Kevin Williamson Has Terrible Ideas, But He Got One Thing Right
by Katie Herzog Getty Images This week's media drama unfolded at The Atlantic, after editor Jeffrey Goldberg hired, and then fired, Kevin Williamson, a conservative commentator for the National Review...
View ArticleDow Is Tanking, Job Report Is Disappointing, and Trump Believes He Is a...
by Charles Mudede NosUA/gettyimages.com The millions of white American who voted for Trump in 2016 willfully forgot why they voted for Obama in 2008. It was not for enlightened reasons, but out of...
View ArticleThousands of Dollars of Audio Gear Was Stolen from Seattle Music Venue Timbre...
Earlier this week, thieves broke and entered Seattle music venue Timbre Room and stole several pieces of audio gear worth several thousand dollars. Luckily, some have serial numbers.by Dave SegalA very...
View ArticleCity Arts magazine launches crowdfunding to become independent; Stranger...
Changes in local arts coverage: After a decade, City Arts magazine tries an Indiegogo campaign to spin itself off from Encore Media Group and the Stranger Genius Awards are postponed again as they...
View ArticleAmanda Palmer Wants To Party with You This Sunday After Her Show
by Sophia StephensAmanda Palmer is stopping in Seattle this Sunday. Kyle Cassidy Unapologetically bold musician, dancer, poet, performer, and actress Amanda Palmer is known for exploring radical...
View ArticleJudge OKs state's suit against opioid maker
Washington can go ahead with a lawsuit against opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma, which has made billions of dollars from sales of the painkiller OxyContin. A King County Superior Court judge turned...
View ArticleBrilliant Jazz Pianist Cecil Taylor Is No Longer Among the Living
by Charles Mudede The movement of free jazz had two defining figures. One: Ornette Coleman; two: Cecil Taylor. The former was self-taught; the latter was trained at the prestigious New England...
View ArticleCongestion tolling could finally break Seattle’s working poor; here’s a...
Mayor Jenny Durkan wants to set up a pricey cordon of photo tolls around downtown, to ease congestion. There is another way — one that won’t cost the commuting public — if only city leaders weren’t so...
View ArticleHomeless hurt most by Metro’s fare-enforcement program, new King County audit...
“Transit cannot determine whether its model of fare enforcement makes sense, in terms of costs or outcomes, or identify ways to improve it,” a new King County audit says.
View ArticleWhat would happen in a nuclear attack? Interactive graphic shows blast zone...
Ever wonder what it would look like if a nuke dropped on downtown Seattle? Now you can visit an interactive graphic to fulfill that dark desire.
View ArticleMan drops gun during Kilmer town hall meeting in Bremerton
BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say a man found a handgun on the floor at a town hall forum hosted by U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer at Olympic College. The Kitsap Sun reports no one was injured during the...
View ArticleAttempted burglary in Queen Anne ends with suspects on the roof
Seattle Police arrested two suspects who attempted to hide on the roof of a house they tried to burglarize Friday night. A woman who was housesitting in Queen Anne at the 1500 block of Gilliam Drive...
View Article'He was everything': Friends remember slain Seattle rapper, basketball player
Trevon McKoy, 21, died early Sunday morning with a single gunshot wound to the head after performing a set at the all-ages Vera Project at Seattle Center that Saturday night.
View ArticleBefore Stormy Daniels, her attorney faced allegations of dubious business...
Michael Avenatti has become a cable news celebrity for accusing Donald Trump of trying to silence his porn-star client, but his involvement with Tully’s Coffee has been a source of legal headaches.
View ArticleSymptoms from stopping antidepressants are largely a mystery
Many who try to quit say they cannot because of withdrawal symptoms they were never warned about.
View ArticleScholars working to archive historic Butte fashion
The history of a Montana copper mining town comes alive in a rare collection of vintage clothing.
View ArticleArea organic dairy farmers struggle with low milk prices
Money is “screaming tight” for organic dairy farmers in the Skagit Valley as they confront declining dairy prices and higher costs.
View ArticleSeattle civil-rights leader Rev. Dr. Samuel B. McKinney dies at 91
The Rev. Dr. Samuel B. McKinney, pastor emeritus of Mount Zion Baptist Church in Seattle, had an influence that went far beyond the walls of his church.
View ArticleWho were the Harts, really? Mystery surrounds family that plunged off...
The Woodland, Washington, family left a trail of abuse allegations after their SUV plummeted from a 150-foot cliff onto the oceanside rocks below. But clues can be found, including the two moms’...
View ArticleFormer UW Husky to row across Pacific Ocean for environmental awareness
Eliza Dawson will row in a race across the Pacific Ocean this June, crossing parts of a massive gyre of pulverized plastic garbage, as part of an effort to raise awareness of humankind’s impacts on the...
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