Seattle, you are bad at driving: Allstate, the insurance company that asks if youâre in good hands, conducted a study that showed Seattle has some of the worst drivers in the country. Out of 200 cities, Seattle ranked 179th. Considering wet weather, Seattle ranked 180th. The results were found based on accident dataâapparently Seattle drivers go an average of 6.4 years between accident claims. The national average is 10 years. Get better at driving, Seattle, or lose your car.
Weâre living in jobland! The unemployment rate in Washington dropped to 4.3 percent last month. I almost typed 43 percent at first. That would have been a very different number. Anyway. Thisâ4.3 percentâis a new historic low. Although comparable records have only existed on this since 1976.
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Everett woman allegedly kills husband, turns self in: The 50-year-old woman allegedly stabbed her husband multiple times (to death đ) in what she said was a planned murder. She turned herself into the police after the murder.
New York is already fed up with Amazon: Residents of Long Island City in Queens, New York are worried they arenât going to be able to stay in their neighborhood when Amazon moves in next door. A realistic fear. Other local leaders, activists, and labor leaders gathered to protest all the perks New York is giving Amazon like tax incentives and a helipad.
Give us more rain please: I would like some moisture, por favor.
Light rain fell today as a weak system moved across the area. A few showers will linger into the evening hours.
#wawx pic.twitter.com/slUqvZGQdn
â NWS Seattle (@NWSSeattle) November 14, 2018
Oh, câmon: Hope, you fickle bitch.
Here's a first glance at the W WA forecast over the next few days. A weak system will move over the region late tomorrow, bringing light rain to the area into early Friday. Things then look brighter this weekend and into next week as high pressure builds over the region. #WAwx pic.twitter.com/jJJ8x4oXgy
â NWS Seattle (@NWSSeattle) November 14, 2018
What the fuck is going on with Michael Avenatti? Reports circulated today that Avenatti was arrested on suspected charges of domestic violence. He is supposedly in custody in Los Angeles but hasnât been booked. ExceptâŚ
I spoke with Avenatti's wife on the phone. âI havenât see Michael in months. Itâs a complete fabrication," she said. âBruises on my face? It is insanity. He wouldnât hit anybody. Especially a woman. Heâs got two daughters.â
â MJ Lee (@mj_lee) November 15, 2018
Apparently, Avenattiâs wife says that not only would Avenatti never do this but she hasnât seen him in months. Did TMZ, the outlet that first broke this story, get duped? Is this related to Stormy Danielsâs arrest in Ohio this past July? Daniels, whose attorney is Avenatti, was accused of touching three undercover police officers at a strip club. Avenatti and Daniels suggested it was "a serious entrapment issue." Somethingâs fishy.
In other Avenatti news, he was cleared of fraud today: A real âlegalâ day for olâ Mike. At least while heâs dealing with these possibly-fake domestic violence accusations heâll have peace of mind that the California bar has cleared him of illegal and unethical dealings while running Tullyâs. Itâs the little things.
A man wearing gardenersâ gloves robs Capitol Hill pot shop: The suspect is still at large. In a span of 45 seconds, the armed man cleaned out Ruckus marijuana shop of cash. He stole $5,141.
Cool read of the day: This was spooky. Itâs about this family that moves into a new home in suburban New Jerseyâand thatâs not even the scary part. They start getting creepy letters about someone watching them. Then come the threats. What unfolds is a harrowing tale about real estate, online rumors, and a stark lack of compassion.
Another thing on your reading list for tonight: This piece about Paradise, CA, the town ravaged by wildfires. Paradise High School survived the wreckage. But, nearly 90 percent of its student body is homeless. How will the class of 2019 graduate?
Giant fucking impact crater found under Greenland ice sheet: Look. Before I get into the facts I just want to say my first thought was that itâs aliens, too. I mean, did anyone else watch that shitty X-Files movie where there literally was a spaceship under an ice sheet? Hmm? ANYONE? Okay, yeah. So science tells us that this 9.3 mile-wide crater was caused by a fat meteorite that slammed into Greenland 12,000 years ago.