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The RadWagon 4, in Seattle, on July 26, 2020, the latest model from Rad Power Bikes, extends the cargo-style frame to accommodate a long list of accessories. Mike Radenbaugh dreamed up Rad Power Bikes over a decade ago in his family’s garage and now sets the pace for affordable battery-propelled bicycles. (Meron Tekie Menghistab/The New York Times)

Rad Power Bikes alerts riders of safety concerns with RadWagon 4 tires

The Seattle-based electric bike company sent a notice to customers riding the RadWagon 4 about safety concerns with some tires.

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Cars drive on the access road to the University Village shopping center, left, as a sign welcomes visitors to Blakeley Village Apartments, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022, in Seattle. 221611

See where UW wants more student housing near Seattle campus

Ballard Food Bank – Opening day – 101821 Angel the dog, decked out in sunglasses and a tutu, watches over her master’s groceries as Ballard Food Bank helper Sarah Huttula, left, assists John Sawyer with his shopping Monday, Oct. 18, 2021, in Seattle. 218556

Price increases are slowing down in Seattle. Here's why you haven't noticed

The Bartell store at 600 1st Ave North. 221624

Nearly two years on, Bartell sale to Rite Aid gets very mixed reviews

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Benjamin F. McAdoo “Housing is the primary need of all the undeveloped areas I visited,” McAdoo said. “In Jamaica alone, with a population of 1.6 million, they are having trouble trying to keep up with the 70,000-people-a-year increase. Credit: Seattle Times Archives

The lasting legacy of architect and activist Benjamin F. McAdoo Jr.

(Jennifer Luxton / The Seattle Times)

Everything you want to know about tipping but are too afraid to ask

Amanda Parmenter a supervisor/barista, right, and barista Charlie Harding are pictured with an electronic way to tip at a coffee shop in Northeast Seattle, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. The shop also has a tip jar.

How the cashless economy put more money in Seattle workers’ pockets

Kenya farmers plant trees that restore health to the soil – depleted, according to some, by a chemical-heavy approach pushed by the Gates-funded Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa.

Has Gates-funded ‘green revolution,’ after $1 billion spent, failed?

Workplace

Horizon airlines Captain Ryan Braden (l) and 1st officer Alex Schweitzer go over a pre flight checklist to be sure everything is ready before they take off for Wenatchee early Wednesday morning, September 6, 2017. They are aboard a Horizon Air’s Q400 turboprop. This is for a feature about the pilot shortage, which is particularly acute at Horizon on the Q400 turboprops.

'Life-changing': Horizon Air pilots win huge raises

Technology

Pros and cons of Linux and how to deal with HP laptop battery issues

Patrick Marshall answers questions about Linux on an old MacBook Air and where to find out how to fix a known battery problem with HP laptops.

Tech Reviews & Tips

A Wi-Fi internet symbol on a window

How to fix cellular, internet connection issues and Hotmail problems | Q&A with Patrick Marshall

Real Estate

Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Looking across the light-rail station under construcion along 44th Ave. W. and downtown Lynnwood. Story about light-rail opening in 2024 along with thousands of apartments on their way. 220270

Lynnwood speeds construction process for thousands more apartments near light rail

Retail

The CID community marched to the spot of a proposed expansion of homeless services Thursday. 221483

Seattle neighborhood asks: How much homelessness must we carry? VIEW

Maritime Industry

The fishing boat Pinnacle makes its way through an ice floe on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022 in the Bering Sea southwest of St. Matthew Island. The Pinnacle, which is larger than most fishing boats that operate in the Bering Sea, can travel through some unconsolidated sea ice, although at a greatly-reduced speed. An ice floe with pieces like this can damage buoys, increasing the risk of a lost crab pot. (Loren Holmes / Anchorage Daily News)

Into the ice: A crab boat’s quest for snow crab in a Bering Sea upended by climate change

Boeing & Aerospace

An Alaska airlines pilot boards a plane at Seattle Tacoma International Airport Friday, September 23, 2022. There will be an announcement Friday about a new contract for Alaska Airlines pilots that will guarantee them better pay and other perks. It’s being called a “milestone” deal. 221668

Alaska Airlines reaches a milestone contract deal with its pilots union

More on Boeing

The final version of the 737 MAX, the MAX 10, takes off from Renton Airport in Renton, WA on its first flight Friday, June 18, 2021.

Complete coverage of Boeing’s 737 MAX »

Amazon

FILE – Then Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos speaks at the the Amazon re:MARS convention on June 6, 2019, in Las Vegas. Federal regulators are ordering Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and CEO Andy Jassy to testify in their investigation of Amazon Prime Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, rejecting the company’s complaint that the executives are being unfairly harassed in the government’s probe of the popular streaming and shopping service. (AP Photo/John Locher, File) NYAB409 NYAB409

FTC says Bezos, Jassy must testify in probe of Amazon Prime

Amazon’s start

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos in the basement launch site for his web venture. File Photo Jimi Lott 9/13/95 : AMAZON.COM’S JEFF BEZOS : INTERNET’S ULTIMATE CULT FIGURE : WHEN AMAZON.COM WAS JUST A FLEDGLING BUSINESS, JEFF BEZOS POSED WITH A CART OF BOOKS IN THE BASEMENT FROM WHICH THE BUSINESS WAS LAUNCHED. NOW, THE COMPANY SELLS ALL KINDS OF PRODUCTS AND BEZOS IS A BILLIONAIRE. (2 OF 2)

Store on internet is open book — Amazon.com boasts more than 1 million titles on web | From the archives

Microsoft

The Zillow website on a laptop computer arranged in Hastings on Hudson, New York, U.S., on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021. On Nov. 2, Zillow Group Inc. announced it would shut down its much-vaunted house-flipping arm and cut its workforce by 25%. Photographer: Tiffany Hagler-Geard/Bloomberg

Zillow, Microsoft face lawsuit over website tracking tech

Economy

How a Quebec lithium mine may help make electric cars affordable

Canada has made it a mission to become a major source of raw materials for electric vehicles. But most of these projects are years away from production. VIEW

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Gates Foundation's report shows the difficult path to global progress

Money Makeovers

Ann Wolfe, at her home in Wedgwood June 23, 2022.

She bought a house in Seattle for $36,000 in 1973. How can she release some cash?

Personal Finance

Charles and Louise Angel Kiss in the pea patch of their retirement community in Issaquah, Wash., Sept. 2, 2022. They weren’t able to sell their old home until they spent thousands of dollars renovating it. (Ruth Fremson / The New York Times)

Downsizing in retirement comes with a big price tag

Markets

The Ballard Starbucks location at 15th Avenue and 53rd Street, pictured Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022, is drive-thru and pickup only. Starbucks is beginning to shift toward more drive-thru and pickup stores, contrary to outgoing CEO Howard Schultz’s vision of Starbucks cafes being a “Third Place” for people to gather and connect.

Starbucks shifts to convenience to meet market changes

Artificial Intelligence

The State of Washington Employment Security Department, closed due to Covid-19, seen Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021 in Olympia.

The IRS dropped ID.me’s facial recognition tech after backlash. WA is rolling it out in June

Local Business

The CID community marched to the spot of a proposed expansion of homeless services Thursday. 221483

Seattle neighborhood asks: How much homelessness must we carry? VIEW

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Lebanese banks reopen partially after weeklong closure

Banks in crisis-hit Lebanon have partially reopened following a weeklong closure amid a wave of heists and protests.

Agriculture

A worker picks Skeena cherries from a ladder in an orchard owned by Rowe Farms Friday, July 9, 2021 in Naches, Wash.

Proposal would keep worker heat protections in place all year in WA

Careers

Dana Guthrie holds a portrait of her parents in Elizabethtown, Ky., on Aug. 27, 2022. Many employees reduce their hours or stop working to help ailing family members, but it may be years before they fully return to the work force, studies indicate. (Natosha Via/The New York Times)

The quiet cost of family caregiving

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