A pair of boaters motor out onto Lake Washington from Magnuson Park on an overcast day in late June. (Colleen Stinchcombe / Special to The Seattle Times)
A pair of boaters motor out onto Lake Washington from Magnuson Park on an overcast day in late June. (Colleen Stinchcombe / Special to The Seattle Times)
Outdoors

Does coronavirus lockdown have you restless? Here are 6 things to do outdoors in Seattle if you don’t have a car

With Gov. Jay Inslee urging residents to stay home, many aren't ready to venture far. These six options for activities in Seattle that don't require anything more than your feet to reach (or maybe a bike). Updated

A pair of boaters motor out onto Lake Washington from Magnuson Park on an overcast day in late June. (Colleen Stinchcombe / Special to The Seattle Times)
A pair of boaters motor out onto Lake Washington from Magnuson Park on an overcast day in late June. (Colleen Stinchcombe / Special to The Seattle Times)
Outdoors

Does coronavirus lockdown have you restless? Here are 6 things to do outdoors in Seattle if you don’t have a car

With Gov. Jay Inslee urging residents to stay home, many aren't ready to venture far. These six options for activities in Seattle that don't require anything more than your feet to reach (or maybe a bike). Updated

Music

Seattle’s Lady A responds to the country trio Lady A’s lawsuit against her

This album image from Amazon.com shows the 2018 release by Seattle blues singer Lady A, whose real name is Anita White. White said she’s been using the name for more than 20 years. 1688969

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Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan Durkan has proposed cuts to Seattle police as part of proposal to balance 2020 budget. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

Petition for election to recall Mayor Jenny Durkan can move forward, judge says

Police investigate shooting that injured bystander in Madison Park

When reporters get arrested in Seattle and get a view from inside the criminal justice machine | Danny Westneat

The family of Tommy Le, who was killed by a King County Sheriff’s deputy in 2017.
Local News

Family of Tommy Le, killed by sheriff’s deputy, calls for death investigation to be included in state review

Le was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy after responding to reports of a man armed with a knife. Deputies discovered after the shooting that Le was carrying an ink pen, not a knife.

Sue Bird of the Seattle Storm talks to the media before the team takes on the New York Liberty at Alaska Airlines Arena at the University of Washington Wednesday July 3, 2019. She covered the details of her injury and her recent column for The Players’ Tribune highlighting the US Women’s National Team and her girlfriend, Megan Rapinoe. 210765
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She’s back: Star Sue Bird returns to court with renewed focus as Storm takes aim at another title Updated

Thursday, July 9, 2020 Jim and Andrea Siscel have visited 323 baeball parks since 2002 making a trip every year but had to cancel this year’s trip because of Covid-19. Jim wants to reach 323 parks so will try to resume at a later date. They are holding a T-Shirt made into a pillow with Minor League stadiums printed all over it. 214455
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323 ballparks down, only 2 to go: Lynnwood couple’s quest on hold due to COVID  VIEW Updated

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Pitcher Logan Gilbert starts on the mound for their intrasquad game as the Seattle Mariners continue Summer Camp training at T-Mobile Park in Seattle Saturday July 11, 2020. 214448
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Top pitching prospect Logan Gilbert makes his T-Mobile Park ‘debut’ in Mariners intrasquad game  VIEW

With only one entrance open to Glacier National Park, outdoors-eager visitors have faced long lines to get to the wilderness in this corner of northwestern Montana. MUST CREDIT: Glacier National Park webcam.
Nation & World

Logjam of tourists at Glacier National Park

Guests wear masks as required to attend the official reopening day of the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, on Saturday. The Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom reopened with limited capacity and safety protocols in place in response to the coronavirus pandemic. (Joe Burbank / Orlando Sentinel via The Associated Press)
Business

Disney World reopens as coronavirus cases surge in Florida  VIEW

Editorial

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Metro buses in downtown Seattle on Wednesday, March 25, 2020. Metro transit will benefit the most from the government financial aid. It will help them maintain service as the number of riders drop and they stop collecting fares. 213462

New tax plan would spend less on Seattle bus service, more on low-income and West Seattle programs

Featured Columnist

When reporters get arrested in Seattle and get a view from inside the criminal justice machine

Education Lab

International students can’t stay here if their college goes all-online, ICE says

How one Seattle teacher kept his kindergartners engaged through the coronavirus closures

A COVID-19 outbreak on UW’s Greek Row hints at how hard it may be to open colleges this fall

‘50 square feet per person’: What Seattle schools may look like in the fall

To understand structural racism, look to our schools

Business & Tech

A customer tries out Samsung Electronics Co. Galaxy Note 7 smartphone at an E-Mart Inc. Electro Mart store in Gimpo, South Korea, on Friday, Jan. 5, 2018. Asia’s technology rally this year appears to be sputtering as analysts at two firms cut their forecasts on Dec. 20 for Samsung’s fourth-quarter operating profit, fueling growing skepticism the industry’s gains are running out of gas. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg 775099512

How to buy tech that lasts and lasts

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Seattle’s new tax pushes us to a tipping point

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FILE — Roger Stone, a longtime adviser to President Donald Trump, exits the U.S. District Courthouse in Washington, Feb. 21, 2019. A federal judge on Friday, June 26, 2020, denied Stone’s request for a two-month delay before he begins serving his prison term, despite the fact that his motion was unopposed by the Justice Department. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The New York Times) XNYT176 XNYT176

Trump commutes sentence of Roger Stone ahead of prison term

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The Yakama Indian Reservation is pictured from above on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020 near Harrah, Wash.

Federal court rules against Yakama tribe in policing dispute

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Food & Drink

Laura Jones has been wanting to make a sun tart for months! But the pandemic kept thwarting her social plans! She finally got her chance this summer, turning tofu into chevré and using cocoa cereal in an Egyptian-style dip called dukkah. The result: this resplendent, sunflower-shaped tart.

Vegans and vegetarians will rejoice over these tofu creations from Round 5 of the Pantry Kitchen Challenge

Pacific NW Magazine

THEN: A masked newsboy looks west outside the closed Pantages Theatre box office during the influenza pandemic of nearly 102 years ago. Likely, the photo was taken between Oct. 5 and Nov. 11, 1918. Seattle theater historians helped us identify the Pantages by matching the marble pattern in its box-office base with that in a later photo.

There’s no covering up the message of this masked boy

Editorials & Opinion

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The game is rigged: A former marketer shows you how Big Tech’s advertising practices harm us all | Op-Ed

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Beijing’s crackdown on Hong Kong is dangerous for the world

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Sports

Seattle Sounders midfielder Nicolas Lodeiro, center, battles for the ball with San Jose Earthquakes midfielder Judson, left, and defender Oswaldo Alanis (4) during the first half of an MLS soccer match, Friday, July 10, 2020, in Kissimmee, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Sounders show rust in scoreless draw, but their first match back was a welcome sight regardless | Matt Calkins

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Sounders show rust in scoreless draw, but their first match back was a welcome sight regardless

Arts & Life

This album image from Amazon.com shows the 2018 release by Seattle blues singer Lady A, whose real name is Anita White. White said she’s been using the name for more than 20 years. 1688969

Seattle’s Lady A responds to the country trio Lady A’s lawsuit against her

Seattle Black Film Festival 2020 celebrates its 17th year and goes online with screenings and events

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Early Friday morning, standing at the top of the Space Needle, King County Executive Dow Constantine hoists a flag that reads “Mask Up.” Wearing a mask or face covering, shown to be effective in slowing the spread of COVID-19, is also a rule statewide. July 10, 2020
Local News

Mask up, Washington: Even the Needle’s making the point

A Peregrine Falcon chick that still has baby fuzz on the top of its head, looks out from a service platform under the west end of the West Seattle Bridge where it landed after its first flight last week. The chick decided that was enough flying for one day and laid down to take a nap after its maiden flight. The Falcon baby came from a man made nest installed under the bridge by the Department of Transportation about 20 years ago. The Falcon parents recently had three chicks. One landed on West Marginal Way after it tried to fly from its nest and was killed by a vehicle. The second chick landed on the low bridge and was taken to PAWS until it is ready to fly, and this chick, waiting for its wings to mature so it can safely fly, hunt, and survive. Linesonly LO LO LO Photographed on June 16, 2020. 214317
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Falcon family living under West Seattle Bridge grows with fledging chicks

Canada geese hang out at the water’s edge of Lake Union at Gas Works Park where the lake on the Fourth of July would usually be crowded with hundreds of boats to watch the fireworks. ref to more photos online LO Lineonly photo essay. Saturday, the Fourth of July 214424
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Gas Works Park unusually quiet for a Fourth of July  VIEW

Third base coach Kristopher Negron does the elbow bump with Kyle Lewis after the first of Lewis’ two home runs in Friday’s intrasquad game. The Seattle Mariners played their first intrasquad game of the 2020 Summer Camp season Friday, July 10, 2020 at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA. 214447
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Photos: Mariners’ first intrasquad game at T-Mobile Park  VIEW