Booze Is a Helluva Drug: That One Time a Woman Shit in the Men's Room Urinal...
Fireworks, plummeting bodies, lost shoes, and a woman shitting in the men's room urinal: Welcome to Slog's first installment of crazy bar tales.by Dave SegalSarah Mokate is a seasoned pro at serving...
View ArticleRare signal from early universe sends scientists clues about dark matter
Ancient stars left a big fingerprint behind that scientists only now have been able to identify. It’s a big step on understanding the beginning of the universe.
View ArticleSeattle police first in state to use 'red flag law' to seize guns
The Seattle Police Department is the first law enforcement agency in the state to use the "red flag law" by taking a handgun from a man in downtown Seattle on Thursday, according to a Seattle Police...
View ArticleBill to phase out Atlantic salmon farming in Washington state nears deadline
Cooke Aquaculture has poured money into a lobbying campaign against the bill, signing up at least six lobbyists retained at a total of $72,000, according to forms filed with the state Public Disclosure...
View ArticleState kills Atlantic salmon farming in Washington
After a tough floor fight and fancy parliamentary footwork, the state Senate passed a bill phasing out Atlantic salmon net-pen farming in Washington.
View Article15 Places To Watch the 2018 Academy Awards Ceremony in Seattle
by Stranger Things To Do StaffWho will win this year? Jaguar PS / Shutterstock.com As you may have heard, the 90th Academy Awards ceremony is this Sunday, March 4 at 5 p.m. PST. Whether you've taken in...
View ArticleThe Biggest March Events
The 175 Biggest Arts, Music, Food & Culture Events Happening This Monthby Stranger Things To Do StaffMarch brings with it more than just the beginning of spring to Seattle—it also comes with lots...
View ArticleEPA chief: insufficient 'scientific facts' to support evolution
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency boss Scott Pruitt is not just a climate change skeptic, but believes there "aren't sufficient scientific facts to establish the theory of evolution." Evidence...
View ArticleProposal to give student journalists more free-speech protection is one step...
A bill that would prevent administrators from censoring the work of student journalists in public schools passed through the Washington state House Friday.
View ArticleNew Washington initiative would put fee on carbon emissions
Carbon fee initiative filed Friday in Olympia represents the latest effort to put a price on carbon and other greenhouse-gas emissions. It would put a roughly 14-cent a gallon tax on gasoline that...
View ArticleOusted Swedish surgeon claims a conspiracy, but doctors say ‘smoking gun’ is...
In bid to win back his medical license, former Swedish surgeon Johnny Delashaw says doctors fed stories to The Seattle Times to discredit him, but the document his lawyers call the “smoking gun” was...
View ArticleDoing the people’s business is apparently a lot easier without the people
It’s been a bad run for government, with a sham federal hearing, state lawmakers snubbing the public and a misbehaving, imperious agency head. All this contempt for the public by our officials is...
View ArticleCouple to restore once popular, now vacant Oregon ski lodge
An Oregon couple has begun the process of restoring a deteriorating Oregon ski lodge that has been vacant for more than 30 years.
View ArticleEmerald City Comic Con arrives in Seattle
Don’t be alarmed if you see superheroes, Jedi, villains and other otherworldly beings swarming around the Washington State Convention Center this weekend. They’re in town for the 2018 Emerald City...
View ArticleEven after Gov. Inslee’s veto, public records will remain an issue in Olympia
After a weeklong brawl over the Washington Legislature’s now-vetoed public-records bill, lawmakers and others Friday were still processing what lies ahead on transparency at the Capitol.
View ArticleReagan's Induction into Dept of Labor's Hall of Honor Is Cynical, Even by...
by Sean NelsonIn other news, the Trump administration has also named Reagan the first black president. How much disgrace can the Trump administration fit into its latest disgrace? A question worth...
View ArticleWashington Senate bill tackles pesticide drift that can sicken people nearby
Senate Bill 6529, sponsored by Sen. Rebecca Saldaña, D-Seattle, would create a work group to review data from the Department of Health on pesticide-exposure incidents.
View ArticleBremerton man charged in assault of 71-year-old landlady
PORT ORCHARD, Wash. (AP) — A Bremerton man has been charged with assaulting his 71-year-old landlady, threatening to kill her and forcing her to driver him around to look for a man he wanted to kill....
View ArticleFlorida python devours deer that weighs nearly 4 lbs. more
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Researchers studying invasive Burmese pythons in Florida came upon something they’d never seen before: an 11-foot-long python had consumed an entire deer that weighed more than the...
View ArticleTeenager dies after fall from Rattlesnake Ledge near North Bend
The 16-year-old boy had been hiking with a group of three others.
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