Some recent studies seem to suggest taking a new and more cautious look at plastic water bottles and frozen meal containers.

A small mammal called a kinkajou was found far from its normal rainforest habitat this week: at a rest stop amid the rolling sagebrush plains of central Washington state.

Three Washington state police officers who were cleared of all criminal charges last month in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis will each receive $500,000 to leave the Tacoma Police Department.

A police accountability law in Washington state is in the spotlight after three police officers were acquitted in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis.

A jury has cleared three Washington state police officers of all criminal charges in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who was shocked, beaten and restrained face down on a Tacoma sidewalk as he pleaded for breath.

Lawyers for three Washington state officers charged in the death of a Black man say Manuel Ellis died from drugs, not excessive force.

A Black man who was shocked, beaten and hogtied face down on a sidewalk pleaded for breath during his arrest in Washington state and the three police officers charged in his death did not respond to his pleas, a prosecutor told the jury in closing arguments Monday.

A lawyer for one of three Washington state police officers charged in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis urged jurors Monday to focus on Ellis’ past drug use and arrests.

Hundreds of protesters calling for a cease-fire in Gaza are blocking traffic at the Port of Tacoma, where a military supply ship had recently arrived.

Five weeks into the trial against three Tacoma, Washington, police officers charged in the 2020 death of Manny Ellis and prosecutors had to convince the judge to let their breathing expert tell the jury what happens to a person who is held face down with pressure on their back.

An investigation is underway after a truck struck a San Antonio police patrol unit responding to a call for service on the city’s Northeast Side, according to SAPD.

All models of Onewheel self-balancing electric skateboards are under recall after at least four deaths and multiple injuries were reported in recent years, federal regulators say.

The trial for three Tacoma, Washington, officers charged in a Black man’s death begins this week.

Toyota has reported an 8.1% drop in its net profit in the last quarter as a global shortage of computer chips and soaring raw material costs battering the auto industry hit Japan’s top automaker.

The deadline for obtaining the Real ID needed to board a domestic flight has been pushed back again, with the Department of Homeland Security citing the lingering impact of the COVID-19 pandemic for the slower-than-expected rollout.

Housing has long been a major benefit for service members, a subsidy to salaries that trail the private sector.

Over the past week, there have been at least four hit-and-runs in the San Antonio area, and police say these types of crashes are harder to investigate with less evidence and fewer witnesses.

The company that runs a for-profit immigration jail in Washington state has suspended its detainee work program, rather than pay the detainees minimum wage for cooking, cleaning and other tasks.

Japan’s top automaker Toyota is reporting a 33% jump in second fiscal quarter profit as it raised its full year forecast despite supply chain woes related to the coronavirus pandemic.

The U.S. Supreme Court won't allow Wyoming and Montana to sue Washington state for denying a key permit to build a coal export dock.

A trial over whether the GEO Group must pay minimum wage — instead of $1 a day — to immigration detainees who perform tasks like cooking and cleaning at its for-profit detention center in Washington state has ended with a hung jury.

After nearly four years of litigation and pandemic-related delays, a trial is underway to determine whether the GEO Group must pay minimum wage to detainees who perform cooking, cleaning and other tasks at its Northwest immigration detention center in Washington state.

Heart inflammation is rare in Big Ten Conference athletes who’ve had COVID-19 and in most cases it causes no obvious symptoms.

The Washington state attorney general charged two Tacoma police officers with murder and another with manslaughter in the death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who died after telling them him he couldn’t breathe as he was being restrained.

(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)WASHINGTON – U.S. health officials have authorized two more over-the-counter COVID-19 tests that can be used at home to get rapid results. The FDA said Abbott’s BinaxNow and Quidel’s QuickVue tests can now be sold without a prescription. Most other COVID-19 tests require a swab sample taken by a health worker at a testing location. AdThe agency authorized an over-the-counter COVID-19 test from an Australian company in December but it is still not widely available. The program will provide free home tests to as many as 160,000 people in two counties in North Carolina and Tennessee.

The Commerce Department said Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, the U.S. trade deficit jumped to $68.1 billion in November as a surge in imports overwhelmed a smaller increase in exports. – The level of imported goods to the U.S. in January reached unprecedented levels and pushed the trade deficit 1.9% higher as the coronavirus pandemic continues to distort global commerce. Exports rose 1% to $191.9 billion, while imports increased 1.2% to $260.2 billion. The trade deficit with Mexico rose $1.6 billion to $11.9 billion in January. Year-over-year, the goods and services deficit climbed to $23.8 billion, or 53.7%, from January 2020.

After a year of struggling to boost testing, communities across the country are seeing plummeting demand, shuttering testing sites or even trying to return supplies. “We just don’t have enough people who are immune to rule out another surge.”U.S. testing hit a peak on Jan. 15, when the country was averaging more than 2 million tests per day. “People just aren’t going to go out to testing sites.”AdBut testing remains important for tracking and containing the outbreak. That’s more than 25 times the country’s current rate of about 40 million tests reported per month. From a public health viewpoint, testing is effective if it helps to quickly find the infected, trace their contacts and isolate them to stop the spread.

The Commerce Department said Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, the U.S. trade deficit jumped to $68.1 billion in November as a surge in imports overwhelmed a smaller increase in exports. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)WASHINGTON – The U.S. trade deficit rose 17.7% last year to $679 billion, highest since 2008, as the coronavirus disrupted global commerce and confounded President Donald Trump's attempts to rebalance America's trade with the rest of the world. Services exports dropped 20.4% last year. But that was overwhelmed by a $916 billion deficit in trade in goods such as aircraft and auto parts. In the December, the trade deficit dropped to $66.6 billion, down 3.5% from November.

Tacoma Police and other law enforcement officers stand in an intersection near the site of a car crash Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021, in downtown Tacoma, Wash. At least one person was injured when a police car plowed through a crowd of people Saturday night who were watching a downtown street race, the Tacoma News-Tribune reported. A police car arrived, then drove through the crowd after people tried to block the vehicle, a witness said. Video posted on social media shows the police car hitting several people and running over at least one person. Haddow said a responding officer used his car’s bullhorn to address the crowd. “The officer, fearing for his safety, tried to back up, but was unable to do so because of the crowd,” Tacoma Police said in a statement.

The Commerce Department said Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, the U.S. trade deficit jumped to $68.1 billion in November as a surge in imports overwhelmed a smaller increase in exports. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)WASHINGTON – The U.S. trade deficit jumped to $68.1 billion in November, the highest monthly deficit in 14 years, as a surge in imports overwhelmed a smaller increase in exports. The politically sensitive deficit with China rose 1.9% to $30.7 billion in November and totaled $283.6 billion for the first 11 months of 2020. The monthly deficit in goods and services of $68.1 billion was the largest imbalance since August 2006. Michael Pearce, senior U.S. economist at Capital Economics, said that the rising trade deficit would act as a drag on economic growth in the fourth quarter.

The U.S. trade deficit rose in August to the highest level in 14 years. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)WASHINGTON – The U.S. trade deficit widened 1.7% in October to $63.1 billion. The deficit in the trade of goods with China rose 9% to $26.5 billion and the gap with Mexico rose 10% to $11.8 billion. President Donald Trump, who vowed to reduce the trade deficit, has imposed tariffs on foreign steel, aluminum and on $360 billion in Chinese products. The U.S. ran an October deficit of $81.4 billion in the trade of goods such as autos and appliances.

(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)Caterpillar's sales tumbled 31% in the second quarter as dealers culled construction equipment from showrooms during the pandemic. Still, the Deerfield, Illinois, manufacturer topped Wall Street expectations and shares jumped sharply before the opening bell in what has been an extraordinarily difficult year. Stripping out one-time costs, earnings were $1.03 per share, easily beating the 66 cents Wall Street was looking for. Company shares rose 4% in premarket trading. The U.S. reported last week that sales of new homes rose 13.8% in June, the second consecutive monthly increase.

Sequoia in, Tacoma out at San Antonio Toyota plantPublished: January 17, 2020, 12:49 pmThe Toyota manufacturing plant in San Antonio will undergo some major production changes in the next couple of years.

SAN ANTONIO – The Toyota manufacturing plant in San Antonio will undergo some major production changes in the next couple of years. The Tacoma has been built in San Antonio since 2010. Toyota to invest $391 million to expand San Antonio plantBeginning in 2022, the plant will build the Toyota Sequoia. The production changes are not expected to affect employment at the San Antonio plant, which currently has 3,200 employees. The San Antonio plant will continue manufacturing the Toyota Tundra.