Jen Cameron, managing broker at The Agency, and her business partner, broker James Campbell, add final touches to a for-sale home in Kirkland. The housing market is still cooling, particularly on the Eastside. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)
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Real Estate

Once on fire, Seattle-area home prices hit by ‘bucket of cold water’

Home sales are slowing and houses are staying on the market longer, a trend that's especially noticeable on the Eastside.

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Politics

FILE – Former President Donald Trump announces a third run for president as he speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Nov. 15, 2022. The Treasury Department says it has complied with a court order to make available Trump’s tax returns to a congressional committee. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File) WX111 WX111

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Local News

Tyler Slater tosses a crab pot into the water off the Edmonds Fishing Pier on a chilly evening Edmonds on December 3, 2022. Slater is hoping to catch red rock crab or dungeness crab using chicken, squid and herring for bait. The recreational crab fishing season is open in this area until December 31st.

Crab: A tasty holiday season harvest

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WA looks for an answer to the drug crisis

Mental Health

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Business & Tech

An image generated by Kevin Roose using OpenAI’s DALL-E 2 artificial intelligence program. A new chatbot from OpenAI is inspiring awe, fear, stunts and attempts to circumvent its guardrails. (Kevin Roose, via DALL-E via The New York Times)

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Strike or not, railroads remain essential to America

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Nation & World

Sandra-Kay Pearson heats up a meal for her husband at a Kroger grocery in Knoxville, Tenn., on Nov. 17, 2022. Pearson, 59, and her disabled husband are living out of their vehicle as they await a second ruling on her request for benefits, filed 15 months ago. MUST CREDIT: Photo for The Washington Post by Jessica Tezak

Overloaded Social Security offices critical to disability benefits are buckling VIEW

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Food & Drink

Roasted honey nut squash and chickpeas with hot honey in New York, Nov. 10, 2022. Crunchy spiced chickpeas complement roasted cubes of squash in this sheet-pan meal. Food styled by Simon Andrews. (David Malosh/The New York Times) XNYT21 XNYT21

You can’t resist this easy squash-chickpea recipe

Pacific NW Magazine

Catching up with Margarethe Cammermeyer on the 10th anniversary of marriage equality in WA

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Tyler Slater tosses a crab pot into the water off the Edmonds Fishing Pier on a chilly evening Edmonds on December 3, 2022. Slater is hoping to catch red rock crab or dungeness crab using chicken, squid and herring for bait. The recreational crab fishing season is open in this area until December 31st.
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Crab: A tasty holiday season harvest

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Members of the Seattle SeaCordsmen finish off a carol with smiles during the 37th Annual Great Figgy Pudding Caroling Celebration at Pike Place Market on Friday night. The competition benefits the Pike Market Senior Center & Food Bank. 222197
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Figgy Pudding carolers bring the holiday spirit to Pike Place Market VIEW

Ben Schurko, with Fleming’s Holiday Lighting, wraps a tree with green and blue Seahawk lights along the North plaza at Lumen Field. There’s 51 lights to a bundle. Each tree takes about 35 bundles, more than 1750 lights. Fleming’s Holiday Lighting specializes in commercial holiday lighting in King County.. 222304
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Lumen Field plaza lights up for the holidays VIEW