DANIEL E. SLOTNIK | The Seattle Times

October 30, 2020 at 12:05 pm

Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel won’t face second murder trial

The case was tabloid fodder, and its legal twists and turns transfixed much of the country. In 1975, a 15-year-old girl was found slain in...

Nation & World

October 14, 2020 at 7:00 pm

‘Sweet 16’ party infects 37 with coronavirus, forces 270 to quarantine

The “Diamond Sweet 16 Package” at Miller Place Inn, an opulent Long Island catering hall, includes options like virgin frozen daiquiris and a make-your-own s’mores...

Nation & World

October 4, 2020 at 7:48 pm

New York City moves to close neighborhoods as coronavirus cases rise

NEW YORK — For many weeks, public health officials had expressed concern that a second wave of the coronavirus would hit New York City, which...

Nation & World

January 14, 2020 at 12:03 pm

Gladys Bourdain, who helped writer son Anthony reach an audience, dies at 85

NEW YORK — Gladys Bourdain, a longtime copy editor at The New York Times who helped kick-start the writing career of her son Anthony, the...

Nation & World

March 13, 2019 at 1:37 pm

Edda Goering, unrepentant daughter of Hermann, dies at 80

Edda Goering was practically a princess of the Third Reich. As the only daughter of Hermann Goering, the leader of the Luftwaffe and Adolf Hitler’s...

Nation & World

December 12, 2015 at 6:49 pm

Marjorie Lord, ‘Danny Thomas Show’ actress, dies at 97

The actress who joined the cast as comedian Danny Thomas’ second TV wife on the Emmy-winning show in the 1950s was a movie and stage...

June 2, 2013 at 9:07 pm

Don Oliver, NBC correspondent, dies in Spokane at 76

Don Oliver, a correspondent for NBC News for more than 25 years, died Tuesday in Spokane. He was 76. The cause was complications of Lewy...

Local News

May 14, 2011 at 6:42 pm

Designer made boat launches easy | Obituary

Lawrence N. Johnson, the founder of a boat-trailer company who designed a trailer that made launching a boat almost as easy as parking a...