Microsoft's Redmond campus. Credit: wellesenterprises/Getty
Microsofts Redmond campus.
Microsoft’s Redmond campus. wellesenterprises/Getty

Microsoft Started Laying Off Thousands of Employees Yesterday: No more specifics on how many past “thousands.” Most of the cuts are expected to hit Microsoft’s sales force outside the United States, but will also impact employees in Redmond, according to the Seattle Times.

A Man Has Been Charged with Murdering His Wife in the Queen Anne Uber Shooting: Prosecutors say that 31-year-old Cameron John Espitia was sitting in the backseat of an Uber when he pulled out a gun and shot his 29-year-old wife, Jennifer Morrison Espitia, in the back of the head. They had been arguing, the Seattle Times reports: “After attending a wedding for one of her high-school friends, Jennifer Morrison Espitia wanted to go home to Hillman City, but her husband ­— who had been drinking — wanted to go to an after-party, according to King County prosecutors.” Espitia has been charged with second-degree murder and domestic violence.

Seattle Delta Flight Has to Turn Around After Man Assaults Flight Attendant: The Thursday evening flight, bound for Beijing, had to turn around just 45 minutes into its journey. A 23-year-old man from Florida sitting in First Class assaulted a flight attendant, according to the FBI, and several passengers helped to subdue him.

Queen Anne’s Million-Dollar Homes Are the New Normal: That’s the median home price in that neighborhood. $1 million.

Mike McGinn Is Promising No Increase to Sales, Property Taxes: The former mayor and current mayoral candidate says he has a plan to tax Amazon and freeze other local taxes.

If youre going to take a life, you have to be able to make it make sense to the family, Charleena Lyles cousin, Katrina Johnson, told reporters yesterday at the I-940 initiative launch. And right now, none of it makes sense to us.
“If you’re going to take a life, you have to be able to make it make sense to the family,” Charleena Lyles’ cousin, Katrina Johnson, told reporters yesterday at the I-940 initiative launch. “And right now, none of it makes sense to us.” SB

Families of Police Shooting Victims Push for Mandatory Mental Health and De-escalation Training: A new ballot measure proposal seeks to change the state’s police accountability law, the most restrictive in the country. De-Escalate Washington’s I-940 would not only make mental health and de-escalation training mandatory, but also get rid of the “malice” clause that makes it effectively impossible to criminally charge cops for fatal shootings. The new law would also further define the idea of a “good faith” belief that the shooting was justified.

Seattle Police Arrest 139 People in Massive Prostitution Sting: The Seattle City Attorney says that this is fine because they arrested people trying to buy sex, not the people selling it.

That Amtrak Derailment in Steilacoom? It was caused by human error, according to Amtrak, when the train failed to slow down in approaching a drawbridge. A special switch activated and forced four passenger cars, the locomotive, and the baggage car to overturn.

Purr Is Being Priced Out: The Capitol Hill gay bar is having a going away party on July 19.

Trump Meets Putin: Two trolls, one G20 summit. “It’s an honor to be with you,” Trump said. (Please, let the slashfic commence.)

Sydney Brownstone writes about the environment, sexual assault, and general news for The Stranger. In 2017, her boss and Pulitzer winner Eli Sanders nominated her coverage of Seattle porn scammer Matt...