‘How to Train Your Dragon’ review: Live-action remake a rousing triumph
The live-action version of “How to Train Your Dragon” is what the moviegoing experience should be about, but rarely is, writes our reviewer.
Day: June 12, 2025
Seattle’s most infamous taco shop opens full time in Ballard. How is it?
Tacos La Cuadra took Seattle by storm last summer with its Mexico City-style pop-ups. Now, the team behind that roving taco tent has put down roots in Ballard.
Rant and Rave: Park partyers disturbed reader
RANT to the group that set up tents and a daylong party the other day at Green Lake. All day long, they selfishly blasted their thumping music, disturbing the residents across the street (including my ailing spouse) and other park users who quietly and…
US warns countries not to join French, Saudi UN conference on Palestine: Reuters
The United States is lobbying foreign governments not to attend a United Nations conference next week sponsored by Paris and Riyadh on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to a US diplomatic cable reported by Reuters.
65-Year-Old US Man Convicted After Molesting Woman On Flight
William RMcKelvy, 65, was on a flight when he started molesting a woman sitting next to him, according to the US Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Texas. He groped her breast and inner thigh on four different occasions.
Eye Opener: Air India flight headed to London crashes with 242 people on board
A Boeing airliner headed for London’s Gatwick airport with 242 people on board crashes after takeoff in India. Also, immigration protests spread to more cities. All that and all that matters in today’s Eye Opener.
Rep. Lauren Boebert seeking $5m in federal funds to remove ‘toxic black sludge’ from drinking water in tiny Colorado community
Congresswoman to ask House Appropriations Committee for money to relieve Prairie View Ranch Water District of ‘toxic black sludge’ – and could come to regret DOGE cheerleading
Spokane immigration protests lead to curfew, more than 30 arrests
Mayor Lisa Brown issued a curfew for around 1,000 protesters who flooded Riverfront Park and surrounding downtown streets. It’s the first such curfew since 2020.
France’s Cabourg festival celebrates romance in films
This year marks the 39th edition of the annual romantic film festival, held in the French city of Cabourg in Normandy. Set to run until June 15, this year’s edition will spotlight seven feature-length films and 10 short films. It will also shine a spo…
The history of US-Iran relations as tensions flare with Israel
The diplomatic tension between Washington and Tehran goes back decades