Seattle students take part in summer school to unlearn racism
In the sweltering heat of Bethany United Church of Christ’s sanctuary, youths ages 11 to 24 are sacrificing a week of summer to experience an immersive anti-racist education.
View ArticleNORAD: Fighter jets were trying to direct stolen plane over Pacific Ocean...
The man who was flying the plane, identified as a 29-year-old Horizon Air employee, was presumed killed in the crash on sparsely populated Ketron Island. No one else was believed to be on board the...
View ArticleAlbania hit by magnitude 5.1 earthquake; buildings crack
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 struck off northern Albania on Saturday, damaging some buildings, authorities said. Albania’s Institute of Geosciences, Energy,...
View ArticleAlbania hit by magnitudes 5.4 and 5.1 tremors; homes crack
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Northern Albania was struck Saturday by two earthquakes with preliminary magnitudes of 5.4 and 5.1, damaging scores of buildings, authorities said. Albania’s Defense Ministry...
View ArticleMan who took Horizon Air plane from Sea-Tac Airport was quiet, well liked,...
Richard Russell was "a quiet guy. It seemed like he was well liked by the other workers," said Rick Christenson, an operational supervisor with Horizon Air who retired in May. "I feel really bad for...
View ArticleLet’s listen to Seattle’s ‘real-estate rainmaker’ when he says $800M Safeco...
Craig Kinzer is a sports booster who helped clear the land for the publicly financed Safeco Field in the 1990s. Now he’s turned into the No. 1 critic of a new lease deal for the stadium that includes...
View ArticleFamily: Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul dies at 85
LONDON (AP) — V.S. Naipaul, the Trinidad-born Nobel laureate whose celebrated writing and brittle, provocative personality drew admiration and revulsion in equal measures, died Saturday at his London...
View ArticleNobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul dies at 85
LONDON (AP) — V.S. Naipaul, the Trinidad-born Nobel laureate whose celebrated writing and brittle, provocative personality drew admiration and revulsion in equal measures, died Saturday at his London...
View ArticleStolen Horizon Air plane ‘a serious breach,’ could point to flaws in airport...
RichardRussell, a Horizon Air ground crew member, underwent criminal background checks to get hired and was fully credentialed to be in the area where he stole the plane, but his heist raises questions...
View ArticleStolen Horizon Air plane ‘a serious breach,’ raises questions about airport...
RichardRussell, a Horizon Air ground crew member, underwent criminal background checks to get hired and was fully credentialed to be in the area where he stole the plane, but his heist raises questions...
View ArticleAlaska agency pulls political campaign signs from roadsides, but none...
Some political figures question the Alaska Department of Transportation’s timing in yanking the roadside signs. Gov. Bill Walker is up for re-election, and the primary is Aug. 21.
View ArticleSeattle’s Sub Pop knows how to throw a party
Seattle’s Sub Pop record label celebrated its 30th anniversary with a free concert at Alki Beach on Saturday.
View ArticleSea-Tac air traffic controller faced ‘one in a million’ scenario with stolen...
Negotiating with a ground-crew member flying upside down above Puget Sound is normally not part of the job description. Yet that was the scenario Friday night, after Horizon Air employee Richard...
View Article‘We were all screaming, ‘Oh my god’’ : How the Horizon Air theft and crash...
Eyewitnesses, Sea-Tac passengers, airport audio and other accounts create a detailed look at the chaos that unfolded as a Horizon Air employee stole a plane and crashed it on Ketron Island in south...
View ArticleAfter 17 days and 1,000 miles, mother orca Tahlequah drops her dead calf
Tahlequah, the mother orca whale whose plight captivated people around the world, is no longer carrying her calf.
View ArticleA Sputnik-era dream: NASA spacecraft hurtles toward the sun
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Embarking on a mission that scientists have been dreaming of since the Sputnik era, a NASA spacecraft hurtled Sunday toward the sun on a quest to unlock some of its...
View ArticleNASA spacecraft rockets toward sun for closest look yet
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft rocketed toward the sun Sunday on an unprecedented quest to get closer to our star than anything ever sent before. The Parker Solar Probe will fly straight...
View Article‘Touch the sun’: NASA spacecraft hurtles toward our star
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Embarking on a mission that scientists have been dreaming of since the Sputnik era, a NASA spacecraft hurtled Sunday toward the sun on a quest to unlock some of its...
View Article‘Wow, here we go’: NASA spacecraft hurtles toward the sun
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Embarking on a mission that scientists have been dreaming of since the Sputnik era, a NASA spacecraft hurtled Sunday toward the sun on a quest to unlock some of its...
View ArticleAs Trump considers penalties, Seattle-area immigrants turn down public...
Immigrants are withdrawing their children from health care and turning down food stamps as the Trump administration considers penalizing those who use public benefits — even if they’re legally in the U.S.
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