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Bicyclist suffers life-threatening injuries after being hit by alleged drunk driver in Tacoma


Another car had stopped at a crosswalk and, because the woman couldn't stop in time, police said they believe she swerved into an oncoming lane of traffic and hit the cyclist.




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Seattle, Department of Justice ask judge to release police from remaining consent decree oversight


Along with a 2018 ruling by the court that the city had reached full compliance with a 2012 consent decree, the request would dissolve virtually all remaining oversight of the police department regarding its use of force and other issues.




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Amid coronavirus shutdown, Seattle’s livestreaming surge brings live music to your living room


In the face of ever-tightening restrictions on gatherings, wave of Seattle musicians and artists are taking their shows online.




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Emergency relief funds launching for Seattle-area arts organizations and artists


ArtsFund, along with a coalition of arts organizations, is working to launch an emergency relief fund for arts organizations in King County. Artist Trust is launching a relief fund to help individual artists who have immediate needs.




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Washington Attorney General’s Office looking into complaints about Brown Paper Tickets owing artists money


Earlier this year, clients of the Seattle-based online ticket broker — many of them artists and small-business owners — said they haven't been paid for events, some dating back to last year. Some, still unpaid, have been turning to Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson for help.




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MLB employees — from players to execs — become the subjects of a huge coronavirus study


MLB employees, from players to stadium workers to executives, are participating this week in a 10,000-person study aimed at understanding how many people in various parts of the United States have been infected with the coronavirus.




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Ex-Mariners relive night they were on wrong side of history, 34 years after Roger Clemens’ 20-strikeout game


It was exactly 34 years ago Wednesday that Clemens, at the time a highly promising but still unproven Red Sox pitcher, put himself on the baseball map. On one cool, magical night at Boston's Fenway Park against the Mariners, he mowed down a Mariners lineup that had been struggling all season to make contact.




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Patrick Reed plays better as the accusations get louder


MEXICO CITY (AP) — The bookies had Patrick Reed at 40-1 odds going into the Mexico Championship, which should have come down before he even hit a shot. More accusations of cheating, this time from Brooks Koepka during a town hall show on Sirius XM. And then former CBS analyst Peter Kostis weighed in during […]





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‘Like I was getting Taylor Swift tickets’: Washington golfers thrilled to be back on links after coronavirus shutdown


Folks were teeming with joy Tuesday at Bellevue Golf Course, which booked out within minutes of Gov. Jay Inslee's announcement last week that it was OK to play golf after a two-month shutdown because of the coronavirus pandemic.




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Alaska fisheries to get $50M in federal aid amid pandemic


JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska will receive $50 million in federal coronavirus aid for fisheries, the U.S. Department of Commerce has announced, about half what state officials had expected. Alaska is home to large stocks of pollock, an inexpensive fish used in fast-food sandwiches and fish sticks, and landed 58% of the nation’s seafood by […]





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Buzzkill: Oregon bans cannabis-infused alcoholic beverages


SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon is renowned for its craft beer and increasingly for its high-grade marijuana, but the state is keeping the two apart — for now. In a new ruling, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, which regulates both alcoholic products and recreational marijuana, says beer and other alcoholic drinks as of Jan. 1 […]




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A look back at 10 of the biggest social movements of the 2010s, and how they shaped Seattle


The decade has seen some powerful movements — people organizing around shared causes to create change. Just as the civil rights movement fought back against racist segregation, disenfranchisement and lynchings of Black people, the 2010s have seen people come together to address some of the most pressing social issues of our time.




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No joke: Oregon’s marijuana sales are 420% stronger along its border with Idaho


PORTLAND — Marijuana sales in Oregon along the Idaho state line are 420% the statewide average, according to a state report. Idaho residents are purchasing recreational marijuana in Oregon because it is illegal in Idaho, the report released Friday by the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis said. The report also showed stronger marijuana sales for […]




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Bill to address racial inequity in cannabis licenses gets OK from Washington House


House Bill 2870 would require the Liquor and Cannabis Board to prioritize applicants who represent communities disproportionately impacted by the war on drugs.




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Images from around the world: People wear masks while working, shopping, even protesting





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Padlocked and chained: Images of a closed Seattle


The padlock business must be having an uptick with all the businesses closed because of the coronavirus. Widely seen in Seattle during the pandemic, locks and chains convey the sense of a city on pause. Some businesses considered essential have limited hours and curbside pickup. Others are hoping to open soon, and some are shuttered […]





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Why the Seattle Sounders game March 7 went on despite coronavirus emergency


As virus fears grew, public officials and sports execs debated health risks — and PR messages — but let 33,000 into a March 7 Sounders match. At what cost?




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Sounders plan to get creative under coronavirus restrictions as other MLS teams begin outdoor training


MLS teams not under state or city stay-at-home mandates will be able to hold voluntary outdoor training sessions for individual players starting Wednesday. The Sounders cannot because Gov. Jay Inslee extended the state’s order through May 31. "We’re trying to think of fun ways to get to interact with each other but not interact with each other,” coach Brian Schmetzer said




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This week’s passages


Denis Goldberg, 87, a railway engineer who became one of the most prominent white anti-apartheid activists in South Africa, spending 22 years behind bars for plotting to overthrow the country’s brutal system of racial oppression, died April 29 at his home in Hout Bay, near Cape Town. Working alongside Nelson Mandela and other leaders of […]




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Shula, winningest coach in pro football history, dies at 90


Shula became an institution during his 26 seasons in Miami. He died Monday at home. He was 90.




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Bobby Lee Barber, 84, who loved Seattle sports and ‘never met a stranger,’ dies of coronavirus


Known to friends as Bugs or Bugsy, he became a Seahawks' season-ticket holder during the team's expansion season, was a longtime Husky football season ticket holder who went to a few Rose Bowls, and loved going to Mariners games.




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This week’s passages


Ty, 47, an acclaimed British rapper best known for his 2003 album “Upwards,” has died from coronavirus. Ty, whose legal name was Ben Chijioke, was admitted to a hospital in early April with COVID-19, The Guardian reported. He was later placed in a medically induced coma. Ann McBride Norton, 75, who championed citizens rights and […]




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How do I change what software handles my picture files?


Patrick Marshall answers your personal technology questions. This week's topics include changing the default program for images and photo editing software, trouble with colors on a LG GRAM and updating to Windows 10 and security software.




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If I have the money, is it a good idea to skip mortgage payments during this coronavirus crisis?


As my legal career has gotten longer, I have learned that while getting older does not necessarily make a person wiser, but it does make them more experienced. A decade ago, I tried to help hundreds of homeowners who could afford to make their monthly mortgage payment but thought that if they missed just a […]




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U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to Seattle’s first-come, first-served law for rental applications


Passed by the City Council in 2016, the pioneering Seattle law requires landlords to publicize their criteria for prospective renters and to accept the first qualified applicant.




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US home sales plunge 8.5% in March, and it may grow worse


BALTIMORE (AP) — U.S. sales of existing homes cratered 8.5% in March with real estate activity stalled by the coronavirus outbreak. The National Association of Realtors said Tuesday that 5.27 million homes sold last month, down from 5.76 million in February. The decrease was the steepest since November 2015. The situation will likely get worse, […]




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New home sales plunge 15.4% in March as virus hits


WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. new home sales plunged 15.4% in March as a winding down in the middle of the month due to the coronavirus began to rattle the housing market. The Commerce Department reported Thursday that sales of new single-family homes dropped to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 627,000 last month after sales […]




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US long-term mortgage rates edge higher; 30-year at 3.33%


WASHINGTON (AP) — Long-term mortgage rates rose slightly this week, continuing to hover near all-time lows amid anxiety over the economy and housing market gut-punched by the shutdown spurred by the coronavirus pandemic. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average rate on the benchmark 30-year home loan edged up to 3.33% this week […]




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Mortgage borrowers face stricter qualifications as the coronavirus roils economy | Natalie Campisi


Stricter requirements, including larger down payments and higher credit scores, will make it difficult for some folks to qualify for a mortgage, particularly first-time homebuyers.




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Seattle-area mortgage delinquencies rose three times faster than U.S. average as coronavirus crisis grew


The rise in delinquencies, during a month when the opposite usually happens, is troubling to housing market watchers, but it doesn't yet spell a foreclosure boom like during the Great Recession.




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Everything you should know about mortgage forbearance


Here's what homeowners who are having trouble paying the mortgage need to know before seeking forbearance, a pause in payments.




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Amid coronavirus shutdown, Seattle’s livestreaming surge brings live music to your living room


In the face of ever-tightening restrictions on gatherings, wave of Seattle musicians and artists are taking their shows online.




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Emergency relief funds launching for Seattle-area arts organizations and artists


ArtsFund, along with a coalition of arts organizations, is working to launch an emergency relief fund for arts organizations in King County. Artist Trust is launching a relief fund to help individual artists who have immediate needs.




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Full coverage: Seahawks select five players on Day 3 to wrap 2020 draft class


Follow along throughout Day 3 of the 2020 NFL draft as our staff of reporters offers the latest on the Seahawks and the rest of the league.




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After earning Donovan’s recommendation, new UW Huskies tight ends coach Derham Cato eager to make his mark


First-year UW offensive coordinator John Donovan placed his faith in a familiar face when it came to the Huskies' new tight ends coach. Now Derham Cato — previously a UW offensive analyst — must prove he's up to the task.




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James Beard survey suggests 4 out of 5 restaurants may not survive a prolonged coronavirus shutdown — our critic on what we stand to lose


With a James Beard Foundation survey indicating that only one in five restaurant owners think they can keep their businesses viable, Seattle Times food writer Bethany Jean Clement takes a look at what we stand to lose.




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As brewers dump a glut of draft beer, Seattle brewery gets creative to avoid waste


Most small craft breweries don’t sell to grocery stores, and they normally rely on draft beer sales at their high-margin taprooms and brew pubs to bolster bottom lines. Seattle's Machine House Brewery is just one of many nationally that have had to get creative to get beer into customers' hands.




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Where’s the beef? Production shutdown leads to shortages


The effects of the coronavirus pandemic have moved beyond meat processing plants and are now hitting dinner plates.




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Bars get surprise green light to sell cocktails to-go during coronavirus pandemic


The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board announced Wednesday that bars will now be allowed to sell takeout cocktails — a game changer for bar owners who've been struggling financially during the coronavirus dining-room shutdown.




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As hunger swells, food stamps become partisan flashpoint


The reality of so many Americans running out of food is an alarming reminder of the economic hardship the pandemic has inflicted. But despite spending trillions on other programs, Republicans have balked at a long-term expansion of food stamps.




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Here are the best reader creations from Round 1 of The Seattle Times Pantry Kitchen Challenge


We asked Seattle Times readers to make something with green beans, an egg, tomato sauce and potatoes and to tell us what you created — and our readers did not disappoint. These 12 were the strongest entries.




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Georgia man’s death raises echoes of US racial terror legacy


BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Many people saw more than the last moments of Ahmaud Arbery’s life when a video emerged this week of white men armed with guns confronting the black man, a struggle with punches thrown, three shots fired and Arbery collapsing dead. The Feb. 23 shooting in coastal Georgia is drawing comparisons to […]




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Lawns are the new wedding venue in the age of coronavirus


NEW YORK (AP) — Love in the age of coronavirus sometimes requires a lawn. Couples with dashed wedding plans due to lockdown restrictions have been tying the knot on those tidy green spreads instead, including at least one loaner. Danielle Cartaxo and Ryan Cignarella were supposed to get married in West Orange, New Jersey, on […]




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Jagger, Quincy Jones react to the death of Little Richard


Reaction to the death of rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Little Richard, who died Saturday at 87. — “I’m so saddened to hear about the passing of Little Richard, he was the biggest inspiration of my early teens and his music still has the same raw electric energy when you play it now as it did […]




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Images from around the world: People wear masks while working, shopping, even protesting





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Padlocked and chained: Images of a closed Seattle


The padlock business must be having an uptick with all the businesses closed because of the coronavirus. Widely seen in Seattle during the pandemic, locks and chains convey the sense of a city on pause. Some businesses considered essential have limited hours and curbside pickup. Others are hoping to open soon, and some are shuttered […]




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Storm trades Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis; adds free agent Epiphanny Prince


On a busy day of transactions, the Storm traded guard Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis on Monday hours after signing free-agent guard Epiphanny Prince. Seattle sent Mosqueda-Lewis to Connecticut for a 2021 second-round WNBA draft pick. The five-year veteran was selected at No. 3 overall by the Storm in the 2015 draft.  She averaged 5.3 points, 1.1 rebounds […]