Judge rejects Seattle’s first-come, first-served rental law as unconstitutional
Choosing a tenant “is a fundamental attribute of property ownership,” King County Superior Court Judge Suzanne Parisien said in a written ruling.
View ArticleJudge Rules Against Seattle's First-in-Time Rental Law
The law was meant to combat unconscious bias.by Heidi Groover SCOTT OLSON/GETTY A King County Superior Court judge has struck down a landmark Seattle law that required landlords to rent to the first...
View ArticleCar-sharing companies ReachNow, Car2Go to merge
For those who tire of turning to one and then the other car-sharing app in search of a ride, this news will make things easier.
View ArticleSecondhand Smoke and Mirrors
Results from cannabis studies leave a lot to be desired.by Josh JardineCannabis research is fantastic, and cannabis science is really cool. And it looks like we still need a lot more of both, because...
View ArticleWoman’s body found in Lake Stevens
The woman's death does not appear to be the result of foul play, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office.
View ArticleWashington governor signs ban on sexual-orientation conversion therapy
The new law, which takes effect in June, will deem it “unprofessional conduct” for a licensed health-care provider to perform conversion therapy on a patient under the age of 18.
View ArticleProvidence, Swedish services to pay $1.4M over lab-work complaint
Providence and Swedish health services have been fined $1.4 million after the Washington Attorney General’s Office determined they had used a laboratory that fell outside its network, resulting in...
View ArticleSeattle’s Refugee Women’s Alliance building gets $5.5M expansion … and a...
The addition will provide space for more multilingual preschool classrooms, as well as a teen center, a gathering hall and meeting space. ReWA provides job training, language courses, case management...
View Article2 teen girls shot, killed in Burien
BURIEN, Washington -- King County sheriff's deputies are investigating after two teen girls were killed in a shooting in Burien on Wednesday night.
View ArticleAnother New Mexico town seeks awareness on Trinity Test harm
CARRIZOZO, N.M. (AP) — A small, New Mexico railroad town that received a large part of the residue from the world’s first atomic test wants to share its story. The Alamogordo Daily News reports...
View ArticleSerial Subject Adnan Syed Will Get a New Trial
by Katie HerzogAdnan Syed, the subject of the popular podcast Serial, has been granted a new trial.Syed was convicted 18 years ago on charges of first degree murder, robbery, kidnapping, and false...
View ArticleNew dean named for UW law school
Mario Barnes, a professor at the University of California, Irvine, will become the University of Washington law school’s dean.
View ArticleCharges: Renton Montessori teacher molested students
A 27-year-old Renton Montessori teacher is accused of molesting two 11-year-old students and trying to assault a third.
View Article"We're Like Family at this Laundry": UW Medicine Laundry Workers Fear Job Cuts
The University of Washington wants to privatize its laundry service.by Heidi GrooverPatricia Thomas and other workers at UW Medicine's laundry worry privatizing the laundry could kill their jobs. HG...
View ArticleMichigan orders closure of 210 medical-marijuana shops
The cease-and-desist orders come as the state continues more tightly regulating the medical-marijuana industry under a 2016 law that aimed in part to address confusion surrounding the legality of...
View ArticleGrant County substitute teacher arrested in voyeurism case
The investigation began in October when a 9-year-old girl reported that the teacherhad used his phone to record under her dress in her classroom, authorities said.
View ArticleCharge: Murder suspect captured while peeing in public
King County deputies believe that a 45-year-old man they caught publicly urinating matched the description of someone who killed a homeless man on the street south of Seattle just days earlier.
View ArticleOur Weird Universe Got Weirder: Galaxy Without Dark Matter Discovered
by Charles MudedeGhost Galaxy This Hubble Space Telescope It seems to us that most of the universe is made up of something we simply call dark energy. The way to think of this unknown and possibly...
View ArticleAPNewsBreak: California Judge: Coffee needs cancer warnings
A nonprofit group had sued coffee roasters, distributors and retailers under a state law that requires warnings on a wide range of chemicals that can cause cancer.
View ArticleCalifornians to take their coffee with a cancer warning
A Los Angeles judge has determined that coffee companies must carry an ominous cancer warning label because of a chemical produced in the roasting process.
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