Corrected version The Bellevue City Council needs a strong ethics policy because of the size and scope of the city’s responsibilities.  Three council members have been investigated and cleared of conflicts of interest in recent years.  An outside investigator cleared Bellevue City Co

New York City police say there have been two more reports of possible anti-gay attacks, following the killing of a gay man taunted with homophobic slurs.

Sounders FC midfielder Brad Evans was announced Tuesday as a new addition to U.S. men’s national training camp coming up for a pair of international friendlies and then a trio of World Cup qualifiers. Evans, 28, has played seven games for the USMNT, including his first here in Seattle during t

Reassuring comments from a Federal Reserve official and better earnings from two big retailers helped push the stock market higher Tuesday.

As police in West Valley City, Utah, close the case into the disappearance of Susan Powell, they release new details from case files, among them that Josh Powell had an affair in the months before his wife vanished.

A man accused of vandalizing a 1929 Pablo Picasso painting in a Houston museum - an act that was caught on cellphone video - agreed Tuesday to a two-year prison term as part of a plea deal with prosecutors.

Home Depot Inc.'s first-quarter net income rose 18 percent, thanks to the ongoing housing recovery, despite a chilly and wet spring.

Republicans controlling the House are pressing ahead with slashing cuts to domestic programs far deeper than the cuts departments like Education, Interior and State are facing under an already painful round of automatic austerity.

Bruton Smith just can't help himself sometimes.

The annulment of the genocide conviction of Guatemala's former U.S-backed dictator and restart his trial halfway through could spawn interminable delays in the effort to see him jailed for the massacre of thousands of Mayans, victims' advocates said Tuesday.

A senior House Republican says U.S. military forces weren't in a position to help those under attack at a U.S. diplomatic post in Libya because the State Department had failed to ask the Pentagon for help in securing the compound before the raid.

Iran's election overseers removed potential wild-card candidates from the presidential race Tuesday, blocking a top aide of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a former president who revived hopes of reformers.