Emails show Amazon colluding with other firms to raise prices, California authorities allege The previously redacted messages were unveiled as part of an antitrust battle with California attorney general Rob Bonta

Emails released on Monday by California’s attorney general show Amazon allegedly colluding with other companies to raise the prices of pet treats, khaki pants, eyedrops and other products sold online

Victims of December floods sue King County, flood control district Two levees broke open after heavy rain in December, flooding whole neighborhoods. Now residents are suing.

King County officials knew the flood barriers in Pacific were temporary measures but left them in place for years. Similarly, they knew a levee in Tukwila was weak but the repairs never came.

December flood victims filed a lawsuit over the breaches Monday.
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Pretty sure that’s the silhouette of Sauron the Deceiver, Sauron the Dark, the Shadow in the East, Scourge of the Shire, in the heavens there

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I keep that thang on me

thank you, I'll let our graphics team know you like their work

had it made specially for the occasion because I thought it got the point across real simple like

WA declares unprecedented fourth drought emergency in a row The fact that state officials started ringing alarm bells so early in the year underscores just how painful they expect the summer dry spell to be.

BREAKING -More than two months before the start of summer, Washington state officials are declaring a statewide drought emergency. This is the fourth drought in a row, which hasn't happened before in state history. It's bad, folks. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Dragon Land captured Seward Park’s imagination. Now it’s no more The guerilla art exhibit reflected the artistic whims and personality not only of its Seward Park neighborhood but of anonymous contributors from beyond. But no more.

Hey!

Now that we're not diving headfirst into a nuclear war, why don't you read this piece on South Seattle's Dragon Land, which is also under attack.
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Trump threats cause dilemma for US officers: disobey orders or commit war crimes Legal experts say attacking Iran’s infrastructure would constitute a war crime – but would military officers be held responsible?

Essential piece by @julianborger.bsky.social

As Trump ramps up his threats to Iran, will US military officers disobey orders or help commit war crimes?

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RIP, South Seattle’s Dragon Land The guerilla art exhibit reflected the artistic whims and personality not only of its Seward Park neighborhood but of anonymous contributors from beyond. But no more.

For one brief and beautiful moment, we had Dragon Land. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

The millionaire who tried (and failed) to repeal Washington's Climate Commitment Act now wants to try and repeal the state's new tax on its wealthiest residents

How bad is WA’s summer drought going to get? WA is headed for an unprecedented fourth year of drought.

Let’s not dance around the issue: Washington is headed straight for a rough and dry summer. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

And for the record, yes, I'm aware I'm reporting about drought while it's raining. This is about more than whether we're getting enough rain.

While Washington's snowpack sits at about half its normal level, we're actually doing relatively well compared to other states across the American West.

Oregon, for example, currently sits at about 19% of its normal snowpack levels.

After a glimpse of hope, WA’s snowpack dips back into the red The late-winter flurries sure were nice. But with snow melting quickly, Washington is headed for a fourth straight severe drought.

That layer of clean, white snow across Western Washington’s lowlands and mountaintops sure was nice while it lasted.

But warm temperatures melted much of it away and now, for the fourth year in a row, we're headed into a severe drought.
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I mean this in the most clinical and professional way possible but where are Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s nipples?

Upper Colorado basin snowpack has deteriorated drastically in the week since I wrote this column. This is a massive problem for water availability in the months to come

The planet is overheating. Why is the news looking away? Since 2021, global media coverage of climate change has dropped 38 percent. Blame wars, political chaos, and Jeffrey Epstein.

Since 2021, global media coverage of climate change has dropped 38 percent, Grist reports.

In my most Seattle Times Climate Lab Voice: Not around here, partner.

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Straight. Chased with high fives

WA aims to stabilize carbon market, lower costs with key strategy

Linking carbon markets with California and Quebec is a long-sought way to inject stability and predictability into these uncertain times, state officials say.

Jared Kushner Solicits Funds for His Firm While Working as Mideast Envoy

While Jared Kushner is negotiating on behalf of the United States with governments in the Middle East, he is also soliciting investments in his private business ventures from the same governments
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This is a good lesson for journalists: Use plain language to state true things clearly.

WA aims to stabilize carbon market, lower costs with key strategy Linking carbon markets with California and Quebec is a long-sought way to inject stability and predictability into these uncertain times, state officials say.

Gas prices are spiking as the Trump administration escalates its war in Iran

But here in Washington, the effort to wean ourselves off fossil fuels is chugging along faster than expected. WA, CA and Quebec have a draft agreement in place to merge carbon markets

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Sure, Washington's seeing some snowpack today (hopefully a lot). But that won't do us much good if this heatwave and the warmer-than-normal temps to follow start melting it away.

Snowpack's just part of the equation. It's also got to stick around long enough to really be a meaningful event.

Here’s what I posted on Reddit in reply to someone asking if weather models are overdoing next week’s heat. I thought the same thing before the June 2021 heat wave in the Pacific Northwest.

Humans have altered atmospheric chemistry, and there is a physical response.

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Fuzzy memories and hard facts: An SC accuser's claims against Epstein, Trump examined An alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein gave FBI agents true accounts of her time growing up in SC. Claims she made about Donald Trump remain unsubstantiated.

Breaking: SC newspaper verifies portions of Trump accuser's story. Textbook journalism. Local journalism. Support your local news outlets. www.postandcourier.com/news/epstein...

Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who d...

A trove of nearly 3,200 disclosure records, which ProPublica made public this week, reveals a web of financial ties between Trump officials and the industries they help regulate.

it's preemptively giving

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June 2025)