A memorial for Manuel Ellis is seen on Monday, Nov. 7, 2022 on South 96th Street and Ainsworth Avenue South in Tacoma, Wash. 222107 222107 (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)
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Times Watchdog

A police academy warned Tacoma of an officer's violent training episode. He was later charged in Manuel Ellis' death

Tacoma police Officer Timothy Rankine exhibited troubling behavior during a training exercise at the police academy, records show. VIEW Updated

Politics

FILE – Nick Fuentes, far-right activist, holds a rally at the Lansing Capitol, in Lansing, Mich., Nov. 11, 2020. Former President Donald Trump had dinner Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022, at his Mar-a-Lago club with the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, who is now known as Ye, as well as Nick Fuentes, who has used his online platform to spew antisemitic and white supremacist rhetoric. (Nicole Hester/Ann Arbor News via AP, File) MIARB101 MIARB101

Trump faulted for dinner with white nationalist, rapper Ye

Opinion

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Local News

Flowers decorate a stump outside to remember a fallen student at Ingraham High School Wednesday afternoon in Seattle, Washington on November 9, 2022.

Q&A: How safety and security works in Seattle Schools

Featured Columnist

My Seattle neighborhood had a plywood and GoFundMe kind of Thanksgiving

Education Lab

Homeless students lost in the shadows, including in WA
Washington’s special education age limit is illegal, lawsuit claims
Biden to extend student loan pause as court battle drags on
After fatal shooting in school, Seattle searches for answers to gun violence

Business & Tech

FILE – A sign at the corporate campus of Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, in Menlo Park, Calif., on Feb. 16, 2022. Meta has plowed billions of dollars into its ‘metaverse’ – just as inflation has soared and investors have begun paying more attention to costs. The combination has been nothing short of disastrous. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times) XNYT141 XNYT141

As job cuts roil tech, workers confront post-boom reality

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Nation & World

Dallas Garcia with the ashes of her son Fred Harris, who was 19 and cognitively disabled when he died after being stabbed and beaten in his cell at the Harris County Jail, at her home in Stafford, Texas, Nov. 9, 2022. The jail in Houston has reached its highest population in a decade, and more than half of the 21 prisoners who died there this year had a history of mental illness or had been declared incompetent. (Brandon Thibodeaux/The New York Times) XNYT40 XNYT40

Jail is a death sentence for a growing number of Americans

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Food & Drink

It is holiday cookie chaos, clockwise from top left: Chewy Double Chocolate Peppermint; Pistachio Pinwheels; Cranberry Orange Biscotti; Brown Butter Snickerdoodle; Red Velvet and Gingerbread, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022 in Seattle.

A holiday cookie recipe for bakers at every level

Pacific NW Magazine

The expanding orbit of Seattle science fiction writer Octavia Butler

An Octavia Butler story 10 years in the making — and even more relevant now

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Arts & Life

Christina Ricci arrives at the premiere of “Wednesday” on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, at Hollywood Legion Theater Post 43 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) CAPS115 CAPS115

Christina Ricci looks absolutely Goth-perfect at ‘Wednesday’ premiere

Photography

Offensive lineman Jaxson Kirkland and teammates hoist the trophy after the Washington Huskies beat the Washington State Cougars 51-33 in the Apple Cup Saturday, November 26, 2022 at Martin Stadium, in Pullman, WA. 222254
Huskies

Photos: Huskies beat Cougars in high-scoring Apple Cup VIEW

Poulo Sosa of Kirkland (with head back at left) reacts to a play at a World Cup Watch Party held at The Armory in Seattle Center where the U.S. takes on England Friday, November 25, 2022. His sons, Maximiiano (at right of Sosa and Sebastian, at right and slightyly above Maximiiano, wearing a flag) also react to the play. The game ended in a 0 – 0 tie and the US will take on Iran Tuesday. The Sounders FC is the only club team to have multiple players selected to the USMNT. 222286
World Cup

Photos: World Cup watch party as USA ties England 0-0 VIEW

Sugar Plum Fairy, Angelica Generosa and Cavalier, Jonathan Batista, perform together during a dress rehearsal the Pacific Northwest Ballet’s production of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker at McCaw Hall in Seattle on Nov. 23, 2022.
Local News

'The Nutcracker' waltzes back onstage at PNB in Seattle VIEW

Washington’s seniors are given flowers in their farewell regular season game Wednesday against USC. 222263
Sports

Photos: UW volleyball vs. USC VIEW