King County Executive Dow Constantine has selected Dr. Faisal Khan, the former director of public health in St. Louis County, to be the next director of Public Health—Seattle & King […]
Art of the Aloha Shirt
The exhibition, Art of the Aloha Shirt: Keoni of Hawaii, 1938–51, opened on July 1 at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma and will be on view through Sept. […]
MSNBC appoints Alex Wagner as 4-night prime-time anchor
MSNBC has appointed Alex Wagner to fill Rachel Maddow’s time slot four nights a week, Tuesdays through Fridays. Wagner, who has worked at CBS News, as a co-host of Showtime’s […]
Biden picks Prabhakar as science adviser
President Joe Biden nominated engineer and physicist Arati Prabhakar, who during the Obama administration directed the James Bond-like Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) which came up with the Internet […]
LETTER: Removal of Sound Transit train route alternatives adjacent/through CID
Dear Sound Transit Board Chair University Place Rep. Kent Keel, Vice Chair King County Executive Dow Constantine, …
Anti-Black, gay, Asian bias fuel California hate crime surge
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hate crimes driven by homophobia and racism resulted in a 33% surge in reported incidents in California last year, following a similar spike in hate-driven attacks […]
Ex-Alibaba employee says ex-boss should be charged with rape
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A former employee of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has accused her then-manager of trying to rape her on a business trip […]
China’s Baidu races Waymo, GM to develop self-driving cars
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — With no one at the wheel, a self-driving taxi developed by tech giant Baidu Inc. is rolling down a Beijing street […]
Dictator’s son Marcos Jr. takes oath as Philippine president
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the namesake son of an ousted dictator, was sworn in as Philippine president on June 30 in one […]
Hindu man killed as religious tensions boil in India
By SHEIKH SAALIQ and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI, India (AP) — Tensions were high in India’s western Udaipur city in late June, a day after police arrested two […]