A 737 MAX 7 lands at Boeing Field in Seattle after a test flight June 29, 2020. (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times. 2020)
(Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times. 2020)
Boeing & Aerospace

Opposition grows to MAX 7 safety exemption; Southwest cuts Boeing from 2024 plans

Following the grounding of Boeing’s 737 MAX 9s, opposition is growing to its petition for an FAA safety exemption for the next model of the same jet.

Boeing & Aerospace

Scheduled to fly on a Boeing MAX 9? Here are your options.
Can Alaska Airlines’ reputation survive two near-disasters and an ‘SNL’ skit? WATCH
FAA blocks Boeing production push but clears way for MAX 9s to fly again
Errors by Boeing at Renton plant led to Alaska Airlines MAX 9 blowout, industry source says

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Politics

Allie Phillips, a first-time candidate aiming to change Tennessee’s abortion ban, traveled to the Capitol for the opening of this year’s legislative session. MUST CREDIT: Stacy Kranitz for The Washington Post

An abortion ban turned a grieving Allie Phillips into a candidate VIEW

Opinion

A decade later, don’t let go of Oso's lessons | Editorial
WA lawmakers, leave gift cards alone. You have bigger fish to fry | Op-Ed
More exports won't keep farmers in business | Op-Ed
David Horsey
Lack of human intelligence will doom us | Horsey cartoon

Israel-Hamas war

LiveLive updates | Shooting into crowd kills 20 in north Gaza, combat in the south displaces thousands VIEW
Initial ruling expected in genocide case against Israel: What to know
Israel’s media mostly keep Gaza’s human toll out of sight
Biden to deploy CIA director to help broker major Gaza deal, sources say

Local News

A small group of citizens in Columbia County are debating closing the library in Dayton over a long-simmering dispute about the placement of a few young adult books, about gender, sexuality and race. 224652

As book battles rage, WA Senate votes to make it harder to shut down a library

Featured Columnist

An empty monument to money is gliding along Seattle’s streets

Education Lab

This job involves big decisions, little pay, getting ‘yelled at a lot.’ Raises may be coming
Nonprofit stages huge expansion to send more WA kids to college
WA school seeks relief from ‘loud bangs’ as health concerns emerge
Proposed WA law may make it easier to pass school bonds

Business & Tech

Boeing held a one-day work stoppage at its Renton facility Thursday to give workers a chance to express concerns and discuss ways to improve quality on its production line, following a safety incident earlier this month where a panel blew off a Boeing 737 MAX 9 mid-flight.

Boeing pauses production at Renton for a day in safety ‘stand down’ VIEW

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Nation & World

FILE – This Oct. 9, 2014, file photo shows the gurney in the the execution chamber at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Okla. An execution scheduled Thursday, Jan. 24, 2024 in Alabama would be the first in the nation in which an inmate is put to death using nitrogen gas. It follows a long history of problems with lethal injection since Texas first used the method in 1982. Numerous other states that use lethal injection have encountered various problems. These include difficulty finding usable veins, needles becoming disengaged or problems obtaining or using the lethal chemicals. Alabama, Oklahoma and Mississippi all have authorized the untested use of nitrogen gas to execute prisoners, although none has actually used it. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File) NYPS213 NYPS213

Alabama executes a man with nitrogen gas, the first time the new method has been used WATCH

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Health

Cookies United in Islip, N.Y., is shown Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. Mislabeled cookies containing peanuts that were sold at Stew Leonard’s grocery stores in Connecticut were recalled this week after the death of a woman from New York City. Cookies United said in a release that they notified Stew Leonard’s last July that the product contained peanuts and that all products shipped to the retailer had been labeled accordingly. Cookies United said the incorrect label was created by Stew Leonard’s. (James Carbone/Newsday via AP) NYANE201 NYANE201

A New York dancer with a severe peanut allergy has died from eating mislabeled cookies VIEW

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