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Worried about your Kia or Hyundai being stolen? Try this

A series of videos posted on social media have gone viral for showing people how to steal recent models of Kias and Hyundais, using nothing more than a flathead screwdriver and a USB cord. There’s a reason these cars are so easy to steal.
Libby Denkmann

Jason Burrows
Law & Courts

Can you afford to be on a jury for $10 a day? Not everyone can

New legislation is aiming to increase jury diversity in the state's courts. That could mean people who participate in programs like WIC could make $125 for every day they serve.
Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Crime

Just as Seattle sues over car theft, another Hyundai is stolen

Seattle is suing car makers Hyundai and Kia for an ignition issue that makes some of their vehicles targets for theft. Both say they are working on software fixes now.
Paige Browning
Crime

Four white men who attacked Black DJ sentenced for federal hate crime in Seattle

Four white men were sentenced in federal court in Seattle Friday for a 2018 assault on a Black DJ in the city of Lynnwood. All four were convicted of committing a hate crime and making false statements. The man they attacked said his life is forever changed.
Amy Radil
Law & Courts

Capital gains tax challenge reaches Washington Supreme Court

The debate over whether wealthy people in Washington State should pay a capital gains tax has reached the Washington Supreme Court, which heard oral arguments in Quinn v. Washington on Thursday.
Amy Radil
Business

AG objection to Albertsons' proposed $4 billion payout reaches state's highest court

This could be the week when grocery chain Albertsons learns whether it could go ahead and pay $4 billion dollars to its shareholders. The payment was planned when Albertsons and rival Kroger announced they were merging last fall. But the Washington Attorney General’s Office is trying to block payment until the merger is completed.
Ruby de Luna
Law & Courts

Tacoma pastor calls Pierce County Sheriff’s acquittal ‘troubling but not surprising'

“Disappointing” and “troubling.” Reactions of one Tacoma pastor to the not-guilty verdict for Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer.
Amy Radil
Business

Visa holders face uncertainty amid layoffs

A wave of layoffs hit the tech sector in Seattle and around the country this fall. And industry executives say there are more to come. Losing a job can be devastating, and for some workers it threatens the ability to stay in the U.S. Attorney Tahmina Watson of Watson Immigration Law helps explain what visa holders are facing with recent job cuts.
Patricia Murphy

Jennie Cecil Moore
Crime

Case against Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer goes to jury

Jurors are poised to deliberate in the trial of Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer, after hearing closing arguments from attorneys on Wednesday. The prosecutor maintained that Troyer lied to a 911 dispatcher, well knowing the type of response his claim of being threatened would initiate. His defense lawyer Anne Bremner called the case a wrongful prosecution that was politically motivated by racial justice protests after the murder of George Floyd.
Amy Radil
Crime

Seattle teen faces felony charges for threat of mass school shooting

An 18-year old Seattle student has been arrested and charged with two counts of felony harassment for threatening to shoot students at Sammamish High School in Bellevue. The recipient of the threats notified the school principal, and Bellevue School District initiated a lockdown for three hours Friday morning until the student who made the threats was arrested by Bellevue police at his home.
Amy Radil

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