A handful of nuts is an easy and healthy snack, but if you’re growing a bit tired of the same rotation of almonds, walnuts, cashews, and pistachios, enter the pili nut. Pili—pronounced “peeley”—is a ...

SEATTLE — Alissa Pili could feel the difference. Pili, who grew up in Alaska and graduated from Dimond High, stepped on the floor Tuesday at Climate Pledge Arena as a newly minted member of the WNBA.

Alissa Pili was back home in Anchorage, Alaska, when she received the text. She was midway through a workout in her old high school gym, stopping briefly to check her phone. “I have some good news,” ...