Motorcyclist’s neck cut by fishing line tied across Pierce County road
The Pierce County Sheriff's Department says investigators found the line that may have been tied from a utility pole to tree across the road.
View ArticleColorectal cancer screening should start at age 45, not 50, American Cancer...
The American Cancer Society, responding to a rise in colorectal cancer rates among younger people, is now recommending that adults undergo screening for the disease beginning at age 45 rather than 50....
View ArticleSlog AM: Canadian Pipeline Deal Threatens Puget Sound Orcas, Secret Seattle...
Scotland is ahead of the curve, watch where you roast your 'mallows, where in the world is Melania Trump?by Nathalie Graham"Save us Jay." FOKUSIERT / GETTY Gov. Jay Inslee fears for the orcas: Canada’s...
View ArticleDurkan plans to boost homeless shelter beds in Seattle
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan proposes new and expanded shelters with a one-time sale of city-owned land.
View ArticleSheriff’s deputy barricades himself in Capitol Hill building, prompts street...
Seattle police and SWAT are blocking a Capitol Hill street to barricade in a domestic-violence suspect.
View ArticleIn Seattle-Made Indie Sci Fi Flick Prospect, the Pacific Northwest Is a Whole...
by Charles Mudede Shep Films Is this the first major work of Northwest science fiction? Indeed, Prospect imagines a moon that is like the evergreen forests that surround Seattle. The whole planet is...
View ArticleSeattle SWAT Team Standing Off With King County Sheriff's Deputy Suspected of...
by Steven HsiehA Seattle Police Department SWAT team is negotiating with a King County sheriff’s deputy who has barricaded himself in an apartment on Belmont Avenue, according to a spokesperson. Police...
View ArticleCancer Doctors: Prescribe Weed, Please
by Josh Jardine PHOTOBYLOVE / GETTY IMAGES When people don't want to talk to their doctor about using cannabis, it's often because they fear being judged and lectured on their choices, and offered...
View ArticleValve Drops School Shooting Game
by Katie Herzog Revive InteractiveBellevue-based gaming company Valve has announced that they will remove a controversial game from their online marketplace Steam. The game, Active Shooter, came under...
View ArticleSyrian Refugees Face the Disorienting Experience of Settling into a New...
by Heidi Groover As American missiles fell near Damascus in mid-April, you may have seen a number begin to circulate in your social-media feeds: 11. That’s the total number of Syrian refugees the...
View ArticleWig Out May Be the Soul/Garage-Rock DJ Night Seattle Needs
Can Seattle support another soul/garage-rock DJ night? The movers and shakers behind Wig Out at the Clock-Out Lounge are betting yes.by Dave Segal We're living in boom times for DJ nights in Seattle......
View ArticleFrom the archives: Look at Northgate Mall in the 1950s, when it was an...
Since its opening, Northgate Mall has been ever-changing.
View ArticleStudies of space, hearing and DNA attract $1 million awards
NEW YORK (AP) — Seven scientists will share three $1 million prizes for studying the birthplace of stars, the mechanisms of hearing and a widely used tool for editing DNA. Winners of the Kavli Prizes...
View ArticleI-5 work will cause major traffic delays this weekend
Scheduled work this weekend on Interstate 5 will snarl traffic in Seattle.
View ArticleSurvey: Seattle immigrants say affordable housing is their top need
The Seattle Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs worked with community organizations and used 13 languages to survey more than 5,000 local immigrants.
View ArticleBody of climber retrieved from Mount Adams
PORTLAND — Search and rescue crews recovered the body of an Oregon climber who fell on Mount Adams. Yakima County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Casey Schilperoort says the body of Alexander Edward, of...
View ArticleSlog AM: There Are 12,112 Homeless People In King County, UW PhD Student...
Trade war, Mrs. Kardashian West goes to Washington, Papua New Guinea prison resorts to desperate measuresby Nathalie GrahamThere was a 4 percent increase in this year's count of homeless people in King...
View ArticleSuperstition Rules in Chinese Fable The Widowed Witch
by Gillian Anderson This story of a woman besieged with misfortune includes a vein of magical realism. In The Widowed Witch, Er Hao has lost three husbands, leading people to believe she is cursed. She...
View ArticleAfter 15 Years, the Groundbreaking Anime FLCL Is Back
Adult Swim revives the insane, mile-a-minute show.by Morgan TroperAs an adolescent, I would stay up to watch Cartoon Network’s late-night, “big kid” block, Adult Swim. In a streaming era, admitting...
View ArticleGive a Big, Green Thumbs-Up to Nurturing Roots at Their Farm Work Day This...
Come and give a big, green thumbs-up to Nurturing Roots at their farm work day this Sunday!by Sophia StephensService Board volunteers working with lettuce and chives in the Nurturing Roots garden....
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