TRAFFIC
Crash blocks southbound Highway 167 in Auburn near 277th St.
A growing memorial is on the sidewalk on the east side of Aurora Avenue North and North 96th Street, where Jessica Valdez died in a collision with a forklift. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)
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Traffic Lab

Family mourns woman killed in Aurora crash; forklift driver arrested

The forklift driver is being held on investigation of vehicular homicide. Seattle police said responding officers found two bottles of vodka at the scene.

Politics

FILE – Dr. Vivek H. Murthy, surgeon general, during a news conference at the White House in Washington, July 15, 2021. The attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana, both Republicans, have filed a lawsuit against the White House and dozens of officials like Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, accusing them of forcing social media platforms to stifle the voices of its political critics in violation of the constitutional guarantee of free speech. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) XNYT12 XNYT12

Free speech vs. disinformation comes to a head in federal lawsuit

Opinion

WA Legislature must act on high-potency cannabis | Editorial
Charles M. Blow
Invoking dead Black men at the State of the Union | Charles M. Blow
WA charter school funding perpetuates systemic inequality | Editorial
David Horsey
Biden had a lot to say, but was anyone listening? | Horsey cartoon

Local News

Passengers board a streetcar at 5th Ave. S. and S. Jackson St. in Seattle Tuesday, February 7, 2023. A federal audit complains about $3.8 million the USDOT gave Seattle to build a downtown streetcar, that’s been suspended for years. 222989 (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

Federal sleuths deride Seattle’s streetcar dithering

Featured Columnist

‘Silly’ little WA scandal is another step in something big

Education Lab

Thousands of kids are missing from school. Where did they go?
Bellevue families rally against proposed plan to consolidate schools
Seattle Schools students seek funding for ethnic studies, counselors
WA schools still restrain, isolate students often despite state laws, report says

Business & Tech

FILE — A T-Mobile sign at Time Square in New York, April 28, 2018. The merger between Sprint and T-Mobile has faced harsher scrutiny in recent weeks, as Democratic lawmakers, empowered by their House majority, have amplified their criticism of the deal. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times)

Verizon, T-Mobile overstate claims with $43 billion at stake

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Nation & World

Rescuers search in the rubble of destroyed buildings in Antakya, southern Turkey, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. Turkey has for years tempted fate by not enforcing modern construction codes while allowing, and in some cases, encouraging, a real estate boom in earthquake-prone areas, experts say. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) KH507 KH507

Was earthquake’s high death toll preventable? Geologists say yes

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Food & Drink

At Rapport on Capitol Hill you can pour your own beer or wine. 222933

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Pacific NW Magazine

Tacoma author creates an illustrated travelers atlas for PNW islands

Tacoma author’s love letter to Pacific NW islands took years to compose

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Arts & Life

The sledding hill at Hyak Sno-Park is full of kids with bright plastic sleds. Public snow access areas at Snoqualmie Pass are full and overflowing on weekends, creating headaches and hazards alike. The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated overwhelming demand for few public access spots, as people flock to outdoor recreation to get out of the house during quarantine. Saturday January 30, 2021. 216251

WA Sno-Parks pile up cash as crowds pay to play — but there's discord over where the money goes

Photography

Seattle area priests of the area’s many Ethiopian Orthodox Churches, as well as other church officials are joined with demonstrators at Westlake Park to protest the Ethiopian government, accusing it of constant attacks and trying to split the church by not recognizing only Patriarch Abuna Mathias as its head of leadership, or synod, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023, in downtown Seattle. Rain didn’t stop large numbers of congregants of the area’s many Ethiopian Orthodox Churches from showing up to listen to speakers, and to pray, chant and sing before marching to the Space Needle.
Local News

Seattle congregants protest treatment of Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Ethiopia WATCH

Ronan Mooney, right, and other Seattle Sounders FC fans react in the second half of the game while watching their team play Al Ahly of Eygpt in the FIFA World Cup held in Tangier, Morocco from a large screen at the Seattle Center Armory on Saturday, February 4, 2023. The Sounders lost 1 – 0 in their first appearance at the World Cup. “We did well to get here in the first place,” says Mooney.
Local News

Sounders fans bring their Club World Cup hopes to Seattle Center

Washington’s Elle Ladine pulls down the offensive board in the first quarter. 222944
Husky Basketball

Photos: UW women’s basketball vs. Cal  VIEW

Washington center Braxton Meah (34) dunks against UCLA guard Jaime Jaquez Jr., left, and guard Amari Bailey during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Los Angeles, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Husky Basketball

Photos: UW men’s basketball vs. UCLA VIEW