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One issue: DCYF’s transfer of 43 men in their early 20s from Green Hill to an adult prison.

‘In symbolic terms, it would be enormous for this area. It would mean reversing mistakes that have been made over 20 years.’ -Dominic Gates on Boeing news

The NPR All Things Considered co-host told us about hosting Season Two of the Netflix series "The Mole."

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that cities can ban camping and sleeping in public, even if there is no shelter to send them to, overturning a previous ruling that has guided cities' approaches to homelessness for years.

Jeffrey Nelson, an Auburn police officer who was charged for shooting and killing Jesse Sarey, 26, in 2019, was found guilty of murder and assault on Thursday. Nelson is the first officer in Washington state to be convicted under a new legal standard for holding cops accountable for using deadly force.

Police officer Jeffrey Nelson will not testify in the murder trial against him

Washington officials say after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld broad access to the abortion pill mifepristone Thursday, the state will start to release its stockpile of the drug. But it’s unclear whether the state will renew that stockpile if the medication faces additional federal challenges.

This first Pride, though big in spirit, was minuscule compared to what it has become today.

Poet Maggie Smith will read from and talk about her work on June 8 at Hugo House.

‘She is sparkling, she is shiny, she is not somebody to fear. Let her have her moment. Let her have her dance.’ - Anida Yoeu Ali

Updated at 1 p.m. 5/29/2024

The Seattle City Council postponed a planned vote Tuesday over a controversial proposal to roll back a gig worker minimum wage that was put in place earlier this year.

Seattle Times columnist Naomi Ishisaka talks about the origins and impacts of a recent social media storm

Professor David Baker used to say that protein design was on the ‘lunatic fringe’ of biochemistry. Now, he’s on the TIME100 Health list.

Researcher expects French Gates 'will continue to focus on gender equity and women's empowerment.'

Agreement signals campus protest tents will be coming down soon

The long-awaited murder trial of Auburn Police Officer Jeffrey Nelson got off to a rocky start Thursday.

Electricity demand in Washington state is about to grow dramatically, as we shift away from fossil fuels. That means we’re going to need better batteries – and a lot more of them. Companies in Washington State are racing to become leaders in this growing industry.

‘It's hard not to think of how historic it is to be on a plane like Air Force One.’ – NPR’s Elena Moore

Each day in Burien seems to bring a new uproar between city officials and the King County Sheriff’s Office over the city’s camping ban. Meanwhile, people await an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court ruling on whether camping bans violate the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment when they don’t come with offers of available shelter.

District officials have not said which schools will be on the chopping block — a list is expected to be released in June — but they say K-5 students would be better accommodated if the district downsized to 50 elementary schools, down from more than 70 schools.

‘She was very direct. She said, we will not end this relationship because, essentially, you couldn't replace all the support that the company has given the university over the years.’ -Mike Reicher

Earlier this year, Washington became the fifth state in the country to issue guidance on using AI in school. Some teachers had already started using artificial intelligence to improve their assignments, engage students, and save time.

‘In the long term, we think that families really are going to benefit from this.’