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A Seattle cancer center has agreed to pay $11.5 million to settle a proposed class action lawsuit involving a 2023 double-extortion ransomware attack that affected 2.1 million people, with some patients directly threatened by hackers with swatting attacks if they didn't pay a ransom. In addition to the $11.5 million...

Thanks to Derek for the photo. The painting happening today on the southwest corner of California/Alaska gave us the opening to check back on a story we’ve been working on for a while: The Missing Piece Cafe and Game Lounge is finally confirming that it’s moving to The Junction – in the ex-Pharmaca space – from...

The Seattle Bike Blog online shop is expanding! Now you can get more than just copies of Biking Uphill in the Rain. I will be slowly adding Seattle-associated bike stuff like bikey books by Seattle-based authors or bike art by local artists or … who knows what else?. For...

Pull out the sunscreen, Seattle weather is forecasted to see the warmest day of the year so far.

The Seattle City Council‘s Public Safety Committee just got an update on Seattle Police hiring and staffing. The summary from analyst Greg Doss: “Huge increase in hiring, but that takes a while to translate to cops on the street.”. Currently, Doss told the councilmembers, they’re hiring 14 officers...

Seattle hip-hop has a rich and eclectic history. From a national perspective, the lineage can be traced back to artists like Sir Mix-a-Lot and his Grammy-winning, No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100, “Baby Got Back.” Other big-name Grammy winners include Ishmael Butler of Digable Planets and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis.

Seattle and the Puget Sound region will see some of the lowest tides of the year Wednesday and Thursday around 1pm, according to NOAA tide predictions. Why it matters: The receding waters offer a unique opportunity for beachcombing and tide pooling, exposing marine life like sea stars, moon snails and anemones that...

Doug Cox’s journey from inmate to entrepreneur was, to say the least, littered with challenges. Cox, a resident of Aspen Terrace — an affordable housing complex in Seattle’s First Hill neighborhood — is in advanced patent discussions for an interactive toy he invented that mimics the sounds of dinosaurs, military...

Monday marks 5 years since George Floyd's death in police custody, sparking a nationwide movement for police reform. A march was held in Seattle over the weekend addressing this issue.

According to court documents, between May and June 2023 [multiple defendants] allegedly profited more than $600,000 by unlawfully purchasing the securities of a biopharmaceutical company in Seattle, Washington, where one served as a director. Source: Department of Justice. Photo: Courtesy. Five individuals were...