🥉Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles of Washington state filed an appeal with the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland this week challenging the decision to strip her of a bronze medal from the Paris Olympics. (Axios)
The Seattle City Council approved two measures yesterday aiming to crack down on crime, but that opponents argue will be ineffective.
One ordinance will let judges block people accused of certain drug crimes from entering specified "stay out" areas of the U District and central Seattle.
The other will reinstate Seattle's misdemeanor crime of prostitution loitering, while allowing judges to ban people charged with prostitution crimes from part of Aurora Avenue North. (Cascade PBS)
✈️ A $1.9 billion merger between Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines can move forward, the U.S. Department of Transportation said yesterday, after securing certain consumer protections. (Axios)
