A pall hung over Seattle’s last World Cup match on Monday. This was supposed to be the day. The US Men’s National Team had ...

A Ryanair flight from Thessaloniki, Greece to Memmingen, Germany had to make an emergency landing after a piece of the engine broke off, flew at a window, and dislodged it, nearly sucking a passenger ...

I have no thesis for this piece other than that I just really like Espresso Martinis right now. Yes, they’ve been around forever (since the early ’80s when London bartender Dick Bradsell allegedly ...

Graham Platner suspended his campaign for Senate in Maine. He once again proved that when a man is publicly accused of rape, ...

This story was originally published in The Stranger’s July 2026 print issue.  It’s the month where we celebrate the birth of ...

Cyberdecks are having a moment in the zeitgeist. The name refers to custom DIY computers—often small and aesthetic—housed in ...

Someone once told me there was a drive-in funeral home in the South called Moan and Go On. This should be our attitude toward Starbucks. You are what? Leaving the town that made you? Am I hearing ...

Back in early April, as lawyers, judges, and governor-appointed justices announced their candidacy for the historic number of Washington State Supreme Court positions up for grabs this election, I ...

Well, the 22 police cameras in the Stadium District are off, which is what Mayor Katie Wilson promised to do once the World Cup and its “credible threats” were gone. The Seattle Police Department ...

Good morning! The Fourth of July weekend is over, which means we have at least two more weeks of hearing surprise fireworks ...

Harbor Island Studios, the region’s only publicly-owned stage, has new operators. Kirk Nordenstrom and Kris Flink, the ...

Welcome back to Pop Loser! The biggest news in music this week was that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce got married, but given the negative feedback I’ve gotten from writing about Swift in the past, I ...