Bruce Naftaly, shown here in 2017 at his restaurant Marmite, has headed off into extremely well-deserved retirement with laurels aplenty. (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times, 2017)
(Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times, 2017)
Food & Drink

10 latest Seattle restaurant closures — with best wishes to a local legend

A longtime chef has closed his eatery and retired, and a beloved Korean place is also gone. But you can get a last shot at a favorite Ballard spot.

Politics

FILE – United Auto Workers members march through downtown Detroit, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. The UAW is conducting a strike against Ford, Stellantis and General Motors. Former President Donald Trump will skip the second GOP presidential debate next week to travel to Detroit as the auto worker strike enters its second week. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File) WX461 WX461

Trump says he always had autoworkers’ backs. Union leaders say otherwise

Opinion

The U.S. Supreme Court’s lack of a code of ethics undermines its legitimacy | Opinion
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The Panama Canal is running dry, a problem the U.S. helped create and is making worse | LZ Granderson
Passage of drug use bill is not the end of debate in Seattle | Editorial
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Q&A: How to apply for Press Forward grants and support it locally | Brier Dudley

Local News

Late summer dahlia blooms Thursday afternoon at Bellevue Botanical Garden on September 14, 2023. 224972

Where to see Seattle’s official flower

Featured Columnist

Is Inslee’s plan working? The electric car age arrives — for some

Mental Health

How insurers prevent lifesaving treatment for eating disorders
What you need to know about getting eating-disorder treatment
Why so many in crisis are rejected by King County mental health facilities
How a Seattle Times artist portrayed the emotional experience of an eating disorder

Business & Tech

Rupert Murdoch attends the 2019 Vanity Fair Oscar Party at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on Feb. 24, 2019, in Beverly Hills, California. (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images/TNS)

Rupert Murdoch, whose creation of Fox News made him a force in American politics, is stepping down VIEW

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Nation & World

A group of asylum-seekers from Ecuador wait in a makeshift camp after crossing the nearby border with Mexico, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. Migrants continue to arrive to desert campsites along California’s border with Mexico, as they await processing in tents made from tree branches. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) CAGB102 CAGB102

After a lull, asylum-seekers adapt to US immigration changes and again overwhelm border agents WATCH

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Health

FILE – COVID-19 antigen home tests indicating a positive result are photographed in New York, April 5, 2023. The Biden administration has announced that it is providing $600 million in funding to produce new at-home COVID-19 tests and is restarting a website allowing Americans to again order up to four free tests per household. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File) WX110 WX110

Free COVID tests are coming back; here are the details

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