A ghost bike hangs over the spot in Sodo where Gan Hao Li, 73, was struck and killed by a car on May 10. (Dean Rutz / The Seattle Times)
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Traffic Lab

Seattle traffic deaths show no sign of slowing as second bicyclist fatally struck this year

Gan-Hoi Li, 73, was fatally struck in Sodo as he rode his bike last week. More serious injuries and deaths occur on the streets there than anywhere else in Seattle.

Politics

Lynda DePiero is on the hook for nearly $435,000 after she accepted about $47,000 in benefits to which the government said she was not entitled. MUST CREDIT: Photo for The Washington Post by Mark Makela

A Social Security program piled huge fines on the poor and disabled

Opinion

Mayor Harrell, stem the blue drain with Seattle Police Department hiring incentives | Editorial
Derrick Nunnally
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David Horsey
The pack has the ‘lone wolf’s’ back | Horsey cartoon

Local News

Cleveland High School students who walked out Friday listen to classmates speak on behalf of Catherine Brown, their principal removed by the district. are staging a walkout Friday morning to protest their school’s new principal, rallying at the school district’s HQ. Friday May 20, 2022 220450

Cleveland High School students walk out of school to protest change in principals VIEW

Featured Columnist

From ‘MAGA Republicans’ to a $30 minimum wage, the political parties seem headed for a crackup

Project Homeless

Dramatically different plan to house Seattle's poorest residents draws opposition
Scott Morrow, longtime organizer and godfather to Seattle’s tiny-home villages, dies
Seattle street barber gives out more than just free haircuts
Homelessness, behavioral health take precedence in ‘historic’ WA spending plan

Business & Tech

A Long March-2F Y12 rocket carrying a crew of Chinese astronauts in a Shenzhou-12 spaceship lifts off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan in northwestern China, Thursday, June 17, 2021. China has launched the first three-man crew to its new space station in its the ambitious programs first crewed mission in five years. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) XHG116

China, U.S. are racing to make billions from mining the moon’s minerals VIEW

Featured Columnist

Downtown is in trouble and it'll take more than redoing Pacific Place to save it

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Nation & World

Hanna Navozenko grieves during the funeral for her grandson Denys Ponomarenko, 25, who was a medic in the Azov Battalion and was killed on March 16 during shelling in Moschun, Ukraine, in the village of Zhukotky, Ukraine, May 20, 2022. (Nicole Tung/The New York Times) XNYT85

New evidence shows how Russian soldiers executed men in Bucha VIEW

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Food & Drink

Housed in the old post office building, Tacoma’s En Rama is a great place for classic cocktails alongside small plates and housemade pasta.

Try towering layers of cake, pizzacoa and bone marrow shots on a food-filled day trip to Tacoma VIEW

Pacific NW Magazine

Local squeezebox company Petosa weathers a century of accordion ups and downs

Here’s how to squeeze a little more accordion into your life

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Arts & Life

This is the Melody sphere at Free Spirit Spheres in British Columbia, where funky spherical pods make for a nice forested retreat.

Stay off the beaten path this summer at these 8 unique Pacific Northwest locales VIEW

Moira Macdonald’s list of must-read books for summer 2022

Photography

Coach Heather Tarr sends Jadelyn Allchin home after her 3-run blast opened up the game for Washington in the 5th. The 13th-seeded Washington Huskies played the Lehigh University Mountain Hawks in NCAA Regional Softball Friday, May 20, 2022 at Husky Softball Stadium, in Seattle, WA. 220420
Sports

Photos: UW win NCAA softball regional opener against Lehigh VIEW

Climate Pledge Arena – Seattle Storm vs. Los Angeles Sparks – 052022 Seattle Storm guard Jewell Loyd passes between Los Angeles Sparks guard Brittney Sykes and forward Nneka Ogwumike during the second quarter Friday, May 20, 2022, in Seattle, Wash.
Sports

Photos: LA Sparks at Storm VIEW

Under extremely windy conditions on Lake Washington, Alan Allegret bolts onto the water with his windfoil during weekly windsurf races off New Castle Beach Park in Bellevue, Wednesday, May 18, 2022 in Bellevue. According to City League Series race organizer Greg Mejlaender, the winds were anywhere between 20 to 40 miles per hour. “If anyone gets to the buoy and back we’ll crown them champion and the rest of us are in survival mode,” joked Mejlaender.
Local News

Windsurfing race in Bellevue a battle

Museum of Flight – Boeing Field – B-29 bomber flight – 051722 Meg Godlewski’s bomber jacket with all of its patches accents the nose of Doc, one of only two World War II B-29 bombers still flying, as it soars over the Seattle area Tuesday, May 17, 2022. The visit is part of the “B-29 Doc History Restored Tour.” After the plane’s arrival at the Museum, it will remain on-site for routine maintenance and crew changes until May 19, when public tours and flights begin. Public ground and cockpit tours will be available May 19-20 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and on May 21- 22, from 12 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Rides in the plane will be during the mornings of May 21-22, and are sold out as of this writing, but additional flights might be added–for updates check www.b29doc.com/rides For details and prices about B-29 Doc Flight Experience, visit www.b29doc.com/rides. 220403
Local News

‘Doc,’ the Boeing B-29 bomber, lands at Museum of Flight VIEW