Douglas Frank describes a line graph during a speech last month north of downtown Vancouver, Clark County. He claims without evidence that voting machines were hacked in nearly every county in the U.S. (Daniel Kim / The Seattle Times)
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Local Politics

How election conspiracies cast a shadow over WA midterms

The election-denial movement, encouraged by Trump after his 2020 loss, has increasingly permeated mainstream Republican thought, echoed here by some county GOP leaders and candidates. VIEW

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Politics

FILE — Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), wearing a pink blouse, and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) in an orange head wrap, during the State of the Union address in at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 4, 2020. Both progressive lawmakers have received an outsize number of threats.(Doug Mills/The New York Times)

Lawmakers confront a rise in threats and intimidation, and fear worse VIEW

Opinion

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Local News

A progressively hazier horizon is visible looking east on NE 150th St. in Shoreline Wednesday. Wildfire smoke from the Bolt Creek fire has once again infiltrated the Seattle area.

Bolt Creek fire was ‘human-caused’; smoke drifts over Seattle again

Featured Columnist

Inside the ‘Northgate miracle,’ which wasn’t a miracle at all

Project Homeless

Homelessness along Green River grows, creating a tricky question
Longtime King County Housing Authority leader accused of racial, gender-based discrimination
Why illegally placed concrete blocks have taken over public parking in Seattle
A Seattle strategy focused on chronically homeless people paid off — for some

Business & Tech

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, second from right, on Dec. 13, 2021, with car dealership representatives who drive electric vehicles to a news conference in Olympia. Inslee announced several climate-related proposals for the 2022 legislative session, including a plan to offer rebates on the purchase of new and used electric vehicles for qualified buyers. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Top questions and answers about electric cars in Washington

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Nation & World

In an undated image provided by Tara Bennett, Tim Bell, left, and Joshua Farrar, wearing his salt-and-pepper diamond engagment ring. After becoming engaged, Farrar said he wanted a ring that reflected how, as a gay man, he has “been defying what I’ve been expected to do my whole life.” (Tara Bennett via The New York Times) – NO SALES; FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY LGBTQ RINGS BY ABIGAIL COVINGTON FOR SEPT. 29, 2022. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED. – XNYT183 XNYT183

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Food & Drink

Homemade bread crumbs are created for an eggplant pasta, in New York, Aug. 4, 2022. Pasta with garlicky bread crumbs, eggplant and tomatoes is everything you want in a colorful weeknight dinner. Food styled by Simon Andrews. (David Malosh/The New York Times) XNYT30

An avalanche of breadcrumbs tops this colorful eggplant pasta dish

Pacific NW Magazine

Seattle loves the Mariners, but our container ship trade goes mostly unnoticed

Seattle longshore workers keep the containership industry afloat

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Arts & Life

Rant & Rave: Food prices going up? Try shopping around

Photography

Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Marco Gonzales celebrates in the locker room after a 2-1 win over the Oakland Athletics and their first post season in 21 years. 221659
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Thrilling win, wild celebration in photos VIEW

Dan Kelleher, from Kirkland laughs after Pamela Girres, from Bellevue spotted a Sharp-Tailed Sandpiper through her telescope from a spot on the 520 bridge overlooking marshes near Foster Island in Union Bay by the University of Washington in Seattle, WA on September 28, 2022. Bird enthusiasts were drawn there after receiving an ebird-alert from ebird.org that the Sharp-Tailed Sandpiper had been spotted. Many sightings have occurred over the past few days. 221715
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Birders flock to 520 bridge to catch glimpse of rare visitor VIEW

Jupiter glows on Monday Sept. 26, 2022, as it is the closest to Earth than it has ever been in nearly six decades.
Local News

A look at Jupiter, from a mere 367 million miles

People walk in the Luminata parade around Green Lake on Saturday, Sept. 24. Luminata is an annual lantern festival celebrating the autumnal equinox and organized by the Fremont Arts Council, held this year on Saturday, Sept. 24.
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Photos: Luminata festival sets the night alight at Green Lake VIEW