The U.N. health agency said Wednesday that kids under 5 should not spend more than one hour watching screens every day — and that less is better.

Odds are most of the time you try to make the “right” food choice — or at least the best possible choice. When you don’t, you might kick yourself for having no willpower, but you might actually have…

Microsoft's Azure cloud-services revenue growth blew away Street expectations. While in the PC market, corporate machines were a “bright spot."

Seattle's top prosecutor and public defender have jointly accused the city's presiding municipal court judge of improper conduct, arguing his appeals for harsher sentences and his handling of a case…

One quarterback excelled while another struggled on Wednesday, and defensive coordinator Jimmy Lake unveiled another new starting safety tandem.

Under the federal policy to take effect May 3, health-care providers that receive federal funding would be barred from referring patients for an abortion, and providers couldn't be housed where…

On a bright Wednesday afternoon at Petco Park, the story of the Mariners ruining and wasting an outstanding start from Felix Hernandez got to be told once again.

The FTC has been looking into whether Facebook broke its own 2011 agreement promising to protect user privacy. The company set aside $3 billion in its quarterly earnings report Wednesday as a…

The Metropolitan King County Council vote extends the trash-dumping life of the county's only landfill to 2040 and forestalls the eventual decision on what to do with the region's garbage once the…

Join Seattle Times aerospace reporter Dominic Gates for an Ask Me Anything (AMA) conversation on Reddit. The Q&A thread will go live at 9:30 a.m. Pacific time on Thursday. Gates will join at 10 a.m.…

Mike Wright was designated for assignment on Sunday.

Seattle Mariners (16-10, L2) at San Diego Padres (13-11, W2) 12:40 p.m. | Petco Park | San Diego TV: ROOT | Radio: 710 AM/97.3 FM | Stream: MLB.tv STARTING LINEUPS RHP Felix Hernandez (1-1, 4.91) vs.…

It seemed a low-key assignment on a Saturday night. Deputy Sheriff Justin DeRosier was assigned to check on a poorly parked motor home and a pickup partially blocking a winding Cowlitz County road.

As draft day nears, there are still a lot of possibilities for what the Seahawks will do with their first-round pick.

There are high-fives to spare in the LGBTQ-focused Century 21 league.

At an industry conference for video-game developers last month, hundreds joined a series of standing-room-only roundtables on the topic of organized labor in a $43 billion industry that is almost…

Marshawn Lynch, who spent six memorable seasons in Seattle, is reportedly retiring once again.

This week, four defensive backs could be selected from UW for the first time in the same draft — Byron Murphy, Taylor Rapp, Jordan Miller and JoJo McIntosh.

Tukwila police have arrested a 24-year-old Renton man in connection with the fatal shooting of a 32-year-old Tukwila man.

NEW YORK (AP) — There's no truth to the rumor that James Holzhauer is a cyborg created to be the perfect "Jeopardy!" contestant. But given how he's made a level of excellence rarely seen on the…

A fire that killed an 81-year-old Bainbridge Island man last week was started by a candle, according to the Bainbridge Island Fire Department.

Officer Chris Roberts was not disciplined for the shooting, which was found to be justified following an investigation, according to the Fircrest police chief.

African swine fever, which harms pigs but not humans, has swept across the country, the world’s largest pork producer. And those are only the cases the government knows about.

The Seattle-area classic is celebrating 35 years of making Oprah-certified-great fried chicken — food writer (and longtime fan) Bethany Jean Clement talks with co-founder Lewis Rudd about what makes…