinking.

SWAT team fires baton rounds at rioting Kent State students who sparked fires in streets

COLUMBUS, Ohio — An end-of-year college block party spiraled out of control when police fired baton rounds and used pepper spray to break up hundreds of rioting students who sparked a string of street fires at Kent State University.