The Seattle Times | Local news, sports, business, politics, entertainment, travel, restaurants and opinion for Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.

Employees work at packing stations in Amazon’s Kent fulfillment center. The state is proposing a separate workers’ compensation category for Amazon warehouses with high insurance premiums to reflect the number of claims filed by the fulfillment centers.
(Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times) — Employees work at packing stations in Amazon’s Kent fulfillment center. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

Business

Amazon’s warehouses have more costly workplace injury claims than meatpacking or logging, Washington state says

To reflect the greater risk of injury to workers inside Amazon’s high-speed warehouses, Washington state officials propose charging the commerce giant a higher workers’ compensation premium for its fulfillment centers than for mechanized logging operations, law enforcement agencies, meatpacking plants and more than 260 other industries.

LiveCoronavirus daily news updates, Oct. 21: What to know today about COVID-19 VIEW Updated 7:51 am
LiveElection 2020 updates, Oct. 21: The latest news on races in Washington state and across the U.S. Updated 8:11 am
Pope endorses same-sex civil unions in new documentary film VIEW Updated 8:13 am
Sex education referendum makes ideology a focus of race for Washington state schools chief
Election security is front and center as Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman and challenger Gael Tarleton face off Updated 7:09 am
‘General Durkan,’ or ‘Mayor Deliberate Indifference’? The plot thickens in Seattle’s protest story | Danny Westneat
Can ordinary COVID-19 patients get the Trump treatment? It’s OK to ask.

Allyson Ainscough, right, let’s her child Auggie, 4, place her ballot in the ballot box while Juniper, 4, her friend Mary Margaret Moore’s daughter, watches at Rainier Beach Community Center on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020 215440

Local Politics

How to track your ballot Updated 8:14 am

So, you've done the right thing. You paid attention, maybe did a little research and sought deep within your own soul on how to cast that ballot. You filled it out carefully with blue or black pen, took it to a drop box or the post office and and sent it on its way. But... Updated 8:14 am

A handful of customers wait in line for refreshments at Cinemark Lincoln Square Cinemas in Bellevue.

Movies

Seattle-area movie theaters reopened from COVID closures last weekend. Here’s what it’s like to return to the multiplex

Korat chicken wings — deep-fried marinated cut jumbo chicken wings, lemongrass, fried red onion, kaffir lime leaf served with tamarind chili dipping sauce, $13.50, available at Di Fiora, on the Pike/Pine edge of First Hill in Seattle, either in restaurant or for takeout, October 16, 2020. 215335

Food & Drink

3 new Seattle restaurants for takeout that food critic Bethany Jean Clement loves

Don't Miss

Dr. Phyllis Gearring-Anderson, right, joins parishioners at First AME Church in a candlelight vigil for victims of COVID-19 on Monday, Oct. 19, 2020. The Rev. Carey Anderson, of First AME Church on Capitol Hill, led the candlelight vigil and service, which were also streamed online. (Dean Rutz / The Seattle Times)

Local News

Candlelight vigils honor those lost to COVID-19

Ninth grader Faysal Abdullahi, 14, (r) works on his computer at the Birch Creek Youth Center during class at the center Wednesday, September 23, 2020.

He is attending a learning hub set up by the King County Housing Authority to help kids enrolled in online school as a group.

This is the same idea as a pandemic pod — well-off families setting up learning groups in their homes — but it’s run by a service agency and is for kids whose families can’t afford a private tutor. 215073

Education Lab

Join Education Lab for a Live Q&A about this unusual school year

Tampa Bay Rays catcher Mike Zunino (celebrates their victory in Game 7 of a baseball American League Championship Series, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020, in San Diego. The Rays defeated the Astros 4-2 to win the series 4-3 games. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) ALCS173 ALCS173 ALCS173

Mariners

These former Mariners found themselves in the 2020 World Series. Here’s how they got there.

Editorial

Legislature must fix inflated car-tab fees definitively

Election 2020

“60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl, works in her office at the “60 Minutes” offices, in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. CBS’ “60 Minutes,” the newsmagazine that can credit consistency for much of its success as it enters its 50th anniversary year (AP Photo/Richard Drew) NYRD202

Trump taunts Lesley Stahl of ‘60 Minutes’ after cutting off interview

This photo taken Sept. 29, 2020, shows Utah Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox, left, a Republican and Democratic challenger Chris Peterson, rivals to become Utah’s next governor, bumping elbows after facing each other in a prime-time debate in Salt Lake City. Rival candidates vying to become Utah’s next governor joined together in new ads Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020, urging people to accept the results of the November elections and maintain decency with one another despite political differences. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune, via AP, Pool)

Opponents in Utah governor’s race appear in ads together promoting civility Updated 7:44 am

A steady stream of early voters put their ballots in King County Elections’ drop box near Seattle Central College in the Capitol Hill neighborhood Sunday October 18, 2020. 215430

What’s at stake for you this election? We want to know.

AP-NORC/USAFacts poll: Many in US distrust campaign info Updated 8:13 am

AP Explains: Trump seizes on dubious Biden-Ukraine story

Trump ups pressure on Barr to probe Bidens as election nears

Threatening emails reportedly sent to Democratic voters in three swing states, sparking investigations Updated 6:31 am

Altered photo shows Ice Cube, 50 Cent in ‘Trump 2020’ hats Updated 7:38 am

Local News

Registration technician Andre (accent on e) Grady touches base with community members for COVID-19 testing at the City of Seattle’s Community Testing Site CQ on Aurora Avenue N. “I like to help people, calm people down in a stressful situation.” he says. ” It feels good to give back to the community.” 214509

Fall surge of COVID-19 is hitting Washington, state officials warn

Danny Westneat

‘General Durkan,’ or ‘Mayor Deliberate Indifference’? The plot thickens in Seattle’s protest story

Education Lab

Join Education Lab for a Live Q&A about this unusual school year

Children with disabilities are left behind by remote learning

Seattle-area parents want rules about screen time, but experts say off-screen interactions matter more

2 UW fraternities punished by Greek system amid COVID-19 outbreak

Seattle’s Cornish College of the Arts declares financial emergency

Business & Tech

Amazon’s office buildings are reflected in Seattle Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. 214808

Amazon extends working from home into summer. That could rattle downtown Seattle retailers, restaurants.

PRODUCED BY THE SEATTLE TIMES CONTENT STUDIO

Nation & World

Pope Francis passes by a Swiss guard wearing a face mask to curb the spread of COVID-19 as he arrives in the Paul VI hall on the occasion of the weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) GB104 GB104

Pope endorses same-sex civil unions in new documentary film VIEW

Coronavirus

Brazil’s Bolsonaro rejects Chinese vaccine against COVID-19

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro overruled his own health minister on Wednesday, rejecting the announced purchase of 46 million doses of CoronaVac, a potential vaccine against COVID-19 being tested in Sao Paulo state. Health minister Eduardo Pazuello announced the purchase on Tuesday alongside Sao Paulo’s Gov. João Doria, a foe of Bolsonaro’s...