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Impinj: Q1 Earnings Snapshot
SEATTLE (AP) — SEATTLE (AP) — Impinj Inc. (PI) on Wednesday reported first-quarter earnings of $33.3 million. The Seattle-based company said it had net income of $1.10 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, were 21 cents per share. The results...
Tesla driver in Seattle-area crash that killed motorcyclist told police he was using Autopilot
SEATTLE (AP) — A Tesla that may have been operating on the company's Autopilot driving system hit and killed a motorcyclist near Seattle, raising questions about whether a recent recall went far enough to ensure Tesla drivers using Autopilot pay attention to the road. After the...
Seattle hospital won't turn over gender-affirming care records in lawsuit settlement with Texas
DALLAS (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is dropping a request for a Seattle hospital to hand over records regarding gender-affirming treatment potentially given to children from Texas as part of a lawsuit settlement announced Monday. Seattle Children's Hospital filed the...
A Washington police officer killed 3 people in 8 years -- and faces a murder trial for the last one
SEATTLE (AP) — Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a suburban Seattle police officer charged with murder in the death of a 26-year-old man outside a convenience store in 2019 — the third person the officer had killed in the past eight years. Auburn officer Jeff Nelson...
WaFd: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot
SEATTLE (AP) — SEATTLE (AP) — WaFd, Inc (WAFD) on Monday reported net income of $15.9 million in its fiscal second quarter. The Seattle-based bank said it had earnings of 17 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 73 cents per share. ...
Seattle Kraken GM Ron Francis leaves open possibility of changes after team misses playoffs
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Kraken general manager Ron Francis said Monday evaluations are still ongoing about whether there will be changes with head coach Dave Hakstol or any of the coaching staff after the third-year franchise missed the playoffs. Francis said the team is still in...
Red Stars win at Reign. Angel City tops Courage for its first home win of the year
Mallory Swanson had a goal and an assist as the Chicago Red Stars beat the Seattle Reign 2-1 on Sunday in the National Women's Soccer League. The Reign (1-4-0) have lost four straight for the first time since 2013. Chicago (3-1-1) silenced the crowd at Seattle's Lumen...
Longtime AP journalist, newspaper publisher John Brewer dies at age 76
John Brewer, whose coast-to-coast journalism career spanned 50 years, including nearly two decades at The Associated Press, has died. He was 76. Brewer and his longtime friend Randy Johnson were on their annual fly fishing trip in Montana on Friday when the boat Brewer was in hit a...
Seattle Storm become 2nd WNBA team to open their own practice facility
SEATTLE (AP) — Alisha Valavanis walked around as the new performance center for the Seattle Storm was unveiled on Thursday filled mostly with joy and a little sadness. The joy for the CEO of the Storm — who has been with the team for nearly a decade — came from helping bring to...
Booming cold drink sales mean more plastic waste. So Starbucks redesigned its cups
Booming sales of cold drinks at Starbucks have created a problem: growing amounts of plastic waste from the single-use cups that Frappuccinos, Refreshers, cold brews and other iced drinks are served in. The coffee giant said Thursday it plans to alleviate some of that waste with new...
