By BUSABA SIVASOMBOON Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Wildlife authorities in Thailand sent two orangutans back to Indonesia on Dec. 20 as part of a collaborative effort to combat illicit wildlife trade. Ten-year-old female Cola and 7-year-old male Giant were transported from wildlife sanctuaries in the western province of Ratchaburi to Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, where […]
Baba Ram Dass, spiritual guru and LSD pioneer, dies at 88
MAUI, Hawaii (AP) — Baba Ram Dass, the 1960s counterculture spiritual leader who experimented with LSD and traveled to India to find enlightenment, returning to share it with Americans, has died. He was 88. Dass’ foundation, Love Serve Remember, announced late on Dec. 22 that the author and spiritual leader died peacefully at his home […]
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, and downfall of Rose
The Rose quote that was heard all around the world this weekend, “The general asked me to study the specs of old Destroyers.” Fans of Rose suddenly cried out in terror!
2019 Year in Sports
Welcome to the last Layup Drill of the decade. In this edition, we take a look at the best athletes of 2019.
Top 10 book recommendations
Another year is coming to a close and that means another year of a whole lot of books. Here are 10 of my top reads—in no particular order—for 2019.
A-pop! Hall of Fame/Shame: Who made it big in 2019, and who fell flat on their faces!
2019 saw Asians get more visibility in popular culture than ever before — some of it good, some of it not so good.
Former UW student Xiyue Wang freed after 3 years in Iran jail
A University of Washington alumnus, held for three years in Iran on widely criticized espionage charges, was freed on Dec. 7 as part of a prisoner exchange that saw America release a detained Iranian scientist, a rare diplomatic breakthrough between Tehran and Washington after months of tensions.
SCIDpda project gets city funding
The City of Seattle Office of Housing awarded SCIDpda $11 million in funding for the first phase of its North Lot campus project by Pacific Tower.
Marilyn Strickland running for Congress
Marilyn Strickland announced on Dec. 19 that she wants Washington’s open 10th Congressional District seat.
Sixth Democratic presidential debate — Andrew Yang highlights
Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang said it was an “honor and a disappointment” to be the only non-white candidate on the debate stage on Dec. 19.