Category: Seattle

1 Dead, 5 Hurt After Multiple Shots Fired in Seattle Suburb

RENTON, Wash.—One person was confirmed dead and five others were treated for gunshot wounds after multiple shots were fired in Renton, Washington, police said. The Renton Police Department said on Twitter that officers were called before 1 a.m. Saturday and found multiple victims, five of whom were treated for injuries. Police confirmed one fatality in…


Professor Sues University After Being Censored for Rejecting Woke ‘Land Acknowledgment’

A professor has filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the University of Washington (UW), which censored him for disagreeing with the idea that the university campus sits on “occupied land” belonging to a native tribe. Located in Seattle, UW is one of the many U.S. colleges and universities that promote “land acknowledgment” statements that recognize…


Starbucks Closing 16 Stores Nationwide Due to Employee-Safety Concerns

Starbucks Corp. announced on Monday that more than a dozen stores will be closed across the nation over employee-safety concerns related to drug use, theft, and assault. Coffeehouses that will be permanently closed include five stores in Seattle, Washington, that have reported high rates of crime, a spokesperson for the coffee giant told The Seattle Times,…


Earthquake Would Trigger 20-Foot Tsunami in Seattle Within 3 Minutes, State Report Says

By Nicholas Turner From The Seattle Times SEATTLE—A tsunami triggered by a major earthquake beneath Puget Sound would arrive at the shores sooner and reach further inland than previously understood, according to a study published Thursday by the Washington Department of Natural Resources. Models showed a tsunami following a magnitude 7.5 quake would inundate Seattle’s…


Amazon Providing $23 Million for Affordable Housing in Seattle

SEATTLE—Amazon said Thursday it is providing $23 million to help minority-led organizations build or preserve more than 500 new affordable housing units in Seattle—the latest spending by a tech company to ease a severe housing crunch the industry has helped create. The commitment comes from Amazon’s Housing Equity Fund, a $2 billion initiative launched in…


Jury Convicts Seattle Woman in Massive Capital One Hack

SEATTLE—A federal jury on Friday convicted a former Seattle tech worker of several charges related to a massive hack of Capital One bank and other companies in 2019. Paige Thompson, 36, a former Amazon software engineer who used the online handle “erratic,” obtained the personal information of more than 100 million people—a data breach that…


Seattle Will Pay $500,000 to Settle Wrongful Death Lawsuit Over Autonomous Zone Shooting

Seattle authorities have agreed to pay $500,000 to settle a lawsuit that pinned the 2020 shooting death of a man at the autonomous zone on city officials. The case concerned Lorenzo Anderson, a 19-year-old who was shot near the edge of the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, also known as CHOP or CHAZ. Authorities had allowed…


Seattle to Pay $500,000 to Settle Wrongful Death Lawsuit Over Autonomous Zone Shooting

Seattle authorities have agreed to pay $500,000 to settle a lawsuit that pinned the 2020 shooting death of a man at the autonomous zone on city officials. The case concerned Lorenzo Anderson, a 19-year-old who was shot near the edge of Seattle’s Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, also known as CHOP or CHAZ. Authorities had allowed…


Washington Man Pleads Guilty to Hate Crime, Arson at Seattle Nightclub

A 25-year-old man has pleaded guilty to committing a hate crime after setting a fire outside a Seattle nightclub called Queer/Bar, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Kalvinn Garcia of Sedro Woolley, Washington, set fire to the contents of a dumpster in the alley directly behind the club on Feb. 24, 2020, based on…


Facts Matter (April 19): Study Shows Heart Issues in 69% of Children Detected Months After Vaccination

A new study published by researchers at the Seattle Children’s Hospital found that heart abnormalities were detected in some adolescents, months after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Specifically, these researchers were reviewing the cases of children who came into their hospital within a week of getting their second dose of the Pfizer vaccine. Stay tuned for…