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Dave Ross

McDonalds has announced it will only use cage-free hens over time. But do we really know what that ...
Dave Ross

McDonald’s is lovin’ cage-free chickens

McDonalds has announced it will only use cage-free hens over time. But do we really know what that means?
11 years ago
Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, center, with Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, left, a...
Dave Ross

What exact part of the Bible is she following?

Kentucky clerk Kim Davis is out of jail for not issuing marriage licenses to gay couples. She cites her Bible-based beliefs as the reason. But which part of the Bible is she following?
11 years ago
In the wake of a Supreme Court ruling that stated Washington charter schools are unconstitutional, ...
Dave Ross

Seattle charter school remains open despite Supreme Court ruling

In the wake of a Supreme Court ruling that stated Washington charter schools are unconstitutional, one Seattle charter continues to keep students and teachers in class.
11 years ago
Vice President Joe Biden, center, speaks to a crowd with United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard, ...
Dave Ross

He might not say it, but Joe Biden is in the race

Vice President Joe Biden says he's not sure if he'll run for president. But after recent speeches and displays, I think he's in.
11 years ago
Last week, both Donald Trump and Carly Fiorina were faced with a pop quiz about General Soleimani. ...
Dave Ross

One clear winner in the Soleimani pop quiz

Last week, the big political drama was Donald Trump's botched answer to a pop quiz involving foreign leaders with difficult names.
11 years ago
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump looks at a signed pledge during a news conference in...
Richard D. Oxley

How Trump got the Republican Party to pledge itself to him

After saying he wouldn't do it, Trump has signed a pledge saying he won't run against another Republican if he loses the nomination. But is that really the deal that was made?
11 years ago
NASA had a hand in making ‘The Martian’ more realistic than many science-themed movies....
Dave Ross

‘The Martian’ movie is more science fact than fiction

NASA had a hand in making 'The Martian' more realistic than many science-themed movies. It hopes it will inspire future endeavors.
11 years ago
The stock market is once again having its ups and downs, but that is no reason to start worrying. (...
Dave Ross

Big end-of-summer sale on Wall Street

The stock market is once again having its ups and downs, but that is no reason to start worrying.
11 years ago
The Los Angeles police department will issue 7,000 body cams, making it the largest department in t...
Dave Ross

LA police attempt to improve relations with body cams

The Los Angeles police department will issue 7,000 body cams, making it the largest department in the nation to use them. But that's not all they are doing.
11 years ago
Judy Scott, right, is comforted Thursday, July 9, 2015, by Alfred Smalls, as she looks out over the...
Dave Ross

Earning trust won’t happen overnight for North Charleston police

Police in North Charleston attempt to gain back trust after an officer shot, and killed, an unarmed black man in the back.
11 years ago
While the Washington Supreme Court ruled that public officials’ personal text messages are pu...
Dave Ross

Supreme court: Officials’ personal texts are public record

While the Washington Supreme Court ruled that public officials' personal text messages are public records, it still might not be so simple.
11 years ago
Vester Lee Flanagan II killed WDBJ reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward in Moneta, Va., W...
Dave Ross

When you can’t control guns, control the people who use them

There was a gaping loophole that allowed gunman Vester Flanagan to gain employment without anyone becoming aware of his temper.
11 years ago
Trump has been adding to his speeches that the Bible is his favorite book. So why was this his resp...
Dave Ross

Why Donald Trump won’t quote the Bible

Trump has been adding to his speeches that the Bible is his favorite book. So why was this his response when a reporter asked him his favorite parts?
11 years ago
Donald Trump recently dodged a question, and a reporter, dealing with how he actually plans to depo...
Dave Ross

Trump doesn’t know and it doesn’t matter

Donald Trump recently dodged a question, and a reporter, dealing with how he actually plans to deport 11 million illegal immigrants.
11 years ago
It’s a financial edition of Fill in the Blanks. This time, Dave Ross asks you what the proper...
Dave Ross

Another round of Fill in the Blanks with Dave Ross

It's a financial edition of Fill in the Blanks. This time, Dave Ross asks you what the proper response to a stock market dive is.
11 years ago
Dave Ross

Something to distract you from your plunging retirement fund

I have something to relax you while you watch your retirement fund tank.
11 years ago
French President, Francois Hollande, U.S. National Guardsman from Roseburg, Oregon, Alek Skarlatos,...
Dave Ross

Could any of us do what they did?

Not many summer vacation stories can match the one that Alek Skarlatos, a soldier just back from Afghanistan, can tell about his trip with a couple of friends on a high-speed train from Amsterdam to Paris last Friday.
11 years ago
A Seattle...
Dave Ross

That’s enough! No more Miss Nice Lady!

Viral-video sensation Cherry the waitress could speak to how we all would really like someone to say what they're really thinking.
11 years ago
Marissa Johnson, left, and Mara Jacqueline Willaford, right, yell at rally organizer Robby Stern as...
Kipp Robertson

Do multiracial churches help white people understand Black Lives Matter movement?

It's going to take a lot more effort to understand how black people feel about the current state of our nation.
11 years ago
The Summit Sierra charter school has opened in Seattle’s International District as one of the...
Dave Ross

Inside one of Seattle’s first charter schools

The Summit Sierra charter school has opened in Seattle's International District as one of the first of its kind after Washington approved charter schools.
11 years ago
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Dave Ross

Why would anybody willingly do sex work?

A Seattle sex worker says the city's approach to prostitution and other sex work is misguided. Mistress Matisse says she doesn't need help, and would like to have protection of the law.
11 years ago
A June 10, 2015 photo from files showing Ashley Madison’s Korean web site on a computer scree...
Dave Ross

Is the Ashley Madison data breach morally justifiable?

The recent Ashley Madison data breach exposed 30 million men who signed up to cheat on their wives. That's a lot of men. Does that make them a special interest group?
11 years ago
The architect responsible for a famous elevated park says doing something similar in Seattle is a b...
Kipp Robertson

Architect of famous elevated park scoffs at similar idea for Seattle

James Corner says the proposal to build such a pedestrian bridge along the Seattle waterfront would not be the same as that of New York's High Line park.
11 years ago
The FDA has finally approved the little pink pill, the so-called female Viagra, 17 years after the ...
Dave Ross

The FDA liberates the female libido

The FDA has finally approved the little pink pill, the so-called female Viagra, 17 years after the male version.
11 years ago

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