Starbucks said Friday it will reimburse abortion travel expenses for partners enrolled in its health care plan if a legal provider isn’t in the partner’s state of residence or within 100 miles of their home. Responding to the U.S. Supreme Court decisio…
At Microsoft, a back-to-office ‘normal’ may not happen this year
For employers banking on a surge of workers returning to the office this summer, Microsoft would like a word. The Redmond, Washington, tech giant, which has probably gamed out the back-to-office challenge as carefully as any organization, says the stre…
Seattle police officers won’t march in Pride Parade, frustrated chief says
Seattle police officers will not march in the Pride Parade Sunday, interim Police Chief Adrian Diaz said in an open letter expressing frustration with Seattle Pride’s decision to bar uniformed officers from marching. Diaz’s letter comes after the Seatt…
Legendary Washington halfback and Hall of Famer Hugh McElhenny dies at 93
SEATTLE — Legendary UW halfback Hugh McElhenny died of natural causes at his home in Nevada on June 17, the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced Thursday. He was 93. A 6-foot-1, 195-pound halfback from Los Angeles, McElhenny transferred from Compton Jun…
Mariners catcher Tom Murphy to miss rest of the season after shoulder surgery
OAKLAND, Calif. — When rest, rehab, a platelet-rich plasma injection and everything else he tried didn’t get his damaged left shoulder strong enough to return to the field, Tom Murphy was left with no other choice but the last option he wanted — surger…
Could Idaho accuse a Washington abortion clinic of murder?
SEATTLE — A woman from Idaho, where abortion has become illegal, travels to Washington to end her pregnancy. A prosecutor in the woman’s home state declares an Idaho citizen has been killed — and tries to prosecute the woman or the abortion provider fo…
Mariners offense continues to put up big numbers in another win in Oakland
OAKLAND, Calif. — When it happens for one game, you hope it is something more than a one-off surprise. If it happens for two consecutive games, you want to believe it’s the start of a trend, but baseball superstition won’t allow you to say it. And, wel…
Storm stars Sue Bird and Breanna Stewart announced as WNBA All-Star starters (and captains)
SEATTLE — For the 11th and final time, Sue Bird will be a starter in the WNBA All-Star Game while Breanna Stewart was chosen as an All-Star Game captain for the first time in her career. By virtue of garnering the most fan votes, Stewart, who finished …
‘Elvis’ review: Austin Butler is a great impersonator, but Baz Luhrmann doesn’t capture the complicated King
The first shot of Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” isn’t Austin Butler in the titular role, or blue suede shoes: It’s a chintzy gift shop snowman-shaped snow globe, only seen for a moment, before Luhrmann takes us inside the glass of his tragic tale, Rosebud-sty…
Back-to-back-to-back home runs highlight Mariners win over A’s
OAKLAND, Calif. — The late-inning stress and anxiety of yet another low-scoring game loomed for the Mariners. In the unusual and uncomfortable heat that hit the Bay Area on the summer solstice, turning the basically empty concrete crypt, which has retu…