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D.H., who has filed a lawsuit accusing Seattle Mayor Ed Murray of sexual abuse, with his attorney, during an interview, April 5, 2017, in Seattle. 20xxxx
Seattle politics

Lawsuit alleges Seattle Mayor Ed Murray sexually abused troubled teen in 1980s WATCH

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS VS. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS – NFL FOOTBALL – SEAHAWKS STADIUM – 082303 — Jerry Wunsch, (70) , offensive lineman.
Seahawks

Ex-Seahawk fights team over painkiller handouts that kept him playing NFL games while hurt WATCH

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Times Watchdog

Sound Transit uses inflated car values to collect higher tab fees

News Tips

How to send confidential tips to The Seattle Times

West Point Treatment Plant

Photos shows exterior door to the isolation cell in the basement of the Garfield County Courthouse where Kyle Lara took his life on April 13. 2022, while in jail pending trial on domestic violence charges. (Courtesy Galanda Boardman Law Firm)

WA jails have among the highest death rates in the U.S. A new law to explain why isn’t working.

Seismic Neglect

Photos shows exterior door to the isolation cell in the basement of the Garfield County Courthouse where Kyle Lara took his life on April 13. 2022, while in jail pending trial on domestic violence charges. (Courtesy Galanda Boardman Law Firm)

WA jails have among the highest death rates in the U.S. A new law to explain why isn’t working.

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A photograph of stepfather Sean Rowe and mother Carmen Rowe is taken in downtown Seattle Monday, Dec. 12, 2016. Their son Andrew Westling, 19, died while in the Nisqually Jail earlier this year. They described Westling as friendly and that he loved music, horses and fishing.
Times Watchdog

Fatal confines? A teen’s troubling death in Nisqually tribal jail

Monday, October 31, 2016. Hundreds of untested Rape Kits fill a freezer isle in the Seattle Police Departments evidence room (kits kept at 5 degrees).
Crime

Rape-kit backlog grows at state crime lab — despite new money WATCH

Tom Wales, assistant U.S. Attorney and president of the gun-control group Washington CeaseFire, was the apparent victim of an execution-style slaying Thursday night in his Queen Anne home. The gunman shot Wales through a basement window, hitting the prosecutor in the neck and side. Thomas Wales
Crime

Unsolved slaying of Seattle prosecutor 16 years ago today has ‘hallmarks of a hit’

Special Report

‘My God, that’s Kimberly!’: Scientist solves perplexing mystery of identity thief Lori Ruff

Loaded with Lead

Loaded with Lead: How gun ranges poison workers and shooters

More from the series

Reporters Christine Willmsen and Lewis Kamb discuss their investigation of lead contamination at shooting ranges

Tell us: When you shoot, how do you stay safe from lead?

Explore gun-range inspection data

Reddit ‘Ask Me Anything’ session: Willmsen and Kamb answer reader questions

Oso landslide

Oso neighborhood never should have been built

More on Oso

Comprehensive coverage of the March 2014 disaster and recovery

Sea Change

Pacific Ocean takes perilous turn