Employees walk into Microsoft Building 42 on the east campus in Redmond on Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. Microsoft announced Monday that it will reopen its Washington offices later this month. (Amanda Snyder / The Seattle Times)
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Microsoft

Microsoft will boost pay and stock compensation to retain employees 

Microsoft will “nearly double” its budget for salary increases and boost the range of stock compensation it gives some workers as it faces cost-of-living hikes and fierce competition for workers. Updated

Politics

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre arrives for her first press briefing as press secretary at the White House in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) DCAH155

Karine Jean-Pierre steps into the bright White House spotlight WATCH

Opinion

After Buffalo, we all must resist the mainstreaming of hate | Editorial
Maureen Dowd
Too much church in the state | Maureen Dowd
UW's use of 'permatemp' faculty is unfair to students and part-time faculty | Op-Ed
Trudy Rubin
What is the plan to save Odesa, 'breadbasket of Europe,' to save the world? | Trudy Rubin

Local News

US Interagency Council on Homelessness Jeff Olivet (Timothy Devine / King County Regional Homelessness Authority)

Federal homelessness director says pandemic exacerbated crisis, provided lessons for Seattle, U.S.

Featured Columnist

‘All the hurt and the rage’: Elders recall trauma of Native boarding schools

Times Watchdog

Black police, blue line: What happened when a Tacoma officer challenged institutional racism
Police misconduct is costing Washington taxpayers millions
WA insurance chief Mike Kreidler apologizes for using racist slurs
State employees say WA insurance chief used racist slurs, mistreated staff

Business & Tech

Clay Siegall, left, president and CEO of Seattle Genetics during an interview, Thurs., Oct. 8, 2015, in Bothell. At right is Todd Simpson, CFO of the company. 0434974834

Washington’s highest-paid CEO resigns following arrest at his Edmonds home

Featured Columnist

Why Boeing’s move to the other Washington is bad for them and us

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Nation & World

People are silhouetted as an almost full moon rises above the sky in Grozny, Russia, Sunday, May 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev) LUN109 LUN109

Enjoy the blood moon's total eclipse — and a bit of Seattle sarcasm VIEW

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Food & Drink

The Dirty Shirley, a grown-up version of the classic Shirley Temple, made of vodka, grenadine, lemon lime soda and maraschino cherries, at Fanelli’s Cafe in New York, April 29, 2022. Vodka-spiked Shirley Temples, nostalgic, colorful and unapologetically sweet, have found a way to upstage the vodka soda. (Lanna Apisukh/The New York Times) XNYT178 XNYT178

Is the Dirty Shirley the drink of the summer?

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For a rewarding garden — and experience — think like a farmer and an artist

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Arts & Life

People travel at Pearson International Airport during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto, Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. New travel testing and restrictions have been put in place due to the omicron variant. (Nathan Denette / The Canadian Press via AP) NSD108

How to avoid travel mistakes this summer | Travel Troubleshooter

Photography

Scott Falkin and his daughter Mimi almost beat the University Bridge going up in the 8K race from Husky Stadium and back to it Saturday morning. Thousands participated in the fundraising event, the 40th in the series of Beat The Bridge to beat diabetes. (Nordstrom main and presenting sponsor on the website) Ref to more photos online LO Linesonly Beat the Bridge 8K 220400
Local News

Beat the Bridge runners race to beat diabetes VIEW

A great blue heron rises up from a nest in the Commodore Park colony. This Saturday from 11 am until 1 pm there will be a heron chick birthday party in the park with scopes and naturalists on hand as Heron Habitat Helpers (CQ) keep watch. Rain and the heron colony at Commodore Park, Magnolia, along the Ballard Locks. Thursday May 12, 2022 LO Linesonly 220396
Weather

Great blue heron takes flight over Commodore Park in Seattle

T-Mobile Park – Seattle Mariners vs. Philadelphia Phillies – 050922 Cardi P gives her owner Brandon Lindgren a kiss while Meaty Pablo sits like a good boy during Bark in the Park before a Mariners game Monday, May 9, 2022, in Seattle, Wash. 220343
Sports

Photos: Phillies at Mariners on Bark at the Park Night VIEW

There are fish to be caught in Victor Steinbrueck Park and no hooks on the lines as a passerby ducks out of the way in a fly casting school by Orvis. Led by instructor David Spratt, classes continue through June each Saturday. In the background is the cruise ship Norwegian Bliss at Pier 66, preparing for a trip to Alaska. Ref to more photos online. Saturday May 7, 2022 LO Linesonly 220340
Local News

Learning how to fly-fish — at a downtown Seattle park?