Warning: Stifling sneezes can be health hazard in rare cases
LONDON (AP) — Tempted to stifle a loud or untimely sneeze? Let it out instead, doctors in England warned Monday based on the very unusual case of a man who ruptured the back of his throat when he tried...
View ArticleSeattle-Area Rents Drop to a Level That's Still Far from Affordable for Most
by Charles Mudede"When rents dip, I dip, you dip, we dip." gollykim/gettyimages.com According to Mike Rosenberg, the Seattle Times business reporter, rents in King and Snohomish counties are finally...
View ArticleGospel star Edwin Hawkins, known for ‘Oh Happy Day,’ dies
Along with Andrae Crouch, James Cleveland and a handful of others, Hawkins was credited as a founder of modern gospel music.
View ArticleConnelly: Rep. Jayapal to boycott Trump's State of the Union
Washington's Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal will boycott President Trump's State-of-the-Union speech at the end of the month, decrying "the racism and the hatred coming out of the White House."
View ArticleVoices from Seattle's MLK Day March
"Dr. King stood for equality for all. Socially, we've lost some of that today."by Eli SandersRay Clark with his family at today's Martin Luther King, Jr. march in Seattle. ES Ray Clark, 42 Seattle...
View ArticleAdd Rep. Pramila Jayapal to the List of Dems Boycotting the State of the Union
by Steven HsiehANNOUNCEMENT: With all the racism coming from the White House, I will NOT be attending @realDonaldTrump's State of the Union.Instead, we'll focus on the State of OUR Union, our...
View ArticleOn Martin Luther King Jr. Day, thousands gather and march through Seattle
Monday's MLK Jr. march was one of many events in the Puget Sound area and across the nation honoring the civil-rights leader.
View ArticleGlowing red lava rolls down slopes of Philippine volcano
LEGAZPI, Philippines (AP) — Glowing red lava was rolling down the slopes of a Philippine volcano as authorities maintain a warning of a possible hazardous eruption. The Philippine Institute of...
View ArticleNow in the majority, Washington state Democrats press for tighter gun laws
Emboldened by their new one-vote majority in the state Senate, Democrats are pushing forward on gun regulations in the Washington Legislature, such as bans on bump-stocks and high-capacity magazines....
View ArticleOregon considers cap-and-trade system for carbon emissions
The program would be designed to link with existing markets in California and Canada.
View ArticleVolcano in Papua New Guinea little known, hard to predict
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — People in Papua New Guinea are being warned that an eruption of a volcano in the South Pacific nation could also cause a local tsunami. The volcano on Kadovar Island has been...
View ArticleMost people got an ‘F’ on our year-end education quiz
Nearly half of the 1,000 people who took our education news quiz couldn’t identify a photo of our state schools chief.
View ArticleConnelly: Most of National Park board quits
Nine of 12 members on the National Park System Advisory Board quit because U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke won't meet with them, and did not convene a single meeting last year.
View ArticleTillerson tells Korea summit in B.C. that airline passengers saw missile launch
The Vancouver summit co-hosted by Canada for the United States’ Korean War allies is seeking diplomatic ways to avert the urgent threat of conflict with a nuclear-armed North Korea.
View ArticleSeattle area: We just experienced a wildly warm, record-breaking series of...
Thermometers on Monday, for instance, tallied the highest temperature ever recorded by the National Weather Service in January.
View ArticleOften less visible, Yakima area’s homeless youth and young adult population...
Each afternoon, Cory Butler heads to Rod’s House — a drop-in center for homeless youth and young adults in downtown Yakima — where he waits to be taken across town to a new overnight winter shelter for...
View ArticleBetsy DeVos approves Washington state’s Every Student Succeeds Act plan
The approval of Washington’s plan to fulfill the requirements of the federal Every Student Succeeds Act comes after more than a year of work by state education officials, months of waiting and a few...
View ArticleThai court drops royal insult charges against academic
BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai military court on Wednesday dropped royal insult charges against an 84-year old historian who questioned whether a Thai king had actually defeated a Burmese adversary in combat on...
View ArticleWalmart offers way to turn leftover opioids into useless gel
Walmart is helping customers get rid of leftover opioids by giving them packets that turn the addictive painkillers into a useless gel. The retail giant announced Wednesday that it will provide the...
View ArticleMontana State fraternity to be shut down for 3 years
BOZEMAN, Mont. — Montana State University’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity will be shutting down for the next three academic years. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports that university officials on...
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