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This is an east-looking view of homes in northeast Seattle, with Lake Washington and the Cascade Mountains in the background. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

Real Estate

Home prices shot up over the summer; Seattle still No. 2 in nation for growth

Seattle continued its run as No. 2 for price growth, following the same top-performing market for the seventh consecutive month. Lower-priced homes here are seeing the fastest price growth. Updated 7:55 pm

Washington will join other states to review coronavirus vaccines approved by the federal government Updated 7:49 pm
Roberts guides Dodgers to 1st World Series title in 32 years Updated 9:39 pm
Washington state Democrats, teachers union inject last-minute money to boost Reykdal’s schools chief campaign
Two Auburn men charged with hate crime after allegedly chasing, beating Black man
Dori Monson back on the air, with apology and ‘praying for healing’ Updated 8:17 pm
Report released by Sen. Maria Cantwell slams Google and Facebook for decimating local news outlets Updated 9:02 pm
2020 Endorsements

Choices by the editorial board

Tents from a homeless encampment are seen lining the sidewalks at Ballard Commons Park along 22nd Avenue Northwest in Seattle on Monday afternoon October 26, 2020. 215500

Local Politics

Business, neighborhood groups press Mayor Durkan and City Council to act on encampments, park conditions

Scores of tents have cropped up at parks across Seattle. Business and neighborhood groups want the city to do something about what they call "a spiraling public-health and public-safety crisis," citing an uptick in trash, drug use, violence and maintenance problems.

Seahawks

Seahawks mailbag: Should defensive coordinator Ken Norton worry about his job?

Protesters marched from Capitol Hill to downtown Seattle Monday evening, Oct. 26, 2020 to mark the 150th day since protests here began in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd. Demonstrators have called on the city to cut the police budget and redirect that money to community organizations.

Local News

On 150th day of Seattle protests, demonstrators say more work remains

Election 2020

John Hansberry, center, gathers ballots from an extraction machine during a media tour highlighting the preparations for the sorting and counting of mail-in ballots at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, in Philadelphia. (Jose F. Moreno/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP) PAPHQ409

LiveElection 2020 updates, Oct. 27: What to know today about candidates, voting and moreUpdated 7:48 pm

A portion of a Washington state mail-in ballot is shown with choices that include Donald Trump and Joe Biden for president, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, in Olympia, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) WATW105 WATW105

In final days of Washington’s elections, fear of misinformation and mail delays persist

Vance Fleming, left, waits in line for an early voting site to open during the first day of early voting in Henderson, Nev., Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP) NVLVS103 NVLVS103

Early-voting surge scrambles Election Day expectations as some states gallop toward 2016 turnout levels

During Trump’s term, millions of government and GOP dollars have flowed to his properties VIEW

Obama’s new gig: gleefully needling Trump

Voting by mail isn’t so easy on Native American reservations Updated 8:26 pm

On the campaign trail Tuesday, Biden vows unity can 'save this country'; Trump hits Midwest VIEW Updated 9:39 pm

Biden faces challenges in quickly combating the pandemic Updated 9:26 pm

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Health

Telemedicine or in person? The pros and cons of doctor visit options during the COVID-19 pandemic

Rome Odunze stretches as the University of Washington Huskies practice at the Dempsey Center field on October 23, 2020. 215468

UW football

Analysis: The five UW football freshmen most likely to play this fall

Amazon

Amazon to hire 100,000 workers for seasonal surge

Editorial

Vile attacks on Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan must end

Local News

Demonstrators and Seattle police are shown at 5th Avenue and Madison Street in downtown Seattle during a march in solidarity with Minneapolis and protesting police brutality on Friday evening.
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Law enforcement unions push Washington ballot initiative to regulate protests, protect police jobs

Naomi Ishisaka

Why are so many people voting early this year? Here’s one Kent woman’s answer

Education Lab

WATCH: How to make this unusual school year a little easier | Ed Lab Live

Children with disabilities are left behind by remote learning

Seattle-area parents want rules about screen time, but experts say off-screen interactions matter more

2 UW fraternities punished by Greek system amid COVID-19 outbreak

Seattle’s Cornish College of the Arts declares financial emergency

Business & Tech

FILE – In this May 7, 2018, file photo, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella looks on during a video as he delivers the keynote address at Build, the company’s annual conference for software developers in Seattle. Microsoft says the coronavirus pandemic has increased demand for its flagship cloud computing and workplace productivity products as it reported quarterly earnings Wednesday, July 22, 2020, that beat Wall Street expectations. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Microsoft’s sales top estimates on booming cloud demand

Amazon to hire 100,000 workers for seasonal surge
T-Mobile offers up yet another TV streaming service Updated 9:18 pm
Home prices shot up over the summer; Seattle still No. 2 in nation for growth Updated 7:55 pm
Recession’s silver lining: American households are doing better than expected Updated 9:26 pm
Etch A Sketch maker to acquire Rubik’s Cube in iconic toy tie-up Updated 9:41 pm

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Nation & World

**EMBARGO: No electronic distribution, Web posting or street sales before 3:01 a.m. ET Oct. 27, 2020. No exceptions for any reasons. EMBARGO set by source.** A Covid-19 ward in Guayaquil, Ecuador, where the coronavirus spread explosively in the early spring, Oct. 21, 2020. President Donald Trump and President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil waged an ideological campaign that would undermine Latin America’s ability to respond to Covid-19. (Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times) XNYT128

How Trump and Bolsonaro broke Latin America’s defenses against COVID-19 VIEW

Coronavirus

Some COVID survivors have antibodies that attack the body, not the virus

Some survivors of COVID-19 carry worrying signs that their immune system has turned on the body, reminiscent of potentially debilitating diseases like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, a new study has found. At some point, the body’s defense system in these patients shifted into attacking itself, rather than the virus, the study suggests. The patients are...