A Seattle police officer has been charged with fourth-degree assault arising from an off-duty incident in which he was captured on video stomping on the head of a man who was handcuffed and lying on the ground.

By Steve Miletich

Seattle Times staff reporter

Financial execs will pay for failure

By MARK DeCAMBRE

Last Updated: 4:11 AM, July 7, 2011

Posted: 12:21 AM, July 7, 2011…

Economic, demographic and social changes in Mexico are suppressing illegal immigration as much as the poor economy or legal crackdowns in the United States.

By DAMIEN CAVE

Published: July 6, 2011

AGUA NEGRA, Mexico — The extraordinary Mexican…

Published: 6 July, 2011, 04:56

The Celestial Empire is quietly buying European countries’ bonds



By Vladimir Skosyrev

Published: 06 July, 2011, 03:32

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By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM

Published: July 6, 2011

WASHINGTON — The number of dollar bills rolling off the great government presses here and in Fort Worth fell to a modern low last year. Production of $5 bills also dropped to the lowest level in 30 years.…

Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame, a Somali, is the first detainee known to have been secretly held by the Obama administration outside the criminal justice system.

Shabab militiamen in 2009 outside Mogadishu, Somalia. (Associated…

Engineer Walter Tamosaitis was sidelined by his bosses after raising concerns about the risks of dealing with radioactive waste near Hanford, Wash. A government agency supports him after a yearlong inquiry.

Energy Secretary Steven Chu testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee Energy and Water Development Subcommittee on Capitol Hill. Chu testified about the Energy Department's proposed FY2012 budget. (…

A British inquiry will investigate CIA prisoner transfer practices as part of a probe into claims that terror suspects were tortured after the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday

By DAVID STRINGER

Associated Press Originally published Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at 4:18 AM

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The U.S. government has warned domestic and international airlines that some terrorists are considering surgically implanting explosives into humans to carry out attacks, The Associated Press has learned.

By EILEEN SULLIVAN

Associated Press Originally published Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at 6:41 AM

The U.S.…

By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG

Published: July 4, 2011

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Kenneth E. Melson, acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and…

Britons could face charges for breaking US copyrights even if they have no link to America and servers are based elsewhere

Peter Walker   

guardian.co.uk, Sunday 3 July 2011 19.15 BST…

Blast at EDF's Tricastin power station in Drôme comes days after nuclear authorities found 32 safety concerns at plant

• Kim Willsher in Paris
• guardian.co.uk, Monday 4 July 2011 11.07 BST…

First Posted: 06/29/11 01:42 PM ET Updated: 06/29/11 04:03 PM ET

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's top adviser on homeland security unveiled a new national strategy for counterterrorism Tuesday, formalizing actions taken over the past two and a half years. The strategy also lays out a vision for U.S. operations going forward given the death of Osama bin Laden and…

(Reuters) - Ohio Republican Governor John Kasich on Thursday signed into law a bill that allows gun owners in the state to carry concealed weapons into bars and other places where alcohol is…

By DAN ELLIOTT

Associated Press

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) -- The Defense Department is grooming a new type of commander to coordinate the military response to domestic disasters, hoping to save lives by avoiding some of…

Posted by Kate Bergman on July 3rd, 2011

Updated: Visitors to Meridian Park were surprised to see a mysterious addition welded on one of the child-themed statues ringing the playground: a machine gun. The statue is right at the northeastern entrance to the playground — one of several statues, like a train engine and a child on stilts, created by artist Pat Maher.…

Yakima County has become the first county in the state to implement a controversial new federal program designed to crack down on illegal immigrants accused of breaking criminal laws — and it won't be the last.

By Amy Harris

Seattle Times staff reporter

By MICHAEL LUO

Published: July 2, 2011

PULASKI, Va. — In May 2009, Sam French hit bottom, once again. A relative found him face down in his carport “talking gibberish,” according to court records. He later told medical personnel that he had been conversing…