Homelessness dominates discussion at first Seattle council candidate forum

Seattle's first in a series of open forums for city council candidates kicked off Thursday night, with the five candidates from District 1 taking the floor to discuss a variety of issues. The one topic that dominated the night's discussion: Homelessness.

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KIRO Nights: 2019 Breakfast of Chompions Bracket

In the spirit of the NCAA Tournament, KIRO Nights introduces the inaugural Munch Madness Bracket as we try to discover the official Breakfast of Champions.

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KTTH
Celebrate your extra 15 years!

We should cherish 15 added years of living and celebrate our progress in a life statistic that matters deeply.

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Local News
Uber responds to potential rideshare tax in Seattle

As the City of Seattle considers a tax on rideshares like Uber and Lyft, Uber says that it is the wrong way to go. Instead, the company favors congestion pricing in downtown.

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Tom Tangney
Jordan Peele's 'Us' has more on its mind than a few scares

"Us," the new Jordan Peele film, is heady horror. Like his first film, "Get Out," it's a horror film that has a lot more on its mind than a few scares.

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Local News
Garuda Indonesia seeks to cancel order for 49 Boeing Max 8s

In a blow for Boeing, Indonesia’s flag carrier is seeking the cancellation of a multibillion dollar order for 49 of the manufacturer’s 737 Max 8 jets, citing a loss of confidence after two crashes in the past six months.

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Dave Ross
Ross: Ban guns now, but is enslavement next?!

As New Zealand responds to a mass shooting with a gun ban, it will be interesting to see how that works in contrast to America's general response of having more guns.

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Local News
Fatal bus, car collision on WB I-90 near Snoqualmie

A bus collided with a car on westbound I-90, just east of Highway 18 early Friday morning. One lane of the freeway was blocked as crews responded.

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Saul Spady
Seattle council candidate Sattler: 'Listen and respond to constituents'

Following a viral video of a commenter at a Seattle City Council meeting, council candidate Ann Davison Sattler is pushing for members to be more responsive and attentive to constituents.

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Candy Mike and Todd
Almost half of 'prolific' homeless criminals return to jail since February study

Back in February, a study was published detailing a sample size of some of the Seattle area's most prolific criminal offenders. Since then, almost half of offenders have been booked back into King County Jail.

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Dori Monson
Gov. Inslee owes us an explanation, apology for a deputy's murder

Now we have a dead cop directly connected to illegal immigrants in Washington. We have confirmation from Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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Dori Monson
NRA President Oliver North on Washington state's gun laws

NRA President and retired Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North stopped by the Dori Monson show Wednesday to talk about the 2020 field of Democratic presidential candidates, and to go over new gun laws in Washington state.

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Dave Ross
Plenty of blame to go around for 737 MAX's lack of safety features

As the controversy surrounding Boeing's 737 MAX airplane continues, Seattle's Morning News spoke with aviation expert Richard Aboulafia to go over why key safety features were skimped on.

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Chokepoints
What to expect when 830 daily buses move into downtown Seattle

Buses will officially get kicked out of the Seattle transit tunnel March 23. The result: 830 daily trips will flood the downtown area between 2nd and 6th Avenues downtown.

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Dave Ross
Ross: A musical tribute to Mariners Ichiro Suzuki

As it became evident that Ichiro Suzuki was retiring while playing in Tokyo March 21, 2019, Ross resurrected his musical tribute to the great Mariners player.

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Dave Ross
Ross: Trump, McCain, and the Patton Principle

It has the news media baffled! Why has President Trump gone after the late Senator John McCain twice this week -- seven months after he passed away?

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