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Students’ spaghetti-dinner fundraiser and more on our list for your West Seattle Friday
(Thursday sunrise, photographed by Jerry Simmons) Here’s our delayed-by-breaking-news list of what’s happening today/tonight – mostly from the WSB West…
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Winter storm to impact at least 180 million across southern, eastern US
Massive winter storm to affect half of the US population with snow, ice and extreme cold temperatures this weekend.
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Councilmember says Capitol Hill park got a public safety ‘facelift’ with new strings of lights, improved maintenance
Catenary lights, improved maintenance, and a volunteer group are helping give a challenged Capitol Hill park a “facelift,” Seattle City…
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UPDATE: ‘Rope rescue’ response in east Admiral
9:13 AM: Seattle Fire has sent a “rope rescue” response to the 3200 block of SW Spokane [map], upslope from…
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Why Qatar is betting on diplomacy with Iran
For Gulf states exposed to the costs of war, diplomacy is not idealism but strategic risk management.
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After the US attack on Venezuela, will Cuba’s economy survive?
Donald Trump has threatened to cut Venezuelan shipments of oil to Cuba, exerting further pressure on its economy.
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Venezuela: In the Shadow of the US
How oil-rich Venezuela fell from 1970s stable democracy to a crisis that led to the January 2026 US raid on…
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LIVE: Attacks continue in Russia, Ukraine before talks in Abu Dhabi
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says officials from Ukraine, Russia and the US will hold trilateral meetings in the UAE.
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‘Imperial’ agenda: What’s Trump’s Gaza development plan, unveiled in Davos?
The plan promises coastal tourism, free trade, skyscrapers and jobs. But the people of Gaza have not been consulted.
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Who controls TikTok’s US platform under new deal?
It comes after TikTok faced years of intense scrutiny in the US due to concerns about user data privacy.
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