10+ hour, 46+ min ago   (1065+ words) Back in the early 1990s, a features reporter for The Seattle Times searched out alienated young people who could speak about the travails of those belonging to a newly minted cohort: Generation X. The piece, headlined “Closed-door generation: Grads in their 20s frustrated…...

11+ hour, 1+ min ago   (680+ words) It’s the reign of the umbrella, and not because of rain. Sun umbrellas — used to protect against intense heat and ultraviolet rays — have long been a mainstay in Asian countries and on golf courses worldwide. Now they’re catching on in…...

11+ hour, 1+ min ago   (1441+ words) LOS ANGELES — The footage has the graininess of something recorded on a 1980s video camera. The man captured by the lens appears middle-aged and his name is Doug. He is wearing a striped sweater and wide glasses. He speaks in halting…...

13+ hour, 1+ min ago   (504+ words) Welcome to The Seattle Times’ Sunday inside baseball page, where we review the week that was on the diamond, highlight key trends with the Mariners and present our weekly MLB Power Rankings. Rookie shortstop Brock Rodden, wearing jersey No. 90, on…...

12+ hour, 1+ min ago   (195+ words) “We saw that image, and we were like: ‘This is new. This is something that we’ve never seen before,’” said Pieter van Dokkum, a physicist at Yale University and an author of the new study. “And when we did some…...

13+ hour, 1+ min ago   (1153+ words) It’s never difficult to spot Gibran Hamdan at a Washington football practice. Amid a sea of purple-and-gold, Adidas-branded hoodies, quarter-zips and pullovers, the UW football creative director, often cloaked in an eclectic mix of unique garments from an array of…...

21+ hour, 52+ min ago   (325+ words) A teenage boy and four adults were killed Friday in shootings that prompted a wide search for the fleeing gunman, whose body was ultimately found in a wooded area alongside one of his victims, authorities said. A teenage girl survived…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (676+ words) HOUSTON — A few hours before playing in his first major-league game, Brock Rodden sat in the Daikin Park visitors’ dugout Friday afternoon and told the story of the time he saved his grandfather, Reedy, from a raging bull on the…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (540+ words) The Seahawks have agreed to a four-year, $132 million contract extension with Devon Witherspoon that will make him the highest-paid cornerback in the NFL at an average of $33 million a year, a source confirmed to The Seattle Times Saturday morning. The…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (401+ words) School doesn’t begin again for a few weeks. But you wouldn’t know it looking at my phone. These days, returning to the classroom seems to involve more homework for parents than for students. Is anyone else ready to cry uncle?...