For commercial building owners, energy-efficiency improvements have had modest appeal. Switching to less power-hungry light bulbs is relatively easy, and the payoff relatively swift. But replacing ... Read more
The fight for ownership of the Sacramento Kings, one of the N.B.A.’s most beleaguered franchises, will take a big step toward resolution Wednesday when the league’s owners vote on a recommendation ... Read more
A 28-year-old man shot and killed his girlfriend inside their apartment in Federal Way, south of Seattle, then went on a rampage that ended in his own death and that of three other men, the authorities ... Read more
THE East Coast/West Coast rivalry is not just over hip-hop, food and fashion anymore. Now it has made its way to universities preparing the next generation of technologists: data scientists who can make sense ... Read more
Chief John Diaz of the Seattle police retired Monday as his department faces a court-overseen agreement with the federal Justice Department to address concerns that officers were too quick to use force. ... Read more
SEATTLE — When an office building here that bills itself as the world’s greenest officially opens later this month, it will present itself as a “living building zoo,” with docents ... Read more
A man who plotted to attack a Seattle military complex with machine guns and grenades was sentenced on Monday to 18 years in prison. The defendant, Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif, 35, also was ordered by Judge James L. ... Read more
In a battle for dominance in cloud computing, Google is taking on Microsoft and Amazon in their own back yard. Google said Tuesday that it was doubling its office space near Seattle, just miles ... Read more
They can record video images and produce heat maps. They can be used to track fleeing criminals, stranded hikers — or just as easily, political protesters. And for strapped police departments, they are ... Read more