Washington State Employee Stole $900K to Fund Gambling Addiction

Posted on: September 15, 2025, 07:55h. Last updated on: September 15, 2025, 07:55h. A former state employee in Washington will spend the next year and a half in prison for stealing almost $900K to gamble The judge went easy on the embezzler,...

“Trade Trout”: Fans express frustration as Los Angeles Angels 11-year playoff drought continues

Los Angeles Angels vs Seattle Mariners (Image via Getty Images) MLB fan frustrations with the Los Angeles Angels has reached its boiling point. It comes after the team faces another losing season, continuing the historic playoff drought of the...

Northern Air Cargo challenges Alaska Airlines on Seattle-Anchorage route

Northern Air Cargo plans to start service next month to Alaska on a route dominated by Alaska Airlines as it downsizes to concentrate on core markets and stabilize finances. The subsidiary of Seattle-based Saltchuk Resources, a freight...

CVA 2025: Leadership in Business award winner Thanh-Nga Nguyễn of Chu Minh Tofu Deli measures success in love and compassion

The International Examiner is proud to honor Thanh-Nga “Tanya” Nguyễn with a Community Voice Award (CVA) for a Leadership in Business Award. Please join us in-person, on October 23, 2025, to celebrate her and other community leaders. Early-bird...

From Loyola School to Washington DC: Abhijoy Gandhi pens a new corporate mantra

From the green campus of Loyola School to the power corridors of Washington DC, the journey of Jamshedpur-born Abhijoy Gandhi is a saga of grit, vision, and achievement. The corporate leader-turned-author is back in the spotlight with his new book...

6 takeaways from the Steelers’ 31-17 loss to the Seattle Seahawks

The Steelers suffered their first loss of the season on Sunday in a frustrating performance against the Seahawks in Week 2. The sky isn’t falling just yet, but there are still plenty of takeaways to be had. Believe it or not, some things improved...

Gerald Fineberg’s Calder Mobile Swings Back to Market at Art Basel Paris

Alexander Calder, famous for his mobiles and stabiles, is having a moment. Next week, the long-awaited Calder Gardens will open in Philadelphia, and next month, the Whitney Museum in New York will open an exhibition celebrating the centennial of...

Elon Musk Starlink: Company Restores Service After Major Outage Hits- Details

Elon Musk's Starlink: Thousands of users of Starlink on Monday experienced internet issues and total outage as billionaire Elon Musk's satellite internet service is down yet again. According to outage-tracking website Downdetector, there were...

Starlink Down: Elon Musk’s Satellite Internet Company Experiences Total Outage, Nearly 50,000 Users Report Issue

New Delhi, September 15: Thousands of users of Starlink on Monday experienced internet issues and total outage as billionaire Elon Musk's satellite internet service is down yet again. According to outage-tracking website Downdetector, there were...

Washington state hits highest gas prices in the country, surpassing California

SEATTLE, Wash. — Washington state currently holds the highest gas prices in the nation, with the average cost for a gallon of regular gasoline at $4.66, according to AAA. This figure far surpasses the national average of $3.18. RELATED | Seattle...

Steelers stumble in dismal loss to Seattle

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin has long believed NFL teams make their biggest improvements from Week 1 to Week 2. This time around, the league’s longest-tenured coach might want to hope he’s wrong after watching the Pittsburgh Steelers pratfall...

Joe Burrow turf toe injury Fantasy Fallout: Target these quarterbacks on your waiver wire or via trade

We got bad news Sunday night on Joe Burrow when the NFL Network reported that the Cincinnati quarterback "is feared to have suffered a Grade 3 turf toe injury" in Sunday's 31-27 victory against Jacksonville. The report said Burrow "would require...

Former Washington state employee sentenced for embezzling nearly $900,000

TACOMA, Wash. — A former Washington state employee, Matthew Randall Ping, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for wire fraud after embezzling nearly $900,000 from the State of Washington, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday. The...

Starlink down: Elon Musk's satellite internet service hit by major US outage

Starlink, the satellite internet service operated by Elon Musk's SpaceX, is experiencing a global outage on Monday, September 15, 2025, according to Reuters. Starlink's response to the outage The internet company said on its website, "Starlink is...

LIGHT RAIL: 2 WS stations? 1 WS station? No ‘tail tracks’? Sound Transit board committee hears possibilities for West Seattle cost-cutting, as estimate rises

Sound Transit Board members are still months away from decision-making on a revised long-range plan and ways to pop projects’ ballooning budgets. But their committees are getting briefings along the way, and the West Seattle Link Extension was one...

Technology Washington State Standard Professor who helped propel UW computer science program reflects on five decade career

Ed Lazowska, a professor and longtime University of Washington computer science leader, speaks to Austin Jenkins on the set of Inside Olympia. (Photo courtesy of TVW) This article was first published by TVW. The timeline of Ed Lazowska’s life in...

Seattle’s 2025-2026 AI Plan: Ethical Integration for City Services

Seattle’s city government is charting a bold course into the artificial intelligence era, unveiling a comprehensive plan that promises to reshape municipal operations while emphasizing ethical guardrails. Mayor Bruce Harrell’s administration...

8 regional tailgate classics everyone should know, from Buffalo wings to Seattle dogs

Food & Wine / Getty ImagesLay your tailgate flat, pitch your tent, and fire up the grill — or smoker, or deep fryer, or stockpot — it’s football season. The rules of the game may be the same from Boston to Houston, but the rules of the tailgate...

West Seattle's newest culinary gem: Cave 17 brings gourmet pasta home

West Seattle's newest pasta spot, Cave 17 is collaboration of old friends. Operating out of the Distinguished Foods Kitchen and led by Xavier Smith the company concentrates on just a few gourmet pastas. From left they are Xavier Smith, Ashterren...

Seattle launches new AI plan with hackathons, training, and expanded city services

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell on Thursday announced the city’s 2025-2026 Artificial Intelligence Plan, a sweeping initiative that expands on earlier work and aims to position Seattle as a national leader in responsible AI use. The plan combines...