About 4 in 5 Seattle homebuyers now face no competition when bidding on homes, allowing them to take more time on their decision and negotiate from a position of power.
Want to start a family, or employ people who do? Here’s a guide to Washington state’s new paid-leave law
Workers and businesses will start paying premiums for Washington state’s Paid Family and Medical Leave benefits next month. Workers who give birth to, foster or adopt a child, or who need time off to take care of themselves or someone else, will be able to reap the benefits beginning in January 2020.
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‘Little League for esports’ hopes to organize youth video-game play
Super League is trying to bring structure to an industry devoid of it at the youth level. Founded in 2015, it has teams in 16 cities, including Seattle, for kids as young as 6.
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Sting uses fake Amazon boxes, GPS to catch would-be thieves
Police in one city team with Amazon to set up doorbell cameras and decoy packages to catch porch pirates. A survey suggests that nearly one in 12 Americans have had a holiday package stolen from their home.
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The arrest of a Chinese tech executive in Canada this month has quickly become a focal point in a wider battle between the U.S. and China over trade, national security and trust in the age of globalization.
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Missing Canadians raise stakes in China-US-Canada dispute
BEIJING (AP) — The apparent detentions of two Canadian men in China this week have raised the stakes in a three-way international dispute with the United States. The Canadian government said late Wednesday that entrepreneur Michael Spavor went missing after reporting that he was being questioned by Chinese authorities. His disappearance follows the detention of... VIEW