He was a convicted felon who found a niche in Seattle’s construction boom. As the region’s fortunes rose and fell—and rose again—so did his. Then a fatal boating accident came for Michael Powers’s fairy-tale ending.

The Tacoma Refugee Choir founder didn’t anticipate its impact on her—or her city.

There the man in the shorts—later identified as a Russian agent using the alias Richard Murphy of New Jersey—handed Michael Zottoli from Seattle two items: a flash memory card and a bag that held $150,000 in cash.

Within nine months they’d both be behind bars.

Among other things, crows can recognize human faces—and train each other to avoid people they don’t like.

Danny Caldwell is openly gay. He’s married. And he’s against gay marriage.

In 1965, Wheat was sentenced to death for armed robbery and murder. When his sentence was commuted, he decided to devote the rest of his life to helping people.

A diagnosis in question.

After a beloved teacher is murdered by his schizophrenic son, his colleagues and students pay him the ultimate tribute.

Seattle’s Aurora Bridge has been the most notorious suicide site in the Northwest for 80 years. On one man’s fight to erect a fence and the race to save one last jumper.