- Seattle
- Seattle
Slog PM: Cop Shoots and Kills a Person in Portland, Tim Eyman Has to Pony Up, What Are You Watching for SIFF?
We want our money back, dipshit. Lester BlackToday on Slog: We had a lot of good things cooking. Here's a quick rundown in case...SeattleThis Week in Seattle Food News: Queer/Bar Is Back, A New Ethiopian Restaurant Has Arrived, And Bauhaus Ballard Closes
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- Eastside
- Eastside
Sound Transit Looks to Community Feedback as COVID-19 Delays Future Projects
Photo Credit: Sound Transit The COVID-19 recession, along with rising real estate and construction costs, have created challenges for completing future voter-approved transit projects...EastsideWee Tots Children’s Store in Bellevue to Close
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- Business
- Business
Treatment ban creates uncertainty for trans youth, families
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Before he began receiving hormone therapy eight months ago, Dylan Brandt felt insecure and out of place. Then the...BusinessInterior head Haaland revokes Trump-era orders on energy
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- Technology
- Technology
WeWork's New Stock-Listing Plan Has Echoes of Its Past
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- Culture
- Culture
Fore! How golf fashion finally got in the swing
When Hideki Matsuyama won the Masters earlier this month, he was handed a crisp green blazer with gold buttons to mark the achievement. Given...Culture20 years of Observer Food Monthly: Nigel Slater’s five star ingredients
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- Entertainment
- Entertainment
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Dogwoof has acquired world sales rights to “Faceless,” the directorial debut of Jennifer Ngo, ahead of its world premiere at the Hot Docs film...EntertainmentHenry Lloyd-Hughes, Thalissa Teixeira Join Lucy Hale in AMC, Alibi Series ‘Ragdoll’
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The country music community watched on and many artists turned to social media to share their thoughts.On what felt like one of the most...EntertainmentCannes Festival to Open With Marion Cotillard, Adam Driver Starrer ‘Annette’
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- Food
- Food
LA Kids Weekend Events: Apr. 30-May 2
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- Health
- Health
Clammers digging through pandemic, but shellfish are fewer
PATRICK WHITTLE, AP April 17, 2021 | 10:38 AM PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Chad Coffin has spent the coronavirus pandemic...HealthRelaxed restrictions create sense of hope at New England Passover, Easter celebrations
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- US News
- US News
Patrick Marleau’s journey from Canadian farmboy to NHL’s 1,768-game recordbreaker
When a 41-year-old son of the Canadian Prairie takes his first shift for the San Jose Sharks on Monday night in Las Vegas, he...US NewsAustin and Kenosha shootings, Chauvin trial, NASA: 5 things to know Monday
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- Seattle
- Seattle
Slog PM: Cop Shoots and Kills a Person in Portland, Tim Eyman Has to Pony Up, What Are You Watching for SIFF?
We want our money back, dipshit. Lester BlackToday on Slog: We had a lot of good things cooking. Here's a quick rundown in case...SeattleThis Week in Seattle Food News: Queer/Bar Is Back, A New Ethiopian Restaurant Has Arrived, And Bauhaus Ballard Closes
As vaccine availability increases this week, the Seattle food scene is starting to regain its optimism, and restaurants continue to reopen and announce new...SeattleSIFF 2021 Review: The Earth Is Blue as an Orange Is So Damn Good
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- Eastside
- Eastside
Sound Transit Looks to Community Feedback as COVID-19 Delays Future Projects
Photo Credit: Sound Transit The COVID-19 recession, along with rising real estate and construction costs, have created challenges for completing future voter-approved transit projects...EastsideWee Tots Children’s Store in Bellevue to Close
Wee Tots, the upscale children’s store on Main Street, is closing this month. The store is located at 10245 Main Street, next to...EastsideFeel Good Friday: Golf, Bubble Tea, and the Beatles
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- Business
- Business
Treatment ban creates uncertainty for trans youth, families
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Before he began receiving hormone therapy eight months ago, Dylan Brandt felt insecure and out of place. Then the...BusinessInterior head Haaland revokes Trump-era orders on energy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Friday revoked a series of Trump administration orders that promoted fossil fuel development on public lands...BusinessState officials seek to revoke license of popular investing app Robinhood
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- Technology
- Technology
WeWork's New Stock-Listing Plan Has Echoes of Its Past
Photo: tolga akmen/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesTechnologyAdobe Co-Founder Charles Geschke, Pioneer of Desktop Publishing and PDFs, Dies at 81
Photo: RICHARD DREW/Associated PressTechnologyPeloton Treadmills Unsafe for Users With Young Children, Agency Says
Photo: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg NewsTechnologyThese Are Our Favorite Hair Straighteners
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- Culture
- Culture
Fore! How golf fashion finally got in the swing
When Hideki Matsuyama won the Masters earlier this month, he was handed a crisp green blazer with gold buttons to mark the achievement. Given...Culture20 years of Observer Food Monthly: Nigel Slater’s five star ingredients
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Scientists and astronomers tell us that the universe is expanding. But what is it expanding into, ie what’s beyond the universe?Phil Town, LisbonPlease email...Culture20 years of Observer Food Monthly: recipes from the stars of the future
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- Entertainment
- Entertainment
Dogwoof Takes World on Hot Docs Hong Kong Protest Pic ‘Faceless’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Dogwoof has acquired world sales rights to “Faceless,” the directorial debut of Jennifer Ngo, ahead of its world premiere at the Hot Docs film...EntertainmentHenry Lloyd-Hughes, Thalissa Teixeira Join Lucy Hale in AMC, Alibi Series ‘Ragdoll’
Henry Lloyd-Hughes and Thalissa Teixeira will star alongside Lucy Hale in the AMC-Alibi series “Ragdoll,” Variety has learned. The six-episode show, which was ordered to...Entertainment2021 ACM Awards: Social Media Lights Up for Carrie Underwood
The country music community watched on and many artists turned to social media to share their thoughts.On what felt like one of the most...EntertainmentCannes Festival to Open With Marion Cotillard, Adam Driver Starrer ‘Annette’
The 74th edition of the Cannes Film Festival is set to open with Leos Carax’s anticipated romantic musical film “Annette” with Adam Driver and...Entertainment‘Cher & the Loneliest Elephant’ Review: An Unlikely Celeb Pairing Drives Poignant Earth Day Documentary
It’s fitting that “Cher & the Loneliest Elephant” opens and closes with the titular pop star’s dance anthem “Song for the Lonely,” as this...
- Food
- Food
LA Kids Weekend Events: Apr. 30-May 2
Andie Huber - 0This weekend is full of dreamy escapes, literally and figuratively! Head to the Museum of Dream Space for a 360-degree (dreamy) experience, lose yourself...Food28 Totally Unique Campsites You Should Book Now
Kate Loweth - 0Up your camping game this year and book some time in the great outdoors at these campgrounds with amazing amenities. With your night spent...FoodTurning 1 & Having Fun! 13 Secrets to a Successful First Birthday Party
Looking for 1st birthday ideas? You’ve chosen the first birthday outfit, are baking (or buying) a smash cake. So the last step throwing an...FoodPostcards from the Hedge: How to Be Tourist at Home
Vacation is an adventure, and anyone who’s ever changed a diaper in a tiny airplane restroom can attest, adventure isn’t always, uh…easy. Take the...Food7 Scooters That Will Have You Cruising the Neighborhood
Kate Loweth - 0With families spending a lot more time outdoors in the coming months, a scooter is a great option to have on hand to make...
- Health
- Health
Clammers digging through pandemic, but shellfish are fewer
PATRICK WHITTLE, AP April 17, 2021 | 10:38 AM PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Chad Coffin has spent the coronavirus pandemic...HealthRelaxed restrictions create sense of hope at New England Passover, Easter celebrations
BOSTON (AP) — The Easter and Passover holidays were accompanied Sunday by more relaxed restrictions on houses of worship and gatherings in New England,...HealthVaccine trickle becomes torrent – for some – as U.S. eligibility rules widen
It’s taking some effort and some patience. But just as eligibility is opening to millions of people across the U.S. after months of cutthroat...HealthNew Yahoo News/YouGov poll: Stimulus checks and COVID optimism raise Biden’s approval rating to highest level yet
When Joe Biden took office, he bet voters would judge his presidency on one thing and one thing only: how well he handled the...HealthRemembering the lives lost to COVID-19: Nicholas Caravassi, 68, of Aubrey, Texas
This is part of a Yahoo News series honoring some of the American lives lost to COVID-19. Their stories are told by family and...
- US News
- US News
Patrick Marleau’s journey from Canadian farmboy to NHL’s 1,768-game recordbreaker
When a 41-year-old son of the Canadian Prairie takes his first shift for the San Jose Sharks on Monday night in Las Vegas, he...US NewsAustin and Kenosha shootings, Chauvin trial, NASA: 5 things to know Monday
Shootings in Texas and Wisconsin leave several deadMass shootings in Austin, Texas and Kenosha County, Wisconsin, this weekend left several people dead. In Texas'...US NewsMike Mitchell, guitarist on the Kingsmen’s Louie Louie, dies aged 77
Mike Mitchell, who recorded one of the most famous guitar solos of all time for the Kingsmen’s Louie Louie, has died aged 77.No cause...US NewsFrom Russian YouTube to spinning on the spot: Hollywood’s tricks to playing drunk
Steve Rose - 0Were there an Oscar for best on-screen drunk (which there really should be), it would be a close-run thing this year. My money would...US NewsEvery state open for COVID-19 vaccines; J&J vaccine pause might be lifted this week, Fauci says: Live COVID-19 updates
Starting Monday, every U.S. adult will be eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine.New Jersey, Massachusetts and Oregon were among a handful of states throwing...