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Summit Foods corner store on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times) — A new study looks at the sale of sugar-sweetened beverages in Seattle after the city adopted a tax on such beverages. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

Local Politics

Sweetened-beverage sales in Seattle dropped 30% after soda tax, new study says

The study’s results are the first to measure the impact of Seattle’s tax on beverage sales in the city.

Boeing finds debris in wing fuel tanks of undelivered 737 MAXs, orders inspections Updated 6:18 pm
Mayor Jenny Durkan announces plan to curb gang violence in her third State of the City address VIEW Updated 7:01 pm
A better ride for 26,000 Seattle commuters when Metro buses shift to Columbia Street
Boy Scouts bankruptcy will cause ripple effect among abuse cases in Washington and across the nation, lawyers say New 5:49 pm
Pierce County woman wanted ‘a baby girl more than anything,’ charges in kidnapping plot say Updated 5:28 pm
Racist acts by Seattle-area students made news last year. Here’s how schools responded.

Ted Buck, center, an attorney for Chuck and Judy Cox, the parents of missing Utah woman Susan Cox Powell and the grandparents of Susan’s sons Charlie and Braden, pictured at right, who were attacked and killed by their father Josh Powell in 2012 while he was under suspicion for Susan Powell’s disappearance, makes his opening arguments, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, in Pierce County Superior Court in Tacoma, Wash., on the first day of a civil lawsuit over the murder of her young sons by Josh Powell. The Coxes allege that negligence by the Washington state Department of Social and Health Services was a contributing factor that led to the deaths of their grandsons. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) WATW201 WATW201

Crime

‘The fear, the betrayal’: Trial on behalf of Susan Cox Powell’s sons begins in Pierce County

Attorneys made opening statements Tuesday in a case brought by the parents of Susan Cox Powell against the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services. The wrongful-death lawsuit against the agency alleges the state didn’t do enough to keep their 7-year-old and 5-year-old grandsons safe from their father, who killed the boys in 2012. Updated 6:59 pm

Carolina Panthers tight end Greg Olsen (88) running with the ball against the Atlanta Falcons during an NFL game at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019. (Chris Keane/AP Images for Panini) NYOTK

Seahawks

Seahawks reel in veteran tight end Greg Olsen with one-year, $7 million deal

A three-time Pro Bowl pick, Olsen will beef up a Seattle tight end corps that has some questions entering the offseason. Updated 5:48 pm

Parents, alumni and gay rights supporters including alumni Christine Smithberg, protest outside the Seattle Catholic Archdiocese in what they describe as forced resignations of two Kennedy Catholic High teachers because they are gay.

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Education

Sudden resignation of two Seattle-area Catholic school teachers stirs protests over church stance on same-sex relationships

They were there to protest the abrupt departure of two beloved teachers at John F. Kennedy High School in Burien, who they say were forced to quit last week because they are in same-sex relationships. VIEW Updated 6:25 pm