No one on Seattlest has yet touched this story about a 14-year-old girl from Carnation, Wash., whose parents starved her and severely restricted her water intake for over three years. That's because it's one of those horrifying, haunting stories that allows no room for snark; even platitudes like "horrifying" and "haunting" seem emptier than usual, because they don't even begin to touch what it must have been like for this girl to be so abused. It must have been a living nightmare. more ›

We have a pressing question for you Seattlest readers: Which headline from today's local news is more awful? We simply can't decide on our own. more ›