School nurses are finding themselves on the frontlines of COVID-19 public health efforts.

Students and teachers alike are getting creative about how to prep for this year's modified Advanced Placement exams at a time when classes are being taught remotely across the state.

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — University of Oregon students may have in-person classes this fall, officials said. University President Michael Schill announced Monday that leaders are making plans to bring students back to campus after spring and summer terms are conducted online to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the Register-Guard reported. “I want to let […]

The pandemic has shut down graduation celebrations across nation. On Tuesday, Facebook and Instagram announced plans to celebrate this year's graduating class with a streaming event on May 15, featuring Oprah Winfrey as commencement speaker.

Like dozens of other school districts around the state, Seattle Public Schools has begun seeking waivers on behalf of a few hundred students who haven't met all state credit requirements to graduate this year.

Classes will likely be very different, UW President Ana Mari Cauce said during a virtual town hall on Friday. “I don’t think any university leader can say it’s going to be business as usual, or back to normal.”

Two new studies offer compelling evidence that children can transmit the virus. They are indeed less susceptible than adults, but while in school they have triple the human contact as adults and therefore triple the opportunity to become infected.

The Gonzaga men clinched a tie for the conference title while the Zags women earned the outright regular-season crown.

The Legislature needs to stop its dithering over school funding and reform and put Washington’s students first, writes Kate Riley, editorial page editor.

It's considered to be a historically deep receiver draft class this year, but the 6-foot-4 receiver hopes to stand out with his size.

Get used to the concept of pods and pucks if the NHL is going to have any chance of completing its season, with the most likely scenarios calling for games in empty, air-conditioned arenas during the dog days of summer. What is emerging as the leading plan involves bringing teams back in a few empty […]

RANT to whoever stole the face masks my sister has attempted to mail to her family and friends. The masks were made with love, care and the best of intentions. None of the masks reached their destinations. I am disgusted by the depths of your uncaring, self-centered behavior. RAVE to our beautiful, clear skies and […]

A returned credit card, a social distancing foul, helpful Seattleites and more Rants & Raves submitted by Seattle Times readers.

Coronavirus canceled their mountain climbing trips and adventure runs, so these Seattleites found creative ways to stay fit, stay sane and conquer their lofty goals — all while maintaining social distancing.

For the week ending May 2, the state received 109,167 initial claims for unemployment insurance, down almost 22% from the prior week, according to U.S. Labor Department figures released Thursday morning.

For the auto industry, which saw U.S. sales plunge almost 40% in March, the crisis has left cars gathering dust on dealer lots, dealerships shuttered, auction prices slipping and tens of thousands of workers laid off or furloughed.

This series of charts provides weekly data on how the Seattle-area economy is doing during the coronavirus crisis.

For the week ending May 2, the state received 109,167 initial claims for unemployment insurance, down almost 22% from the prior week, according to U.S. Labor Department figures released Thursday morning.

As Washington grapples with a tsunami of legitimate unemployment claims — more than 100,000 last week — the state also is seeing a rise in attempts by fraudsters to siphon off a portion of the benefits.

The federal government has fined Sinclair Broadcasting Corp. $48 million, largely because of actions the TV broadcaster took in its failed attempt to acquire smaller rival Tribune Media. Sinclair in 2017 proposed a $3.9 billion deal for Tribune’s TV stations, attempting to extend its reach into new markets. The deal fell apart that August, and […]

Every Mother's Day, climbers flock to Mount St. Helens in festive dresses in the continuation of a tradition started by 'the woman in the red dress.' This Mother's Day, a new mini-documentary from OPB tells the story of Kathy Phibbs, a gifted alpinist who paved the way for a more inclusive outdoors community — and pink flamingos on mountain summits.

While companies have been drawing on stockpiles of meat in cold storage, they have warned that supplies to supermarkets could soon dwindle as plants remain closed amid illnesses. Pressure has been mounting on the Trump administration to take action.

The WIAA said it is still waiting for clarification before proceeding.

Police spent months investigating allegations by a 16-year-old girl who said she was sexually assaulted in 2018 by four Eastside Catholic High School football players, but prosecutors said they didn't have enough evidence to prosecute. Lawyers for the players' say they are innocent.

The Seahawks on Monday filled out their roster by announcing the official signing of 12 more undrafted rookie free agents while waiving four veterans.

In his first public comments since the end of last season, free agent defensive end Jadeveon Clowney said in a TV interview he has not ruled out that he could still return to the Seahawks.

The salary figures are finally in for one of the Seahawks' most notable free agent additions of the year -- linebacker/rush end Bruce Irvin -- and it turned out to be a bit higher than had been speculated.

DENVER (AP) — At least 70 percent of U.S. Olympic sports organizations have applied for government funds during the coronavirus pandemic, a stark financial reality that underscores the frailties within the world’s most dominant Olympic sports system. The Associated Press surveyed 44 of the country’s national governing bodies (NGBs) — the organizations charged with operating […]

Imperial Oil Ltd. (IMO, IMO.TO) on Friday reported a net loss for the first quarter on lower revenues, noting that its results were impacted by COVID-19 and depressed March crude prices. The loss per share for the quarter was wider than analysts' estimates and revenues too missed their expectations.

Immigrants in the U.S. sent an estimated $150 billion to their home countries in 2019 — half to Latin America and the Caribbean. The World Bank is predicting a sharp decline in remittances this year.

Tuesday, Mar. 23 at 9pm on PBS (Check local listings). Producer Ofra Bikel chronicles the recession's impact on one unlikely neighborhood -- New York's Upper East Side...

Shares of Pluristem Therapeutics Inc. (PSTI) are rising over 24% in pre-market today, after the company announced that the U.S. FDA has cleared the company's Investigational New Drug or IND application for a Phase II study of its PLX cells in the treatment of severe COVID-19 cases complicated by Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome or ARDS.

Shares of RedHill Biopharma Ltd. (RDHL) are moving up over 9% in pre-market today, after the company announced that the U.S. FDA has approved its Investigational New Drug or IND application for a Phase 2a clinical study evaluating its investigational drug, opaganib, in patients with confirmed moderate-to-severe SARS-CoV-2 infection, the cause of COVID-19.

Biopharmaceutical company Stemline Therapeutics Inc. (STML) is currently trading at $12.02, up $7.27 or 153.05% in the pre-market session. The stock has been trading between $3.21 and $18.22 in the past one year, and closed Friday's trade at $4.75, down 62 cents or 11.55%. STML

Shares of SmileDirectClub Inc. (SDC) are surging over 33% in pre-market today, after the company announced that it has been granted a patent for its SmileShop intellectual property from the United States Patent & Trademark Office.

Dunkin' is expanding its delivery options by adding Uber Eats, as customers stay at home due to the coronavirus pandemic. The coffee and baked goods chain said that with the new partnership, Dunkin' delivery is now available through Uber Eats at over 1,700 restaurants. The partnership will be expanded to more than 4,000 total locations nationwide by the end of May.

Cloudflare, Inc. (NET) shares are down more than 14 percent on Friday morning trade as it reported a wider net loss of $32.75 million or $0.11 per share for the first quarter, compared with loss of $17.11 million or $0.20 per share in the prior year.

Italian soccer club Juventus' Fan Token ($JUV) has begun trading on Wednesday on Chiliz Exchange (Chiliz.net), the world's first exchange platform for sports & entertainment launched in January 2020. This is the first among a new tradeable class of digital asset linked to a professional sporting club, making Juventus the first tokenized sports team.

After coming under pressure early in the session, stocks showed a significant turnaround over the course of the trading day on Monday. The major averages all bounced well off their early lows and into positive territory.

Stocks moved mostly higher during trading on Tuesday, extending the rebound seen over the course of the previous session. With the upward move, the major averages further offset the pullback seen late last week.

Stocks showed a lack of direction over the course of the trading session on Wednesday before eventually ending the day mixed. The major averages finished the session on opposite sides of the unchanged line.

The video has been viewed millions of times on YouTube via links that are replaced as quickly as the video-sharing service can remove them for violating its policy against "COVID-19 misinformation."

Canadian cannabis company Fire and Flower Holdings Corp. said Thursday that it will close three locations in Alberta under a restructuring plan, enabling it to deploy resources and allocate capital to locations with higher profit potential. The company also reported a net loss for the fourth quarter that widened from last year.

Clever Leaves, a multinational operator and licensed producer of pharmaceutical-grade cannabis as well as hemp extracts, and Canopy LATAM Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian cannabis company Canopy Growth Corp. (CGC, WEED.TO), said they have entered into a regional supply agreement.

While reporting financial results for the first quarter on Thursday, Stericycle, Inc. (SRCL) said it is withdrawing its financial guidance for the full-year 2020 communicated on February 27, 2020, due to the magnitude and duration of the uncertain economic outlook in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

States are in dire financial trouble because of the coronavirus pandemic. Some Republican leaders in Washington D.C. have suggested states declare bankruptcy, but is that a possible option?

European markets ended higher on Friday reacting positively to news on U.S.-China trade front, and data showing a slightly smaller than expected increase in U.S. job losses in the month of April.

European markets closed on a strong note on Thursday as investors reacted positively to the latest data from China that showed an unexpected increase in the country's exports last month, and amid continued optimism about reopening of businesses in several parts across the globe.

European markets ended with strong gains on Tuesday despite weak economic data, as investors made positive moves reacting to news that several countries across Europe have lifted restrictions that were in place due to the coronavirus pandemic.