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Developing Story
4:35 pm
Wed January 16, 2013

Boeing Stands By 787 Despite FAA Grounding

All Nippon Airways 787s
Credit AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi
All Nippon Airways planes including a Boeing 787, right, are parked at Haneda Airport in Tokyo Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 16, 2013.

The Federal Aviation Administration is grounding all Boeing 787 Dreamliners in the US. That’s after a 787 in Japan was forced to make an emergency landing Wednesday because of a battery problem.

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Governor Inauguration
1:24 pm
Wed January 16, 2013

Governor Inslee Delivers Inaugural Address

Credit Austin Jenkins

Originally published on Wed January 16, 2013 4:19 pm

OLYMPIA, Wash. - Democrat Jay Inslee took the oath of office as Washington's 23 governor in a first-in-history Capitol Rotunda ceremony Wednesday morning. Inslee, a former Congressman and state lawmaker, was joined by his wife Trudi, his grown children and grandchildren.

In pre-swearing in remarks, Inslee's friend and environmental activist Denis Hayes focused on global climate change and said Inslee is the "first political chief executive in American history to be elected principally on a platform of combating climate disruption."

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Israel Keyes Investigation
11:50 am
Wed January 16, 2013

Search For Victims Lives On After Killer's Death

Credit FBI

Originally published on Tue January 15, 2013 10:13 am

SPOKANE, Wash. - In December, a suspected serial killer from Washington killed himself in a jail cell in Anchorage, Alaska. Israel Keyes’ suicide abruptly halted progress into uncovering one of the widest-ranging serial killing sprees in the U.S.

Now, the FBI is trying to piece together exactly what he did. Investigators are struggling to connect seemingly random dots that they hope will lead them to other victims.

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Mayoral Race
9:05 am
Wed January 16, 2013

Bruce Harrell Joins Crowded Race for Seattle Mayor

Credit Deborah Wang/KUOW
Candidate for mayor Bruce Harrell outside his Central District campaign office

Seattle’s Mayor Mike McGinn will have a fight on his hands this campaign season. Seattle City Councilmember Bruce Harrell announced he is now joining the mayor’s race. That brings the number of candidates challenging the mayor to six.

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Boeing Emergency Landing
7:33 pm
Tue January 15, 2013

Two Japanese Airlines Ground Boeing 787s After New Problems

Credit Japan Broadcasting Corporation
Fire trucks surround a Boeing 787 with emergency slides deployed on a runway in Japan.

Major global news services are reporting that two Japanese airlines have grounded all of their Boeing 787 jets. All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines made the announcements following an emergency landing Wednesday morning in Japan.

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