1+ hour, 50+ min ago   (935+ words) You know the story: Somewhere in the mythical Mediterranean, the hero Odysseus’ scouts went ashore and ate a food that made them forget that they wanted to go home. When Odysseus found them, they wouldn’t leave. So he dragged the…...

11+ hour, 16+ min ago   (470+ words) And then something unexpected happened. The American public didn’t cheer. In offices across the U.S., workers are hesitant to use AI products they are being told will soon do their jobs better. Medical professionals scoff at the idea that an…...

13+ hour, 16+ min ago   (346+ words) Sound Transit plans to close the 2 Line between Seattle and Bellevue all day Sunday, to do some finishing work, months after passenger service began across Lake Washington. The 7-mile, $1 billion corridor opened there March 28 to overflow crowds who made 252,000 trips,…...

13+ hour, 16+ min ago   (1133+ words) As King County voters prepare to choose a new county assessor, the candidates all agree on at least one key idea that could drive down property taxes for some homeowners. The policy, known as a universal homestead exemption, would shield…...

13+ hour, 2+ min ago   (688+ words) Jet lag threatens to turn even a dream vacation into a slog. And with peak travel season underway, millions of people may have to contend with this disorienting condition, which can cause sleep disturbances, daytime tiredness, headaches and nasty gastrointestinal…...

13+ hour, 16+ min ago   (1768+ words) IF THERE’S ONE dominant cultural cliché about jury duty, the civic responsibility that has launched 1,000 excusatory little white lies, it’s that jury duty is very, very boring. So why, on a drizzly January night, would I have opted into this…...

19+ hour, 42+ min ago   (796+ words) The number of measles cases in the U.S. has surpassed the record-breaking tally for all of 2025, with five more months of 2026 still to come. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention logged 2,318 cases of measles as of Thursday, according to an…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1075+ words) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump abruptly switched aircraft when leaving Turkey this month after what officials judged to be a credible threat that Iranian proxy forces were targeting him and Air Force One, according to multiple people briefed on the matter....

21+ hour, 48+ min ago   (338+ words) A pyrocumulus cloud from the Little Giant fire was visible from Seattle on Friday, as the wildfire saw dramatic growth north of Lake Wenatchee. The Little Giant fire, now burning over 16 square miles and 0% contained, is 30 miles northwest of Leavenworth,…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (945+ words) WASHINGTON — As the Trump administration considers attacking Iranian-backed Houthi forces in Yemen, U.S. forces in the Middle East are being stretched thin by nearly two weeks of daily airstrikes against Iran. The Houthis claimed this week that they had targeted…...