Video captures floodwaters sweeping away an entire house, ‘my life savings’ A video captured the raging Nooksack River carrying away a couple’s home in Deming early Thursday. “That place was everything,” the homeowner said.

Overnight, floodwaters shattered the protective rock wall outside their home, crept under the foundation and swept away their entire house in Deming. For @seattletimes.com:

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The home of two Deming (Whatcom County) residents was swept away by floodwaters in Western WA Thursday. They managed to save their two dogs and six goats but are still in shock.

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What do you want to know about the next superintendent of Seattle Public Schools? Share your questions for the district’s incoming superintendent, Ben Shuldiner, and The Seattle Times’ Education Lab will look into the answers.

You can also directly submit your question(s) here: st.news/superintendentquestions

SPS’ new superintendent: Share your questions for Benjamin Shuldiner The Seattle Times wants to hear readers’ questions for Ben Shuldiner, Seattle Public Schools’ incoming superintendent.

Ed Lab at @seattletimes.com is taking questions from readers about Seattle Public Schools' new superintendent. You can share them with us here:

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Why we're using this spelling of Hawaiʻi

You may notice a change in how we spell Hawaiʻi and other Native Hawaiian words at The Seattle Times. Here's why.

Where to get free groceries in Western WA as SNAP lapses

More than 1 in 10 Washingtonians use Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps, to pay for groceries, including more than 50,000 in Seattle.

Live: What to know as Amazon undergoes its biggest layoff in years Here's what to know as Amazon is set to begin its largest layoff in years, and potentially in company history, this week.

Follow our live updates on the firings at Amazon here:

Amazon layoff updates: What to know as company to let go 14,000

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Blind protester dragged, detained by feds says agents picked ‘the weakest person they could find’ But he’s going back, as protests outside the Portland ICE facility continue.

But he’s going back, as protests outside the Portland ICE facility continue.

Have you had a bad pet sitting experience? Tell us about it Pet owners and sitters are increasingly turning to apps to connect, but some have encountered problems, like lost or injured animals. Tell us your experiences.

Pet owners and sitters are increasingly turning to apps to connect, but some have encountered problems, like lost or injured animals. Tell us your experiences.

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The American Oil Industry’s Playbook, Illustrated: How Drillers Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public Oil executive Tom Ragsdale walked away from his old wells, making the pollution left behind the state of New Mexico’s problem. His tactics, however, are ubiquitous in the industry.

Illustrated: How the American oil industry sticks the public with its cleanup bills and walks away. By reporter Mark Olalde and illustrator Peter Arkle
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Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...

I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)

projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

watching TMNT: MUTANT MAYHEM with the kids — first time for them, second for me — and this is just an unbelievably charming movie that feels narrowcasted for my specific demographic: millennial dad and hip-hop fan who loved the turtles as a kid

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Whats the opposite of inbox zero? Whatever you appear to be doing

San Diego Union-Tribune staff devastated by sale to hedge-fund The paper’s sale to an Alden Global Capital subsidiary caught staffers — and management — off guard. Employees know what's ahead: staff reductions.

I spoke to San Diego Union-Tribune staffers about the paper getting sold to an Alden Global Capital subsidiary on Monday.

The staff is devastated:
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Maybe…. Gonna see the barbie movie for sure

Are you gonna see barbieheimer

Ive seen this style on costco tiktok and am afraid that it slaps

Which guy is this??