The Duwamish River People’s Park and Shoreline Habitat is the largest urban habitat restoration project on the river. Photographed in the South Park neighborhood of Seattle, Washington on August 7, 2023. 224642 (Kevin Clark / The Seattle Times)
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Toxic legacy of Seattle's only river could cost Boeing, taxpayers $1 billion

Boeing once described the river as “a natural collector” for its wastes. The Port of Seattle says the company won’t pay its fair share for the cleanup.

Politics

FILE – Cassidy Hutchinson, who worked for former President Trump’s chief of staff, is sworn in to testify before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 28, 2022. Breaking her long silence, the former White House aide discusses her life before and after her explosive testimony to the Jan. 6 committee. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) XNYT0038 XNYT0038

Cassidy Hutchinson reappears. She has more Trump stories to tell

Opinion

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Local News

Thousands of people flock to the annual CID Night Market to visit local vendors, eat street food and gather with the community.

‘Truly heartbroken’: CID Night Market canceled due to lack of sponsors, rising costs

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Dumb money? A Redmond man bets $5 million on resurrecting the state GOP

Education Lab

One Seattle-area school’s solution to worsening student behavior
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Business & Tech

A biker travels along Yesler Way in the early morning hours near Smith Tower on Aug, 4, 2023.

These Seattle office buildings would make good housing, researchers say

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Harrell’s ‘Space Needle thinking’ needs to aim high

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Nation & World

Anand Malligavad, a mechanical engineer known as “Lake Man,” surveys one of his reclamation projects, Doddathoguru Lake, in Bengaluru, India, July 27, 2023. Malligavad, who turned to centuries-old knowledge to reclaim dozens of lakes in the high-tech capital of Bengaluru, is now in demand across India, one of the world’s most water-stressed nations. (Priyadarshini Ravichandran/The New York Times) XNYT0170

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Health

Masks available outside Liv Grace’s home in Philadelphia on Sept. 12, 2023. Grace, who was born with a rare immune deficiency related to lupus, experienced three respiratory infections in four months after visiting medical providers. (Rachel Wisniewski for the New York Times)

In hospitals, viruses are everywhere. Masks are not

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