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Mariners scrap piggyback plan for Logan Gilbert, Emerson Hancock

For at least the next few weeks, Mariners manager Dan Wilson won't have to say the word "piggyback" after the team scrapped the plan for Saturday's game.

For Cape Verde, there’s victory in defeat

An archipelago off the coast of West Africa with a population of about 500,000, it was making its first World Cup appearance with a team cobbled together from a diaspora of players.

Jonny Farmelo’s five-hit night continues his recent surge | Mariners extra

Mariners prospect Jonny Farmelo is enjoying a breakthrough season in Everett and collected five hits during Friday night's game at Tri-City.

With Congress stalled, Gluesenkamp Perez lifts up quilting

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Washougal, proposed an amendment to recognize quilters from around the country and display their quilts at the Capitol.

Morocco beats World Cup co-host Canada 3-0 and advances to the quarterfinals

Azzedine Ounahi scored twice to lead Morocco to a 3-0 win over Canada in the World Cup round of 16 Saturday to make the country the first African nation to reach the quarterfinals more than once.

This week’s passages

A roundup of notable obituaries from the week ending July 3.

1 dead after Lake City shooting, Seattle police say

A man was killed Friday.

The Roundup: The World Cup Bump That Wasn't

In this week's edition of The Roundup, Mike Davis talks to reporter Maya Tizon to ask about the expectations — and reality — of how the World Cup impacted businesses in the Chinatown-International District.

As the World Cup grows more global, many fans still struggle to get there

FIFA has spent decades expanding the World Cup, but qualifying for the tournament did not guarantee that supporters, journalists or tournament personnel could enter the host countries

Seattle’s population boom has hit the brakes, new data shows

Seattle’s population hit 823,400 in 2026, but growth slowed to 0.8% — a sharp drop from earlier this decade, FYI Guy writes.

What’s fueling the far-left surge? ’Democrats themselves hate the party‘

Democratic voters are in a rebellious mood. But will socialism or far-left politics play anywhere but the big cities? In Washington, we’re about to find out.