In the US, Providence Catholic healthcare system to pay more than $US200 million for unpaid wages
United States RNS One of the largest Catholic healthcare systems in the US will likely have to pay 33,000 of its Washington state employees more than $US200 million after a Seattle jury found on 18th April that the system had illegally underpaid workers for years by rounding down their compensated hours and denying meal breaks […]
Malice, mischief or fad? Orca experts intrigued by boat bumpings
Seattle, USReuters As orcas have repeatedly rammed boats in waters off the Iberian Peninsula, experts who study the killer whales’ behaviour on the other side of the world believe aggression is likely not to blame for the bumpings. Washington state’s Salish Sea and Puget Sound are home to both pods of the black and white […]
Seattle becomes first US city to ban caste discrimination
Seattle, US AP The Seattle City Council on Tuesday added caste to the city’s anti-discrimination laws, becoming the first US city to ban caste discrimination and the first in the world to pass such a law outside South Asia. Calls to outlaw discrimination based on caste, a division of people based on birth or descent, have grown […]
World’s first NFT museum in Seattle aims to “pull back the curtain” on blockchain art
Seattle, US Reuters The world’s first permanent NFT art museum has opened in Seattle, aiming to “pull back the curtain” on blockchain-based digital art. Non-fungible tokens are a type of digital asset that has exploded in popularity recently, with NFT artworks selling for millions of dollars. NFTs exist on a blockchain, a record of transactions […]
US Supreme Court to hear case of praying ex-football coach
Washington DC, USAP The US Supreme Court said Friday it will hear the case of a former Seattle-area football coach who was removed from his job because he refused to stop praying on the field. The Supreme Court is seen at dusk in Washington on 22nd October, 2021. PICTURE: AP Photo/J Scott Applewhite/File photo. Former […]
Postcards: Choking on smoke – US cities open clean air shelters for homeless
GREGORY SCRUGGS, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Seattle on how communities are grappling with declines in air quality on the US west coast as wildfires rage…
Christian musician Sean Feucht holds defiant “worship protest” in US city of Seattle after concert was banned
Seattle, USRNS A battle of wills between a California musician known for a series of open-air Christian worship concerts around the country and the city of Seattle, which denied him a park venue for a Labor Day concert, ended with a two-hour “worship protest” being held one block north of the park. A group of […]
Coronavirus sparks US West Coast calls to halt evictions
Seattle, USThomson Reuters Foundation Shortly after Washington Governor Jay Inslee announced a ban this week on large gatherings in the Seattle area to stem the largest coronavirus outbreak in the United States, security guard Omar Kadmiri received the message he had been dreading. His employer, which provides security to three performing arts venues, told him […]
US HOUSING: OVERSIZE VEHICLE OFFER TENUOUS HOMES AMID HOUSING CRISIS
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…