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• Judge: Washington's public hospitals must provide abortions

  21-06-2016 23:47
  
  Washington's public hospitals must provide on-site abortions for women who seek them, according to a state court decision issued Tuesday from Skagit County.
  
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• Virginia Mason is denied full accreditation after lapses

  21-06-2016 23:44
  
  Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle was found out of compliance in nearly 30 areas during a surprise visit in May by the Joint Commission, a nonprofit group that accredits hospitals across the nation.
  
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• DEA Responds to Claim That Agency Will Reclassify Cannabis on August 1

  21-06-2016 23:27 via thestranger.com
  
  by Kathleen RichardsThe DEA says its priority is the growing opioid crisis, not medical marijuana. a katz / Shutterstock.com
  The DEA is responding to a claim by an anonymous DEA lawyer that the federal agency plans to reschedule cannabis to a Schedule II drug on August 1. The story was first reported by the Santa Monica Observer. And the Internet of Weed jumped all over it.(Well, not everyone did. Some realized that the story was based on a single anonymous source and a very questionable scenari
  
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• Seattle housing hearing: ‘Harder for normal people to live in my neighborhood’

  21-06-2016 23:19
  
  The Seattle City Council’s land-use committee held a public hearing on legislation that would establish Mayor Ed Murray’s Mandatory Housing Affordability — Residential policy.
  
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• Q&A: A look behind the deal to shutter California nuke plant

  21-06-2016 23:17
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s last nuclear power plant, perched on a seaside bluff midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles, is set to close by 2025 under an agreement announced Tuesday. The Diablo Canyon plant has been operating commercially since the mid-1980s, supplying power to about 3 million homes in Northern and central California. […]
  
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• Washington Judge Says Hospitals that Provide Maternity Care Must Provide Abortions On Site

  21-06-2016 23:12 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverThe ACLU of Washington sued Skagit Valley Hospital for failing to offer abortions on site. rmnoa357/Shutterstock
  The Associated Press:A Washington state judge says public hospitals must provide abortions on-site if they also offer maternity services.
  The ruling from Skagit County Superior Court Judge Raquel Montoya-Lewis on Tuesday concerned Skagit Valley Hospital, which routinely refers patients to Planned Parenthood when they seek abortions.The ACLU of Washington brought the ca
  
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• The New Home Alive Doc Rock, Rage & Self-Defense is a Concise History of One of Seattle Activism's Finest Hours

  21-06-2016 22:59 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonThe Home Alive 2xCD is discussed.
  Since everyone seems eager to discuss how Seattle ain't how it used to was, I highly recommend taking an hour out of your day to watch Rock, Rage & Self-Defense, a new documentary by Leah Michaels and Rozz Therrien (its beginnings were reported here, five years ago, by Kathy Fennessy) about one of the most righteous chapters in this city's history of feminist activism and self-determination. Home Alive, which taught self-defense classes for wom
  
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• Remembering Alex Jackson with Housing for Artists at Pike Place Market

  21-06-2016 22:54 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jen GravesThe official decree by which the Alex Jackson House was named, at the February meeting of the Pike Place Market PDA Council.
  I just got a press release promoting three new public art installations going in at the MarketFront at Pike Place Market, which is set to be completed in January 2017. The public art involves mosaics, pigs, and colored aluminum strips, and sounds just fine.
  Clicking through to the full PDF of what's going in at the MarketFront, I found something nobody was pro
  
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• Senate Approves Additional Mass Shootings

  21-06-2016 22:14 via thestranger.com
  
  by Matt BaumeDo you have an outfit picked out for your next mass-shooting vigil? a katz / Shutterstock.com
  In this time when it seems impossible for Congress to agree on anything, it's refreshing to know that sometimes they can still manage to find common ground. And that common ground is that America will endure more mass shootings. Hooray.
  The Senate had four chances to pass gun-control on Monday, with two weak Democratic bills and two even-weaker Republican bills. And congratulations, Congres
  
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• Feds will use tax penalty data to find uninsured millennials

  21-06-2016 22:10
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — With time running out for the Obama administration to prove the success of the Affordable Care Act, officials are aggressively targeting a group that could help turn things around: young people. Federal health officials announced Tuesday they will comb tax records to find 18-34 year-olds who paid the penalty stipulated […]
  
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• Motorcyclist killed in crash on Maple Valley Highway in Renton

  21-06-2016 22:00
  
  The motorcyclist, a Maple Valley man in his 60s, was thrown off his bike and hit by a pickup. He died at the scene.
  
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• Calvin Johnson Puts Up K Records Building for Sale to Help Pay Off Debts

  21-06-2016 21:50 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dave SegalK boss Calvin Johnson's got so much trouble on his mind. Joel Brazzel
  Via The Olympian
  Dealing with mounting debts, Calvin Johnson, owner of the Olympia-based independent record label K, has put up the building that serves as its headquarters for sale. A former synagogue, the edifice is reportedly worth $399,000. As noted in The Stranger in February, K owes dozens of its artists—including Kimya Dawson, Phil Elverum, and KARP—substantial sums of money. The case of Elverum
  
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• Calvin Johnson Puts K Records Building Up for Sale to Help Pay Off Debts

  21-06-2016 21:50 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dave SegalK boss Calvin Johnson's got so much trouble on his mind. Joel Brazzel
  Via The Olympian
  Dealing with mounting debts, Calvin Johnson, owner of the Olympia-based independent record label K, has put up the building that serves as its headquarters for sale. A former synagogue, the edifice is reportedly worth $399,000. As noted in The Stranger in February, K owes dozens of its artists—including Kimya Dawson, Phil Elverum, and KARP—substantial sums of money. The case of Elverum
  
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• Public hospitals must provide abortions on site, judge rules

  21-06-2016 21:49
  
  A Skagit County Superior Court judge says public hospitals must provide abortions on-site if they also offer maternity services.
  
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• Hillary Clinton Takes on Trump's Scary Economic Plan; Trump Announces a "Big Speech Tomorrow"

  21-06-2016 21:24 via thestranger.com
  
  by Eli Sanders“Just like he shouldn’t have his finger on the button, he shouldn’t have his hands on our economy." JStone / Shutterstock.com
  In a speech today, Hillary Clinton continued her strategy of gathering up Donald Trump's long trail of terrifying comments and promises on a particular subject (this time, it's the economy) and showing what a dangerous and incoherent worldview they represent. As The New York Times reports:
  Mrs. Clinton described the process of constructing
  
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• Feds won’t file criminal charges against Pasco cops in death of rock-throwing man

  21-06-2016 21:24
  
  U.S. Attorney’s Office says there was insufficient evidence that the officers violated the civil rights of 35-year-old Antonio Zambrano-Montes when they shot him on Feb. 10, 2015.
  
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• Feds won’t file criminal charges against 3 Pasco cops in death of rock-throwing man

  21-06-2016 21:24
  
  The U.S. Attorney’s Office says there was insufficient evidence that the officers violated the civil rights of 35-year-old Antonio Zambrano-Montes when they shot him last year.
  
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• Suit claims Northwest Hospital fails to screen for charity care

  21-06-2016 21:17
  
  A class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges that Northwest Hospital & Medical Center fails to properly screen patients eligible for charity care under state law, instead sending their debt to collection agencies.
  
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• Sound Transit Doesn't Need to Cut Down on Marketing Costs: It Needs to Spend More

  21-06-2016 20:52 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeLight rail is breaking all kinds of records, fast, and the most urban thing you will find in Seattle. Charles Mudede
  There is a lot of talk about how Sound Transit spending loads of taxpayer cash on the wasteful business of promoting Link. KIRO had its in depth report. KUOW dedicated a whole show on this "heavy marketing." And even my favorite writer on matters concerning light rail, Heidi Groover, gave the generally insane critics of Sound Transit's big plans to rapidly urbaniz
  
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• Sound Transit Doesn't Need to Cut Down on Marketing Costs: It Needs Spend More

  21-06-2016 20:52 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeLight rail is breaking all kinds of records, fast, and the most urban thing you will find in Seattle. Charles Mudede
  
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• Man in custody after standoff in Marysville

  21-06-2016 20:32
  
  The man reportedly fired multiple shots outside a Marysville home where family members were inside.
  
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• Man in custody after shots fired, standoff in Marysville

  21-06-2016 20:32
  
  The man reportedly fired multiple shots outside a Marysville home where family members were inside.
  
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• One-Sentence Reviews of the Week 2 Mainstage Performances at NW New Works Festival

  21-06-2016 20:23 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich SmithThree cheers for The Three Yells' super-creepy deconstruction of Giselle.Tim SummersI know I said that attendance at NW New Works Festival 2016 was mandatory. And yet here I Slog before you, only having seen half of the weekend's shows. I know. I'm smh at myself. I mean, I'm the one who missed Gary Hill filling the studio space at On the Boards with enough wattage to make afterimages of the audience (3,000 watts!). I wanted to be an afterimage. MY LOSS.I did, however, see the whole
  
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• Woman punched by Seattle officer settles suit for $195,000

  21-06-2016 20:19
  
  In her suit, Miyekko Durden-Bosley accused the Seattle Police Department of negligent training, violations of her civil rights for excessive force and unreasonable search and seizure.
  
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• Woman punched by Seattle cop settles civil suit for $195,000

  21-06-2016 20:19
  
  In her suit, Miyekko Durden-Bosley accused the Seattle Police Department of negligent training, violations of her civil rights for excessive force and unreasonable search and seizure.
  
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• Donald Trump Is...

  21-06-2016 19:58 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan SavageDonald Trump is broke...
  Donald J. Trump enters the general election campaign laboring under the worst financial and organizational disadvantage of any major party nominee in recent history, placing both his candidacy and his party in political peril. Mr. Trump began June with just $1.3 million in cash on hand, a figure more typical for a campaign for the House of Representatives than the White House. He trailed Hillary Clinton, who raised more than $28 million in May, by more than
  
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• ‘We thought it would be safe route’: Cyclists call for bike-lane changes near streetcar tracks after woman dies

  21-06-2016 19:53
  
  Bicyclists say roadways with streetcar infrastructure are dangerous because bike tires can get stuck in the tracks.
  
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• After Desiree McCloud's Death, Bike Advocates Demand Changes Near Streetcar Tracks

  21-06-2016 19:47 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverA ghost bike is parked at 13th and Yesler, near where Desiree McCloud crashed. HG
  A month after 27-year-old Desiree McCloud died in a bike crash along the tracks of the First Hill Streetcar, friends, family, and bike advocates gathered last night to call for safety improvements in the area. But although a few city staffers were on hand, commitments to improve safety in the area were vague."All of us here need to commit to making streets safer in memory of Desiree," Cathy Tuttle,
  
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• Washington Senators Murray and Cantwell Want the FDA to Change Their Blood Donation Policies for Gay and Bisexual Men

  21-06-2016 19:39 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia Knauf ANURAKE SINGTO-ON / SHUTTERSTOCK
  Aside from forcing an unsuccessful vote on our nation's gun laws, the shooting at LGBT nightclub Pulse in Orlando, Fla., in which 49 people were killed, has also renewed debates about lifting the limits on gay and bisexual men donating blood.Currently, men who have had sex with men can only donate blood if they have remained celibate for a year, which is total bullshit.
  According to the Seattle Times, Washington state Senators Patty Murray and
  
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• Guest Editorial: A Seattle Black Life That Almost Mattered In 1938

  21-06-2016 19:38 via thestranger.com
  
  by Daudi AbeA black man was killed in this building by white cops in 1938. We can be sure that the guides for the Underground Tour never mention this racially motivated murder. Charles Mudede
  In a recent post, Ansel Herz reported that a coalition of African American, Native American, and Latino families who have lost loved ones to police violence filed an initiative with the state to change the law and make it easier to prosecute police for use of deadly force in Washington. The institutional re
  
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• Once labeled invasive, ‘rock snot’ algae now deemed native

  21-06-2016 19:35
  
  MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Researchers say an algae called “rock snot” that was thought to be an invasive species in the Northeast is actually native to the northern United States. The algae, didymo, has caused massive blooms in some U.S. rivers. Fishermen spotted it in rivers in Vermont in 2007, sparking alarm. To fight rock […]
  
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• Facts about California’s last nuke plant that’s set to close

  21-06-2016 19:34
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s last nuclear power plant will close by 2025 under an agreement that will replace production with energy sources that don’t produce greenhouse gases. Here are some facts about the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant: — Operated since 1985 by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. — Located near Avila Beach along the […]
  
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• City Reaches $195K Settlement With Woman Punched by Police Officer

  21-06-2016 19:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ansel HerzSeattle Police DepartmentDash-cam video shows SPD officer Adley Shepherd striking Miyekko Durden-Bosley in 2014.
  Seattlepi.com:
  A Seattle woman left bruised and concussed after a 2014 arrest has settled federal claims against the city and the police officer who punched her.
  Miyekko Durden-Bosley and her attorneys will be paid $195,000 in exchange for dropping a lawsuit brought by Durden-Bosley in 2015. The police officer who punched the handcuffed 23-year-old, Officer Adley Shepherd
  
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• Portland man airlifted after falling more than 70 feet near Snoqualmie Pass peak

  21-06-2016 19:06
  
  The victim fell after removing his helmet and safety gear as he was climbing a peak called The Tooth.
  
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• Police search for owner of Auburn home destroyed in fire

  21-06-2016 18:56
  
  The owner of an Auburn home destroyed in a Monday fire has not been heard from since Sunday.
  
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• The Morning News: Seattle’s Active Shooter Classes Fill Up, Police Release Central District Shooting Dashcam, and a Boeing Deal with Iran

  21-06-2016 17:40 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney BrownstoneHave you read "What We Find in Gay Bars and Queer Clubs" yet? You should.Rachel Robinson
  Nightclub Workers Are Packing Active Shooter Training Classes: Monday and Tuesday active shooter training classes offered by the City of Seattle hit capacity. Now the city is offering an additional class on Monday to teach nightclub workers their ABC’s: Avoid, Barricade, and Combat.But Yesterday, the Senate Voted Down Two Gun Control Measures: The two measures would have “expa
  
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• Plane on way to South Pole for daring winter medical rescue

  21-06-2016 17:25
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A daring South Pole medical rescue is underway. An airplane left a British base in Antarctica on Tuesday for the 1,500-mile trip to evacuate a sick worker from a remote U.S. science station. A Twin Otter plane began the trip Tuesday at about 8 a.m. EDT and is expected to arrive around […]
  
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• Plane on way to daring South Pole medical rescue in winter

  21-06-2016 17:25
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A daring South Pole medical rescue is underway. An airplane left a British base in Antarctica Tuesday for the 1,500-mile trip to evacuate a sick worker from a U.S. science station. Athena Dinar, spokeswoman for the British Antarctic Survey, said one of two Twin Otter planes began the trip Tuesday, while the […]
  
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• End of California nuclear era: Last plant to close by 2025

  21-06-2016 16:19
  
  California’s last nuclear power plant will close by 2025 under an accord announced Tuesday, ending three decades of safety debates that helped fuel the national anti-nuclear power movement. The state’s largest utility, Pacific Gas & Electric Co., and environmental groups reached an agreement to replace production at Diablo Canyon nuclear plant with solar power and […]
  
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• Deal will close California’s last nuclear plant by 2025

  21-06-2016 16:19
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s last nuclear power plant will close by 2025 under an accord announced Tuesday, ending three decades of safety debates that helped fuel the national anti-nuclear power movement. The state’s largest utility, Pacific Gas & Electric Co., and environmental groups announced the agreement on the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant, which sits […]
  
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• Search continues for missing man in Bellevue’s Phantom Lake

  21-06-2016 16:00
  
  Emergency crews returned to Phantom Lake after the search was called off due to weather.
  
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• ‘Dance Moms’ star to ‘accept responsibility’ for fed charges

  21-06-2016 15:05
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — “Dance Moms” star Abby Lee Miller plans to accept responsibility for federal charges filed in Pittsburgh accusing her of failing to report Australian currency she brought into the country in 2014 and bankruptcy fraud charges, she said in a statement Tuesday. Miller issued the statement after she was contacted by The Associated […]
  
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• ‘We are never going to be finished’: Filmmaker Wes Hurley on gay rights, HIV and more

  21-06-2016 15:00
  
  For Seattle writer and director Wes Hurley, the recent mass shooting at the Orlando gay bar Pulse shows more needs to be done to protect the rights and lives of gay people. Count him in, and join him at the Seattle Pride Parade.
  
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• Seattle fifth-graders share some of dollars raised for library books

  21-06-2016 15:00
  
  Kimball Elementary students are giving a portion of the money raised during their library fundraiser to Van Asselt Elementary students for their library.
  
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• Kirkland, North Seattle light-rail stops could pick up voters for Sound Transit expansion

  21-06-2016 15:00
  
  Two new train stations made it into the Sound Transit 3 plan — one for walking and bus access in North Seattle, the other for park-and-riders in South Kirkland.
  
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• Legal weed sparks Colorado debate — why not allow pot clubs?

  21-06-2016 11:53
  
  DENVER (AP) — Legal marijuana is giving Colorado a stinky conundrum. Visitors can buy the drug, but they can’t use it in public. Or in a rental car. Or in most hotel rooms. The result is something marijuana advocates and opponents feared — people toking up on sidewalks, in city parks and in alleys behind […]
  
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• Southwest to get a smidgen of relief from soaring heat

  21-06-2016 08:33
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Southwest is about to get some heat relief — if you can call it that. Temperatures in the region are forecast to begin dipping from unbearable to merely sweltering starting Tuesday. Palm Springs, California, for example, which soared to 121 degrees Monday, is likely to see a Tuesday high of 112. […]
  
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• Bird’s eye view of downtown Seattle

  21-06-2016 05:32
  
  Although skies were gray this weekend, the weather in the Seattle area is expected to be partly sunny Tuesday, with a daytime high of 69.
  
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• Facing hostility, firefighters in rural Oregon raising money for body cameras

  21-06-2016 05:30
  
  One fire official believes equipping firefighters with body cameras will document inappropriate or illegal behavior and, hopefully, discourage it.
  
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• UW students head to Nepal for hands-on learning

  21-06-2016 05:16
  
  The University of Washington will hold an exploration seminar in Kathmandu in August as part of its year-old Nepal Studies Initiative.
  
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