Seattle news

• Bertha clears demo tunneling section, heads for next pit stop

  07-03-2016 23:10
  
  Bertha tunnels forward after the machine cleared its demonstration period Monday.
  
  Read more

• Thinking Strategically, Who Should Liberals Want as the Republican Nominee?

  07-03-2016 23:08 via thestranger.com
  
  by Eli SandersIs Donald Trump the easiest Republican for Bernie or Hillary to beat in November? Or is it Cruz? Or Rubio? Or Kasich? Andrew Cline / Shutterstock.com
  Even more confusing than the question of who's best positioned to win the Republican nomination is the question of who liberals should want to win the Republican nomination.In other words: Is Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, or John Kasich most beatable in the general election?
  If these national head-to-head polls are to be believ
  
  Read more

• Things To Do for St. Patrick's Day

  07-03-2016 22:32 via thestranger.com
  
  All the Events Where You Can Listen to Celtic Music and Drink Green Beer, All in One Placeby Stranger Things To Do Staff
  
  Read more

• Seattle Drag Queen Robbie Turner Is on the New Season of RuPaul's Drag Race, Premiering Tonight

  07-03-2016 22:04 via thestranger.com
  
  by Matt Baume When she's not on TV, Robbie appears four nights a week at R Place. We stopped by R Place the other night to ask about her dressing room. MATT BAUME
  When Logo announced that Robbie Turner would be competing in this spring's season of RuPaul's Drag Race, beginning March 7, Seattle's drag community responded with a resounding "What took so damn long?" She's a fixture at R Place, hosting an evening called Robbie Turner's Playground every Wednesday at midnight. On Fridays and Saturdays
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Doesn't Hillary Have Any Bros?

  07-03-2016 21:41 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan SavageWe keep hearing about Bernie Bros—they're sexist shitbags! they're media hype! they're sexist shitbags and media hype!—but what about Hillary? Doesn't she have any bros of her own? A photo posted by Bros4Hillary (@bros4hillary) on Mar 6, 2016 at 6:12pm PST
  She does!
  Bros4Hillary on Instagram, on Twitter, and on Facebook. But who are these bros?
  Bros4Hillary is an all-volunteer community of progressive and inclusive men and allies. Our mission is to promote the multitude
  
  Read more

• Lorena González: Building a Fence Around the “Jungle” Is Just as Counter-Productive as a Border Wall with Mexico

  07-03-2016 21:25 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverSeattle City Council member Lorena González: "Now is the time to address The Jungle. But our first proposed solution to a decades-old problem should not be, 'Build a fence around it.'" Kelly O
  Last week, Seattle City Council members railed against State Sen. Reuven Carlyle's $1 million proposal to clear the homeless encampment under I-5 known as "the Jungle" and build a fence around the area. Council Member Lorena González compared the idea to proposals to build a f
  
  Read more

• 3 bills before Legislature seek to toughen drunken-driving laws

  07-03-2016 21:11
  
  Washington has some of the most lax laws when it comes to DUI offenses. It isn’t until the fifth charge in a 10-year period that a repeat offender can face a felony. Lawmakers want to change that.
  
  Read more

• Stranger Art Director and Veteran Seattle Musician Aaron Huffman Died Yesterday at the Age of 43

  07-03-2016 20:52 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonAaron Huffman, doing what he loved most. Mindy Huffman
  Sad news to begin the week: Aaron Huffman, friend and colleague to everyone at The Stranger, and veteran of the Seattle music community for more than 20 years, died yesterday of respiratory failure following a long illness. He was 43 years old.Aaron died surrounded by his family, who loved him dearly, and he was not in pain.He was art director of this publication for the past nine years. His elegant, exacting visual style, and
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Equipment theft shuts down White River flood-warning station

  07-03-2016 20:29
  
  For the third time in two months, theft has forced the shutdown of a flood-warning station on the White River near Pacific.
  
  Read more

• More Good News for Noted Muscle Hunk Bernie Sanders

  07-03-2016 20:05 via thestranger.com
  
  by Matt BaumeSomething tasteful to hang above your mantle. a katz / Shutterstock.com
  This was a fairly pleasant weekend for Bernie Sanders. He got a bunch of words in edgewise at the CNN debate; he won three out of four states, picking up 53 delegates (though Hillary picked up 64); and there is an erotic coloring book about him.
  The book is by an illustrator named Nicole Daddona, and it basically looks like the kind of thing you'd find doodled in the margin of a smitten teenager's notebook. Musc
  
  Read more

• Carolyn Hax: When a loved one has a terminal diagnosis, live!

  07-03-2016 20:05
  
  My sister knew I loved her, and I enjoyed every second of life we shared.
  
  Read more

• Man accidentally shoots himself, tells Pasco police he was wounded in robbery

  07-03-2016 20:00
  
  A man accidentally shot himself in the hand, but told Pasco police he was wounded in a robbery.
  
  Read more

• President Obama Is Full of Shit on Closing Guantanamo

  07-03-2016 19:50 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ansel HerzNinety-one prisoners remain at the notorious prison in Cuba. Defense.gov
  In a news analysis, New York Times national security reporters Charlie Savage and Scott Shane call bullshit on the president, who's been promising to close Gitmo for the past eight years:Yet a key argument Mr. Obama makes for shuttering the prison in Cuba—that its continued operation is contrary to “our values”—crumbles upon examination, too. His plan for closing it would not eliminate t
  
  Read more

• Dogs maul Thurston County woman, 92, causing life-threatening injures

  07-03-2016 19:33
  
  A 92-year-old Thurston County woman suffered life-threatening injuries after she was mauled by four dogs.
  
  Read more

• Zoomable: Big pix of ‘pyramid-shaped mountain’ on dwarf planet Ceres

  07-03-2016 19:26
  
  Photos of the Dwarf-planet Cere's "pyramid-shaped mountain" Ahuna Mons are coming in from the DAWN space craft bigger and sharper than ever but the mysteries remain. 
  
  Read more

• Ski report: Wild weather should provide pockets of fun times on the slopes

  07-03-2016 19:26
  
  The winter-like weather doesn’t want to give up just yet as periods of snow remain in the forecast for most ski areas. An unstable air mass is moving over the state, but weak high pressure system will provide a brief break in the wet weather Monday and early Tuesday. That will be followed by a […]
  
  Read more

• Anatomy of a Painting: Brenna Youngblood’s Wild

  07-03-2016 19:02 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jen GravesSee Wild at Seattle Art Museum through April 17, as part of the abstracted realities show. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND HONOR FRASER GALLERY
  
  Read more

• Russian explorers claim world-record dive into icy waters

  07-03-2016 18:30
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian Geographical Society says two of its explorers have achieved the deepest dive ever recorded below ice. The organization said the dive to 102 meters (335 feet) took place Saturday in the White Sea, an arm of the Barents Sea. They said divers spent 80 minutes in waters with an average […]
  
  Read more

• Shaky Oklahoma releases another plan to reduce temblors

  07-03-2016 18:15
  
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — State regulators are asking oil and gas producers in central Oklahoma to restrict wastewater disposal operations to help temper a sharp increase in the number and severity of earthquakes. Monday’s request covers more than 400 wells across 5,200 square miles. It comes after a similar directive in February covering nearly 250 […]
  
  Read more

• The Bad Joy of Donald Trump's Supporters

  07-03-2016 18:14 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeThe joy these men and woman have just experienced at a Trump rally is very sad indeed. Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.com
  The question we must ask is: Why does an ordinary white American support the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump? What is in it for them?What do they get out of it? Trump certainly does not represent their economic interests. So, what can it be?The answer can only be this: Trump provides his supporters a public medium (or social space) to openly enjoy
  
  Read more

• Supreme Court to Shitty Hate States: Get Over It Already

  07-03-2016 18:01 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan SavageWaPo:
  The Supreme Court on Monday overturned an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that said the state should not recognize a lesbian mother’s adoption of three children in neighboring Georgia. The court overturned the decision without scheduling the case for oral arguments and full briefing. It said the Alabama high court’s decision ignored long-standing precedent that state courts must recognize legitimate rulings by courts in other states. The justices already had granted a
  
  Read more

• Morning News: Power Outages Across the State, Pit Bulls Maul Olympia Woman, Assassins Is the Hottest Ticket in Town

  07-03-2016 17:43 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher FrizzelleLand of rain, wind, landslides, power outages, and flooding. Washington State/Shutterstock
  It's Horrible Out There—Don't Leave the House! As of this morning, "Heavy rain and wind caused landslides, power outages and flooding across Washington state."
  In Seattle: It's going to rain all week.
  A Woman at a Starbucks on MLK Was Stabbed with Scissors Last Night: "A woman sustained minor injuries to her face after another female attacked her with a pair of scissors, accor
  
  Read more

• Oregon, Calif. sign up voters automatically, but will they actually cast ballots?

  07-03-2016 17:17
  
  The change recently implemented in Oregon could increase the number of registered voters there by 13 percent by the November election. But it remains to be seen the newly registered will actually vote.
  
  Read more

• Idaho pastor who spoke at Ted Cruz rally shot outside his church

  07-03-2016 16:41
  
  Officials say Pastor Tim Remington was shot as many as six times, including in the head and lung, but is expected to pull through. Police are searching for a suspect, a former Marine they consider armed and dangerous.
  
  Read more

• Thunder, lightning accompanies California storm moving south

  07-03-2016 16:06
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thunder crashed and lightning struck as powerful thunderstorms moved through Southern California Monday as part of a massive winter storm that walloped the Sierra Nevada with blizzard conditions. Commuter traffic slowed to a crawl on greater Los Angeles freeways as motorists struggled to see the roadways through the rain and were […]
  
  Read more

• Powerful thunderstorms rage throughout California

  07-03-2016 16:06
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Powerful thunderstorms raged throughout California on Monday, walloping the Sierra Nevada with blizzard conditions and briefly knocking out power at the Los Angeles airport. Some San Francisco Bay Area roads were under more than a foot of water during the morning commute. Santa Cruz and Santa Clara counties saw about 11 […]
  
  Read more

• Labor Activist Who Tried to Unionize Microsoft Workers Will Run for the State Legislature

  07-03-2016 16:06 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverMarcus Courtney, who's announcing his run for the 43rd Legislative District today, helped organize Microsoft contract workers beginning in the late 1990s. Daniel Sheehan
  Add another name to the growing list of candidates running for the open state house seat in the 43rd Legislative District: Marcus Courtney.Courtney, a longtime labor activist best known for efforts to unionize contract workers at Microsoft, says he plans to launch his campaign today. The seat is currently held by
  
  Read more

• Nearly 200 homeless kids waiting for spot in state’s preschool program

  07-03-2016 15:00
  
  Advocates are asking lawmakers for $2 million to expand the state's low-income preschool program for three and four-year-olds.
  
  Read more

• Rain-swollen rivers flood houses, roads in central Serbia

  07-03-2016 14:36
  
  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Rain-swollen rivers have flooded dozens of houses, farming land and roads in central Serbia, prompting authorities in several municipalities to declare emergency measures. Serbian police said Monday that a few dozen people had to evacuate their homes in the area, while hundreds of houses remain under threat from the flooding. Local […]
  
  Read more

• Indonesia agency pushes plan to tackle deforestation, fires

  07-03-2016 12:40
  
  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s anti-graft commission on Monday said government agencies have agreed on a plan to combat corruption in the forestry industry that costs the state billions of dollars in lost revenue and is behind fires that pollute Southeast Asia. The attempt to address a longstanding crisis in the management and conservation of […]
  
  Read more

• AP Investigation: American company bungled Ebola response

  07-03-2016 12:26
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. company assigned a crucial role in the efforts to battle Ebola in Sierra Leone made a series of costly mistakes during the 2014 outbreak, an Associated Press investigation has found. Staffers with the San Francisco-based company, Metabiota Inc., not only misread the epidemic, they contributed to botched lab results, undermined […]
  
  Read more

• States seek to stymie hiring suspected sex-predator teachers

  07-03-2016 06:50
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — It’s called “passing the trash”: A school suspects a teacher of sexual misconduct and forces the teacher out to protect the students. But that teacher can still get a new job in a new school, sometimes with a glowing recommendation. Only Pennsylvania, Missouri and Oregon ban the maneuver, but a federal […]
  
  Read more

• Striders cross span for charity, chocolate

  07-03-2016 04:34
  
  Runners and walkers of Hot Chocolate 15k/5k cross Seattle's Aurora Bridge.
  
  Read more

• With Seattle Aquarium’s help, stranded sea turtle makes dramatic comeback

  07-03-2016 03:52
  
  When Tucker the Turtle was found stranded and starving on an Oregon beach last December, the aquarium took him in. He’s making good progress and should be ready to return to the wild soon.
  
  Read more

• Q&A: Total eclipse of the sun to darken slice of Indonesia

  07-03-2016 03:31
  
  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The rare and awe-inspiring spectacle of a total solar eclipse will unfold over parts of Indonesia and the Indian and Pacific Oceans on Wednesday, weather permitting. The full eclipse may be visible to several million people within its narrow path including eclipse chasers who have traveled from around the world for […]
  
  Read more

• 11 minutes to climb 1,356 steps. Here’s what it’s like in 35 pounds of fire gear.

  07-03-2016 03:30
  
  Firefighters climbed 69 stories of Columbia Center on Sunday to raise money for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and Andy Drobeck of Missoula, Mont., won for the fifth year in a row.
  
  Read more

• Liveslogging What Will Probably Not be a Debate About Hillary and Bernie's Genitals

  07-03-2016 02:01 via thestranger.com
  
  by Matt BaumeWhat Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are about to see. pic.twitter.com/v7xLl2Hhm9
  — Dan Merica (@danmericaCNN) March 7, 2016Okay, I guess we are doing this again? For some reason? Hillary and Bernie are going to have to vamp for two hours about why you should vote for them. What on Earth can they possibly have left to talk about? I guess we'll find out. I'm going to assume that, unlike the Republican debate, their genitals will not be a subject of discussion.
  The debate's l
  
  Read more

• Antibiotics instead of appendectomy? UW study may be ‘game changer’

  07-03-2016 01:44
  
  UW researchers will begin recruiting patients in May for a nearly $13 million, five-year study to determine whether antibiotics alone are better than surgery to treat uncomplicated appendicitis, which sends 300,000 Americans rushing to emergency surgery each year.
  
  Read more

• The 7 most monumental moments in Seattle’s built history

  07-03-2016 01:43
  
  Urbanologist and former Seattle resident Max Grinnell has found a few things that have come about over the past 100 years — and haven’t changed yet — that helped define and shape Seattle.
  
  Read more

• Finally, U.S. acts like an adult toward Cuba

  07-03-2016 01:00
  
  U.S.-Cuba normalization presents a chance to greatly benefit both countries.
  
  Read more

• Activists question City Light nominee’s commitment to green alternatives

  07-03-2016 00:00
  
  Larry Weis is pretty green, as far as electric-utility executives go. But Seattle Mayor Ed Murray’s nominee to head Seattle City Light may not be green enough for Seattle.
  
  Read more

Follow @Seattle_news_ on Twitter!