Ballots and boba made an unlikely pairing at the Wing Luke Museum, where about 40 Seattle-area voters gathered for an election town hall aimed at making Washington’s vote-by-mail system a little less unclear.
- Pioneering Seattle City Councilmember and civil rights champion Dolores Sibonga passes away
- Supreme Court lifts a cloud over midterms, letting mail ballots flow as normal to voters
- Khosla family meets press prior to NFL kickoff
- CID Night Market lands No. 3 in national ranking
- Tacoma man added to FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters
- Elderly cancer patient released from Tacoma ICE facility
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Lam’s Seafood expands with city support
Lam’s Seafood Asian Market has been part of Seattle’s Chinatown-International District (CID) for decades, serving generations of shoppers with Asian groceries and seafood.

A global AI safety strategy depends on US-China cooperation. They each see the other as the problem
As concern rises over the risks of artificial intelligence, hopes for any kind of global approach depend on cooperation between the U.S. and China—superpowers that seem only to be more skeptical of each other’s AI strategy.

Kamala Harris is to campaign in Michigan with Abdul El-Sayed
Former Vice President Kamala Harris plans to campaign with Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan next week in the party’s latest push to unify voters in a key battleground state that will help determine control of the Senate.

Seattle mayor announces new approach to reducing gun violence
Mayor Katie Wilson announced a new citywide plan on Tuesday aimed at reducing gun violence through a combination of community intervention, police resources, youth programs and regional partnerships.

Hiro Murai makes Emmy history with directing win for ‘Widow’s Bay’
Hiro Murai made Emmy history on Monday night, becoming the first Asian director to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series.
Community
Japan’s new Seattle consul general
Pioneering Seattle City Councilmember and civil rights champion Dolores Sibonga passes away
WA AG joins lawsuit challenging new public charge rule
Feleata Ma’ae named Seattle Storm’s 2026 Believe in Women honoree
State board advances plan to make world languages optional for graduation
Hobbs urges WA voters to use ballot drop boxes
Khosla family meets press prior to NFL kickoff
Sports
Khosla family meets press prior to NFL kickoff
China’s 7-foot-3 Zhang Ziyu looms over opponents on debut at Women’s Basketball World Cup
The Layup Drill
NFL owners unanimously approve the sale of the Seahawks to Vinod Khosla and his family
Eala and Auger-Aliassime, Svitolina-Monfils, Errani-Vavassori get US Open mixed doubles wild cards
National News
Sikh truck driver stabbed at Wyoming rest stop
More Southeast Asians deported under Trump’s second term than at any other point in history
Trump targets naturalized citizen voters ahead of midterms
FBI chief Kash Patel is set to face off with Democrats critical of his leadership at Senate hearing
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