Fallen Tacoma firefighter lived life filled with discoveries explorations and love for all

Al Nejmeh steers the 156-foot schooner Te Vega in the Baltic Sea alongside the Rainbow Warrior II in 1989. He joined the Tacoma Fire Department in 2001. (DAN EINBENDER/Courtesy ...

Amid immigration reform calls to change asylums

As Congress debates legalizing about 11 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, immigration advocates are pushing plans they say will open the asylum process for thousands of more people who flee persecution in their home ...

Susan Powells dad gets private eye to review file

Police say they've taken their best shot at finding missing Utah mother Susan Powell. Now, her dad is hoping a review of the newly released case file - containing tens of thousands of pages of detective reports, maps, interview transcripts and more - might turn up something the investigators ...

For Mariners time for some changes has arrived

Kyle Seager reacts as Mike Trout slides in safely for a fourth-inning triple. Photo by Associated Press The last thing you want to do as a baseball team is overreact to a bad stretch. But the Mariners have reached a point where a few moves are necessary not just as a knee-jerk way to shake things up in the middle of a slump, but as a realistic means to improve the team moving forward. ...

Foster Farms recalls grilled chicken breast strips for containing allergens

With much of the country in severe drought conditions, America's farms are getting hit hard, which means food prices will only continue to rise well into 2013.  Here's how you can protect your wallet from drying ...