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Before you try reading the entire Harry Potter series to your child…there might be another way to spark a love of literature.

Raising children in a time when technological advances skew traditional modes of learning can be challenging. But many children prefer screen technology to books. Before you’re tempted to take away the tech to boost a young child’s vocabulary, you might want to listen to what New York Time’s editors Maria Russo and Pamela Paul have to say.

Burning hand sanitizer and other ways Seattle homeless are braving cold nights

This week was freezing in Seattle. Hundreds of people experiencing homelessness slept inside emergency severe weather shelters opened by the city and King County. But some chose to stay outside even as snow fell and temperatures dropped to the low 30s.

Dozens of layoffs ahead as Seattle Times closes main printing plant

At one time the massive plant in Bothell had close to 140 press operators printing papers around the clock. Today there are just 18 operators running half of the presses in the middle of the night. One of them is Tyrone Love, a shop steward who has worked at the plant since 1996.

KUOW Newsroom

Light rail gets a man's voice, so that riders pay attention

As commuters tried to navigate disruptions in Seattle light rail system downtown, Sound Transit decided a man's louder voice was needed to get through the din.

Prepare for 10 rough weeks on Seattle light rail

Starting this weekend Sound Transit is reducing light rail down to just one track through downtown Seattle to continue expansion work to the Eastside. The agency is warning travelers of longer wait times, crowded platforms, and packed trains.

KUOW Newsroom

How Amazon pulled Seattle from the recession and other tidbits from the last decade

The good, the bad, and the ugly economy of the past decade in the Puget Sound

KUOW Newsroom

Beast Mode returns to Seattle for some 'unfinished business'

Marshawn Lynch has signed a one year contract with his old team, the Seattle Seahawks. In 2014 he helped the team win its first Super Bos returning to Seattle to play for the Seahawks. up again

SoundQs

How prohibition forever changed policing in Seattle

On a recent SoundQs segment we learned about historic bootlegger Roy Olmstead. Today we do a deep dive on another larger-than-life figure from that time, black business owner Doc Hamilton. Both men dealt in illegal alcohol, but had wholly different experiences with the temperance movement and the law.