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Closed gates are seen on the Canadian border at the U.S./ Canada border in Lansdowne, Ontario, on March 22, 2020.

What to know about COVID-19 restrictions for traveling between US, Canada

August 3, 2021 at 4:13 p.m.

SEATTLE — The United States last month extended its pandemic restrictions on nonessential travel at the U.S.-Canada land border for at least a month. The announcement came shortly after Canada...

The sun is seen through moving clouds, Wednesday, June 30, 2021, above the statue of Seattle Mariners Hall-of-Famer Ken Griffey Jr. at T-Mobile Park in Seattle. Temperatures cooled considerably in western Washington, Oregon and British Columbia Wednesday after several days of record-breaking heat, but the interior regions of the region were still sweating through triple-digit temperatures as the weather system moved east. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Birds jumped from their nests to escape Seattle’s June heat wave. Some died. Others needed help

July 30, 2021 at 3:29 p.m.

SEATTLE — Naturalist Jeff Brown bounded up a ladder, cradling a baby hawk into his torso as if it were a delicate football. Brown, who helps rehabilitate wildlife for the...

Amanda Knox, who in 2015 was exonerated by Italy' s highest court after being wrongfully convicted of murder, is now an independent journalist and podcaster who co-hosts the podcast "Labyrinths: Getting Lost with Amanda Knox," with her husband, Christopher Robinson.

Miscarriage is common, yet shrouded in stigma and shame. Amanda Knox wants to change that

July 27, 2021 at 4:33 p.m.

One in four pregnancies end in miscarriage, according to the World Health Organization. But while there are cultural scripts for responding to pregnancy and birth, there isn't one for miscarriage....

Workers fill boxes to ship at an Amazon fulfillment center Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017 in Romeoville. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

Amazon pide a sus gerentes no avisar a los empleados cuando estos están en un plan por bajo rendimiento

July 9, 2021 at 9:52 p.m.

Amazon instruye a los gerentes a no informar a los empleados de oficina que están en un plan formal de gestión del desempeño que pone en peligro su trabajo a...

Los rockeros de Seattle Ayron Jones, izquierda, y Eva Walker, en Jimi Hendrix Park, en Seattle, el 8 de septiembre de 2020.

Cómo la legendaria escena del rock de Seattle destroza la imagen masculina blanca del género

June 4, 2021 at 4:48 p.m.

El rock and roll tiene una historia complicada. Como casi todas las formas de música estadounidense, fue creado por artistas afroamericanos. Sin embargo, los artistas afroamericanos a menudo no se...

Una mujer camina cerca de Salón Santa Cruz, un lugar donde se celebran bodas y quinceañeras en el centro de Pasco, Washington, el martes, 4 de mayo de 2021. El vecindario está poblado con muchas peluquerías, mueblerías y tiendas de quinceañera.

La batalla por el derecho al voto apunta a intentos de diluir el voto latino

May 18, 2021 at 7:14 p.m.

Ana Ruiz Peralta, residente en Pasco e inmigrante mexicana de 44 años, se postuló el año pasado a la Franklin County Board of Commissioners, hablando de mejorar las carreteras y...

Erica Gaertner, administrator at McKay Healthcare & Rehab in Soap Lake, Wash. on Friday. In November, a COVID-19 outbreak at the Soap Lake long-term care facility sickened 31 people and many of its staff, including Erica. The facility lost 15 residents to COVID-19. The photo was taken on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020.

Why some health care workers were reluctant to get COVID shots

April 21, 2021 at 4:56 p.m.

After a horrific onslaught of COVID-19 killed the majority of residents at a small nursing home in Grant County, Washington, facility director Erica Gaertner couldn't wait to roll up her...

ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2020 AND THEREAFTER- FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, file photo, people stand in the lobby of Amazon offices in New York. Amid growing concern about the incentives that cities promised Amazon to land its new headquarters, Kentucky lawmakers considered a bill in 2019 to keep the details of Louisville's failed pitch to the retailer forever secret. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Nuevos datos de Amazon muestran que negros, latinos y mujeres están subrepresentadas en los trabajos mejor pagados

April 15, 2021 at 6:46 p.m.

Amazon publicó el miércoles el análisis más detallado hasta el momento de los datos demográficos de su fuerza laboral, que muestra lo que muchos críticos de la compañía sospecharon durante...

The Boeing 737 factory in Renton, Washington, is seen in 2019. The company cites its plan to produce 737s through at least 2031 as evidence of its commitment to Washington state.

Boeing lists more property for sale in Washington state as it cuts jobs, stresses remote work

April 7, 2021 at 3:40 p.m.

Nearly six months after Boeing first acknowledged it might sell its local Commercial Airplanes headquarters building in Renton, Washington, it officially listed its Longacres campus for sale Tuesday — a...

Riz Ahmed as Ruben in" Sound of Metal.".

8 snapshot reviews of the 2021 Oscar nominees for best picture

April 2, 2021 at 4:54 p.m.

It's Oscar season, and ... meh. That's not a "meh" for the quality of the nominees this year; some terrific films are in the race, and the lack of big-studio...

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