Seattle's Chinatown International District tries its hand at authentic Asian night markets, offering traditional food and entertainment and attracting people from outside the community.

Two semi-trucks and an SUV were involved in a collision southbound this morning on Interstate 5 at Spokane Street, prompting the closure of the HOV and left lanes and backing up traffic on the busy freeway, authorities said.

TUMWATER — A worker at Cardinal Glass in Tumwater, Wash., is dead in what police are calling an industrial accident.

The Mill Creek team beat Hagerstown, Md., 15-5 today in its second game of pool play at the Little League World Series.

American office workers have scanty time off, but there are ways to get more of a vacation

Upscale retailer Gucci plans to open a store in the downtown Seattle location where women's clothier Escada used to be, putting it near...

Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., have completed a series of tests on a key component of the J-2X engine. The J-2X powers the upper stage of the Ares I rocket, which will launch human explorers

NASA will host a media teleconference on Tuesday, Aug. 19, at 11:30 a.m. EDT, to discuss results and recommendations from the Ares I thrust oscillation focus team.

Snohomish County sheriff's deputies say someone painted swastikas on dozens of hay bales in a field near Marysville.

Heavy traffic and hot weather pushed the Seattle area over the legal limit for smog this weekend, violating the federal Clean Air Act for the first time in more than a decade.

Authorities are searching for about 11 campers and tourists who remain unaccounted for after a dam breaks and floods a portion of the Grand Canyon.

A Russian military official says the withdrawal of forces in the conflict with Georgia has begun.

Child welfare authorities in Texas want to put eight children from a polygamist sect back in state custody.

The mayor of a remote mining town in Australia says the residents are seeking "beauty-disadvantaged women."

Presidents of about 100 of the nation's best-known colleges and universities are calling on lawmakers to lower the drinking age from 21 to 18.

As students get ready to head back to their high school and college campuses, they'll be looking for a new, fun car to show off.

A new survey finds that fewer Americans are reading newspapers while more are getting their news online.

A Kentucky sheriff drives 4,100 miles to California to pick up a fugitive, then realizes when he gets back he has the wrong guy.

Pakistanis dance and hug after hearing the news of President Pervez Musharraf's resignation.

NPR commentator Sievers dies at 53