Believing 'virtually anything that they want': The rise of the flat earth movement The earth is round. Science has proved it. We, as a fact based news organization, feel comfortable stating that fact. But there are people who would disagree. Those people are called "flat earthers". A new book by reporter Kelly Weill documents the rise of the flat earth Libby Denkmann
'The Wendy Williams Show' is ending The long-running daytime show The Wendy Williams Show, which had a reputation for being raw and irreverent, is ending. It will be succeeded by a show hosted by its producer Sherri Shepherd. Andrew Limbong
Her death shocked Seattle's Ethiopian community. New novel revisits the trial to get her justice A decade later, people who had contact with the case of Hana Alemu Williams can’t forget the heartbreaking details of her “homicide by abuse.” The writer David Guterson revisits her case in his latest novel. Amy Radil
Want to be a better ally to disabled people? Here's how July is Disability Pride Month. Do you find yourself avoiding conversations on disabilities? A disability rights activist shares ways to be a better ally and to destigmatize disability in America. Sylvie Douglis
Seattle art picks: A new cult film and 10 high caliber drag shows KUOW’s Kevin Kniestedt gets some Seattle arts picks from The Stranger’s staff writer Jas Keimig. Kevin Kniestedt
A very embarrassing moment: Today So Far newsletter Happy Friday, friends. An embarrassing email landed in our newsroom inbox this week. Isolde Raftery
Hiatus brain: When your favorite show returns, but you can't remember a thing When months — even years — separate TV seasons, plotlines are lost to the sands of time. Aisha Harris
She returned to the NW when the Taliban took power. Now she's back in Afghanistan — by choice ‘Taliban are who are here. We need to support the Afghan process of re-establishing the government. I'm an American. One day, the Taliban were my enemy. In the next week, they were my neighbors, and I had to work with them.’ Kim Malcolm
Lift prices are up, and so are temperatures. Could this be the end of the ski bum? In her early 20s, author Heather Hansman spent her days working the lift, bartering with pizza, and hitting the slopes as much as possible. She lived as a textbook "ski bum," a grifter addicted to the adrenaline of a perfect swish through powder. Libby Denkmann
'2001' and 'Blade Runner' visual effects wizard Douglas Trumbull has died at 79 Trumbull, who brought otherworldly landscapes to life pioneered physical, not digital, effects that catapulted audiences into hyperspace and became Hollywood's go-to guy for sci-fi imagery. Bob Mondello