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The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today

By Cassady Coulter June 26, 2015

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Supreme Court Legalizes Gay Marriage

In a landmark 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court just legalized gay marriage across all 50 states, NPR reports. It was previously only legal in 35, and given this decision, 14 states will be forced to remove their bans. Here’s some of the reactions from a few of Seattle’s leaders:

Amazon debuts new service

Amazon’s new order-and-pickup service Treasure Truck kicks off this Saturday. The new service allows Seattle customers to order and pickup limited-quantity products, such as paddle boards, gadgets and even food. The Treasure Truck will feature one item per day, and users can see what’s available using the Amazon Mobile Shopping app. Choose a timeslot and a predetermined location to meet the truck and pick up your purchase. Treasure Truck will be popping up around Queen Anne, South Lake Union, Ballard, Bellevue, and SoDo initially.

New 58-story downtown tower

A $600 million project for a new Rainier Square tower was just approved by a city review board Tuesday, The Seattle Times reports. The tower will be located on Fourth Avenue and Union Street and will span Union from Fourth to Fifth avenues. But the building won’t be your traditional block tower—it will have a wide base and narrow at the top and will resemble an accordion. The original building proposal was criticized for blocking views of the adjacent Rainier tower, and has been amended so the building will scoop upwards at the  fourth floor instead of the seventh Developers expect to break ground late next year and open the tower in 2018.

Greenlake paid parking

Bad news, Seattleites. Residents and businesses are working with the Seattle Department of Transportation to expand paid parking near Green Lake, MyNorthwest.com reports. Everyone knows parking near the lake on any sunny day can be a nightmare. The new paid parking would expand from 73rd and 70th streets onto East Green Lake Way N and increasing zones on NE Maple Leaf Place and NE 70th Street.

Seattle third “least klutzy” city in America

According to a blog post by Gazelle, a company that buys and repurposes old gadgets, Seattle is the third least klutzy city in America. The post says that the majority of the least klutzy cities were in the west, and the more clumsy cities were in the East Coast. Unsurprisingly, college kids are the worst at keeping their gadgets intact: Many of the top 10 klutziest cities are college towns, including the list-topper Gainesville, which is home to the University of Florida.

 

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