Crime plagued small businesses across the Puget Sound region over the weekend. A staggering number of Washingtonians are on some sort of food assistance as food banks prepare for a busy holiday season. A new start-up business is placing ammo vending machines in grocery stores around the country. // Madison, Wisconsin Police Chief appears to be a front runner for the Seattle Police Chief and comes with a few controversies. CNN may have helped free one of Assad’s torturers from a Syrian prison thinking he was a prisoner. // The company that created the backpack used by the alleged UnitedHealth CEO murderer Luigi Mangione is facing threats after they tried to assist the authorities with the investigation.