Nathalie Graham

1 week ago | thestranger.com | Nathalie Graham |Charles Mudede

On Sunday, May 25, the sophomore season of HBO’s The Last of Us ended with a literal bang, but an emotional whimper. With the season’s end comes the end of Seattle’s time in the limelight. The bulk of Season 2, which put the zombies in the backseat and followed a quest for vengeance for the brutal murder of Pedro Pascal that led two characters (one new, one old) into the heart of the Emerald City. This Seattle is not our Seattle.

1 week ago | thestranger.com | Nathalie Graham

King County Assessor Should Assess Himself: John Wilson, an elected official (King County Assessor) who wants to be an even bigger elected official (King County Executive), had a no good, really bad on Thursday. PubliCola reported that Wilson's ex-domestic partner had filed another restraining order against Wilson and claimed he's stalking her.

1 week ago | thestranger.com | Nathalie Graham

Diaz Claims Wrongful Termination: Former Police Chief Adrian Diaz is suing Seattle and Mayor Bruce Harrell. Last year, Diaz was fired after a slew of discrimination and harassment allegations against him came to light and a rumor about a romantic relationship between him and a staffer circulated. Diaz claims that he was actually fired because he didn't fire Officer Daniel Auderer, the speeding cop who killed pedestrian Jaahnavi Kandula in 2023, like Bruce Harrell told him to do.

2 weeks ago | thestranger.com | Nathalie Graham

Hard Times at Harvard: Enemy of the educated, President Donald Trump, announced the newest tactic in his war against Harvard. The Trump administration, through Department of Homeland Security director and murder of dogs Kristi Noem, halted Harvard's ability to enroll international students. Not only that, but the administration said all existing international Harvard students must transfer or lose their legal status.

2 weeks ago | thestranger.com | Nathalie Graham

Rain again: And again, and again. Anon, anon. It will be a wet week. At least it's brighter than the wet weeks of a few months ago. Biden's Cancer: President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. Detection came after Biden presented urinary symptoms, and the cancer has spread to his bones. Prostate cancers' aggressiveness is rated on a 6 to 10 Gleason scale. Biden's cancer is a 9, according to his team. It's treatable, but not curable.