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Seattle made history on Tuesday when it became the first U.S. city to outlaw caste discrimination. The ordinance, which the city council approved by a 6-1 vote, amended Seattle’s municipal code to include caste as a protected category, along with race, gender, religion, and national origin. According to the Associated Press, the measure was sponsored by Kshama Sawant, an Indian-American […]
Post Malone helped two of his fans tie the knot over the weekend by officiating their wedding onstage. According to TMZ, the couple hopped onstage to start the ceremony following Post’s show in Seattle on Saturday. The two stood facing each other as the Twelve Karat Toothache artist performed his duties as officiant, but with his own unique […]
UPDATED 8/20, 10:05 p.m. ET: The CrawsOver was called well before completion due to unfavorable court conditions. “Game called midway through the second quarter due to condensation on the court,” NBA reporter Kevin Pelton of ESPN wrote on Twitter. Various viewers tweeted that at least one player slipped and that humidity in the venue was […]
A man is facing federal charges after he allegedly masturbated multiple times during a recent flight on Southwest Airlines, The Daily Beast reports. Antonio Sherrodd McGarity is accused of pulling his pants down and masturbating in his seat while sitting next to a female passenger. The incident took place during an April 2 flight from Seattle to […]
The island of Tongatapu—Tonga’s largest—has been hit by a tsunami following an underwater volcanic eruption, and now the U.S. west coast is seeing an advisory of its own. The advisory stretches from California to Alaska—including British Columbia for our neighbors in Canada—and satellites are showing ash clouds and shockwaves appearing from the volcano, per CNN. In Tonga, the coastal capital […]
Los Angeles MC Gonzoe has reportedly been shot and killed in Seattle, according to TMZ. The 45-year-old rapper, named Ronald Moore, was a member of the Outlawz and close affiliate of Tupac up until his death in 1996. Gonzoe was reportedly shot three times near a Shell gas station in the city shortly before heading inside the […]
Have the terrifying “murder hornets” returned to the U.S.? Experts aren’t sure. According to CNN, researchers in Washington state found a dead Asian giant hornet north of Seattle on Wednesday, marking the first “murder hornet” sighting in the U.S. this year. The Washington State Department of Agriculture said this particular insect was discovered “dried out” and had emerged earlier than usual, […]
A rowdy airline passenger who’s accused of twice hitting a flight attendant in the face, and also trying to open the door to the cockpit, is facing a $52,500 fine from the Federal Aviation Administration, making it the largest fine handed out by that transportation agency this year. CBS News writes that the largest fine the FAA can […]
A Seattle woman was arrested Thursday on suspicion of homicide for the 1997 death of her newborn son, The Spokesman-Review reports. An autopsy determined that “Baby Boy Doe” was born alive two days before he was found dead by a gas station worker in a trash can at a 24-hour convenience store on Nov. 20, 1997. The discovery […]
Seattle Seahawks employee Aaron Miyasato, 41, has been arrested and charged with possessing and distributing child pornography, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. Miyasato, who worked as a security manager for the NFL team and also ran a photography business, is being held on $50,000 bail. The 41-year-old was arrested on Tuesday after Seattle police SWAT executed a search warrant at […]
