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Turkey, Egypt and Qatar say intensified Israeli strikes that killed at least 16 Palestinians since Tuesday threaten to unravel the Gaza ceasefire, days after a Kushner-led delegation left the region without narrowing the standoff over Hamas disarmament.

A new state filing splits the cuts between store-design roles and IT staff who declined to relocate to Nashville, the fourth round of Washington layoffs in 18 months even as Starbucks posts revenue growth.

A first-of-its-kind state model shows an Alaska megaquake's tsunami reaching the Navy's Bangor submarine base within hours, while a separate earlier study already flagged Bremerton's shipyard.

A new online work zone and first responder course becomes mandatory Nov. 1 for first-time Washington drivers under 25, the first piece of a training overhaul that phases in through 2030.

A new 7.31-acre park at Koura and Miller roads preserves the history of the family who ran Bainbridge Island's largest strawberry farm before being forced from their homes in 1942.

Washington's Legislative Ethics Board found Rep. Tarra Simmons, D-Bremerton, personally benefited from a $1 million grant that helped fund her $120,000 nonprofit salary, and that she retaliated against the employee who complained. She denies wrongdoing and will appeal.

Ukraine sent hundreds of drones into Russia overnight, killing six and hitting a rocket-fuel plant and a retailer's warehouse tied to military supply, as Russia struck back at Kyiv and a Spanish F-18 downed a drone over Romania.

A CENTCOM commander's visit, a defense secretary's dismissal and a president's remark deepened a Washington, D.C. fight over the carrier's conditions. The Navy has said it is likely to become Bremerton's second permanent carrier.