What the Fourth (and America) mean these days; WA licensing info leads to ICE arrests; Chelan Hills fire prompts mandatory evacuations; what the homeless really need (as told by a homeless person).

C-ID merchants feel left out from World Cup business, while Monday’s match will be Seattle’s biggest sports event ever; a few thousand more Microsoft layoffs; Homelessness Authority losing most of its authority.

Local filmmaker’s tale of WWII incarcerations; reactions to birthright-citizenship decision; City Council OKs more barricades on Aurora Ave side streets; it’s the 3000th MISCmedia MAIL!

A big exhibition in the ex-Coliseum Theater; Supreme Court OKs late-arriving mail ballots; Juniper Blessing murder suspect ruled ‘not competent;’ DSHS warns of ‘massive data breach’ of clients’ info.

Kids’ book on an obscure farmer with a famous namesake; today’s ‘Pride Match’ at World Cup going ahead despite teams’ objections; layoffs at game maker Bungie; King County’s almost ‘majority minority.’

Iranian-born artist’s visions of (outlawed) female expressions; the big numbers behind World Cup waterfront crowds; ex-Montlake Market site could be affordable housing; are the rich fleeing here? (Not yet.)

Obscure Seattle painter buys ad space at NYC subway stops; WA wins court fight to keep fed funding for wind power; tech visas’ role in area population growth; did MS unfairly exaggerate AI hype to pump stock price?

Wall of Sound Records closing after 36 years; Seattle World Cup debut a ‘win’ for the city; ICE immediately deports Honduran siblings here for medical care; millionaires spending big to defeat ‘millionaires tax.’

Memoir by Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil; the World Cup’s here (along with more ICE agents); WA sues feds over demands for voter lists; Benihana to open where Hooters used to be.

Comedy-club chain buys Crocodile; White House approval rating hits new local now; 10,000 apply for 75 subsidized ‘social housing’ units; allegations of abuse, slavery at Bellevue ‘OnlyFans house.’

Native-made ‘welcome’ sculpture in Pioneer Square; Ferguson warns state agencies of ‘budget shortfalls;’ remembering the man behind the funny Rainier Beer ads; our 40th anniversary soiree’s tonight!

Local author follows an ‘indicator species;’ City Council gives Wilson two months to decide Homelessness Authority’s fate; Ferguson won’t suspend cap-and-trade to cut gas prices; longtime Seattle Opera boss RIP.

Vintage flight-attendant fashions at Museum of Flight; all Longview blast victims recovered; three Spokane ICE protesters convicted; Ballard light-rail advocates aren’t giving up.

New musical on pioneering Black woman pilot; Boeing helps fund MAGA official’s reality show; US Supreme Court may ‘review’ WA Legislative districts; Starbucks makes major marketing mistake in S. Korea.

‘Lady Rainier’ statue, between I-5 and Sound Transit yard; UW researchers wanted to ‘train AI’ on preschoolers; GOP wants to stack WA high court against ‘millionaires tax;’ UW stabbing suspect may have stalked another student.