The New Yorker discovers the Seattle-born monster mart; feds spied on WA license-plate readers; proposed SPOG contact would make SPD cops even richer; Amazon wants to replace 600,000 workers with robots.

Massive ‘No Kings’ rallies here, elsewhere; pro-Harrell PAC’s ‘misleading’ anti-Wilson mailer; half of WA’s first legal same-sex marriage dies at 98; Mariners at the brink of history.

Remembering the ‘Baseball Saved Us’ author; Harrell spoke to the ‘independent’ PAC supporting him; federal troops still barred from Portland’s streets; Mariners lose ALCS game 3 by a lot.

Retrospective doc about 1999 WTO protests reaps award nomination; county assessor Wilson won’t run again; mixed fiscal news in first ‘WA Music Census;’ Amazon suspends employee who dissed company’s ties to Israel.

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.

Art/fashion exhibit celebrates South End diversity; Kristi Noem visits Portland ICE facility; Metro wants to spend $115 mil on safety improvements; Ms’ playoff game rain-delayed.

Memorial Stadium’s demolition; troops going to Portland despite court order against it; AI can help make ‘killer toxins that evade controls;’ Mariners playoff progress report.

Rehabbed Salmon Bone Bridge reopens; local responses to fed govt. shutdown; anti-trans rally organizers sue city and Harrell; ‘tattoo queen of Seattle’ wants her stolen marionette back.

Mariners-owned TV channel closes; Rendezvous buyers make themselves known; Harrell claims most of Seattle’s unhoused people aren’t from here; Portland isn’t ‘war-torn,’ doesn’t want federal troops on its streets.

Women’s ‘pre-professional’ soccer team debuts; Katie Wilson won’t debate on KOMO if it won’t air Kimmel; AZ Republican wants Rep. Jayapal murdered for encouraging protests; Ms clinch first-round playoff bye.

Popular YouTuber spends a (live, unedited) day in Seattle; firefighter held by ICE released; Harrell’s budget plan raids housing $$ for more cops (again); oh, and there was a big baseball game.

‘Cascade PBS News,’ née Crosscut, axed; what ‘fewer tech jobs’ may mean to Seattle;’ exUW prof who founded black-history website dies; Jimmy Kimmel’s comeback won’t be on Sinclair-owned KOMO.

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.

Songstress Julie Cascioppo’s new memoir; WA says it won’t feed private voter info to feds; why so many people hate expanding SPD’s surveillance-cam network; an ex-Microsoft exec’s in Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘birthday book.’

Bremerton civic project honors Quincy Jones (and other Black locals); CVS devours Bartell Drugs’ last crumbs; judge orders ICE to release Seattle man; is Harrell using city funds/resources for electioneering?