Thousands of people flock to the annual CID Night Market to visit local vendors, eat street food and gather with the community. (Courtesy of Cham Bunphoath)
(Courtesy of Cham Bunphoath)
Life

‘Truly heartbroken’: CID Night Market canceled due to lack of sponsors, rising costs

The beloved event in Seattle's Chinatown-International District needed at least $50,000 in sponsorships to run this year's fall market.

Politics

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) during a House Rules Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 22, 2023. Gaetz, who has long styled himself as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s chief tormentor, is leading the opposition to passing a measure to keep the government from shutting down. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) XNYT0494 XNYT0494

With House hurtling toward a shutdown, Gaetz is leading the resistance

Opinion

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Local News

The Highway 520 megaproject, about two-thirds completed, is seen in the background where the Montlake lid is under construction, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022 in Seattle. In the foreground is the Portage Bay Bridge which is to be replaced next, but a funding ìpotholeî needs to be filled and Gov. Jay Inslee proposes to spend $406 million, including some COVID-19 economic relief money. 219373

Judge upholds WA’s $17B transportation funding law

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Dumb money? A Redmond man bets $5 million on resurrecting the state GOP

Education Lab

One Seattle-area school’s solution to worsening student behavior
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Business & Tech

United Auto Workers march outside the Stellantis North American Headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, in Auburn Hills, Mich. General Motors and Stellantis announced fresh layoffs Wednesday that they blamed on damage from the United Auto Workers strike, and the labor standoff grew more tense just two days before the union was expected to call for new walkouts. UAW President Shawn Fain said layoffs were unnecessary and an effort to pressure workers to settle for less in contract negotiations. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) MICO104 MICO104

Auto workers expand their strike to 38 locations in 20 states. Biden plans visit to show support VIEW

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Harrell’s ‘Space Needle thinking’ needs to aim high

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Nation & World

Migrants wait by razor wire to turn themselves in to law enforcement in Eagle Pass, Texas, Sept. 22, 2023. A sudden surge of people from around the globe is showing up at the southern border, despite dangers and deportations. (Verónica G. Cárdenas/The New York Times) XNYT0688 XNYT0688

One day on the border: 8,900 migrants arrested, and more on the way VIEW

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Health

In this photo provided by the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Lawrence Faucette sits with wife, Ann, in the school’s hospital in Baltimore, Md., in September 2023, before receiving a pig heart transplant. Two days after the transplant, Lawrence was cracking jokes and able to sit in a chair, doctors said Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (Deborah Kotz/University of Maryland School of Medicine via AP) NY676 NY676

Surgeons perform second pig heart transplant, trying to save a dying man WATCH

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