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Seattle tops the nation in tower cranes for third straight year as construction reaches new peak

Cranes are especially active in South Lake Union, driven by Amazon’s growth. (Ellen M. Banner/The Seattle Times) — Cranes are especially active in South Lake Union, driven by Amazon's growth. (Ellen M. Banner/The Seattle Times)

Seattle first led the nation in cranes in 2016. Now the city has more cranes than at any point since Rider Levett Bucknall began counting them in 2014.

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Opposition to King County youth jail grows as immigrant-rights group joins effort to halt construction
‘You hurt her!’: Prosecutors say 6-year-old witnessed his father fatally shoot his mother in Kent

Taken May 17, 2018, this is the Seattle skyline, looking North. The Smith Tower is at right. 206324

As King County diversifies, people of Asian descent made up the majority of growth last year

New census data show King County continuing on a path toward greater racial diversity as its population booms to nearly 2.19 million people. New 6:00 am

Jane The Virgin — “Chapter Forty-Six” — Image Number: JAV302b_238.jpg — Pictured (L-R): Gina Rodriguez as Jane and Brett Dier as Michael — Photo: Michael Desmond/The CW — © 2016 The CW Network, LLC. All rights reserved.

‘Sixteen Candles’ and ‘Law & Order: SVU’: What the stories on our screens teach us about sex and consent

In the midst of the #MeToo movement, experts and Seattle Times readers explore how mass-media depictions form our views of consent, and what responsibility creators have in representing healthy consensual encounters. WATCH New 6:00 am

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Trees burn near a home Tuesday, July 17, 2018 in Spokane, Wash. Fire crews from Spokane, Spokane Valley and Fire District 9 are fighting a fast-moving wildfire just north of Upriver Drive that has engulfed several homes and prompted fire officials to call for a level three evacuation for homeowners in the area. (Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review via AP) WASPO103 WASPO103

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Spokane wildfire destroys homes, forces evacuation of hundreds

Cleveland Browns defensive coordinator Ray Horton gestures during training camp at the NFL football team’s facility in Berea, Ohio Sunday, July 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

Catching up

After four decades in football, one Super Bowl ring, UW great Ray Horton is finally retired (he thinks)

Larry Stone

Mariners’ Jean Segura sure hit like an All-Star Game MVP, but maybe this was another snub

Editorial

Lesson from Trump-Putin summit: Vote to restore America’s honor

Local News

The Northlake tiny home village is on 4th Avenue NE. 207017

At one tiny-home village in Wallingford, there was no case management or hygiene truck for months

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Is the GOP a party? Or a cult

Education Lab

As need soars, schools rally behind families in Vancouver, Wash. — and other cities take notice

Seattle Public Schools is back at the negotiating table for teacher contracts. Here’s how it’s going so far.

Three ways you can advocate for students with disabilities and special education in Washington state

Simple ‘nudge’ letters can boost school attendance, new research suggests

Business & Tech

Cranes dot the Seattle skyline in 2018.

Seattle tops the nation in tower cranes for third straight year as construction reaches new peak

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Center City streetcar line would complete badly needed transit link

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So Northwest: Pendleton-print yoga mats

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Community

Food pantries stimulate economy, could improve college graduation rates

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Any voluntary activity — meetings, lectures, training sessions and so on — must occur outside regular working hours; really be fully voluntary; not be directly related to the employee’s job; and not involve performing any actual “productive work.” (Maria Nguyen / The New York Times)

Career Advice

When unpaid training doesn’t feel voluntary at all

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Education

Are single-gender schools still relevant?

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Home Improvement

There can be a lot to learn when you buy an old house

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Nation & World

The lights go out as President Donald Trump, center, accompanied by House Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, left, and Rep. Diane Black, R-Tn., right, speaks in the Cabinet room of the White House, Tuesday, July 17, 2018, in Washington. Trump says he meant the opposite when he said in Helsinki that he doesn’t see why Russia would have interfered in the 2016 U.S. elections. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) OTKAH OTKAH

Lights go out during Trump statement at the White House WATCH

Photography

The shadow emphasizes Katrina Wolfe’s movements during her Butoh performance piece, “The Rag Picker.”

Ref to more photos onlineNorthwest Wanderings on performance artist Katrina Wolfe, Butoh modern dance,

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Northwest Wanderings

This isn’t for everyone: Sumner dancer tries to ‘wake up senses’ with strange art of butoh VIEW

Alexa Balch Stritof (right) and Danica Ansell make faces at their friend watching from the sidelines as they go on a ride at the West Seattle Summer Festival on Saturday afternoon, July 14, 2018. The Festival Continues 10-6pm Sunday. 207021

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Fun in the sun at West Seattle festival VIEW

Three-year-old Cal Riddle from Seattle is all smiles as he anticipates being squirted by a fellow wading pool goer in Lincoln Park’s wading pool in West Seattle Thursday, July 12, 2018. Temperatures in the 80’s are expected for the next ten days.

Photography

Squirts from a squirt

Seattle Reign’s Megan Rapinoe attempts a shot over the Utah Royal’s Katie Bowen during the game at Memorial Stadium on Wednesday, July 11, 2018. 206910

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Photos: Seattle Reign beat Utah Royals 1-0 VIEW

Entertainment

Ray Tagavilla stars in Seayoung Yim’s play about a brash young Korean immigrant nightclub Kingpin, performed with a four-course Korean American dinner at Café Nordo. (John Cornicello / )

‘Persimmon Nights’ at Cafe Nordo plays out like a glossy movie melodrama

Editorials & Opinion

Lesson from Trump-Putin summit: Vote to restore America’s honor | Editorial

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Trump’s victory dance on the Euro-American tomb

David Horsey cartoons

Checks and balances

Sports

This July 22, 2017 photo shows Seattle Storm’s Sue Bird smiling in the first half of the WNBA All-Star basketball game in Seattle. Bird moved into first place on a WNBA career list this season. She took over the top spot in assists. Diana Taurasi said in August that it was special playing with Bird at the All-Star Game this year because she never knew how many more times they’d both be on the court together. The WNBA playoffs get underway on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017 with two single-elimination games in the first round. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Sue Bird sets league record with 11th WNBA All-Star selection

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Mariners’ Jean Segura sure hit like an All-Star Game MVP, but maybe this was another snub

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Recent Chief Sealth graduate Juan Old Chief Betancourt has learned a lot from his great grandmother. He wanted to honor her the best way he knew how, by taking her to his high school prom. (Lauren Frohne & Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

Family always comes first: A prom story (5:09)

Stand up paddle boarding is making its Special Olympics USA Games debut, and 21-year-old Devon Adelman is up for the challenge of this new sport. (Lauren Frohne, Bettina Hansen & Emily M. Eng / The Seattle Times)

Paddling for Special Olympics gold (5:01)

"History matters because it shows our values," says Jeffrey Coopersmith, a Seattle attorney who has collected historical artifacts for the past four decades. (Corinne Chin / The Seattle Times)

Artifacts of Injustice (2:38)

South Park has seen a recent escalation in youth violence, but programs like the Duwamish Valley Youth Corps work to keep kids active, safe and engaged with the community. (Lauren Frohne & Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)

Nurture with nature (5:35)

Glass sculpture artist Martin Blank closes his hot shop in South Lake Union after serving Seattle's art scene for 17 years. (Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)

Hot Shop: One of Seattle's glass studios closes for developing (2:30)

Vishavjit Singh, dressed as Sikh Captain America, uses his superhero alter ego to initiate conversations he would not normally have with others while wearing his civilian clothes. (Ramon Dompor & Corinne Chin / The Seattle Times)

A Sikh man dresses as a superhero to challenge what it means to... (3:41)

Kellie Sevier and Tommi Tate of Spokane visit Seattle's last sanctioned lot for vehicle dwellers. Their daughter Sabrina Tate, 27, died in her RV. "It changed how I view homelessness," Sevier said. (Bettina Hansen & Corinne Chin / The Seattle Times)

A death in the RV safe zone (2:58)

Steven Loch, Pacific Northwest Ballet soloist, has struggled with obsessive-compulsive disorder since age 13. "It's the moment that you finally are open about it that you start getting the healing," he says. (Corinne Chin / The Seattle Times)

‘Dance has saved my life’ (3:14)

Life

Dick’s Deluxe burger, left, and Red Mill Burgers’ Bacon Deluxe with Cheese, right.

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Deluxe burger (Courtesy Dick’s)
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Bacon Deluxe with Cheese (Courtesy Red Mill Burgers) (Left, Courtesy of Dicks / Right, Courtesy Red Mill Burgers)

Readers have spoken: This is Seattle’s best burger spot

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As King County diversifies, people of Asian descent made up the majority of growth last year

Pacific NW Magazine

Tufted Puffins show up every year around the first of April at Haystack Rock in Cannon Beach Oregon. These birds, which spend most of their life bobbing along out in the North Pacific Ocean, have a brightly colored bill, white face and bright orange feet. They can be seen flying around Haystack Rock as they nest on the north and northwest slopes of Haystack Rock. Female puffins lay one egg each, incubate the egg until it hatches and feed their young before heading back out to sea sometime during late July and into early August. The puffins are usually gone by late summer.
Photographed on May 12, 2018

Go see the puffins at Cannon Beach — before it’s too late

Travel

A woman checks out the view of Portland, Oregon from the Pittock Mansion, looking towards (in foreground) the Pearl District and downtown Portland. Shot Thursday, February 23, 2017.

A guide to Portland, beyond the birds and beards VIEW