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Little known about suspect in Wash. ricin case
A 37-year-old janitor who has been charged with threatening to kill a federal judge in a case that involves letters containing the deadly poison ricin is a registered sex offender who lived in a rundown apartment building near downtown Spokane. Matthew Ryan Buquet remained jailed Thursday after appearing in federal ...
Pacific Army head calls for Stryker Brigade review
Hawaii is expected to keep its 22,500 active-duty soldiers, but the future of the Stryker Brigade, a team of soldiers equipped with the namesake armored vehicles, needs to be evaluated as the Army downsizes and changes its focus, according to the head of the U.S. Army of the Pacific. "We ...
Wash. State Man Arrested Following Ricin Scare
A 37-year-old Washington state man was arrested Wednesday in a case involving the discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin. Authorities say one of the letters was sent to a federal judge. (May 23)
Deputy injured in motorcycle crash dies
The King County sheriff's office says a deputy injured in an off-duty motorcycle crash on Monday night has died. Sheriff's Sgt. Cindi West said Deputy Martin Duran died Wednesday night at Tacoma General Hospital. The News Tribune says (http://is.gd/fMVIns) Pierce County sheriff's officers continue to investigate the crash near Frederickson. ...
37-year-old man charged in Wash. state ricin scare
A man was arrested Wednesday in a case involving last week's discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin. A grand jury indictment accuses Matthew Ryan Buquet, 37, of mailing a death threat to U.S. District Judge Fred Van Sickle in Spokane on May 14. A search ...
Winning numbers drawn in 'Powerball' game
The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the "Powerball" game were: 09-31-35-41-57, Powerball: 26 (nine, thirty-one, thirty-five, forty-one, fifty-seven; Powerball: twenty-six) Estimated jackpot: $40 million ___ Online: Multi-State Lottery Association: http://www.powerball.com/
Fairchild AFB still candidate for new planes
Officials from Washington expressed disappointment Wednesday that Fairchild Air Force Base was not chosen as the first home of the Air Force's new aerial refueling tankers. Members of the Kansas congressional delegation announced that McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kan., was chosen as the first base to receive the ...
McConnell selected for new Air Force tanker base
McConnell Air Force Base was selected Wednesday as the main operating site for the Air Force's new KC-46A air refueling tanker, making Wichita home to the U.S. military's largest tanker base in the world. Members of Kansas' congressional delegation issued a joint statement announcing the Air Force decision. The aircraft ...
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 countries. The Senate version of the immigration bill, which passed out of the Judiciary ...
Clearwire board approves higher Sprint offer
Clearwire wants to accept a richer buyout offer made by Sprint this week and is recommending that shareholders vote in favor of it. Sprint upped its bid by 14 percent to $2.5 billion Tuesday for the wireless data network operator. Some shareholders have opposed the deal, including Crest Financial, which ...
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