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Cold plungers dunk in Puget Sound's icy waters throughout the winter. Many say it helps their mental and physical health. Research shows they may be onto something.

Did you already know about Chef J. Kenji López-Alt? My friends who are foodies talk to me about him all the time!

The family of Deanna Davis has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against King County, alleging that deputies and jail medical staff effectively stood by as she grew severely ill inside the county jail’s psychiatric housing unit and later died. The complaint says she was vomiting for about three days and that staff...

SEATTLE — Seattle Public Safety Committee Chair Bob Kettle said Monday he wants to “set the record straight” on what he called misconceptions about Seattle police technology used for crime prevention, including automated license plate readers, public-space surveillance cameras, and the city’s Real-Time Crime Center....

The new series launches today as part of Focus, a dedicated podcast channel for immersive audio documentaries. Adults in the Room retraces a harrowing series of events that took place at Garfield High School during the 1999-2000 school year. The series is hosted by Isolde Raftery, an investigative journalist, KUOW’s...

On February 28, 2001 a 6.8 magnitude earthquake shook parts of Western Washington for almost a full minute. The quake hit at 10:54 a.m. It caused upwards of $4 billion in damage, and about 400 people were hurt.

This is the first episode of Adults in the Room, a seven-part narrative podcast. When I was a senior in high school, my best friend Ella Hushagen and I heard a rumor: A popular teacher was abusing a boy at our school. Maybe abusing a boy. Maybe… more than one boy. Lots of maybes. Zero proof. We told authorities what...

A retired Seattle Police named Neil Low captain believes Nirvana's Kurt Cobain was murdered and that the case should be reopened.

KENT, Wash. — Kent’s City Hall campus was shut down Monday afternoon after a suspected military-grade undetonated explosive was brought to the area, prompting an emergency response and street closures. Kent Police Department announced the incident at 1:36 p.m. All buildings at 220 4th Ave. S. were closed,...

Three years ago, before the City Council unanimously appointed Derrick Wheeler-Smith as director of the city’s Office for Civil Rights, a few voices of dissent stood out among the many supporters who showed up to urge the council to approve his nomination. SOCR conducts investigations into alleged civil rights...