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Two Seward Park synagogues received suspicious packages in the mail, each containing a white powdery substance, Seattle police said Friday. st.news/3QM7ebH

With Israel and Hamas at war, Palestinians throughout the Seattle region are experiencing guilt, anguish and torment thousands of miles from Gaza. st.news/3MvviwU

Natalie Smith of Seattle is calling for an end to violence in Gaza after her uncle and aunt were killed in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack and seven family members were kidnapped. st.news/40wqaOH

NEW: WA's prison nursery is one of only a few in the US to support incarcerated mothers amid simmering debates on crime & drug use. amandamsnyder & I went inside WA's women's prison over a few months to spend time w/ 3 mothers & their babies: crosscut.com/politics/2023/… #waleg

Houston, a city with 2.3 million people, garnered fewer votes in its mayoral election than Seattle, a city with 750k people, a third (!) of our size. Seattle saw 267,414 voters in its November 2021 election. Houston this year: 251,987 Not! Good!

Seattle bartender Murray Stenson was a renowned figure in the cocktail world. His legacy, though, will be the way he treated people, says food writer Tan Vinh. st.news/49vStRG

👀Hearing this announcement may shake up the governor's race, too... stay tuned #waelex

"I was born as a refugee and I'm still a refugee till now, and that will never change." Sometimes the phrase 'Cinderella story' fails to do justice to a person's incredible life. Even at the tender age of 21, that's very much the case for Bernie Kamungo: mlssoccer.com/news/lessons-o…

West Seattle's light-rail path finally takes shape, at a price seattletimes.com/seattle-news/t…

The first time I met Gail Neal she was loading donations into a pickup truck. I've been in awe of her ever since. What her low-income childcare agency has accomplished in relative anonymity on Hilltop is mindboggling. Now, it could soon double in size. thenewstribune.com/opinion/articl…

When its transit system suspends fares next year, Clallam County will join a surprising # of WA communities where riding the bus is now free. But big-city systems like King County Metro are still collecting millions of $ from riders. seattletimes.com/seattle-news/p… (w/ mark nowlin)

Wrote this on election night last week: “Consider this: In 2021’s citywide general election, all four Seattle races shifted by at least 12 percentage points. Strauss, Morales, Davis and Lewis (barely) were within that window Tuesday night.” Two now ahead. Two within 500 votes.

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Back with a post on here only to share this story. Please give it a read. Two men were arrested in Yakima County while suffering mental crises. The man who went to jail died behind bars. The man who went free was supposed to investigate. seattletimes.com/seattle-news/l…

This story is stunning. Incredible reporting/writing on how police, jail guards and others respond to people in mental health crisis. Read the three opening scenes. Then, when you're over the shock, keep reading. Daniel Beekman The Seattle Times seattletimes.com/seattle-news/l…