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Investigators said it's possible that trailer safety chains dragging on pavement caused the fire, which has burned more than 270 acres since Tuesday.
The unrest comes ahead of planned rallies and marches that some fear could erupt into rioting.
A missing hiker was found alive in Washington state after three days in the wilderness. KING's Alex Rozier reports.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked Wisconsin from implementing the nation’s strictest voter photo ID law that could have denied more than 300,000 registered voters the right to vote in the Nov. 4 election.
In September, when AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka spoke to the convention of the Missouri AFL-CIO, he addressed the recent events in Ferguson, Mo., that led to the shooting of Michael Brown, saying that it was important for labor to be a part of the necessary conversation about race in the United States. Now the AFL-CIO, including the federation's director of civil, human and women's rights, Carmen Berkley, and Neidi Dominguez, assistant director of community engagement, will be in Missouri this weekend as part of the "Justice for All" events, including a national march and rally in St. Louis and Moral Monday-themed civil disobedience.
Jesse Matthew was questioned five years ago, after Morgan Harrington vanished in Virginia, a new report says.
Here are some headlines from the working family’s news we're reading today (after the jump).
According to recent reports (behind a paywall), U.S. trade negotiators for the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal are floating a proposal to prevent tobacco companies from using corporate courts to sue national governments over anti-smoking regulations.
Jesse Matthew was questioned five years ago, after Morgan Harrington vanished in Virginia, a new report says.
Police are investigating the possibility the remains belonged to someone who was killed 10 years ago.
