Ah, thereās the catch: It turns out getting a $15 minimum wage comes with some costs. Amazon, on track to the first $1 trillion publicly-traded company, is eliminating monthly bonuses and stock awards for warehouse workers in order to pay for the wage hikes. Eliminating those will help pay for the raises. Lend them a hand, a bonus, wonāt you, poor warehouse worker?
The Mayor of Columbia City lost a leg: You remember Felix, donāt you? How could forget the intrepid feline that won the hearts of South Seattle and The Strangerās readers in our pet issue. Well, Felix had an accident. He is now stuck in his Columbia City home with three legs, but his spirit remains strong.
Boeing says weāll get self-flying cars in five years: Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg told GeekWire and everyone invited to their GeekWire summit (I know itās not really āour thingā but The Stranger would have at least liked an invite. As a gesture, you know?) about their vision for self-flying cars. Also about safety measures. You have to be safe when flying a car. Did he also tell them why it took Boeing so long? Back to the Future II clearly outlined a timeline for when we should expect flying cars. Iām a little hurt that we didnāt follow it. The first step is cargo, not people, with self-flying cars.
Last week it was 70 degrees, today it snowed at Stevens Pass: Strap on your skis, boyos, weāre putting the pedal to the metal and speeding straight into winter. Fall who? According to folks actually over at Stevens, this isnāt that atypical. Still, it got chilly real quick.
Burien bowling coach charged with child porn: This youth bowling coach sexually abused two of his students on out-of-town trips, according to court documents. He also photographed the abuse. He admitted to giving a teen sleeping medicine and then sexually abusing him. He faces a minimum of 15 years in prison.
Apparently AT&T users are having issues since that Emergency Alert System test: Iām an AT&T customer and I think Iām doing okay? Iām not sure. I mean emotionally, thatās one thing, but my phone seems to be functioning.
If you're an @ATT customer who is having problems getting data on your smartphone ever since the wireless EAS test this morning you're not alone. A spokesperson tells me that the problem is NOT related to the EAS test but that it's a hardware data problem. No ETA yet on a fix.
ā Derek Wang KUOW (@DerekJWang) October 3, 2018
The U.S. womenās national team has its first World Cup qualifying game tomorrow: Unlike men, women are actually good at soccer. Well, at least the U.S. womenās national team is better than the national team. They won the last World Cup. The men didnāt even make it to their World Cup. Support the women!
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ā FOX Sports PR (@FOXSportsPR) October 2, 2018
I know how much you all eat up Trump news: Listen, I get it. Thereās no need to be ashamed. Itās so horrifying and you simply canāt tear your eyes away. Well, Iām not going to write any Trump news for you. We have a whole other column for that. Havenāt you been reading it?
ICE wants an investigation into Portlandās mayor: Portland protested their local Immigrations and Customs Enforcement office earlier this year. Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler said he wouldnāt dispatch Portland police to the site unless lives were endanger. ICE is calling for an investigation.
Five law enforcement officers shot in South Carolina: One officer has died.
BREAKING: An official says that one of the five law enforcement officers wounded in a South Carolina shooting has died.
ā The Associated Press (@AP) October 3, 2018
NASA is sending a probe closer to the sun than ever before: Take me with you, Parker Solar Probe! The goal is to figure out just what the fuck a solar wind is and how itās generated.
Weāre getting closer to ātouchingā the Sun! āļøThis morning, our #ParkerSolarProbe spacecraft successfully completed its first flyby of Venus at a distance of about 1,500 miles. Get more details from @NASASun: https://t.co/1IMpDVlFhn pic.twitter.com/IdSJCfKIzN
ā NASA (@NASA) October 3, 2018
Grab your pitchforks: This Kavanaugh thing is happening and itās happening soon.
Just in: The supplemental FBI background check on Brett Kavanaugh is expected to be sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee late tonight or early Thursday morning, multiple sources say.
ā NPR (@NPR) October 3, 2018
You can start at this candlelight vigil at Cal Anderson tonight: It starts at 6 pm. People are coming together to protest Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court.