Prisoners who sued over lockdown will be allowed to view solar eclipse

New York state’s corrections department agreed Thursday to allow six men who had sued to be able to view Monday’s total solar eclipse to do so at the upstate prison where they are held. Read More

A Gold Medal for America’s Rosies, the Women on the Home Front

Rosie the Riveters, American women who filled a crucial labor shortage during World War II and reshaped the work force, were honored at the Capitol. Read More

What to know about pollen in Seattle this allergy season

Scientists predict the pollen for some trees, like birches in the Seattle area, will be eight times more abundant ... and reports on climate science. That means bad news for those with seasonal ... Read More

Not in the path of totality? You can still watch Monday’s total solar eclipse online

During the eclipse, small rockets will blast off from Wallops Island, Virginia, with science instruments into the electrically charged portion of the atmosphere near the edge of space known as the ... Read More

‘Art and science:’ How bracketologists are using artificial intelligence this March Madness

But even with the models, he added that the “random choice of who’s going to win a game that’s evenly matched” is still a random choice. For the 10th straight year, the data science ... Read More

NASA wants to come up with a new clock for the moon, where seconds tick away faster

The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group. The AP is solely responsible for all content. Read More

Local Politics

Democrat Bob Ferguson backs building diesel ferries if that gets new boats sooner. Republican Dave Reichert pokes him for pilfering an idea from GOP lawmakers. Voters have the chance to directly ... Read More

Politics cannot be kept out of redistricting

The once-a-decade process of drawing new boundaries for legislative and congressional districts is neither an art nor a science ... st.news/cartoons Editor’s note: Seattle Times Opinion no ... Read More

Extinction risk to southern resident orcas accelerating as researchers raise alarm

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects ... thought conservation was a knowledge problem, that once science showed why a species was declining, people would fix it. Read More

Restaurant News

The state labor agency’s success in collecting wages from employers who refuse to pay has plummeted since 2018, leaving more than 1,800 hourly workers waiting. In this roundup of 31 Seattle-area ... Read More

Law & Justice

A 15-year-old Renton boy was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries Saturday afternoon after another teenager reportedly shot him, police say. Donnie Callaway had become the go-to name for ... Read More