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Trump administration backs Kalshi, Polymarket as states move to ban prediction markets

NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration is throwing its support behind the prediction market operators Kalshi and Polymarket in a critical legal battle between the growing prediction market industry and states that wish to ban these platforms.The move by Michael Selig, the recently appointed chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, could have enormous implications for how sports betting is regulated in the country and, if Kalshi and Polymarket were to prevail, could erode the abili

‘Very expensive to be single’: Gee, Ursula find solutions to avoid the ‘singles tax’

In Seattle, the average one-bedroom apartment costs about $2,000 a month for 700 square feet.Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin, co-hosts of “The Gee and Ursula Show” on KIRO Newsradio, discussed the positive aspects of finding a partner to live with, but were primarily focused on splitting bills together.“As someone who has been married for a few decades, I would say that the single best financial and just overall decision you can make is finding the right partner,” Ursula said

New state laws force some sheriffs to stop cooperating with Trump’s immigration crackdown

Abigail Spanberger recently terminated state ICE agreements signed under her Republican predecessor, though her order didn’t cancel existing arrangements with local sheriffs.Democratic resistance has increased as the Trump administration faces mounting scrutiny over its large-scale immigration enforcement efforts in several cities and the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minnesota.“There needs to be accountability for this organization, because right now t

Actor Shia LaBeouf arrested after alleged fight during Mardi Gras in New Orleans

Actor Shia LaBeouf has been arrested after being accused of hitting two men early Tuesday morning during Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans, police said.LaBeouf was charged with two counts of simple battery, New Orleans police said in a statement.Officers were called to a business around the French Quarter at about 12:45 a.m. after allegedly “causing a disturbance and becoming increasingly aggressive” inside, police said. Police did not say what type of business it was.An employee trie

Georgia students recall horror of being shot as father of accused school shooter goes on trial

Colt Gray denied that he made the threat and said that his online account had been hacked, Smith said.That Christmas, Colin Gray gave his son the gun as a gift and continued to buy accessories after that, including “a lot of ammunition,” Smith said.Colin Gray knew his son was obsessed with school shooters, even having a shrine in his bedroom to Nikolas Cruz, the shooter in the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, prosecutors have said. A Georgia Bureau of I

Driver fleeing ICE officers crashes, killing a Georgia teacher, authorities say

illegally, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.Immigration officers were looking for Lopez to enforce an immigration judge’s 2024 deportation order, ICE spokesperson Lindsay Williams said Tuesday, noting that Lopez has no other criminal history.Lopez pulled over when ICE officers used sirens and blue lights to initiate a traffic stop, but then drove away when they approached his vehicle, Williams said. Lopez made a U-turn and ran a stop light before he crashed, ICE said in a n

MultiCare to open new $480M Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital in Tacoma this May

After six years of work, MultiCare is ready to open the new Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital.The Tacoma hospital will welcome its first patients on May 16.“We are excited to expand access to care for children in the region with a state-of-the-art pediatric campus, including a new inpatient tower and new medical office building, dedicated to the unique needs of kids,” Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital stated.The children’s hospital originally shared space with MultiCare

Win Tickets to See Santana with The Doobie Brothers at White River Amphitheatre!

Join Grammy Award-winning Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarists and icons for one legendary night! KIRO Newsradio and Seattle Sports are giving away two tickets to see <a href="https://santana.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Santana</a> and <a href="https://thedoobiebrothers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Doobie Brothers</a> at the <a href="https://www.whiteriveramphitheatre.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">White River Amphitheatre</a> on Thursday, August 6th, 2026!Enter below for your chance to witness this unforgettable show live! A night with Latin-rock heat, feel-good classic rock, and star-studded guitar solos.Enjoy a night of classic hits, tickets go on sale Friday, February 20th and you can find them <a href="https://www.ticketmaster.com/santana-the-doobie-brothers-oneness-tour-auburn-washington-08-06-2026/event/0F00644B2F30D3AB?utm_campaign=PRM-00465983&utm_source=kiro-am&utm_medium=ln_promo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>: Event Details: Santana and The Doobie BrothersLocation: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/dir//White+River+Amphitheatre,+40601+Auburn+Enumclaw+Rd+SE,+Auburn,+WA+98092/@47.6261955,-122.3280633,5403m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m8!4m7!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x5490f125f83e113b:0x21db2473a5509c57!2m2!1d-122.1117935!2d47.2373313?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDIxMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D" target="_blank" rel="noopener">White River Amphitheatre</a>Date: Thursday, August 6th, 2026 Contest begins Wednesday, February 18th and runs through Tuesday, February 24th.<script src="https://xp.audience.io/widget.js"></script><div class="aptivada-widget" data-widget-id="1857780" data-widget-type="app"><div><div style="background: #ffffff url('https://cdn3.aptivada.com/images/iframeLoader.gif') no-repeat center; min-height: 500px;"></div><a style="display: block; max-width: fit-content; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" href="https://xp.audience.io/contest/1857780" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Campaign not loading? Click here</a></div></div>

Federal judge rules Kilmar Abrego Garcia can’t be re-detained by immigration authorities

GREENBELT, MD (AP) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement cannot re-detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia because a 90-day detention period has expired and the government has no viable plan for deporting him, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday. The Salvadoran national’s case has become a focal point in the immigration debate after he was mistakenly deported to his home country last year. Since his return, he has been fighting a second deportation to a series of African countries proposed by Department of Hom

Trump family business files for trademark rights on any airports using the president’s name

The filings come amid debate in Florida over a state bill to name the Palm Beach airport after Trump and a dispute over funding of a tunnel between New York and New Jersey that is tied up with proposals that both it and the Dulles International Airport in Virginia bear his name.The Trump Organization said that the applications were triggered by the Florida bill and that it didn’t seek any profit — only protection against “bad actors” given that the Trump name is the “most infringed tradema

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King, has died at 84

<block>CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader’s assassination, has died. He was 84. Jackson died Tuesday surrounded by family, according to a statement posted online from the family.As a young organizer in Chicago, Jackson was called to meet with King at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis shortly before King was killed and he publicly positioned himself thereafter as King’s successor.Jackson led a lifetime of crusades in the United States and abroad, advocating for the poor and underrepresented on issues from voting rights and job opportunities to education and health care. He scored diplomatic victories with world leaders, and through his Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, he channeled cries for Black pride and self-determination into corporate boardrooms, pressuring executives to make America a more open and equitable society.And when he declared, “I am Somebody,” in a poem he often repeated, he sought to reach people of all colors. “I may be poor, but I am Somebody; I may be young; but I am Somebody; I may be on welfare, but I am Somebody,” Jackson intoned. __Former Associated Press writer Karen Hawkins, who left The Associated Press in 2012, contributed to this report. </block>

Russian and Ukrainian officials are in Geneva for US-brokered talks after almost 4 years of war

Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll will attend the talks and meet with their Russian and Ukrainian counterparts, said Col. Martin O’Donnell, a spokesman for Grynkewich.The talks in Geneva took place as U.S. officials also held indirect talks with Iran in the Swiss city.After the second round of talks in Abu Dhabi, members of the different delegations said they thought the talks had been “pretty good,” and that peace could be achieved “if everyone just agrees to it,” the person said.Following the

Belgium summons U.S. ambassador over tweet accusing kingdom of antisemitism

Ambassador Bill White said on a post on X that this investigation was “unacceptable harassment of the Jewish community here in Antwerp and in Belgium.He said he would visit the three accused men in Antwerp and asked Belgium’s minister of health to join him.“You must make a legal provision to allow Jewish religious MOHELS to perform their duties here in Belgium,” he said, using a Hebrew term for a Jewish officiant trained in circumcision, a central tenet of the faith.Without it,

US plans to deploy more missile launchers to the Philippines despite China’s alarm

<block>MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States plans to deploy more high-tech missile systems to the Philippines to help deter aggression in the South China Sea, where the treaty allies on Tuesday condemned what they called China’s “illegal, coercive, aggressive, and deceptive activities.”Beijing has repeatedly expressed alarm over the installation in the northern Philippines of a U.S. mid-range missile system called the Typhon in 2024 and of an anti-ship missile launcher last year. It said the U.S. weapons were aimed at containing China’s rise and warned that these were a threat to regional stability.China has asked the Philippines to withdraw the missile launchers from its territory, but officials led by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. have rejected the demand.U.S. and Philippine officials held annual talks Monday in Manila on broadening security, political and economic engagements and boosting collaboration with regional security allies.The U.S. and the Philippines outlined in a joint statement Tuesday specific defense and security plans for this year, including joint military exercises, Washington’s support to help modernize the Philippine military and efforts “to increase deployments of U.S. cutting-edge missile and unmanned systems to the Philippines.”The longtime allies “underscored their support for preserving freedom of navigation and overflight, unimpeded lawful commerce and other lawful uses of the sea for all nations,” the statement said.“Both sides condemned China’s illegal, coercive, aggressive and deceptive activities in the South China Sea, recognizing their adverse effects on regional peace and stability and the economies of the Indo-Pacific and beyond,” it added.Confrontations between Chinese and Philippine coast guard forces have spiked in the disputed waters in recent years. Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan are also involved in the territorial standoffs.Neither side elaborated on the planned missile deployments but Philippine ambassador to Washington, Jose Manuel Romualdez, who took part in Monday’s talks, said U.S. and Filipino defense officials discussed the possible deployment this year of “upgraded” types of U.S. missile launchers that the Philippines may eventually decide to purchase.“It’s a kind of system that’s really very sophisticated and will be deployed here in the hope that, down the road, we will be able to get our own,” Romualdez told The Associated Press.The Typhon missile system that the U.S. Army deployed to the main northern Philippine region of Luzon in April 2024 and an anti-missile launcher called the Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System that was deployed in April last year also to Luzon have remained in the Philippines, Romualdez said.During joint drills, U.S. forces have exhibited the missile systems to batches of Filipino forces to familiarize them with the weapons’ capabilities and usage, military officials said.Romualdez said the U.S. missile deployments to the Philippines did not aim to antagonize any country.“It’s purely for deterrence,” he said. “Every time the Chinese show any kind of aggression, it only strengthens our resolve to have these types.”The Typhon missile launchers, a land-based weapon, can fire the Standard Missile-6 and the Tomahawk Land Attack Missile. Tomahawk missiles can travel over 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers), which places China within their target range, from the northern Philippine region of Luzon.Last year, the U.S. Marines deployed the anti-ship missile launcher, the Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, to Batan island in the northernmost Philippine province of Batanes, which faces the Bashi Channel just south of Taiwan.The sea passage is a critical trade and military route that the U.S. and Chinese militaries have tried to gain strategic control of.</block>

New Orleans celebrates Mardi Gras, the indulgent conclusion of Carnival season

<block>NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) — As people head back to work Tuesday after the long holiday weekend, beads will be flying, crawfish boiling and parades rolling in New Orleans as the city celebrates Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday, marks the climax and end of the weekslong Carnival season and a final chance for indulgence, feasting and revelry before the Christian Lent period of sacrifice and reflection. The joyous goodbye to Carnival always falls the day before Ash Wednesday. Among the final parades in Louisiana’s most populous city, which is world-famous for its Mardi Gras bash, is one hosted by the Zulu Social Aide & Pleasure Club. Marchers and float riders in the Zulu parade wear African-inspired garb and toss “throws” — trinkets that include plastic beads, candy, doubloons, stuffed animals, cups and toys. This parade’s signature “throw” is hand-decorated coconuts, coveted items that many revelers hope for. Later in the day Rex, the King of Carnival parade will roll along St. Charles Avenue, lined by paradegoers and stately oak trees covered in Spanish moss and beads. Carnival events are popular for their spectacular and enormous floats, and also the intricately crafted outfits worn, such as Black masking Indians, whose beaded and bejeweled costumes are topped with feathered headdresses, or paradegoers walking the French Quarter in homemade costumes that capture the unique spirit of the Big Easy. The good times will roll not just in New Orleans but all across the state, from exclusive balls to the Cajun French tradition of the Courir de Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday Run — a rural event in Central Louisiana featuring costumed participants performing, begging for ingredients and chasing after live chickens to be cooked in a communal gumbo. Parades are also held in other Gulf Coast cities such as Mobile, Alabama, and Pensacola, Florida, and there are other world-renowned celebrations in Brazil and Europe. </block>

Anderson Cooper says he’s exiting from ’60 Minutes,’ but staying with CNN

Anderson Cooper, who has reported for CBS’ “60 Minutes” for the past two decades in addition to hosting a weeknight news program on CNN, said Monday that he’s leaving the CBS broadcast to spend more time with his family.His decision comes at a time of turmoil at “60 Minutes.” Cooper appeared on the show Sunday night, introducing a brief piece on filmmaker Ken Burns. It’s not likely to be his last time on the show; he’s expected to finish the current broadcast season, whic

Controversial ‘millionaire tax’ passes Washington Senate

It is simply asking for proportionality in our tax structure at a time when the gap between rich and poor has never been greater,” she said before the vote.Republican Senator Chris Gildon voted no, as critics say the bill opens the door for a tax down the road on the middle class.“If this bill passes today, future legislatures can easily come back and change the threshold from $1 million down to $500,000 to $250,000; they can apply it to anyone that they want to,” he said befor

Trump and Maryland governor Wes Moore battle over Potomac River sewage spill response

Environmental Protection Agency.Still, Trump, while spending the holiday weekend at his home in Florida, took to social media to say he “cannot allow incompetent Local ‘Leadership'” to turn the Potomac “into a Disaster Zone.” He said he has ordered federal authorities to step in to coordinate the response.“There is a massive Ecological Disaster unfolding in the Potomac River as a result of the Gross Mismanagement of Local Democrat Leaders, particularly, Governor Wes Moore, of M

Sound Transit adds 2-line service between Lynnwood, Seattle

As Sound Transit nears the maiden voyage of the cross-lake connection link, they are adding the 2-line service between the Chinatown-International District and Lynnwood, as well as adding hours of service along the Eastside route.This is considered a “practice run” to get the timing correct between the 1 and 2 lines and make any adjustments to the 2-line service between Bellevue and Redmond before connecting the Eastside and Seattle service.RELATED STORIESUS 101 blocked for hours Sun

One dead, residents evacuated after Renton condo fire

One person has died after a fire broke out in a Renton condo on Monday afternoon.The fire occurred in one of the units inside a building on Union Avenue N.E., according to KIRO 7.Several occupants of the building were forced to evacuate their homes.RELATED STORIESDes Moines house fire ruled homicide; suspect arrested for murder and arsonVideo released of officer-involved shooting at Bellevue Transit CenterJuvenile shot while allegedly trying to rob drug dealer in CentraliaRenton residents evacua