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CNN's Patrick Oppmann recently shared his suggestions for visitors to his adopted hometown of Seattle, Washington.

A small aircraft flying near the Seattle airfield where Air Force 1 was parked Tuesday triggered a scramble by military fighter jets that caused two sonic booms, authorities said.

The man wanted in the fatal shooting of four Seattle-area police officers was shot and killed today after he challenged police who approached him, authorities said.

Police close in on a Seattle house, only to find it empty. An alert has been sent to University of Washington students, staff, signaling suspect Maurice Clemmons may be in that area.

Four law enforcement officers were fatally shot today in what police described as an ambush in a coffee shop near Seattle, Washington.

Seattle police say a man who thought he was a ninja was impaled on a metal fence when he tried to leap over it.

A Seattle bank teller has lost his job because he ran down a would-be bank robber and held him until police arrived. Jim Nicholson, 30, who had worked for more than two years at a Key Bank branch near the Seattle Center, says he understands the bank's strict policy that employees comply with robbery demands and avoid confrontations.

Starbucks Corp. said Thursday it is wiping its name from one of its Seattle-area stores and adding alcohol to the menu.

Tired of hearing that everything tastes like chicken? So are Seattle entrepreneurs Justin Esch and Dave Lefkow. They want it all to taste like bacon.

OLYMPIA -- A man who was paralyzed in a bicycle crash on the Montlake Bridge in Seattle is suing the state.