The Seattle Times

A federal aviation official says one of the two pilots aboard an airplane carrying fuel reported there was a fire on the airplane shortly before it crashed and burned outside Fairbanks, Alaska.

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/pilot-reported-fire-onboard-plane-carrying-fuel-attempted-to-return-to-fairbanks-just-before-crash/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all

The FBI has determined that a young Black man died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a rural Missouri home, not at the hands of the white homeowner who had a history of racist social media...

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/2021-death-of-young-black-man-at-rural-missouri-home-was-self-inflicted-fbi-tells-ap/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all

Providing Ukraine with weapons and other U.S. aid as it fends off a Russian invasion is rooted in the earliest and most formative political memories of the two top Republicans in Congress.

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/to-pass-ukraine-aid-reagan-republican-leaders-in-congress-navigated-a-party-transformed-by-trump/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all

In the moment, The Save kept the game tied.

https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/hockey/a-day-later-the-save-still-had-panthers-marveling-at-bobrovskys-nhl-playoff-heroics/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all

Cristian Măcelaru has been hired as music director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra starting in the 2025-26 season.

https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/cristian-macelaru-to-become-music-director-of-cincinnati-symphony-orchestra-in-2025-26/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all

The North America’s Building Trades Unions has endorsed President Joe Biden.

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/biden-picks-up-another-big-union-endorsement-this-one-from-building-trades-workers/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all

We continue to fail the homeless people who live among us, and no single court ruling in the world is going to solve the underlying issues.

https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/the-crime-of-sleeping-while-homeless/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers are announcing legislation Wednesday aimed at helping Arizonans access abortions after the Arizona Supreme Court allowed a near total-ban to move ...

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/gov-gavin-newsom-wants-to-let-arizona-doctors-provide-abortions-in-california/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all

A federal judge has sentenced a longtime U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent to four years in prison for leaking DEA intelligence to defense lawyers.

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/veteran-dea-agent-sentenced-to-4-years-for-leaking-intelligence-in-miami-bribery-conspiracy/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all

Officials say U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr. of New Jersey has died after a heart attack this month that left him hospitalized.

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/us-rep-donald-payne-jr-a-democrat-from-new-jersey-has-died-at-65-after-a-heart-attack/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all

An effort to limit diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives is gaining momentum in state capitals and college campuses.

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/a-conservative-quest-to-limit-diversity-programs-gains-momentum-in-states/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all

The first quarter financial results included a charge of $443 million in compensation paid to airlines forced to temporarily ground their MAXs and another $222 million write-off in the defense di...

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeing-slowed-to-a-crawl-bleeds-cash-in-wake-of-alaska-air-blowout/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all

For the first time in more than a year, the monthly board meeting of Walt Disney World’s governing district was back to being what many municipal government forums often are — boring.

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/with-lawsuits-in-rearview-mirror-disney-world-government-gets-back-to-being-boring/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all

A state investigator in Michigan says he considers former President Donald Trump and some key allies to be uncharged co-conspirators in a scheme to claim that he had won Michigan in the 2020 elec...

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/investigator-says-trump-allies-were-part-of-michigan-election-scheme-despite-not-being-charged/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all

The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on a resolution calling on all nations to prevent a dangerous nuclear arms race in outer space.

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/russia-likely-to-veto-a-un-resolution-calling-for-prevention-of-nuclear-arms-race-in-space/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all

Oklahoma is poised to become the latest Republican-led state to impose criminal penalties for those who reside in the state illegally.

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/how-republican-led-states-far-from-the-us-mexico-border-are-rushing-to-pass-tough-immigration-laws/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all

From a blowtorched cheesy beef stew that's drawing long lines to a freshly griddled Turkish pide, these Bellevue spots both play on an open-kitchen concept.

https://www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/2-bellevue-restaurants-for-a-delicious-and-entertaining-meal/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all

Summer brings new avenues for planning and exploring the peak's wildflower meadows, rushing waterfalls, evergreen-shaded hikes and more.

https://www.seattletimes.com/sponsored/planning-a-mount-rainier-road-trip-start-now/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all