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1 day ago | seattletimes.com | Jake Offenhartz

NEW YORK (AP) — On Tuesday night, shortly before polls closed in New York’s Democratic mayoral primary, and less than an hour until the first signs of his seismic upset over Andrew Cuomo, Zohran Mamdani was in a Brooklyn park, searching for a ride.

1 day ago | seattletimes.com | Lynda V. Mapes

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim and Birte Falconer, Mike and Becky Hughes, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, University of Washington and Walker Family Foundation, and its fiscal sponsor is the Seattle Foundation. QUARTZ CREEK, Lane County, Ore.

1 day ago | seattletimes.com | Molly Quell

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy formally approved plans Wednesday to set up a new international court to prosecute senior Russian officials for the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The special tribunal will be created through an agreement between Ukraine and the Council of Europe, the continent’s top human rights body. Zelenskyy visited the Strasbourg-based organization for the first time as part of the announcement.

2 days ago | seattletimes.com | Michael Levenson

Lane Hayes was flying home to North Carolina on Wednesday morning when, just seconds after his plane took off from Las Vegas, he heard a popping noise that “literally sounded like a gunshot.” Hayes, who is 38 and works for a health care company, was sitting about three rows behind the right wing on American Airlines Flight 1665, which left Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas at about 8:10 a.m. As the plane rose into the air with 153 passengers and six crew members aboard, the...

2 days ago | seattletimes.com | Dana Goldstein

The Trump administration declared on Wednesday that the California Department of Education had violated federal law by allowing transgender girls to compete on female sports teams. It gave the state 10 days to reverse its policies or face “imminent enforcement action.” The administration has argued that when schools recognize transgender identities, they violate girls’ rights under Title IX, which prohibits sex discrimination.