425’s Favorite Albums of 2025
What our staff couldn’t stop listening to this year.
Lead + Follow: Bellevue College’s David May
This month’s edition of Lead + Follow — a Q&A section dedicated to further understanding the personal and professional mindsets of area business leaders — features David May, president of Bellevue College since 2023.
10 Hot Tickets: December
Shows we’re looking forward to over the next month.
Appeals court upholds disqualification of Alina Habba as US attorney for New Jersey
Alina Habba, interim US attorney for New Jersey, is sworn-in during a ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, March 28, 2025. (Photographer: Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON)
TSA announces $45 fee for travelers with no REAL ID
A TSA agent holds a card that is given to travelers not having a Real ID, stating that are not compliant and escorted by a TSA agent through security and allowed to fly at John Wayne Airport
Death of Afghan commander, financial stress surface in National Guard shooting investigation: Sources
A view of the scene after two members of the US National Guard were shot and ‘critically wounded’ near the White House in Washington DC, United States on November 26, 2025. A suspect was in custody. (Photo
Luigi Mangione returns to court for pretrial hearing
Luigi Mangione appears at a hearing for the murder of UHC CEO Brian Thompson at Manhattan Criminal Court, Feb. 21, 2025, in New York. (Curtis Means/Pool/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — One year after prosecutors say Luigi Mangione
Supreme Court hears billion-dollar battle over online piracy
joe daniel price/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As billions of people worldwide use the internet to illegally stream or download copyrighted material like music, movies and TV shows, the entertainment industry is trying to crack down on American internet service providers for
After US-Ukraine meeting in Florida, focus shifts to Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his press conference after the Summit of Collective Security Treaty Organization, on November 27, 2025 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images) (KHARKIV, Ukraine and LONDON) — President Donald Trump’s special
In brief: ‘Shrek 5’ casting, and more
Shrek 5 has added two new cast members. DreamWorks announced in a post on the film’s official Instagram page Thursday that comedian and Saturday Night Live cast member Marcello Hernandez and Superman and The Righteous Gemstones actor