The Latest Education Seattle Schools knew there was methane gas beneath its new high school — but skipped some safety measures Before Seattle Public School spent $300 million to rebuild Rainier Beach High School on a peat bog, scientists hired by the district warned that methane in the soil could pose an explosive problem if it were to leak into the school. Ann Dornfeld What does your credit score really say about you? Two journalists explain the history of credit scores, how credit scores are calculated and the complex ways that financial data impacts our daily lives. Clare McGrane How a bad bet built the internet: a short history of bubbles Sometimes, an economic crash leaves something good behind that we may not appreciate for years. This week, we look at bubbles from the past and ask: When the money burns away, what’s left? Monica Nickelsburg World A construction crane falls onto a moving train in Thailand, killing at least 30 people The derailment, in northeastern Thailand, occurred on part of an ambitious planned high-speed rail project that will eventually connect China with much of Southeast Asia. The Associated Press Business China's trade surplus surges 20% to a record $1.2 trillion, even with Trump's tariffs China's trade surplus surged to a record of almost $1.2 trillion in 2025, the government said Wednesday, as exports to other countries made up for slowing shipments to the U.S. under President Donald Trump's onslaught of higher tariffs. The Associated Press Politics Vance to meet Danish and Greenlandic officials in Washington on Wednesday U.S. Vice President JD Vance will meet Denmark's foreign minister and his Greenlandic counterpart in Washington on Wednesday to discuss the Arctic island, at the center of a geopolitical storm. The Associated Press National Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of civil rights movement, dies Civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin has died. She was 86. Her 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement. The Associated Press Tuesday Evening Headlines Gov. Ferguson gives State of the State address, lawmakers want to regulate AI companions, and the Varsity Theater is closing. Paige Browning A WA trans high school track champion and the reporter who followed her We talked with runner Veronica Garcia and reporter Casey Parks about competing as a trans athlete amid questions of fairness, the scientific evidence available comparing the performance of cisgender and trans athletes and beyond. Gabrielle Healy Business A small town in Central Washington is Microsoft's answer to the data center backlash Quincy is a small farming town in Central Washington near the Columbia River, home to one of the world’s top french fry producers. It’s also the model for Microsoft’s nationwide data center strategy. Monica Nickelsburg Prev 451 of 1650 Next Sponsored
Education Seattle Schools knew there was methane gas beneath its new high school — but skipped some safety measures Before Seattle Public School spent $300 million to rebuild Rainier Beach High School on a peat bog, scientists hired by the district warned that methane in the soil could pose an explosive problem if it were to leak into the school. Ann Dornfeld
What does your credit score really say about you? Two journalists explain the history of credit scores, how credit scores are calculated and the complex ways that financial data impacts our daily lives. Clare McGrane
How a bad bet built the internet: a short history of bubbles Sometimes, an economic crash leaves something good behind that we may not appreciate for years. This week, we look at bubbles from the past and ask: When the money burns away, what’s left? Monica Nickelsburg
World A construction crane falls onto a moving train in Thailand, killing at least 30 people The derailment, in northeastern Thailand, occurred on part of an ambitious planned high-speed rail project that will eventually connect China with much of Southeast Asia. The Associated Press
Business China's trade surplus surges 20% to a record $1.2 trillion, even with Trump's tariffs China's trade surplus surged to a record of almost $1.2 trillion in 2025, the government said Wednesday, as exports to other countries made up for slowing shipments to the U.S. under President Donald Trump's onslaught of higher tariffs. The Associated Press
Politics Vance to meet Danish and Greenlandic officials in Washington on Wednesday U.S. Vice President JD Vance will meet Denmark's foreign minister and his Greenlandic counterpart in Washington on Wednesday to discuss the Arctic island, at the center of a geopolitical storm. The Associated Press
National Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of civil rights movement, dies Civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin has died. She was 86. Her 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement. The Associated Press
Tuesday Evening Headlines Gov. Ferguson gives State of the State address, lawmakers want to regulate AI companions, and the Varsity Theater is closing. Paige Browning
A WA trans high school track champion and the reporter who followed her We talked with runner Veronica Garcia and reporter Casey Parks about competing as a trans athlete amid questions of fairness, the scientific evidence available comparing the performance of cisgender and trans athletes and beyond. Gabrielle Healy
Business A small town in Central Washington is Microsoft's answer to the data center backlash Quincy is a small farming town in Central Washington near the Columbia River, home to one of the world’s top french fry producers. It’s also the model for Microsoft’s nationwide data center strategy. Monica Nickelsburg