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About 750 Seattle Students Will Be Excluded From School Because of Incomplete Vaccination Records

It's part of a state law that followed widespread measles outbreaks last year

By Katie Reilly January 8, 2020

Seattle Had Its Darkest Day Since Recordings Began

"Everything had to be perfect to achieve this depressing record"

By Madeleine Carlisle December 21, 2019

Magnitude-4.6 Earthquake Rattles Seattle Area Awake

A magnitude-4.6 earthquake awakened people across the Seattle area just before 3 a.m. local time on Friday. Several smaller aftershocks also hit the region. The epicenter was near Three Lakes, Wa., about 35 miles north...

By Billy Perrigo July 12, 2019

Earthly Bodies: Washington Becomes First State to Legalize Human Composting

Washington became the first state to legalize "human composting" on Tuesday, when Gov. Jay Inslee signed a law that will allow human bodies to be converted into soil in licensed facilities. The state law, which...

By Katie Reilly May 22, 2019

Mayor to Trump: Seattle 'Isn't Afraid of Immigrants'

"This President should spend a little bit more time trying to learn from us."

By Tara Law April 13, 2019

Students Post Swastikas During Presentation at Elite Sidwell Friends Prep School

Students at the elite Washington, D.C., prep school Sidwell Friends projected swastikas on to a screen during a presentation on Wednesday, the school said. The school is famous for its numerous high-profile alumni, including the...

By Mahita Gajanan March 8, 2019

Why a Mom Vaccinated Her Kids After 15 Years

Experts say her decision can teach doctors about how to talk to vaccine skeptics

By Tara Law February 14, 2019

Vaccine Rates Get Boost in Washington County Engulfed in Measles Outbreak

“There’s no reason we should be having this outbreak”

By Tara Law February 7, 2019

A Carbon Tax Proposal Failed This Week. But the Fight Is Just Beginning

A large majority of Washington state residents believe climate change is happening and understand that humans are to blame. But, even as the state passed a measure to tighten gun control and supported congressional Democrats,...

By Justin Worland November 8, 2018

2 Men Charged With Sexual Assault On Planes to Seattle

The charges come amid a rise in similar crimes, prosecutors say

By Mahita Gajanan August 31, 2018

Teen Who Pushed Friend Off 60-Foot Bridge Says She 'Didn't Think About the Consequences'

The girl broke multiple ribs and punctured her lungs

By Mahita Gajanan August 17, 2018

The Rob Porter Scandal Exposed White House Security Risks

Every February, the nation's top intelligence officials appear in public on Capitol Hill to brief Americans on the biggest global threats facing the country. This year their testimony hit closer to home: two miles down...

By Tessa Berenson February 15, 2018

There's a Reason Behind Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's Special Flag Ritual

The flag flown when Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke is in D.C. riffs on a Navy tradition

By Olivia B. Waxman October 13, 2017

Massimo Calabresi and Alex Altman Chosen to Lead TIME Washington Bureau

The following note was sent by TIME Editor Edward Felsenthal to staff Monday. Team TIME: In a summer that has seen 9 million people come to TIME in a single day for an eclipse and,...

By TIME Staff September 18, 2017

President Trump Fans Rally in Washington, D.C.

"How are you 'losing your base' when your base is growing?"

By Nash Jenkins September 16, 2017

Why Stephen Bannon Doesn't Scare Washington Anymore

For a media baron who trafficks in bombast, Stephen Bannon has always seemed more comfortable backstage. As Donald Trump's campaign CEO and then as his chief White House strategist, he liked to work in the...

By Alex Altman September 14, 2017

States Vow to Sue If Donald Trump Ends DACA

The program has protected nearly 800,000 young people from deportation

By David Shepardson / Reuters September 5, 2017

President Trump Must Stop Lashing Out at Allies

U.S. President used the regime's sixth nuclear test to lash out at South Korea

By Charlie Campbell / Beijing September 4, 2017

A War of Fiery Words, for Now, Between North Korea and the U.S.

North Korea's relationship with the U.S. has always been rooted in bitter acrimony, with its periodic threats of annihilating America sounding almost quaint, coming, as they do, from an impoverished nation of 25 million. But...

By Charlie Campbell / Beijing August 10, 2017

Trump's Attacks Sow Chaos In Washington

It was a performance review no employee wants to hear, delivered by an angry boss in a setting that broadcast the humiliation. Standing in the Rose Garden on July 25, President Donald Trump excoriated U.S....

By Zeke J Miller July 27, 2017

Seattle Police Fatally Shoot Pregnant Woman Armed With Knife

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray called the incident a “tragedy for all involved"

By Melissa Chan June 19, 2017

Donald Trump’s Loyalty Pledge for the FBI Challenges the Nation

Few things are more important in a democracy than confidence that the law is applied equally and fairly to all. Which is why the written testimony of former FBI Director James Comey to Congress, released...

By Massimo Calabresi June 8, 2017

Evergreen State Resumes Classes After Violent Threat

The incidents followed campus protests over racism last month

By Katie Reilly June 6, 2017

Yes, the Post Office Will Still Deliver Your Mail-In Ballot Without a Stamp

With millions of Americans voting by mail in the 2018 midterm elections, the hunt for a stamp has replaced the "I Voted" sticker as a marker of the election. But how many stamps do you...

By Ryan Teague Beckwith October 27, 2016

Obama's Unfathomable, Bottomless, Contemptible Cowardice on Pot

The public supports pot legalization. So why can't politicians go along with a massive and still-growing majority of Americans?

By Nick Gillespie January 24, 2014

Local Residents Complain Over Plans For Coronavirus Motel at Epicenter of Seattle Outbreak

Justice Dept. Announces Lawsuits Over Immigration Policies

Washington State's Department of Transportation Tweets That It Maybe, Just Maybe, Found Bigfoot. 'We Will Leave That Up to You'

Suspects Arrested for Seattle Shooting That Killed 1, Hurt 7