The King County Jail. The jail has logged 28 suicides, suicide attempts or attempts at self-harm so far this year. The unusual spike in jail deaths has family members, public defenders and advocates asking questions. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
(Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
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As jail deaths spiked, King County failed to comply with new state law

Just four months into the year, deaths in the King County Jail exceed 2021's total, but it hasn't followed a new law requiring better tracking and analysis, reports our Times Watchdog team. Updated

Politics

Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence Scott Bray points to a video display of a UAP during a hearing of the House Intelligence, Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation Subcommittee hearing on “Unidentified Aerial Phenomena,” on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) DCAB113 DCAB113

Congress dives into UFOs, but no signs of extraterrestrials VIEW

Opinion

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Local News

Monday, May 9, 2022. Jeff Margolis standing along Highway 9 in Van Zandt where his closed store and gas station are located in the distance. He lived in back of the store raising two children and eventually builtding a home behind the location. 220323

'Serious threat' is growing under WA soil as gas storage tanks age

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‘All the hurt and the rage’: Elders recall trauma of Native boarding schools

Mental Health

A new crisis hotline, 988, is coming this summer. Is Washington ready?
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Business & Tech

Clay Siegall, left, president and CEO of Seattle Genetics during an interview, Thurs., Oct. 8, 2015, in Bothell. At right is Todd Simpson, CFO of the company. 0434974834

WA’s highest-paid CEO resigns after arrest at his Edmonds home

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Nation & World

Wayne Jones, left, looks on as his aunt JoAnn Daniels, holds a photograph of his mother Celestine Chaney, who was killed in Saturday’s shooting at a supermarket, during an interview with The Associated Press in Buffalo, N.Y., Monday, May 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) NYMR132 NYMR132

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Food & Drink

Cynthia Nims’ new book, “Shellfish: 50 Seafood Recipes for Shrimp, Crab, Mussels, Clams, Oysters, Scallops and Lobster,” is published by Sasquatch Books. Credit: Courtesy Sasquatch Books

How do cookbook authors do it? Cynthia Nims on ‘Shellfish’ and her 50 (!?) new recipes.

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Arts & Life

Benjamin McFadden as Sir Andrew Aguecheek and Eric Ray Anderson as Sir Toby Belch in Seattle Shakespeare Company’s 2019 production of “Twelfth Night.”

Your guide to summer 2022 outdoor theater and performances in the Seattle area

Photography

Scott Falkin and his daughter Mimi almost beat the University Bridge going up in the 8K race from Husky Stadium and back to it Saturday morning. Thousands participated in the fundraising event, the 40th in the series of Beat The Bridge to beat diabetes. (Nordstrom main and presenting sponsor on the website) Ref to more photos online LO Linesonly Beat the Bridge 8K 220400
Local News

Beat the Bridge runners race to beat diabetes VIEW

A great blue heron rises up from a nest in the Commodore Park colony. This Saturday from 11 am until 1 pm there will be a heron chick birthday party in the park with scopes and naturalists on hand as Heron Habitat Helpers (CQ) keep watch. Rain and the heron colony at Commodore Park, Magnolia, along the Ballard Locks. Thursday May 12, 2022 LO Linesonly 220396
Weather

Great blue heron takes flight over Commodore Park in Seattle

T-Mobile Park – Seattle Mariners vs. Philadelphia Phillies – 050922 Cardi P gives her owner Brandon Lindgren a kiss while Meaty Pablo sits like a good boy during Bark in the Park before a Mariners game Monday, May 9, 2022, in Seattle, Wash. 220343
Sports

Photos: Phillies at Mariners on Bark at the Park Night VIEW

There are fish to be caught in Victor Steinbrueck Park and no hooks on the lines as a passerby ducks out of the way in a fly casting school by Orvis. Led by instructor David Spratt, classes continue through June each Saturday. In the background is the cruise ship Norwegian Bliss at Pier 66, preparing for a trip to Alaska. Ref to more photos online. Saturday May 7, 2022 LO Linesonly 220340
Local News

Learning how to fly-fish — at a downtown Seattle park?