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Sen. Ran Paul, the Kentucky Republican and libertarian, Tuesday defended Apple’s tax machinations, saying he was “offended” that Apple CEO Tim Cook was being “hauled” before the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations to explain how the company could attribute nearly two thirds of its income to Irish entities that have no employees, no physical residence,  Read More

  Fossil fuels should not be transported through the Pacific Northwest and exported out of ports in Washington and Oregon, according to a resolution adopted late last week by the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, representing 57 Native American groups in the region.

  President Obama enjoys a 53 percent approval rating in the latest national CNN/Opinion Research poll, his second highest number of the year, despite the unending scandal talk in the echo chamber of Washington, D.C., talk shows.

A 49-year-old woman accused of attacking a man in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood because of his race now faces hate crime and assault charges. Described by police as very drunk at the time of the attack, Seattle resident Shelly Lynn is alleged to have shouted a racial slur at the man, spit in his face and attempted to kick him in the groin during the May 11 incident.

Man stabbed near Pike Place Market

  Republicans ramped up the hyperbole as a just-fired acting U.S. Internal Revenue Service director underwent a four-hour grilling Friday before the House Ways & Means Committee. Rep. Dave Rreichert, R-Wash., railed against “the blatant abuse of power” in allegedly targeting Tea Party groups for audit.

Seattle police are investigating after a woman was found stabbed in the face Friday morning in South Seattle. Just shortly after 5 a.m., police received a report from a passerby who spotted the woman sitting on the sidewalk in the 7400 block of Rainier Avenue South.

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Raffaele Sollecito, Amanda Knox’s ex-boyfriend, says in an interview that his parents wanted him to implicate her to save himself but he refused.