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Associated Press
Cheaters beware: ChatGPT maker releases AI detection tool
ChatGPT is trying to curb its reputation as a freewheeling cheating machine with a new tool that can help detect if artificial intelligence wrote it
L.B. Gilbert
Case dismissed against Lake Stevens HS employee accused of sexual misconduct
A Lake Stevens School District employee is under arrest after being suspected of improper sexual contact with at least one child.
L.B. Gilbert
Bristol Bay salmon runs protected as EPA halts mine development
The EPA won a 12-year battle for a cleaner habitat by taking big steps to protect Bristol Bay salmon runs, the most productive in the world.
L.B. Gilbert
Snow flurries dust western WA but unlikely to continue
Temperatures dived low early this week, reminding Seattlites that despite any sunny weekend weather, it is still winter in the city.
Rio Yamat and Andrew Selsky, Associated Press
Oregon kidnap suspect previously released the day he arrived at prison
A man at the center of an intense police search in Oregon after a violent kidnapping last week was released from custody in October 2021 by Nevada prison officials on the same day he was transferred to the state's custody to serve a kidnapping sentence, authorities said Monday.
Lisa Brooks
Tacoma woman with TB refuses treatment, health officials monitoring
A Tacoma woman has an active case of TB, according to the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department. She has declined medication.Seattle Sports
Brent Stecker
Mariners’ Scott Servais: High expectations of fans ‘a great thing’
Mariners manager Scott Servais is feeling something different from the team's fans going into the 2023 season, and he's a fan of it.
Shannon Drayer
Drayer’s Notebook: Mariners set spring invites, add LHP with local ties
Mariners insider Shannon Drayer details the latest from the team, including 32 non-roster invites to spring training and the addition of Taylor Saucedo.
Joe Fann
Fann: Dissecting Broncos getting Sean Payton to coach Russell Wilson
The Broncos reportedly finally found their next coach: Sean Payton, who former Seahawks QB Russell Wilson favored. Joe Fann breaks it down.
Brandon Gustafson
Bumpus: 3 free-agent defenders the Seahawks should pursue
The Seahawks need help in the front of their defense, and there are three free-agent defenders who could help Seattle, Michael Bumpus said.
Brandon Gustafson
Seahawks Draft: Close look at Tyree Wilson with Texas Tech broadcaster
Texas Tech play-by-play announcer Brian Jensen joined Wyman and Bob to talk about DE Tyree Wilson, who is commonly linked to the Seahawks in mock drafts.
Stacy Rost
Rost: Lessons learned from the 4 NFL conference championship teams
Stacy Rost of Seattle Sports' Bump and Stacy breaks down what stood about about each of the four teams that played on NFL conference championship weekend.Jason Rantz
Jason Rantz
Rantz: Identity-obsessed Progressives can't fathom crime without racism
We were shocked, disgusted, and maybe angry, but we saw them for what they were without defaulting the blame on racism.
Jason Rantz
Rantz: Democrats sue to kill WA's one election security feature, which makes fraud easier
Left-wing organizations are suing election officials over the signature verification process. This would make election theft effortless.
Jason Rantz Show
Seattle Police on Tyre Nichols protest: Hoping for best, preparing for worst
Many cities across the country, including Seattle, are preparing for a possible protest following the release of the Tyre Nichols video.
Frank Sumrall
Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison: Malpractice led to increase in car theft
Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison filed a lawsuit in federal court on Monday against car manufacturers Kia and Hyundai.
Jason Rantz
Rantz: State releasing sex predators to unsecured housing by school bus stop
Washington DSHS tried to quietly release sexually violent predators into a residential neighborhood in Tenino.
Jason Rantz
Rantz: WA DOH censored critics of 'transmasculine people with a cervix' ad
Desperately craving inclusion, the DOH is using Washingtonians to earn social currency, hoping to add to the department's progressive bona fides.Dave Ross
Dave Ross
Ross: Morning people have the ideal lifestyle, it's just science!
When I took this morning job, there wasn’t much competition. It was basically, "we need someone who can be here at 4:45 a.m.”
Dave Ross
Ross: Kia is getting sued for thefts, but why not TikTok?
According to Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison, Hyundai and Kia thefts are so out of control in Seattle that its a public nuisance.
Dave Ross
Ross: An odyssey of awe, a leaky ceiling and the power of self-confidence
Three weeks ago, Colleen and I interviewed researcher Dacher Keltner on the subject of Awe – which he defines as follows.
Dave Ross
Ross: Ticketmaster's monopoly challenged in congressional hearing
Members of a Senate committee – Republican and Democrat seemed to agree at yesterday’s hearing that Ticketmaster has become a monopoly.
Dave Ross
Ross: Republicans know their spending cuts are unpopular
Have Republicans specified what it is they would cut that's a big enough spending item to make a difference in the debt?
Dave Ross
Ross: A big, trillion dollar platinum coin can solve the debt crisis
A $1 trillion coin obviously has no practical use – my barista won’t take a fifty – but it would instantly put debt below the current limit.Gee & Ursula
Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show
Scenarios: I'm not ok with my stepdaughter spending my husband's money
On the Gee and Ursula Show, hosts Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin give advice to help other people in a segment called … Scenarios.
Bill Kaczaraba
Gee Scott on service charges at restaurants: 'You're getting no tip'
Right now, Washington state law dictates that all tips belong to employees, but which workers get the money is decided by management.
L.B. Gilbert
Climate Pledge house band removed after calling Jeff Bezos a 'jerk'
Climate Pledge Arena is without a house band after they got disinvited from their gig at Seattle Kraken games for making fun of Jeff Bezos.
Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show
Mother of man killed by police 'urging people to protest peacefully'
Tyre Nichols died after a traffic stop in Memphis turned violent with police. His mother is urging people to protest peacefully.
Frank Sumrall
Gee Scott: 'Not even an effort' from politicians after surge of mass shootings
"And there is absolutely nothing that is going to happen in Congress to help try and prevent not even not even an attempt," Gee said.
Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show
Gee Scott on updated Doomsday Clock: 'We're close to the end'
A group of Atomic Scientists say we are "at a time of unprecedented danger" after moving the Doomsday Clock closer to midnight.Podcasts
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Seattle Traffic
Chris Sullivan
WSDOT breaks ground to fix one of worst chokepoints in WA
The state is finally breaking ground on a project addressing one of the worst chokepoints in the region between I-90 and SR 18.
Chris Sullivan
Speed cameras on freeways? Seems like a quick way to make roads safer
We have them in school zones, and we have them at intersections, is it time to put speed cameras on the freeways to keep speeds down?
Chris Sullivan
WSDOT is hiring, but can it keep people from bolting for better pay?
The Washington Department of Transportation is back to pre-COVID-19 staffing levels, but can the agency keep those hires from leaving?
Chris Sullivan
Gas prices have been creeping up, but who's responsible?
Gas prices are on the rise again in Washington, and it doesn't have anything to do with the war in Ukraine or supply issues in the U.S.
Chris Sullivan
Emergency repairs to close multiple I-5 lanes in Everett this weekend
State transit officials are going to close two of the three northbound I-5 lanes around Marine View Drive in Everett all weekend.
Chris Sullivan
Tow truck drivers beg for more protection on our roads
They clear our roads, many times in the dark of night, with no protection. Is it time to give tow truck drivers more visibility on our roads?Feliks Banel: NW History and All Over The Map
Feliks Banel
Space Shuttle Columbia lost in a storm of history 20 years later
It was Feb. 1, 2003 that the Space Shuttle Columbia was lost just 15 minutes before it was scheduled to land at Cape Canaveral.
Feliks Banel
Cold War film 'A Day Called X' imagines Soviet attack on Portland
In 1957, CBS aired a 30-minute film imagining what might happen if Portland, Oregon, came under threat of nuclear attack.
Feliks Banel
How were Pacific, Pend Oreille and Pierce counties named?
This is the ‘Minding Your Ps’ edition (and ninth overall episode) of “County Countdown," covering Pacific, Pend Oreille, and Pierce counties.
Feliks Banel
Remembering the night Larry King broadcast live from the Space Needle
Fans of Larry King remember his late night phone-in program, which stopped in Seattle in 1981 to broadcast straight from the Space Needle.
Feliks Banel
The worst atmospheric river of all was winter 1861-1862
Even with autumn on the horizon and winter not far behind, for the really stormy stuff, you have to go back to the winter of 1861-1862.