Drivers delivering Amazon orders are regularly expected to deliver up to 300 packages in a 10-hour shift. Above, an Amazon delivery truck in October in Boston. (Bill Sikes / AP)
Drivers delivering Amazon orders are regularly expected to deliver up to 300 packages in a 10-hour shift. (Bill Sikes / AP)
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Amazon delivery drivers scoff at company’s claim that workers don’t urinate in bottles

Amazon says claims that time-strapped workers have to urinate in bottles are false. Delivery drivers say the company is out of touch with their reality and the pressure to skip breaks to meet goals. “I bought a Shewee and peed in bottles," an ex-driver said.

Howard McCay is suing Seattle Police over the rough treatment he received while police were responding to an open door at his Capitol Hill home. Photographed Tuesday, March 23, 2021 216720
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Seattle police welfare check turns into ordeal as man, 74, is held at gunpoint in his own home

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UCLA’s Mac Etienne (12) slaps hands with Kenneth Nwuba (14) in the final moments of their 67-47 win over Abilene Christian in a college basketball game in the second round of the NCAA tournament at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis Monday, March 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Larry Stone

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FILE – In this Jan. 7, 2021, file photo, the Legislative Building is shown partially shrouded in fog at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Washington state’s richest residents, including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, would pay a wealth tax on certain financial assets worth more than $1 billion under a proposed bill whose sponsor says she is seeking a fair and equitable tax code. Under the bill, starting Jan. 1, 2022, for taxes due in 2023, a 1% tax would be levied not on income, but on “extraordinary” assets ranging from cash, publicly traded options, futures contracts, and stocks and bonds. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
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Washington Senate Democrats propose new, $59.2 billion budget with COVID-19 funds and a 7% capital-gains tax

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Amazon Books, the company’s first brick-and-mortar store, will open tomorrow Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015 in Seattle’s University District.
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Book Larder bookstore is on Fremont Ave N. At left is Meghna Jaradi, events manager, and manager Lara Hamilton. 216626
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More than money on the line in school delay

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Judge: Amtrak, not engineer, liable for deadly Washington state derailment

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Man pleads not guilty to manslaughter in 4-year-old’s death

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Semitruck hits, kills bicyclist in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood

Wed. March 24, 2021 Family members of Tommy Le stand behind their lawyers, Philip Arnold at left and Jeffrey Campiche at right who is announcing a settlement with the King County Sheriff’s for the killing by Sheriff’s deputy’s of Tommy Le in 2017. 216725
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King County Sheriff’s Office will pay $5 million settlement in deputy’s fatal shooting of Tommy Le

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Seattle School Board chooses new board member, approves plan to return to classrooms

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Food & Drink

Iron Pot in Kent specializes in hearty Korean fare, like this beef bulgogi bibimbap and pork bulgogi bowl, served with miso soup and kimchi.

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Pacific NW Magazine

Charles Kapner’s collection of Seattle baseball memorabilia is really more a history of the sport in Seattle. Photographed Friday, January 22, 2021 216125

This man’s huge collection of Seattle baseball memorabilia represents a lifetime of work — and centuries of baseball

Editorials & Opinion

Bruce Harrell’s mother, Rose Kobata (top row, second from left) with a group of fellow third-grade girls on Minidoka, Idaho, during World War II.

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Biden plots a revolution for America’s children

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Cancel culture is not just a right-wing myth

Sports

Seattle Seahawks defensive end Carlos Dunlap (43) and free safety Quandre Diggs (37) talk on the field prior to an NFL football game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Washington Football Team, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Mark Tenally) OTK109 OTK109

Seahawks reach deal to bring back pass rusher Carlos Dunlap

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Seahawks reach deal to bring back pass rusher Carlos Dunlap

Arts & Life

Pacific Northwest Ballet School professional division student Ashton Edwards.

Slowly, more men are dancing on pointe, including in Seattle WATCH

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Photography

Allison Stein uses an aerial hammock for a vigorous exercise routine at the old gas works. This strong, stretchy fabric is also used by yoga practitioners. says the views are great and “it’s significantly more fun than accounting.” Northwest Wanderings, Gas Works Park Saturday March 6, 2021 216512
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This popular Seattle landmark grew from polluted dirt VIEW

Madison Bristol with the Pike Place Market hands out another of the free bunch of flowers during the annual Daffodil Day. The first day of spring is also Daffodil Day at the Pike Place Market as 6,000 of the flowers in bundles of four are given away for free. It’s the 24th annual Daffodil Day at the market. The flowers purchased from local growers. Saturday March 20, 2021 216705
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Pike Place Market bursting with daffodils in celebration of spring VIEW

Early-blooming cherry blossom trees are in full display for cyclists along Lake Washington Boulevard near the entrance to Seattle’s Seward Park Thursday March 18, 2021. 216687
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Cherry blossoms in Seward Park are ready for spring VIEW

Megan Rapinoe, right, with cell phone and Sue Bird next to her, photographs Maddie Chaplain, left, and Jeanne Manthey as she and Bird volunteer at Lumen Field Event Center directing people to COVID vaccine stations. The sports stars were there more than 3 1/2 hours Wednesday. Ref to more photos online Wed. March 17, 2021 216670
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Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe volunteer at Seattle’s giant new vaccination site at Lumen Field Event Center