SIFF won’t reopen Egyptian Theatre; controversial cop won’t run East Precinct after all; ‘Black Lives Matter’ mural vandalized; WSU report says shootings are now the #1 cause of high-school students’ deaths.

Li’l kids can now play-act as Amazon drivers; vandal strikes WA Capitol building; city spent big bucks on hotel rooms for the homeless, then let them sit empty; judge bars federal troops from Portland—again.

Ex-local cinema mogul dies; Council OKs compromise-filled Comp Plan; Ms sweep archrival Astros while Seahawks, Huskies also win big; new H-1B visa fees could ‘impact’ local tech giants.

Tomo Nakayama’s song of optimism; western governors form vax partnership; fed oversight of SPD officially ends; don’t expect the ‘Prize Patrol’ to come knocking any time soon.

PAX West and the business of play; AI’s real threat isn’t what ‘AI doomers’ claim; officials vow to keep Sound Transit projects funded; could Boeing be prosecuted over 737 MAX disasters?

Starbucks/Redhook/Seattle Weekly cofounder Gordon Bowker RIP; how right-wing preacher Sean Feucht capitalizes on Seattle-bashing; how to keep federal troops off our streets; coding careers are even more male-dominated these days.

Two specialty bookshops open in short-term spaces; why Worldcon coming here’s a big deal; locals decry fed takeover of DC local police; will city allow another homophobic ‘hate rally’ on Capitol Hill?

Political strategist’s out n’ proud wedding; WA suing against Head Start cuts; state agency calls for re-examining 2013 Lakewood police killing; why Alaska Airlines temporarily shut itself down.

WA-made film on better living thru time travel; Rinck, Harrell seek B&O tax hike on big biz; Mariners’ first starting pitcher RIP; big land sale out of DC budget bill, ‘devastating’ Medicaid cuts still in.

Big graffiti-art collection in Everett; WA AG Nick Brown expects more suits vs. the feds; eastern WA father sought in murder of three daughters; evictions in WA ‘skyrocket.’

Local doc on historic ‘70s gay disco; Ferguson slams DC regime’s ‘assault on the US Constitution;’ feds may drop charges against Boeing in 737 MAX crashes; Elijah Lewis’s killer sentenced.

(Shorter) film-fest madness returns; what you might not hear about King County shooting numbers; Amazon was falsely rumored to be listing products’ tariff costs; Texas ia getting a 3-D printed Starbucks store.

Rick Steves on how fascism took root in Europe; state Senate dilutes rent-stabilization bill; City Light crew allegedly had a ‘party attitude’ on the job; Ferguson, Reykdal say WA won’t kneel to MAGA demands.

‘Fat Mall’ popup shop; why progressive experts say protesting isn’t futile; state workers march on Capitol grounds against layoff threats; my new book’s first (rave) review!

Docu-series on White Center businesses vs. gentrification; UW students, grads suddenly lose visas; summer concerts return to Pier 62 after 20 years; Apple’s stock-value loss is Microsoft’s ‘gain.’