A private fireworks show set off from a barge is seen from West Seattle across Puget Sound on Sept. 16 in Seattle. The question of who commissioned the show is a mysterious one, but public documents and news archives lend some clues. (Courtesy of John David Skerratt)
(Courtesy of John David Skerratt)
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The mystery behind a private fireworks show that shook Seattle

Luxury yachts, shell companies and secretive trusts offer clues to the sponsor of a spectacular and surprising fireworks show off Bainbridge Island. WATCH

Politics

The Nishant family: Smita Nishant and her husband, Nishant Kumar, with Anika Yadav and Atiksh Yadava, in Waukee, Iowa, on Sept. 14, 2023. For the first time in the nation’s history, there are two Indian Americans who are serious presidential contenders – Vivek Ramaswamy and Nikki Haley. (Rachel Mummey/The New York Times)

As Haley and Ramaswamy rise, some Indian Americans have mixed feelings

Opinion

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Local News

Brendan Medbury, hospitality and engagement worker with Evergreen Treatment Services, holds the door for a client Friday morning in the Belltown neighborhood of Seattle, Washington on August 18, 2023.

Seattle boosts first response to drug crisis, still lacks treatment options VIEW

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Mental Health

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Business & Tech

Community members walk past boarded up Kress building located at the intersection of 3rd Avenue and Pike Street in Seattle on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023.

Seattle’s bid to replace downtown retail with housing triggers debate

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Nation & World

A rare Blue Supermoon rises over Lake Michigan as spectators watch from Chicago’s 31st Street beach Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) ILCA101 ILCA101

What to know about the harvest moon, the last supermoon of the year

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Health

A woman holds two boxes of at-home COVID-19 test kits after a distribution event in December 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Free COVID tests are back. Here’s how to order

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