Anthem bids $48 billion for Cigna to create health giant
NEW YORK (AP) — Anthem is buying rival Cigna for $48 billion in a deal that would create the nation’s largest health insurer by enrollment, covering about 53 million U.S patients. In just three weeks,...
View ArticleTransportation Chief: 4 Airlines probed for price-gouging
WASHINGTON (AP) — Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx says the government has opened a price-gouging investigation involving four airlines that allegedly raised airfares in the Northeast after an...
View ArticleNigeria celebrates 1 year with no new polio cases
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Once stigmatized as the world’s polio epicenter, Nigeria on Friday celebrates its first year with no reported case of the crippling disease, having overcome obstacles ranging from...
View ArticleMan gets 3 years for stabbing vet workers after cat dies
A Bellingham man has been sentenced to three years in prison for stabbing two veterinary workers at two separate animal hospitals after his cat died.
View ArticleKamasi Washington at Neumos on July 30
Saxophonist, composer and Kendrick Lamar collaborator Kamasi Washington will be in Seattle.
View ArticleTotal Experience Gospel Choir returns to a still distressed New Orleans
Returning to New Orleans after 10 years, the Total Experience Gospel Choir brings hope and help to a still distressed city.
View ArticleThe ever-changing Esperanza Spalding, at the Neptune
Spalding will be in town July 27, but it won’t be your average concert. Her “Emily’s D+Evolution” involves props, spoken word, sketches and costumes, with Spalding playing electric bass exclusively and...
View ArticleAnderson & Roe, besties and pianists, at Olympic Music Fest
Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Joy Roe, who met at Juilliard and have been best friends ever since, bring an extra sense of vitality to the stage and to their dramatic videos, whether playing Michael...
View ArticleJuly 24 TV Picks: ‘Burgers, Brew &’Que’ on Food Network
Also airing Friday, July 24, 2015, are “Defiance” on Syfy and “The Messengers” on The CW.
View ArticlePhotos of the Day: July 26, 2015
Explore the news of the day with these images from around the world.
View ArticleKenyans celebrate Obama visit
U.S. President Barack Obama has a large following amongst Kenyan citizens because of his family lineage.
View ArticleSwedish police question Snoop Dogg for suspected drug use
HELSINKI (AP) — Swedish police say they briefly held U.S. rapper Snoop Dogg on suspicion of drug use after he performed a concert near Stockholm. National police spokesman Fredrik Wallen says a police...
View ArticleIn Iowa, Clinton says climate plan will promote renewables
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton planned to unveil a plan Sunday aimed at combating climate change that includes revisions in the tax code to promote renewable...
View ArticleChris Froome wins 2nd Tour de France
PARIS (AP) — All for one, one for all, and all bathed in yellow. Arms over each other’s shoulders, linked together in a long line of happiness, Tour de France winner Chris Froome and his teammates...
View ArticleHousing will become even more unaffordable if Seattle doesn’t act now
Our goal is not social engineering, but to provide choice, and in that choice, opportunity.
View ArticleLegislature needs to escape traditional thinking on criminal justice policy
The state Legislature should find its backbone next year and pass a bill to reform flawed sentencing laws for property crimes.
View ArticleThe minimum-wage muddle
Once upon a time there was a near consensus among economists that raising the minimum wage was a bad idea. The market is really good at setting prices on things, whether it is apples or labor. If you...
View ArticleSenate resurrects Ex-Im Bank; House showdown next
In a rare Sunday session, the Senate voted to resurrect the federal Export-Import Bank, handing the Republican Party’s most conservative wing a major defeat and setting up a showdown with House leaders.
View ArticleOn the Air
Monday Pro baseball TV Radio 11:35 a.m. PCL, Fresno at Tacoma 850 5 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Texas ESPN 7:05 p.m. NWL, Vancouver at Everett 1380 7:10 p.m. Arizona at Seattle ROOT 710 International...
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