17-year-old student dies after being shot multiple times at Seattle’s Garfield High School A 17-year-old Garfield High School student died on Thursday after being shot multiple times in the chest and abdomen during the lunch hour. KUOW Staff
Former President Trump found guilty in historic New York criminal case The jury has found Donald Trump guilty of 34 counts falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election. Prosecutors argued that impacted the election outcome. NPR Staff
You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here: Reduced hours return to two Seattle beaches Starting Friday, Golden Gardens and Alki Beach will have reduced hours. This is the third year the city has implemented early closure of beaches in an attempt to curb violence and crime. Kate Walters
Former Shoreline assisted living caregiver charged with raping two residents with Alzheimer’s The two elderly women had Alzheimer’s and significant cognitive impairment – but were both able to tell their families about the male employee who had raped them at the Aegis Living Center in Shoreline where they lived. Amy Radil
Controversial county effort to divert youth criminal cases to community groups not meeting goals A $16 million effort by King County to send most juvenile criminal cases to community-based diversion programs, rather than the court system, is having trouble meeting its goals, a county report shows. Ann Dornfeld
Juvenile crime is up in King County. Officials can’t agree about how to handle it As juvenile crime rates surge in King County, there is little consensus over what is causing the trend or how to respond to it. Ann Dornfeld
A night on patrol with Seattle's 'real-life superheroes' A group of volunteer vigilantes are fighting crime in the dark of the night. Soundside producer Alec Cowan recently joined two heroes on patrol to hear more about the work local superheroes are doing. Diana Opong
2 tons of cocaine, 1 whale-stranded sailor: Coast Guard cutter’s haul A Coast Guard cutter from Port Angeles plucked six smugglers and one unlucky sailor from the middle of the Pacific Ocean. John Ryan
