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Steve O’Ban, left, and T’wina Nobles, right. (Courtesy of the campaigns)

Local Politics

Races for state Legislature reflect how Washington is changing

A slew of hotly-contested races around Puget Sound and out on its fringes — including four key Senate races — could bring striking changes to a Legislature fated to reckon with the COVID-19 pandemic.

UW Ph.D. candidate Chanhee Choi created an art-based video game called “Pandemic.” The goal of the game is to help people understand what the pandemic has been like for people of color.

Entertainment

A UW student’s 3D video game depicts life during COVID-19 pandemic for people of color

UW multidisciplinary artist Chanhee Choi's new art game “Pandemic 2020” makes commentary on racism and discrimination during COVID-19. It gives players a chance to experience life from the point of view of a person of color. VIEW

Princesses AshÃ(R), 4, left, Zubeyde, 5, and Sahabiyat, 2, stroll the T’Challaween Costume Parade though the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Seattle Saturday October 31, 2020. Candy tossers were stationed along the route, and the event was hosted by the South Seattle Emerald and Rainier Avenue Radio.
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Local News

Beacon Hill’s Halloween parade brings out princesses aplenty VIEW

Seahawks

The Seahawks defense remains confident it can turn season around — but it won’t be easy against the surging 49ers

Election 2020

Marta Boros Horvath, at her home Monday, Oct. 26, 2020 in Seattle, is a resident who is taking the final step towards naturalization by completing her citizenship interview in October. After being here since the 1960s Horvath is doing this so she can vote. “I want this country to stay democratic because that’s why I’m here,” said Horvath, 78, who arrived in the U.S. at age 24 from Communist Hungary. 215484

5 first-time voters from the Seattle area share why they're voting and what the 2020 election means for them

Margaret Mizumoto helps her mother, Fumi Munekiyo, fill out her ballot through a Zoom meeting.

How the pandemic has changed the voting process for Washington’s senior communities and facilities VIEW

Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll sported specially designed Nike sneakers reading “VOTE” Sunday Oct. 11, 2020, in Seattle. (Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times)

‘My ancestors fought too hard for me not to vote’: Seahawks make voting a priority, urge others to do the same

The curious and lonely tale of ‘Seattle’s only Trump voter’ comes to an end | Danny Westneat WATCH

Federal judge in Washington orders sweeps of some Michigan and Wisconsin postal facilities for election ballots

Road to 270: Biden has options, Trump walks narrow path VIEW Updated 2:01 am

AP FACT CHECK: Trump baselessly cites fraud in virus toll

Boarded-up windows and increased security: Retailers brace for the election VIEW

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Storm

Seattle sports power couple Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe announce engagement on social media

A Southwest Airlines flight attendant prepares a virtually empty plane bound for Orlando, Fla., for takeoff at Kansas City International Airport in May. (Charlie Riedel / Associated Press) Less

Health

Is the COVID-19 risk on airplanes really that low? Here’s what experts say

Lou Piniella responds to questions during an interview at batting practice before the Old-Timers’ Day baseball game Saturday, June 20, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Larry Stone

Could Tony La Russa’s return inspire Mariners Hall of Famer Lou Piniella to come back?

Editorial

Seattle Times editorial board endorsements: Election 2020

Local News

Bela Siki, internationally renowned UW emeritus faculty pianist, dies at 97

Danny Westneat

The curious and lonely tale of ‘Seattle’s only Trump voter’ comes to an end

Project Homeless

A new push for supervised drug use spaces emerges in Seattle budget talks

Seattle City Council passes compromise on encampment outreach through the end of 2020

‘Outsiders’ reporting team discuss homelessness in Olympia

King County moves forward with sales tax, scaled-down plan for homeless housing after several cities balk

COVID-19 has shelter providers scrambling to protect homeless people against the coming winter weather

Business & Tech

How the virus slowed the booming wind energy business VIEW

Jon Talton

Boeing is too big to fail — but that doesn’t mean pain isn’t ahead

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Nation & World

FILE – In this Sept. 17, 2019, file photo, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer gives instructions to migrants who are on their way to apply for asylum in the United States, on International Bridge 1 as they depart Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. The Trump administration on Wednesday, July 8, 2020, proposed empowering border authorities to deny asylum to people from countries with widespread, deadly communicable disease, its latest in a string of regulations before the November elections to dramatically raise the bar on who qualifies for humanitarian protections. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)

Migrant children from other countries are being expelled into Mexico

Coronavirus

How are Americans catching the coronavirus? Increasingly, ‘They have no idea’

When the coronavirus first erupted in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in the spring, Mayor Paul TenHaken arrived at work each morning with a clear mission: Stop the outbreak at the pork plant. Hundreds of employees, chopping meat shoulder to shoulder, had gotten sick in what was then the largest U.S. virus cluster. That outbreak was...