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Armed man shot and killed after entering secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, Secret Service says
Investigators believe he left North Carolina and headed south, picking up a shotgun along the way, Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said, who added that the box for the gun was recovered in his vehicle.Guglielmi said that the man drove through the north gate of Mar-a-Lago as another vehicle was exiting.Investigators are working to compile a psychological profile and a motive is still under investigation. Asked whether the individual was known to law enforcement, Bradshaw said “not righ
‘Good luck’ finding a $400K home: Jake rips Seattle’s unaffordable housing market
That’s nearly doubled as well,” Spike responded.RELATED STORIES'Can't do it': Jake, Spike weigh in on skyrocketing costs of youth athleticsRing cancels Flock Safety deal, but Jake still uneasy: 'Every single moment of my life is being captured''Rules are rules': Spike defends towing of 55 cars during Seahawks Super Bowl paradeA generational shift in homeownershipJake revealed the startlingly low percentage of 30-year-old married couples who were able to buy their first home in 2025,
‘This is our team’: Ursula, Spike weigh in on Seahawks sale, relocation fears
<p>As the Seahawks owner, Jody Allen, is in the process of selling the team, many fans are worried about who will buy the team and whether the owner could try to move the team elsewhere, reminiscent of the SuperSonics in 2008.</p><p>KIRO hosts Ursula Reutin and Spike O’Neill ran through all the possibilities regarding the sale, from potential buyers to how difficult it would be to move the team.</p><p>“There are 68,000 reasons the Seahawks are not leaving Seattle, and most of them are sitting at the stadium on Sunday,” Spike said on “The Gee and Ursula Show,” alluding to the number of seats in the Seahawks’ Lumen Field. “There are elements of this story that I was completely unaware of, that are potentially disastrous for Seattle and terrify me personally.”</p><p>“There’s a lot of what if. Who is going to buy the team, and what’s going to happen? Can they move the team?” Ursula responded. “Seattle has a big billionaire class, and it’s a big class; there are a lot of names popping up. Steve Ballmer’s name was thrown around.”</p><div class="related alignright"><div class="col_label"><h2>RELATED STORIES</h2></div><ul><li><a class="related-link" href="https://mynorthwest.com/mynorthwest-politics/katie-wilson-seattle-6/4205084"><img decoding="async" width="719" height="404" src="https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Katie-Wilson-420x236.jpg" class="sub_art" alt="'Light on substance': Katie Wilson’s first State of the City speech draws praise for tone, questions on specific policies" loading="lazy"></a><div class="sub_story"><h3><a class="related-link" href="https://mynorthwest.com/mynorthwest-politics/katie-wilson-seattle-6/4205084">'Light on substance': Katie Wilson’s first State of the City speech draws praise for tone, questions on specific policies</a></h3></div></li><li><a class="related-link" href="https://mynorthwest.com/kiro-opinion/companies-downsizing-ai/4205121"><img decoding="async" width="719" height="404" src="https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/companies-AI-420x236.jpg" class="sub_art" alt="Gee says 'companies are downsizing' despite CEOs saying AI has little job impact" loading="lazy"></a><div class="sub_story"><h3><a class="related-link" href="https://mynorthwest.com/kiro-opinion/companies-downsizing-ai/4205121">Gee says 'companies are downsizing' despite CEOs saying AI has little job impact</a></h3></div></li><li><a class="related-link" href="https://mynorthwest.com/kiro-opinion/ice-inspection-bill/4205181"><img decoding="async" width="719" height="404" src="https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Untitled-design-2026-02-18T145629.329-420x236.jpg" class="sub_art" alt="'A step in the right direction': Gee and Ursula back WA bill to notify workers of ICE inspections" loading="lazy"></a><div class="sub_story"><h3><a class="related-link" href="https://mynorthwest.com/kiro-opinion/ice-inspection-bill/4205181">'A step in the right direction': Gee and Ursula back WA bill to notify workers of ICE inspections</a></h3></div></li></ul></div><h2>Could Steve Ballmer be the Seahawks buyer?</h2><p>Ursula resurfaced a video where Ballmer’s wife was asked about whether Steve had plans to buy the Seahawks when it would be up for sale, to which his wife replied that his ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers was enough, and “he and his next wife would have a good time,” if he purchased the Seahawks.</p><p>“Then sell the damn Clippers and come home,” Spike said. “He bought the Clippers because the NBA expansion didn’t happen in a timely enough manner for him. Steve, this is your home. Everybody who goes to LA leaves LA. I would love to have Mr. Ballmer as an owner; he’s a quality owner.</p><p>“We’re so much more than like the second team in LA or second team in New Jersey, or the third team in Florida,” Spike continued. “Everybody from Montana to Oregon to Alaska, this is our team right here in the northwest. We have one of the largest fan bases in the NFL for regional TV; it’s all about TV money. The package that covers Seahawks football in the great northwest is beyond compare.”</p><p><em>Watch the full discussion in the video above.</em></p><p><em>Listen to Gee and Ursula on <a href="https://mynorthwest.com/gee-and-ursula" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“The Gee and Ursula Show”</a> weekday mornings from 9 am to 12 pm on KIRO Newsradio.</em></p>
‘Eye-opening’: Ursula shocked at nearly half of ICE arrests in Washington have no criminal history
But you mentioned 47% in Washington have no criminal record.”Ursula noted that a small percentage of the 2,000 ICE arrests made in Washington had a criminal with a violent crime, while a vast majority had nothing worse than a traffic violation.“When we break it down, we’re talking about a very, very tiny percentage, 13%, being violent crimes,” Ursula said. “If you have a violent crime, you should be deported, period. But we’re talking about, again, some kind o
‘Bad news for Seattle’: Curley worried San Francisco drug crackdown will push addicts north
<p>After reports of the new mayor of San Francisco’s desire to allow officers to arrest people engaged in public drug use at a “speed and volume” never seen before, John Curley, host of <a href="https://mynorthwest.com/john-curley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“The John Curley Show”</a> on KIRO Newsradio, explained how the trickle-down effects would negatively impact Seattle.</p><p>Curley noted San Francisco’s Reset Center would provide people with an addiction three options: go to a shelter, get treatment, or go to jail. Rather than pick from the three solutions in San Francisco, Curley believed they’d choose to leave for Seattle, where the city is much more lax.</p><p>“This is good news for San Francisco, bad news for Seattle,” Curley said. “The people in San Francisco who don’t want to go to jail and don’t want to get hassled by the cops will get to Seattle. They’ve heard from other people about Seattle. Seattle is a great place. The drugs are really cheap. There are lots of different charities and nonprofits that will feed you. You can sleep on the streets, you can do whatever you want, and the cops won’t bother you. Go to where it’s good.”</p><div class="related alignright"><div class="col_label"><h2>RELATED STORIES</h2></div><ul><li><a class="related-link" href="https://mynorthwest.com/kiro-opinion/government-didnt-wet-concrete/4205724"><img decoding="async" width="719" height="404" src="https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/government-fishing-industry-420x236.jpg" class="sub_art" alt="Curley: Senator says 'no one builds alone,' but the government didn't sleep on wet concrete" loading="lazy"></a><div class="sub_story"><h3><a class="related-link" href="https://mynorthwest.com/kiro-opinion/government-didnt-wet-concrete/4205724">Curley: Senator says 'no one builds alone,' but the government didn't sleep on wet concrete</a></h3></div></li><li><a class="related-link" href="https://mynorthwest.com/kiro-opinion/kurt-cobain-homicide-seattle/4205575"><img decoding="async" width="719" height="404" src="https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Untitled-design-2026-02-19T113216.052-420x236.jpg" class="sub_art" alt="'There are inconsistencies': Curley revisits Kurt Cobain's death despite SPD refusing to reopen case" loading="lazy"></a><div class="sub_story"><h3><a class="related-link" href="https://mynorthwest.com/kiro-opinion/kurt-cobain-homicide-seattle/4205575">'There are inconsistencies': Curley revisits Kurt Cobain's death despite SPD refusing to reopen case</a></h3></div></li><li><a class="related-link" href="https://mynorthwest.com/kiro-opinion/starbucks-ceos-salary/4204659"><img decoding="async" width="719" height="404" src="https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Starbucks-CEO-420x236.jpg" class="sub_art" alt="Curley: Before you rage about the Starbucks CEO's salary, consider this" loading="lazy"></a><div class="sub_story"><h3><a class="related-link" href="https://mynorthwest.com/kiro-opinion/starbucks-ceos-salary/4204659">Curley: Before you rage about the Starbucks CEO's salary, consider this</a></h3></div></li></ul></div><h2>Seattle’s ‘crappy’ drug treatment not built for recovery</h2><p>Curley laid out how San Francisco plans to enforce its new policy and why Seattle would fail in attempting to do the same thing due to the city’s poor treatment programs.</p><p>“Cops come in. You’re smoking, shooting, whatever you’re doing. If I see you do it, bang, grab you. We go ahead and give you treatment. If you don’t want to do that, you go to jail. That’s it. The problem with Seattle is we’re very caring with everybody’s money, and we’re willing to spend everybody’s money on a bunch of crappy programs that really don’t do anything; we’re not asking anything of them.</p><p>“You’ve basically given up on that person. That’s the kind of love you get from Seattle,” Curley continued. “They’ll take the money from you, and they’ll apply it to their crappy programs, and you will see more people on the streets dying.”</p><p><em>Watch the full discussion in the video above.</em></p><p><em>Listen to John Curley weekday afternoons from 3 – 7 p.m. on KIRO Newsradio, 97.3 FM. Subscribe to the </em><a href="https://mynorthwest.com/category/podcast_results/?sid=1089&n=The%20Tom%20and%20Curley%20Show"><em>podcast here</em></a><em>.</em></p><p><a class="twitter-follow-button" href="https://twitter.com/https://twitter.com/jcurleyshow" data-show-count="false" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Follow @https://twitter.com/jcurleyshow</a><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p>
Why adults pursuing career growth or personal interests are the ‘new majority’ student
But returning to school “opens doors to education for students that might not have those doors open to them otherwise.”Older students, many of whom bring years of work and life experience to their studies, often are juggling courses with full-time jobs, caregiving and other family responsibilities. It is a challenging balancing act but can also sharpen priorities and provide a sense of fulfillment.Here’s what experts have to say about returning to school, what to consider beforehand
New law puts Kansas at vanguard of denying trans identities on drivers licenses, birth certificates
Transgender people can’t use public restrooms, locker rooms or other single-sex facilities associated with their gender identities, though there was no enforcement mechanism until this year’s law added tough new provisions.Transgender people have said carrying IDs that misgender them opens them to intrusive questions, harassment and even violence when they show it to police, merchants, and others.In 2023, Republicans halted changes in Kansas birth certificates and driver’s lice
France will summon US Ambassador Charles Kushner after US comments on activist’s death
Jean-Noel Barrot was reacting to a statement by the State Department’s Counterterrorism Bureau, which posted on X that “reports, corroborated by the French Minister of the Interior, that Quentin Deranque was killed by left-wing militants, should concern us all.”Deranque, a far-right activist, died of brain injuries last week from a beating in the French city of Lyon. He was attacked during a fight on the margins of a student meeting where a far-left lawmaker, Rima Hassan, was a keynote speaker.H
Danish military evacuates US submariner who needed urgent medical care off Greenland
The Danish Joint Arctic Command, on its Facebook page, said the crew member was evacuated on Saturday some 7 nautical miles (8 miles; 13 kilometers) off Nuuk — the capital of the vast, ice-covered territory — and transferred to a hospital in the city. The crew member was retrieved by a Danish Seahawk helicopter that had been deployed on an inspection ship.Also late Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans to deploy a hospital ship to the Danish autonomous territory of Greenland, all
A policy wonk who wants Nancy Pelosi’s House seat is unafraid of a fight
The shift angered some Jewish groups and led Wiener to step down as co-chair of the state Legislative Jewish Caucus.“For a period of time I chose not to use the word ‘genocide’ because it is so sensitive within the Jewish community,” he said in an interview with The Associated Press. “But ultimately I decided I had been effectively saying ‘genocide’ for quite some time.”Leading high-profile legislationWiener, known for his calm demeanor, is often at the center of California’s most divisive
The US deported a gay asylum-seeker to a third country where homosexuality is illegal
But it was the violence from her family that forced Farah, a 21-year-old gay woman, to flee the country.After a long journey to the United States and a third-country deportation by the Trump administration, however, Farah said she is now back in Morocco and in hiding.“It is hard to live and work with the fear of being tracked once again by my family,” she told The Associated Press, in a rare testimony from a person deported via a third country despite having protection orders from a U.S. immigra
Ruling against Trump’s tariffs creates new uncertainty in US trade relations with China
Both sides also want to maintain a fragile trade truce and stabilize ties ahead of Trump’s highly anticipated trip to Beijing.“It will give China a moral boost in their negotiations with Trump’s team ahead of the summit, but they are prepared for the scenario that nothing actually changes in reality,” said Sun Yun, director of the China program at the Stimson Center, a Washington-based think tank.Furious about the defeat, Trump said first he was imposing a temporary 10% global tariff
NYC nursing walkout ends as last striking nurses approve new contract
Union members voted on it Friday and Saturday.Provisions included staffing improvements, raises topping 12% over three years and safeguards on the use of artificial intelligence, according to the union.The union has said the strike initially involved about 15,000 nurses overall at Montefiore, Mount Sinai and NewYork-Presbyterian. It affected only some facilities within the three systems and didn’t involve any city-run hospitals.During the strike, Montefiore, Mount Sinai and NewYork-Presbyt
Trump approves disaster assistance to DC to help with sewage spill into Potomac River
Wes Moore.He said in his social media posts criticizing the response that local officials had not asked for emergency help and he intended to step in.However, the federal government was already involved in the repair and assessing the impact of the leak through the Environmental Protection Agency. The 72-inch (183 centimeter) pipeline, known as the Potomac Interceptor, burst on Jan. 19, sending 250 million gallons of untreated sewage into the Potomac River just north of Washington in the first f
It’s on: US and Canada face off for Olympic gold in men’s hockey as Winter Games come to a close
going through Sweden and Canada getting past Czechia and Finland to make the most-anticipated final possible happen.A gold medal would still mean everything to the players and coaches involved, but it feels right to have the two border rivals as the last teams standing in Milan.“If you’re going to get through to your goal, you’re going to probably have to go through them at some point,” U.S. winger Matthew Tkachuk said. “They’ve had the success in pretty much all the Olympics that NH
JPMorgan concedes it closed Trump’s accounts after Jan. 6 attack
<p><block></p><p>NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan Chase acknowledged for the first time that it closed the bank accounts of President Donald Trump and several of his businesses in the political and legal aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021 attacks on the U.S. Capitol, the latest development in a legal saga over the controversial practice of “debanking.” </p><p>The acknowledgment came in a court filing submitted this week in Trump’s lawsuit against the bank and its leader, Jamie Dimon. The president sued for $5 billion, alleging that his accounts were closed for political reasons, disrupting his business operations. </p><p>“In February 2021, JPMorgan informed Plaintiffs that certain accounts maintained with JPMorgan’s CB and PB would be closed,” JPMorgan’s former chief administrative officer Dan Wilkening wrote in the court filing. The “PB” and “CB” stands for JPMorgan’s private bank and commercial bank. </p><p>Until now, JPMorgan has never admitted it closed the president’s accounts, and would only speak hypothetically about when the bank closes accounts and its reasons for closing accounts. </p><p>Emails and text messages to a spokesman for the bank were not returned. </p><p>Trump originally sued JPMorgan in Florida state court, where Trump’s primary residence is now located. JPMorgan Chase is looking to have the case moved to New York, which is where the bank accounts were located and where Trump kept much of his business operations until recently. </p><p>Trump accuses the bank of trade libel and accuses Dimon himself of violating Florida’s Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act.</p><p>In the original lawsuit, Trump alleges he tried to raise the issue personally with Dimon after the bank started to close his accounts, and that Dimon assured Trump he would figure out what was happening. The lawsuit alleges Dimon failed to follow up with Trump. </p><p>Further, Trump’s lawyers allege that JPMorgan placed the president and his companies on a reputational “blacklist” that both JPMorgan and other banks use to keep clients from opening accounts with them in the future.</p><p>JPMorgan has previously said it believes the suit has no merit.</p><p>Debanking occurs when a bank closes the accounts of a customer or refuses to do business with a customer in the form of loans or other services. Once a relatively obscure issue in finance, debanking has become a politically charged issue in recent years, with conservative politicians arguing that banks have discriminated against them and their affiliated interests.</p><p>“In a devastating concession that proves President Trump’s entire claim, JPMorgan Chase admitted to unlawfully and intentionally de-banking President Trump, his family, and his businesses, causing overwhelming financial harm,” the president’s lawyers said in a statement. President Trump is standing up for all those wrongly debanked by JPMorgan Chase and its cohorts, and will see this case to a just and proper conclusion.”</p><p>Debanking first became a national issue when conservatives accused the Obama administration of pressuring banks to stop extending services to gun stores and payday lenders under “Operation Choke Point.”</p><p>Trump and other conservative figures have alleged that banks cut them off from their accounts under the umbrella term of “reputational risk” after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Since Trump came back into office, the president’s banking regulators have moved to stop any banks from using “reputational risk” as a reason for denying service to customers.</p><p>This is not the first lawsuit Trump has filed against a big bank alleging that he was debanked. The Trump Organization sued credit card giant Capital One in March 2025 for similar reasons and allegations. The case is ongoing. </p><p></block></p>
A helicopter heads into California’s Sierra Nevada as crews battle brutal conditions to recover 8
Sunday.Officials said on Friday that they were using water to break up the snow in the area as avalanche mitigation work, a technique that is designed to intentionally release unstable snowpack to reduce the risk when rescue crews go in.The mitigation and search efforts have included California Highway Patrol air operations, Nevada County Sheriff’s search and rescue, Tahoe Nordic search and rescue, the utility company Pacific Gas & Electric, the Sierra avalanche center and others. The Nevada
Ghislaine Maxwell fights release of more Epstein documents, calling disclosure law unconstitutional
They said the documents include transcripts of over 30 depositions and private information regarding financial and sexual matters related to Maxwell and others.Some records from the year-long exchange of evidence in the lawsuit battle were already released publicly in response to a federal appeals court order.Maxwell’s lawyers say a law Congress passed in December to force the release of millions of Epstein-related documents violates the Constitution’s separation of powers doctrine. “Congress ca
Shooting on Seattle’s Capitol Hill leaves one man dead
Police detectives are trying to sort out what led to a deadly shooting on Seattle’s Capitol Hill Friday night.Around 10:20 p.m, near East Pine Street and Belmont Avenue, police say a man was shot several times.When officers arrived, they found an adult male suffering from gunshot wounds to the chest and neck.Officers gave the man first aid until medics from the Seattle Fire Department arrived.Their attempts to save the man’s life were not successful.Medics declared him dead at the scene.Accordin
Global leaders and businesses pore over fallout of more US tariff swoons
Supreme Court ruling to invalidate some Trump administration tariffs, as business and governments around the world pored over the possible fallout from moves in Washington on the global economy.The emergency meeting announced by the Trade Ministry in Seoul came as officials from South Korea to South America and beyond acknowledged tariffs would remain on some specific exports to the U.S., like automobiles and steel, that aren’t affected by the U.S. high court decision. It marked yet anothe