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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The lights dimmed and the crowd of men and women erupted into applause and hoots as Hollywood's blockbuster “Black Panther” premiered in Saudi Arabia's first movie theater. Though it was a private, invitation-only screening on Wednesday evening, for many Saudis it ...

A spokesman for Jorgensen Forge said the owners see “much more opportunity in redeveloping this land.” Some of the 110 union employees at Jorgensen Forge have worked there for decades and aren't sure what comes next. Share story. Mike Rosenberg. By. Mike Rosenberg. Seattle Times business ...

BOERNE, Texas (AP) — The Southwest Airlines pilot being lauded as a hero in a harrowing emergency landing after a passenger was partially blown out of the jet's damaged fuselage is also being hailed for her pioneering role in a career where she has been one of the few women at the controls. Tammie ...

“Substantially all” of Socrata's 150 employees will join Tyler Technologies, a Tyler spokesman said. Tyler will keep Socrata's offices in Seattle as well as its own offices in Renton. Share story. Rachel Lerman. By. Rachel Lerman. Seattle Times technology reporter. Seattle software company Socrata, which ...

A new Bellevue-based venture aims to launch a constellation of satellites that will deliver real-time, continuous video of almost anywhere on Earth. It's backed by Airbus, Bill Gates, Masayoshi Son, among others. Share story. Dominic Gates. By. Dominic Gates. Seattle Times aerospace reporter. Airbus, Bill ...

Three days. One yacht owner. Many marine biologists. This is how scientists untangled a gray whale from fishing gear last weekend — and then lost it "in an unusual turn of events." Share story. Jessica Lee. By. Jessica Lee. Seattle Times staff reporter. Tangled in fishing equipment, the gray whale causing ...

Just two males fathered more than half the calves born since 1990 to Puget Sound's killer-whale population, and few females are giving birth in the three pods. Share story. By. Lynda V. Mapes. Seattle Times environment reporter. Just two male whales fathered more than half the calves born since 1990 in ...

Amazon for the first time disclosed average worker pay, as part of a report mandated by federal Wall Street reform legislation passed after the 2008 financial crisis. Share story. Matt Day. By. Matt Day. Seattle Times business reporter. Amazon says its median employee pay was $28,446 last year. That data ...

Fingerprints left on the glass door at Diamonds Inc. in Bellevue led police to a 26-year-old man who had posed as a newly engaged soldier about to be deployed. The 5.54-carat, marquise-cut diamond has not been found. Share story. By. Sara Jean Green. Seattle Times staff reporter. A man walked into a ...

Churches hosted special prayer services. Seattle Public Schools dismissed students early. Meanwhile, staff reporters and photographers scrambled locally — and in Washington, D.C. — to capture the impact of the great leader Martin Luther King Jr.'s death.

I've been looking back at the pages of The Seattle Times from the days after the assassination to gauge the reactions here. As was true across the country, those reactions reveal a mix of emotions that had built up over years and of expectations raised by the many successes of the civil-rights movement.

Berries are a rich source of numerous phytochemicals that research suggests have a variety of positive effects on human health. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times). Numerous studies have found that how we eat over time can increase — or decrease — our risk for chronic disease. But one-size-fits-all ...

Another neighborhood site to be developed, this in Seattle's Phinney Ridge. Some neighborhood groups say the optional parking rule for developers, which applies to areas served by busy transit lines, is making congestion worse and is bad for local businesses because newcomers still bring their cars.

Readers rave about New Orleans World War II Museum, rant about building housing with no parking. Share story. By. Submitted by Seattle Times readers. The Seattle Times. RAVE On a recent visit to the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, we were pleased to see that our hometown Boeing ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — Even as trade tensions are mounting between the United States and China, the importance of Chinese moviegoers to Hollywood has never been more apparent. Global moviegoing reached a record high of $40.6 billion in 2017 despite a downturn in audiences at U.S. and Canada ...

The Russian leader consistently acts like a farmer who sells his most valuable beef in return for cubes of sugar. Share story. By. Thomas Friedman. Syndicated columnist. President Donald Trump's steadfast reluctance to say anything negative about Russia is so striking that a former director of national ...

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Zahara Osman, originally from Somalia, grabs a hard hat and shovel for a symbolic groundbreaking at ReWa, at 4008 Martin Luther King Jr. Way S., as they host an event to celebrate a new facility in Rainier Beach... (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times) More. The addition in Rainier Beach will provide space ...

FILE – In this Jan. 25, 2018, file photo, Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai attends an annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Malala Yousafzai returns to Pakistan on Thursday, March 29,... (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File) More ...

FILE- In this Aug. 6, 2015, file photo, Facebook elections signs stand in the media area in Cleveland. Facebook says it is making progress with efforts to weed out fake accounts and fake news on its service. The... (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File) More ...

The girls were in the parking lot of a Burien apartment complex when they were shot. Share story. By. Christine Clarridge. Seattle Times staff reporter. Two teen girls died after being shot in the parking lot of an apartment complex in Burien on Wednesday night. The shooting, about 9:30 p.m., was after an ...

Mario Barnes, associate dean of the law school at the University of California, Irvine, has been named dean of the University of Washington School of Law. (Steve Zylius/UC Irvine Communications). Mario Barnes, a professor at the University of California, Irvine, will become the University of Washington law ...

Glassworks production manager James (Jay) Martell peers into a viewing portal to check the molten glass counters inside a giant kiln. (Mike Siegel/The Seattle Times). Pacific NW magazine's associate editor explains why, and how, we're adding on to NW Living.

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“Oh wow! We got some money”: New funding tackles long-neglected earthquake concerns, such as school safety and old brick buildings. Share story. Sandi Doughton. By. Sandi Doughton. Seattle Times science reporter. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee likes to joke that a major earthquake isn't allowed to ...