Shen Yun Performing Arts gave audiences a glimpse of traditional Chinese culture at the Marion Oliver McCaw Hall in Seattle, Washington, on April 3 and April 4. Audience members commended the performers for their artistry and said they felt uplifted after seeing the show. “The dancing and the harmonious spirit it brought, and the music […]
RENTON, Wash.—Four people were killed and four others were hurt in a multiple-vehicle crash on Tuesday afternoon in suburban Seattle, fire officials said. Firefighters were sent to a crash involving four vehicles in Renton at about 12:45 p.m., Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority spokesperson Pat Pawlak said. The crash involved four vehicles. Four people died […]
DALLAS—A Texas woman who cut off her ankle monitor and fled the country while awaiting trial last year was found guilty of murder on Wednesday in the fatal stabbing of a 23-year-old Seattle woman. She was sentenced to life in prison. A jury in Dallas convicted Lisa Dykes of murder and tampering with evidence in […]
Seattle—Pictures released by a conservation group show a young humpback whale breaching in front of the Space Needle as it visited the waters off Seattle last week, capturing a rare display of wildlife next to a major city. The photos were also used to gauge the general health of the whale and create a serial […]
SEATTLE—A 17-year-old boy wanted in the fatal and apparently random shooting of a passenger who was resting on a Seattle bus last month has turned himself in, police said Monday. Miguel Rivera Dominguez, of the south suburb of Burien, faces charges of first-degree murder and second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm in what prosecutors called […]
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on Friday announced that he is moving from Seattle to Miami, joining other high-profile billionaire entrepreneurs who have made the move to Florida. “I’ve lived in Seattle longer than I’ve lived anywhere else and have so many amazing memories here,” Mr. Bezos wrote on Instagram, including a decades-old video of him […]
SEATTLE—Authorities in the Seattle area are searching for a 17-year-old boy who they say shot and killed a passenger on a city bus last month in what newly filed charging documents describe as “the senseless execution of a total stranger”—a recent example of shocking but rare attacks on public transit around the country. Miguel Rivera […]
A federal judge threw out the city of Seattle’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit a white former city employee filed over mandatory cultural sensitivity programs he claims constitute anti-white racial indoctrination. The backlash against cultural sensitivity training sessions in both government and corporate settings has been growing in recent years. These sessions are often based […]
Two adults and two children were found dead at a “scene of violence” involving a fire at a house in Seattle, Washington, on Saturday, authorities said. At 8:41 a.m., the Seattle Police Department received a call from an 11-year-old girl who said there was a deceased person inside her house on 48th Street and Whitman […]
SEATTLE—Three people are dead and six others wounded after a shooting Sunday at a hookah lounge in south Seattle, authorities said. City police didn’t immediately release any information about a possible suspect or suspects in the Sunday’s early morning shooting in the Mount Baker neighborhood. Officers responded to the scene around 4:30 a.m. Sunday after […]
SEATTLE—Five people were wounded in a shooting at a Seattle parking lot during which the police chief said “dozens and dozens of rounds” were fired. There were no immediate arrests, and a police investigation was ongoing. Three people—all in their 20s—remained hospitalized Saturday, though one of them was expected to be discharged later in the […]
SEATTLE—A pregnant woman who was killed in what appears to have been a random shooting in downtown Seattle this week has been identified as the owner of a sushi restaurant near the city’s famed Pike Place Market. Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell said on Twitter Thursday that his condolences go out to the family of Eina […]
SEATTLE—Two men were killed and a third person was wounded during a shooting in a Seattle park Saturday night, police said. Police responded to a report of a shooting at Cal Anderson Park around 10:30 p.m., the Seattle Police Department said in a statement. Officers found three men with gunshot wounds and provided first aid […]
SEATTLE—A passenger ferry carrying hundreds of people ran aground near Bainbridge Island west of Seattle on Saturday but there were no reports of injuries or contamination, authorities said. The Walla Walla ran aground in Rich Passage around 4:30 p.m. as it was traveling from the city of Bremerton to Seattle, according to Washington State Ferries, […]
A performance that brings back 5,000 years of traditional Chinese culture—Shen Yun—is touring around the world and inspiring audiences. “Their beauty, their calmness, their peace, they’re embracing each other. I just think it was so well done, so beautiful, it just keeps coming to mind to me,” said Mary Ann Borgeson, the chair of Douglas […]
Shen Yun started their performances in Seattle, Washington, on March 31. Audiences called it inspiring. “Wonderful, awesome, we love the performance, it’s beautiful. And everything about it was awesome and inspiring, so loved it,” said Len Wiens, the director of a dance school called Reflections School of Dance. “I find it very inspiring. A couple […]
Amazon on March 20 announced yet another round of layoffs, saying that it’s letting go of 9,000 employees or roughly 3 percent of its corporate workforce. In a blog post published on March 20, CEO Andy Jassy said the cuts will primarily affect those in Amazon’s cloud web services, the Twitch gaming division, advertising, and […]
REDMOND, Wash.—A longhaul truck driver from Texas who became obsessed with a software engineer in Washington state after meeting her through a social media chatroom app killed her, her husband and himself after stalking them for months, police said. Zohreh Sadeghi, 33, and her husband, Mohammad Milad Naseri, 35, were shot to death in their […]
A Nike flagship store is closing in Seattle Washington, among other businesses that have closed down in recent years. The locals and some business owners say crime and homelessness are taking a toll on the downtown area.
