Seattle news

• Woman and 2 children die in Idaho early morning house fire

  08-07-2019 23:39
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A woman and two children have died in an early morning house fire in Idaho. News organizations report that 43-year-old Jana K. Cullen, her 12-year-old son Ryker Sanchez and 9-year-old daughter Rilee Sanchez died in the fire in Boise Monday. Officials say medics attempted to save the family, but Cullen died […]
  
  Read more

• Seattle media organization doesn’t voluntarily recognize Crosscut, KCTS union effort

  08-07-2019 22:56
  Staff from Crosscut and KCTS 9 have asked management to voluntarily recognize them as a bargaining unit under the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild. Management has declined.
  
  Read more

• Crosscut, KCTS staff move to form union at Seattle nonprofit media organization

  08-07-2019 22:56
  Staff from Crosscut and KCTS 9 have asked management to voluntarily recognize them as a bargaining unit under the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild.
  
  Read more

• Mississippi Bans the Phrase "Veggie Burgers" from Veggie Burger Products in Grocery Stores

  08-07-2019 22:45 via thestranger.com
  
  Mississippi bolstered its rep as one of America's stupidest states by forbidding grocery stores to use phrases such as "veggie burgers" for non-meat patties.by Dave SegalNon-meat patty, ok. Burger, NO. In Mississippi, at least.iStock / Getty Images Plus
  As demand for plant-based meats dramatically rises throughout the US, companies specializing in the bad old method of slaughtering animals and fowl are feeling threatened by the competition, and the meat lobby has sprung into action.
  Mississippi
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Mississippi Bans the Phrase "Veggie Burgers"

  08-07-2019 22:45 via thestranger.com
  
  Mississippi bolstered its rep as one of America's stupidest states by forbidding grocery stores to use phrases such as "veggie burgers" for non-meat patties.by Dave SegalNon-meat patty, ok. Burger, NO. In Mississippi, at least.iStock / Getty Images Plus
  As demand for plant-based meats dramatically rises throughout the US, companies specializing in the bad old method of slaughtering animals and fowl are feeling threatened by the competition, and the meat lobby has sprung into action.
  Mississippi
  
  Read more

• Bend Bulletin must fire employees before paper is sold

  08-07-2019 22:44
  BEND, Ore. (AP) — A court filing outlining the sale of Central Oregon’s only daily newspaper shows that all employees of the Bend Bulletin and other publications must be fired before Rhode Island Suburban Newspapers takes control. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports the Rhode Island company plans to buy Western Communications’ Central Oregon publications for more […]
  
  Read more

• Facing a "High Rate of Turnover," Crosscut and KCTS Employees Attempt to Unionize

  08-07-2019 22:30 via thestranger.com
  Crosscut wants a union.by Lester BlackWe just delivered our united mission statement to unionize. 🤙🏽👌🏽✊🏽#supportlocalnews #newsmatters #crosscutunion follow us @Crosscut_Union @CWAUnion @PacNWGuild @news_guild pic.twitter.com/qaBaxm4pVN
  — Agueda “La Chona” Pacheco (@AguedaPachecOH) July 8, 2019The editorial staff of Cascade Public Media, which includes both the online newspaper Crosscut and the local PBS affiliate, KCTS 9, want a un
  
  Read more

• Man critically injured in stabbing at Eugene coffee shop

  08-07-2019 22:26
  EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Police say a man in his 70s suffered life-threatening injuries when another man exited a Eugene coffee shop and stabbed him while he sat outside. KVAL-TV reports Eugene police say 40-year-old Gabriel Pemble was drinking coffee inside Starbucks when he got up, went outside and stabbed a man sitting at a […]
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Candidate Survivor Is Back: It's Almost Time to Crown Your Next City Council!

  08-07-2019 22:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Chase Burns
  Candidate Survivor—the esteemed semi-regular political event that brought you Washington State Senator Bob Hasegawa vape-fluting, former Mayor Mike McGinn juggling, and current Mayor Jenny Durkan throwing tequila into an all-ages crowd—is back! Again! This year the Washington Bus and The Stranger are teaming up to hold a political pageant to determine Seattle's next City Council on Wednesday, August 21. Seattle drag legend Cookie Couture will host. There will be sashes
  
  Read more

• Sheriff: Young child fatally hurt at Madras Speedway

  08-07-2019 21:47
  MADRAS, Ore. (AP) — Police say a very young child was fatally injured at Madras Speedway near Bend. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said on Facebook that the child was hurt at the speedway Saturday evening. The child was taken to a local hospital and then flown to a Portland-area hospital where the child died. […]
  
  Read more

• Martin Charnin, Tony-winning ‘Annie’ lyricist who was active in Seattle-area musical-theater scene, dies at 84

  08-07-2019 21:47
  Martin Charnin, who won a Tony Award for the score of the Broadway hit “Annie,” and who lived in Issaquah during the 2000s when he became active in the Seattle theater scene, died Saturday.
  
  Read more

• Women's Soccer Is a Very Dykey Sport

  08-07-2019 21:44 via thestranger.com
  
  Here's why.by Katie HerzogKnown homosexual Megan Rapinoe after the U.S. World Cup victory on Sunday. Maja Hitij/Getty ImagesThere's a couple of major differences between women's soccer and men's soccer. One: The U.S. women are good at it. Two, women's soccer is a hell of a lot gayer.Yesterday, "content producer" Alex Binley from ITV News published an article about why, exactly, so many dykes excel at this sport. It's a good question. By Binley's count, there were at least 41 openly gay players o
  
  Read more

• Teen odds of using marijuana dip with recreational use laws

  08-07-2019 21:37
  CHICAGO (AP) — New research suggests legalizing recreational marijuana for U.S. adults in some states may have slightly reduced teens’ odds of using pot. One reason may be that it’s harder and costlier for teens to buy marijuana from licensed dispensaries than from dealers, said lead author Mark Anderson, a health economist at Montana State […]
  
  Read more

• Her Boyfriend Isn't Using Condoms With Other Men—What Should She Do?

  08-07-2019 21:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Daytby Dan SavageI am a cis woman in an open relationship with a bisexual trans man. We are long distance at the moment. My boyfriend is super high-libido, super promiscuous and super into casual sex, usually meeting guys on hookup apps. This is just fine with me and totally within the rules of our relationship.
  Boyfriend came to visit me recently, and confided (before any sex was had between us) that he'd hooked up with a man who took the condom off mid-fuck. The man a
  
  Read more

• Parents of girl who died in foster care sue Idaho officials

  08-07-2019 21:07
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The parents of a young girl who died while in foster care are suing the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, the foster family and several state and private employees that the parents say failed to adequately care for the child, causing her death. Danielle Greenup, Andrew Bishop and the child’s […]
  
  Read more

• A gay teen fled The Gambia and found shelter in Seattle, only to drown at a sailing lesson

  08-07-2019 20:55
  “Ebrima was going to make it,” said an ex-staffer at the shelter where Ebrima Kebbeh had found a home in Seattle. Now the loss of the 17-year-old is the focus of a lawsuit in King County Superior Court.
  
  Read more

• Lawsuit seeks to stop juniper-removal project in Idaho

  08-07-2019 20:50
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Environmental groups have sued the U.S. Forest Service, claiming a plan to improve wildlife habitat in eastern Idaho would remove hundreds of trees and shrubs while taking an illegal shortcut around environmental laws. Alliance for the Wild Rockies and two other groups filed the lawsuit last week in U.S. District Court […]
  
  Read more

• Lawsuit seeks to stop juniper-removal project in E. Idaho

  08-07-2019 20:50
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Environmental groups say a U.S. Forest Service plan to improve wildlife habitat in eastern Idaho will do the opposite and takes an illegal shortcut around environmental laws. Alliance for the Wild Rockies and two other groups filed a lawsuit in federal court last week seeking to halt the Rowley Canyon Wildlife […]
  
  Read more

• A New Study Suggests Majority of Recreational Pot Customers Use Weed for Medical Purposes

  08-07-2019 20:42 via thestranger.com
  
  by Josh Jardine CasarsaGuru/Getty ImagesDelineating between "medical" and "recreational" cannabis use can be challenging and murky. Many of those opposing full legalization say they're in favor of medical cannabis, but are still staunchly against adult-use recreational programs. There aren't many cannabis prohibitionists when it comes to chemotherapy, but heaven forbid weed be used for sadness, stress, or anxiety—health is one thing, but happiness is immoral, or something. (These are often
  
  Read more

• UN says suspected cholera cases in Yemen surge to 460,000

  08-07-2019 20:27
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. says over 460,000 suspected cholera cases have been recorded in war-battered Yemen so far this year — a sharp rise from the 380,000 cases for all of 2018. U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq says 705 suspected cholera deaths have been recorded since January — a dramatic increase from the […]
  
  Read more

• Archaeologists begin first excavations of Boston’s Chinatown

  08-07-2019 20:23
  BOSTON (AP) — Boston is literally digging its Chinatown. City archaeologist Joe Bagley on Monday launched the first excavations in Boston’s Chinatown, and he expects the dig to turn up artifacts that will shed new light on immigrants — not only those from China but also Syria, Ireland and England who sought new lives in […]
  
  Read more

• Rep. Schrier "In the Process" of Planning Trip to the Concentration Camps

  08-07-2019 20:22 via thestranger.com
  
  Uh huh.by Rich SmithThere's a doctor in the House, but there isn't a doctor at the border, yet.COURTESY OF KIM SCHRIER'S CAMPAIGN
  As accusations of abuse, neglect, and inhumane treatment of immigrants—particularly of children—continue to emerge from the concentration camps at the border, some constituents in Washington's 8th Congressional District want to know why Rep. Kim Schrier—a Spanish-speaking pediatrician—hasn't joined her colleagues in Congress on trips to the bor
  
  Read more

• Idaho charter school requests inquiry into state commission

  08-07-2019 20:19
  JEROME, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho charter school has requested an investigation into a state commission it says is biased. The Times-News reported Saturday that administrators at Heritage Academy in Jerome have filed a request with the Idaho Attorney General to investigate the state Public Charter School Commission. The school’s attorney says the investigation is […]
  
  Read more

• The 61 Best Things To Do in Seattle This Week: July 8-14, 2019

  08-07-2019 19:17 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's arts critics recommend the best local events.by Elaina FriedmanOur music critics have already chosen the 29 best music shows this week, but now it's our arts critics' turn to recommend the best events in their areas of expertise. Here are their picks in every genre—from Hawaiian Nights in the Canlis parking lot to the Seattle Outdoor Theater Festival, and from Queer Press Fest to Ballard SeafoodFest. See them all below, and find even more events on our complete Things To Do
  
  Read more

• World Cup Recap: USA WINS IT ALL!

  08-07-2019 18:21 via thestranger.com
  
  by Erin O'ReganTHEY DID IT. Alex Grimm/Getty Images
  The USWNT smashed the Netherlands 2-0 in the 2019 Woman’s World Cup Final! FIREWORKS AND CAR BOMBS! THEY FREAKING DID IT!
  This was no easy win for the US. The Netherlands fought hard to beat some great teams along the World Cup way to make it to the final. The Dutch had to play Italy in the quarterfinals and Sweden in the semis to get here. Prior to the World Cup, the Netherlands won a li'l tournament called the Euro Cup Championship. EVE
  
  Read more

• Fiery explosion sinks Alaska boat, leaving 2 people missing

  08-07-2019 17:49
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An explosion rocked a fishing boat tied up in Alaska, shooting flames and smoke into the sky and leaving two people aboard missing. The Anchorage Daily News reports that a Coast Guard helicopter is searching for the missing pair. The Coast Guard says a propane tank exploded around midnight Sunday on […]
  
  Read more

• Explosion sinks boat at Whittier; 2 people missing

  08-07-2019 17:49
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An explosion rocked a fishing boat tied up in Whittier and two people on board are missing. The Anchorage Daily News reports the Coast Guard is searching for the missing people with a Jayhawk helicopter. The Coast Guard says a propane tank at around midnight Sunday exploded on a 99-foot (30-meter) […]
  
  Read more

• Explosion and fire sink a commercial fishing boat in Alaska

  08-07-2019 17:49
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An explosion at a dock in Alaska spread fire to a nearby fishing boat that then sank, leaving one person aboard missing, the U.S. Coast Guard said Monday. Crews were using a boat and helicopter to scour the ocean around the dock for the missing person, the Coast Guard said in […]
  
  Read more

• Fairbanks man rescued after all-terrain vehicle crash

  08-07-2019 17:32
  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A Fairbanks man suffered serious injuries in an all-terrain vehicle crash. Alaska State Troopers on Saturday night received a report of a crash on the Mike Kelly trail about 10 miles (16 kilometers) north of Two Rivers. Troopers and other responders including a firefighting helicopter crew from Grangeville, Idaho, found 48-year-old […]
  
  Read more

• The Stranger's Burger Week Guide: Everything You Need to Know About the 21 Specially Crafted $5 Burgers You Can Eat in Seattle This Week

  08-07-2019 17:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffThis Mini Orfeo Burger is just one of the specially crafted burgers you can try this week for just $5 each.
  In case you haven't heard, today is the first day of The Stranger’s Burger Week: From now until July 13, you'll be able to get one-of-a-kind burgers created exclusively for this week at restaurants across the city, for just $5 a pop! All of the details are available on our Burger Week calendar, but, to make it even easier for you to eat as many of these
  
  Read more

• Slog AM: Seattle's Homeless Vote Could Be Crucial, Jeffrey Epstein Gets Charged, U.S. Women Win World Cup

  08-07-2019 17:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Nathalie GrahamNextDoor's nightmare? Homeless people voting. DAVID BECKER/GETTY IMAGES
  City council candidates better consider the homeless vote: Forget the NIMBYs, the hoard of candidates vying for a spot on the council dais should be wooing the houseless. With day-of voter registration a possibility for the first time, homeless people who don't usually know which address to put down to receive their ballots via mail will have an easier time voting. Election Day voter registration will incre
  
  Read more

• Before moon landing, astronauts learned geology in Arizona

  08-07-2019 16:28
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Before Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin knew they would be the first to walk on the moon, they took crash courses in geology at the Grand Canyon and a nearby impact crater that is the most well-preserved on Earth. Northern Arizona has had deep ties to the Apollo missions: Every moon-walking […]
  
  Read more

• Is this the last week of damp, cloudy weather before the heat hits?

  08-07-2019 16:12
  Showers and 70-degree temps mean it "doesn't feel like July," but a forecaster is certain we'll get some heat in the coming weeks.
  
  Read more

• Is this the last week of damp, cloudy weather before heat hits the Puget Sound area?

  08-07-2019 16:12
  Showers and 70-degree temps mean it "doesn't feel like July," but a forecaster is certain we'll get some heat in the coming weeks.
  
  Read more

• Here’s how long this summer rain could stick around

  08-07-2019 16:12
  Showers and 70-degree temps mean it "doesn't feel like July," but a forecaster is certain we'll get some heat in the coming weeks.
  
  Read more

• Father attacks son with bulldozer at Snohomish County plant nursery, police say

  08-07-2019 15:54
  John Postema, 78, the owner of Flower World, reportedly has had disputes with his son in the past.
  
  Read more

• University Way closed near Northeast 45th as Seattle police investigate death

  08-07-2019 15:37
  Seattle Police detectives are at the 4500 block of University Way investigating a death, police said early Monday morning. Roads in the area have been closed, and traffic is being detoured, police said in a brief post on Twitter. Police did not immediately provide additional information on the death but said they will release more information […]
  
  Read more

• Homicide detectives investigating death at University Way near Northeast 45th Street

  08-07-2019 15:37
  Seattle homicide detectives are investigating the death of a man who police say was found lifeless at a bus stop on University Way early Monday morning. The man, whose body was found in the 4500 block of University Way Northeast around 4 a.m., appeared to have been assaulted,  police said in the Seattle Police Department […]
  
  Read more

• Semitruck crash debris blocks major I-405 exit in downtown Bellevue early Monday, slowing some Eastside commutes

  08-07-2019 15:35
  A semitruck crashed Monday morning on northbound I-405 in Bellevue, blocking the exit to Northeast Fourth and Northeast Eighth streets for a significant portion of the morning commute. Traffic in the area was backed up a little more than a mile before a tow truck cleared the semi around 6:45 a.m. Crews then took about […]
  
  Read more

• Semitruck crash debris blocks major I-405 exit in downtown Bellevue

  08-07-2019 15:35
  A semitruck crashed Monday morning on northbound I-405 in Bellevue, blocking the exit to Northeast 4th and Northeast 8th streets. Traffic in the area was backed up a little more than a mile before a tow truck cleared the semi around 6:45 a.m. Crews are still working to clean up the area. No estimated time […]
  
  Read more

• This Washington woman was one of many who played crucial roles in the Apollo space program. Why don’t we know more about them?

  08-07-2019 15:00
  More than 400,000 people worked on the mission that got humans to the moon on July 20, 1969. Many of them were women, but their stories have never been told. Why?
  
  Read more

• Students with dyslexia struggle in Washington. Will a fresh approach to reading instruction be enough?

  08-07-2019 15:00
  A new bill requires districts to screen children for signs of dyslexia. It will usher in major changes in the way all kids are taught to read in Washington state.
  
  Read more

• Now back on Earth, Washington native Anne McClain describes what it was like to live in space

  08-07-2019 15:00
  Lt. Col. Anne McClain, an astronaut from Spokane, spent more than 200 days in space and landed in Kazakhstan on June 25. We caught up with her to learn about life on space.
  
  Read more

• King County’s homeless voters, usually few, could show up in bigger numbers this year

  08-07-2019 15:00
  With homelessness at the forefront of Seattle City Council races, what are people who are homeless themselves looking for from candidates?
  
  Read more

• Could Sound Transit build light rail faster? It wouldn’t be easy.

  08-07-2019 15:00
  Typical light-rail construction schedules of five to 10 years can’t be compressed much, and planning and engineering in the Seattle area take just as long. Here are some strategies that could deliver projects sooner.
  
  Read more

• Divided Alaska Legislature convenes session in 2 cities

  08-07-2019 14:39
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Legislature is scheduled to begin a special session later Monday, but divided lawmakers cannot agree on the location. So, it appears they will go to different cities. The main issue for the session is to determine the amount of this year’s oil wealth check. Gov. Mike Dunleavy favors a […]
  
  Read more

• 2 rare Barbary lion cubs born in Czech zoo

  08-07-2019 13:47
  DVUR KRALOVE, Czech Republic (AP) — Two Barbary lion cubs have been born in a Czech zoo, a welcome addition to a small surviving population of a rare lion subspecies that has been extinct in the wild. The pair, one male and one female, were born on May 10 in the Dvur Kralove park. Under […]
  
  Read more

• Parts of southern India facing acute water shortage

  08-07-2019 12:41
  NEW DELHI (AP) — With the government able to meet only 40% of the water requirement, millions of people in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu are depending on water tank trucks because of an acute shortage caused by drying lakes and depleted groundwater. Sekhar Raghvan, a water expert, said Monday that taps were […]
  
  Read more

• Elon Musk’s satellites dot the heavens, leaving stargazers upset

  08-07-2019 12:06
  Two days after Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched 60 satellites in May as part of a mission to bring quick internet service to people worldwide, astronomers noticed something different. As some of the satellites zipped past the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, telescopes trained on the night sky captured streaks of reflected sunlight that marred their […]
  
  Read more

• Abortion arguments at play in limiting veterans’ IVF benefit

  08-07-2019 12:04
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal program to help injured veterans and their spouses conceive children through in vitro fertilization is being hobbled by anti-abortion forces that oppose how the process can lead to embryos being destroyed. Since 2012, Democrats in Congress have repeatedly championed legislation permanently extending IVF benefits to veterans whose injuries in […]
  
  Read more

Follow @Seattle_news_ on Twitter!