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A cop shot this wooden bullet at me at the WTO protests in Seattle. Here’s the story it tells

During the WTO protests, a police officer shot a wooden bullet at me. It bounced off the wall, and landed at my feet. It didn’t hurt me. But it shattered something: A myth about what Seattle was in 1999 and what it could give to the rest of the world.

Arts & Life

A Native-inspired café opens at Burke Museum. There will be frybread

Museums draw people with exhibits. But increasingly, newer museums are putting more attention to food. When the Burke Museum reopens this weekend, it will feature a new café focused on Native American cuisine. Meet the couple behind Off the Rez Café.

Her great-grandma escaped slavery. She realized what that really meant in a pilgrimage to Africa

Juanita Galloway traveled from Seattle to Ghana to mark the 400-year anniversary of the first slaves arriving in Jamestown, Virginia. She told KUOW's Angela King about

This boy was institutionalized at age 12. Now he's moving out — half a century later

MaryAnn Brookhart remembers the day in 1964 when her parents dropped off her 12-year-old brother, Gregory Paul, at the Rainier School for the developmentally disabled in Buckley. She was 17 and had insisted on riding with them.

Arts & Life

Jumpers get their due nearly 75 years after wartime missions over Northwest

It’s a story that seemingly has it all: a classified mission, dashing young men in uniform, leaps out of flying airplanes, stray bombs, plus some wildfires and a side of racial prejudice. The little-known slice of Pacific Northwest history featuring an all-black Army battalion is less likely to be overlooked now that the state of Oregon and people in Pendleton have put up a historical marker.

Photo sleuthing by Seattle man backs up new Amelia Earhart search

Photo analysis by a forensic imaging expert from suburban Seattle is backing up a new search for the pioneer aviator Amelia Earhart.

Arts & Life

As Fort Lawton opens a new chapter, we explore its complex history in Seattle

Kim Malcolm talks with author John Hamann about the history of Seattle's Fort Lawton.