Why was murder defendant free before killings of mom, daughter in Washington state?

The family of a mother and 7-year-old daughter killed in Washington state want to know why the woman’s ex-boyfriend was granted bail on a serious domestic violence charge while facing a murder trial in Arkansas.

Man found living in Washington homeowner's attic after residents smelled cigarette smoke

The resident first noticed something was amiss when he began smelling cigarettes inside the home. In the attic, police found a makeshift bed, drug paraphernalia and half-eaten food.

Watch: Surreal 'hair ice' grows from dead branch on frozen Washington morning

Nature photographer Mathew Nichols just spent a few chilly nights in the woods of northwestern Washington documenting the surreal formation of "hair ice," which can be found when conditions are just right in the winter.

Deadly I-90 crash: Washington father and daughter killed, mother and son critically injured

A Yakima man, his cousin and 10-year-old daughter died after troopers say a semi crossed the median and crashed head-on into their sedan Thursday on Interstate 90 east of Snoqualmie Pass. His wife and son were critically injured.

Washington podcaster killed by Texas stalker had major back surgery, limited mobility before ambush

"These delusions make me fear for my life and the lives of my loved ones," the victim told a judge days earlier, saying the stalker was "completely delusional" and showed explosive anger problems.

Stalker from Texas kills podcaster and her husband in their Washington home, police say

Three people are dead after a suspected stalker broke into a Redmond, Washington home and killed a podcaster and her husband, police said. The woman's mother survived the attack, escaped and called 911.

Bills in California, Washington would let transgender people seal name-change requests

A California bill would require the sealing of petitions by minors to change their name and gender on identity documents, which experts say others have accessed in order to cyberbully and harass transgender youth.

Watch: Man fights off carjacker at gas station

"I was just freaking out, you know, just trying to be stupider and crazier than he was," the man recalled.

3 killed in 'random' Yakima, Washington convenience store shooting; suspect dead

A suspect believed to have been involved in a triple deadly shooting at a convenience store in Yakima has died of apparent self-inflicted gunshot wounds, according to police. 

Idaho murders: Cleaning crew arrives to begin crime scene removal amid news of suspect arrest

A cleaning crew tasked with going through the Moscow, Idaho, crime scene before relinquishing the home to its owners arrived early Friday morning, just hours after investigators took a suspect into custody in connection with the grisly slayings, law enforcement sources said. 

Idaho murders: Group spotted walking in background of bodycam video taken near crime scene at 3 a.m.

Several people can be seen walking in the background of police bodycam video taken near the King Road home where four University of Idaho students were killed in their sleep on Nov. 13 and around the same time.

Docs: Trafficked woman taken from California makes harrowing escape from 'vicious' Seattle pimp

A young woman made two harrowing attempts to escape her vicious pimp — including jumping out a third-story window — before being rescued by a ride-share driver who engaged in a gunfight with the man, prosecutors in Seattle said.