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Cave dwellings, inhabited for centuries, are perched on hillsides in Spain's Granada province.

Cave-Dwelling In Spain Offers A Welcome Inconvenience

In the province of Granada in Southern Spain, thousands of people live completely unplugged in caverns. The caves have been a place of refuge for centuries. Now they provide a new kind of escape.

De'Sean Quinn shows his prized possession: the key to one of the motels that used to dominate Tukwila's stretch of the old highway 99.

How sex workers helped with the biggest motel bust in state history

Everything had to work perfectly.More than 400 law enforcement were ready. Moving trucks were rented, driven into a church parking lot. The operation…

Marlo Mack's daughter with her baby doll.

Trans people scramble to update paperwork before Trump takes office

Before I enrolled my daughter in public school two years, I raced to get her official documents changed. It’s one of the rites of passage for parents of…

Jockey Javier Matthias on McDove. McDove and Distinguishable are the Green Bay Packers of horses, being owned collectively by owners of the Emerald Racing Club.

For $500, you can co-own a horse at Emerald Downs

Distinguishable, a 4-year-old fillie, sucked a carrot from Vince Bruun's hand. "I find she's got a bottomless pit of a stomach," Bruun said. Which brings…

Stephan Blanford, former Seattle School Board member

On being the only black man on the Seattle school board

When Stephan Blanford ran for Seattle school board four years ago, he won 89 percent of the vote.But he often felt stuck as a member of that board and now…

Ely Thomas, 7, runs from water spilling over a set of stairs that normally lead to the beach during a King Tide at Alki Beach Park on Friday, January 5, 2018, in West Seattle.

'Water in the streets': a glimpse of the Northwest's watery future

Tom and Marie Cawrse live on the far east side of Port Townsend, on the northeast point of Washington's Olympic Peninsula, right on the beach. Since their…

Workers walk along the rail line near the scene of the derailment on Monday in Dupont.

Here's what we know about the Amtrak derailment

Last updated: 12/19/2017, 6:53 p.m.The emergency brake on the speeding Amtrak train 501 was automatically activated during the fatal derailment that sent…

Is Football Safe For Kids?

The greatest sports spectacle on Earth takes place this Sunday: the Super Bowl. As millions around the world take in the commercials, the halftime show —…

Alethea's face bears a traditional Inuit tattoo

The Woman With The Tattooed Face

Alethea Arnaquq-Baril grew up in Nunavut, one of the most remote places in remote Northern Canada. After going to film school near Toronto, Alethea wanted…

Storywallahs: Belonging

Storywallahs: An Evening of StorytellingSunday, April 23ACT Theatre, 700 Union Street, Seattle WA 981016:30 p.m. doors, 7:00 p.m. show$12Buy tickets…

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