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OLYMPIA, Wash. — Hundreds of demonstrators filled the streets of downtown Olympia on May 3, rallying for workers’ rights, healthcare access, and immigrant protections. The “All Labor March,” organized by local labor leaders, began at the Tivoli Fountain on the Capitol Campus and concluded at Sylvester Park.“We want to get behind these union folks here too we depend on them here they’re bringing a lot of good job and good quality work,” said James Elsner an activist who attended the protest. PREVIOUSLY | Thousands gather for May Day demonstrations, marches around western WashingtonActivists emphasized the importance of standing in solidarity…

Employees at the government-funded international news service Voice of America are allowed to start a “phased return” to the office and begin programming as soon as next week following President Donald Trump’s attempt to dismantle the media organization, the Washington Post reported. In an email also obtained by Politico, Michael Abramowitz, the director of Voice of America, said the Department of Justice told him the  U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which oversees VOA and gives federal funding to nonprofit grantees, is restoring access to employee accounts.  Trump order  A March executive order signed by Trump mandated the elimination of…

LOS ANGELES – For a show about a Christian megachurch pastor and his nepo baby children — between the sex, violence and full-frontal nudity courtesy of Walton Goggins — the final season of “The Righteous Gemstones” is rife with its trademark depravity.But Danny McBride, who stars in and created the HBO series, has always hoped it would speak to people of faith, even as he acknowledged his crude sense of humor might not be for everyone.“My hope honestly with creating the show was that people who were religious would watch it. That, ultimately, they would understand that this isn’t making…

SEATTLE — A day after a drive-by shooting at Be’er Sheva Park, the community is still reeling from the terrifying incident that left two people injured and many narrowly escaping harm. Witnesses described the chaotic scene as gunfire erupted in the crowded park.”All of a sudden, ‘pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop!’” one witness said, recounting the rapid succession of shots that rang out.RELATED: 8-year-old girl among 2 injured in drive-by shooting at south Seattle parkAnother witness shared their harrowing experience: “My son was on the swing, my daughter was on the bench next to me, and I said ‘get…

Scattered rain and isolated thunderstorms continue this evening into the overnight hours. Temperatures will be seasonable with a low near 50. Expect much of the same for your Sunday. The rain will not be as consistent as it was today, however another half inch or so is expected for most areas. TONIGHT: Scattered showers, mild, low 51.SUNDAY: Scattered showers, cool, high 63.MONDAY: Chance of showers, cool high 63.TUESDAY: Chance of showers, a bit warmer, high 67.WEDNESDAY: Partly cloudy, seasonable, high 73.THURSDAY: Partly cloudy, seasonable high 70.FRIDAY: Mostly sunny, average temperatures, high 70.SATURDAY: Mostly sunny, warmer, high 75.A smaller chance for…

Scattered rain and isolated thunderstorms continue this evening into the overnight hours. Temperatures will be seasonable with a low near 50. Expect much of the same for your Sunday. The rain will not be as consistent as it was today, however another half inch or so is expected for most areas. TONIGHT: Scattered showers, mild, low 51.SUNDAY: Scattered showers, cool, high 63.MONDAY: Chance of showers, cool high 63.TUESDAY: Chance of showers, a bit warmer, high 67.WEDNESDAY: Partly cloudy, seasonable, high 73.THURSDAY: Partly cloudy, seasonable high 70.FRIDAY: Mostly sunny, average temperatures, high 70.SATURDAY: Mostly sunny, warmer, high 75.A smaller chance for…

Though it may seem counterintuitive, Suffolk County’s district attorney said Thursday, prosecutors believe creating an avenue to charge people with less serious crimes for animal cruelty would actually do more to deter it.In Massachusetts, it’s a felony to commit an act of animal cruelty, Suffolk County DA Kevin Hayden said at an advocacy event at the State House coordinated by MSPCA, Animal Legal Defense Fund, Animal Rescue League of Boston and Humane World for Animals. They’re lobbying for companion House and Senate bills bill this session that would allow for misdemeanor charges or the non-criminal seizure of animals for those…

Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States urged President Donald Trump to help work out an agreement with India, according to a Fox News Digital report Friday, May 2.  In an exclusive interview with the news outlet, Ambassador Rizwan Saeed Sheikh called what’s happening a “nuclear flashpoint.” “It could be an important part of President Trump’s legacy to attend to this situation — not with a Band-Aid solution, but by addressing the core issue: the Kashmir dispute,” he said to Fox.  Disputed territory India and Pakistan both claim the entire territory of Kashmir while controlling different parts of it. The two…

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration on Thursday imposed economic sanctions on three Mexican nationals and two Mexico-based entities involved in a drug trafficking and fuel theft network linked to Mexico’s Jalisco New Generation Cartel. It is one of Mexico’s most powerful cartels and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration says it has some 19,000 members in its ranks. The cartel developed rapidly into an extremely violent force after it split from the Sinaloa cartel after the 2010 killing of Sinaloa cartel capo Ignacio “Nacho” Coronel Villarreal by the military.The new sanctions against Jalisco New Generation, including top members Cesar Morfin Morfin…

LOS ANGELES – Diego Boneta had grown tired of Hollywood’s obsession with narco storylines for Latinos. The actor decided he would provide some new source material with his debut novel, out Thursday, a self-described “murder mystery, sexual thriller” set around a fictional business dynasty.“As someone who’s from Mexico City, seeing all these stories that are Mexican stories, most of them have been about narcos or border crossing. And that is part of our culture. But that’s only this,” the actor said, gesturing to indicate it only makes up a small portion of Mexico. “So why don’t we show the other…