Wood frogs’ No. 1 option: Hold in pee all winter to survive
Talk about holding it. Wood frogs don't urinate all winter. Recycling urea into useful nitrogen keeps the small frogs alive as they hibernate and freeze, inside and out, scientists have found. They...
View ArticleThe (May) Day Someone Answered Kanye West's Ludicrous Bullshit on (TMZ) TV
by Sean NelsonWhere does Kanye West go from here?Jessica Fu By now you've probably heard or heard about or read or scrolled past at least 194 headlines about how Kanye West said that 400 years of...
View ArticleConnelly: At May Day march kickoff, hugs, incense, pot and a few anarchists
May Day has brought tension and confrontation in years past, but the kickoff of this year's May Day March for Immigrant and Worker Rights in Seattle was a scene of hugging, music, dancing, incense and...
View ArticleWash., 16 other states sue EPA over plan to scrap car emission standards
Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson joined 16 other states in suing the EPA Tuesday over its plans to scrap Obama-era emissions standards that would require much higher fuel mileage by 2025.
View ArticleCharges: Man rammed pedestrians to dodge going to work
When Eli Aldinger, 22, got ready to head to work at McMenamins Anderson School in Bothell for his food service job April 20, he decided he would do anything to avoid his job.
View Article93 Stranger (Than Usual) Things To Do in Seattle This Week: May 1-6, 2018
by Stranger Things To Do StaffCelebrate a new month at the Camlann Medieval Village's Festival for May, which will include maypole dancing and a special feast. Camlann Medieval Village via Facebook Our...
View ArticleWant better-behaved kids? Allow them to mess up, new parenting book suggests
In this edition of "What We're Reading," a journalist wrestling with parenthood turns the reporting lens on herself and learns that kids today may be fundamentally different than those of generations...
View ArticleMay Day marked by peaceful march, little mayhem in Seattle
From a police and public safety standpoint, Tuesday’s May Day marches and protests followed a de-escalation of violence and vandalism that has marked the event over the past few years. By the time the...
View ArticleInfections from ticks, fleas and mosquitoes have more than tripled, says CDC
During the time covered in the study, nine new germs spread by the bites from infected mosquitoes and ticks were discovered or introduced in the United States, the report said.
View ArticleDocuments: Uber driver accused of stabbing may still be working
Police and prosecutors believe that a 52-year-old Uber driver accused of stabbing a customer in October may still be driving, according to charging documents filed last week.
View ArticleSilence is...the way Amazon meetings start?
Meetings as Amazon start off more akin to a grade school reading class than a high-powered tech brainstorming session.
View ArticleHawaii is set to ban sunscreens to protect coral reefs
HONOLULU (AP) — Many sunscreen makers could soon be forced to change their formulas or be banned from selling the lotions in Hawaii. State lawmakers passed a measure this week that would ban the sale...
View ArticleHawaii poised to ban sale of some sunscreens that harm coral
HONOLULU (AP) — Many sunscreen makers could soon be forced to change their formulas or be banned from selling the lotions in Hawaii. State lawmakers passed a measure this week that would ban the sale...
View ArticleDino Rossi to Speak at an Eastern Washington Secessionist Event
Bringing us together by splitting us apart.by Rich SmithSecessionist sympathizer?Washington State SenateOur buddy from Spokane Valley, Washington State Representative Matt Shea, wants to talk about...
View ArticleTacoma to pay $1M in case of girl thrown by officer in parking lot
The amount includes $550,000 for the jury verdict and a recently negotiated amount of $450,000 for attorney's fees and costs.
View ArticleWoman who hurled rock at Amazon Spheres on May Day released from custody
The suspect was initially described by police as a masked man, but court records show she identifies as a woman.
View ArticleMore businesses are mellowing out over hiring pot smokers
Many employers are quietly taking what once would have been a radical step: They’re dropping marijuana from the drug tests they require of prospective employees. That move comes at a time when filling...
View ArticleConnelly: 'Liberty: The 51st State' -- Republicans to hear plan to split...
Two state Republican luminaries -- U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse and U.S. House hopeful Dino Rossi -- are warm-up acts at a GOP dinner where the keynote speaker will call for splitting Washington state in...
View ArticleAlaska Supreme Court hears salmon-ballot initiative case
The court heard arguments Thursday on whether the initiative dubbed Yes for Salmon can appear on the November ballot.
View ArticleAlaska’s SeaLife Center gets third chance to raise baby octopus hatchlings
Alaska SeaLife Center’s octopus Gilligan did her part. Now the aquarium hopes the third time is a charm in its efforts to raise at least one of the thousands of eggs produced by the aging mollusk.
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