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• Scores of EPA workers object to Trump’s pick to lead agency

  06-02-2017 23:50
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Hundreds of current and former employees of the Environmental Protection Agency are speaking out against President Donald Trump’s pick to head the department. About 300 people, including scores of EPA employees, rallied Monday across the street from the agency’s regional headquarters in downtown Chicago to oppose Scott Pruitt’s nomination. Nearly 450 former […]
  
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• Ex-Port of Seattle CEO fires back, says illegal payouts weren’t his idea

  06-02-2017 23:31
  
  Ted Fick, who resigned a week ago, speaks out after he had remained silent about his departure and a state audit that pointed to illegal payouts under his watch.
  
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• Washington State’s Landmark Lawsuit Against Trump’s Muslim Ban Gains Widespread Support. Here's the Latest:

  06-02-2017 23:24 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney BrownstoneWashington Attorney General Bob Ferguson's lawsuit against the Trump's travel ban is growing—and may soon head to the US Supreme Court. SB
  Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson's landmark lawsuit against Donald Trump has emerged as the primary challenge to the new administration's executive order banning refugees and citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US.A lot has happened with the lawsuit over the last three days—including a lot of p
  
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• UPDATE: I-90 reopened, again, snow switches to rain across most of Seattle region

  06-02-2017 23:02
  
  Mother Nature brought winter back to Seattle Sunday night and early Monday, with several inches of snow falling across the Puget Sound region and much more in areas closer to the Cascade foothills.
  
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• UPDATE: I-90 partially closed, snow switches to rain across most of Seattle region

  06-02-2017 23:02
  
  Mother Nature brought winter back to Seattle Sunday night and early Monday, with several inches of snow falling across the Puget Sound region and much more in areas closer to the Cascade foothills.
  
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• Our Arts Critics Recommend These 54 Events This Week

  06-02-2017 22:54 via thestranger.com
  
  Let The Right One In, Roz Chast, Capitol Hill Art Walk, And More Picksby Stranger Things To Do StaffOur music critics have already chosen the 25 best concerts this week and we've compiled a list of big-deal art events this month to get tickets for, but now it's our arts and culture critics' turn to recommend the best events happening this week in their areas of expertise. Here are their picks in every genre—from New Yorker-themed talks (staff cartoonist Roz Chast and Short Stories Live: St
  
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• The 54 Best Things To Do in Seattle This Week: Feb 6-12, 2017

  06-02-2017 22:52 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffThis week only, see the impeccable stage production Let the Right One In, based on what Sean Nelson calls "the greatest vampire movie of all time," presented by the National Theatre of Scotland. Lawrence Peart
  Our music critics have already chosen the 25 best concerts this week and we've compiled a list of big-deal art events this month to get tickets for, but now it's our arts and culture critics' turn to recommend the best events happening this week in their areas
  
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• WATCH LIVE: Democrats' Last Stand Against Betsy DeVos

  06-02-2017 22:34 via thestranger.com
  by Rich SmithHere's some good political television for those of us enjoying a snow day.Democrats, led by Washington Senator Patty Murray, have been laying into Trump's unqualified, bear-wary pick for education secretary since 9 this morning. They'll keep speaking until 9 tomorrow morning, when a final vote to confirm Betsy DeVos's nomination is scheduled.Last week, in response to a huge number of calls from constituents who expressed deep concerns about a DOE helmed by a bigly Republican donor w
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: Maybe Sex Just Isn't His Thing

  06-02-2017 22:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage
  I am a 26-year-old male, with ten years of sexual history. Since I was 16, I have always identified as a gay man. However, I don't think I'm gay. I've only had sexual relations with other men, but it started because a guy my age propositioned me. I was too socially awkward to talk to anyone, so hooking up with guys just seemed easier. When I went to college, I slutted around a lot, with little to no emotional connection; but in the past four years or so, I've barely been with anyon
  
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• ‘Such a joy in so many ways’: 3 immigrants, turned away a week ago, happy to be home

  06-02-2017 22:29
  
  Sea-Tac Airport on Monday saw the return of the first man turned away at the airport because of President Trump’s travel ban. The Somali man was greeted by a bevy of reporters and state officials, including Attorney General Bob Ferguson and Gov. Jay Inslee.
  
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• ‘Such a joy in so many ways’: 2 immigrants, turned away a week ago, happy to finally be home

  06-02-2017 22:29
  
  Several people turned away from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport after President Trump’s travel ban returned to Seattle on Monday.
  
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• AP Explains: Can Trump deny funds to sanctuary cities?

  06-02-2017 22:13
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is threatening to punish cities and other municipalities that shelter immigrants living in the country illegally by denying them federal dollars. Can a president do that? Most taxpayer money is beyond Trump’s control. But a relatively small portion of the federal budget involves grants distributed by agency and Cabinet […]
  
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• Gary Oldman Watches Teens Make Out in The Space Between Us

  06-02-2017 22:09 via thestranger.com
  
  by Suzette SmithThe Space Between Us
  The Space Between Us asks you to believe that journalists would show up in ball gowns to a press conference about a rocket launch—and that afterwards, they would spill out onto a picturesque runway, watching as a rocket revs its engines like a motorbike. Who wastes fuel like that? It’s clear we aren’t at NASA, and we aren’t going to be serious about science in this film. So where are we? I’ll just go ahead and tell you, since The
  
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• Man sentenced to life for strangling girlfriend in Bellevue apartment

  06-02-2017 21:44
  
  The Seattle man was convicted in December of strangling the woman in a vacant Bellevue apartment, his third strike under the state’s three-strikes law.
  
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• The 25 Best Concerts in Seattle This Week: Feb 6-12, 2017

  06-02-2017 21:42 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffSee Stranger Genius Award nominees Chastity Belt on Sunday at Black Lodge. Kelly O
  In addition to the snow, there's also plenty of excellent live music to experience outside in Seattle this week. Our music critics recommend everything from the musical equivalent of Rookie Mag (Cherry Glazerr) to the chill and sparsely beautiful music of composer Arvo Pärt to a Valentine's Day show featuring Lavender Country. Read more about our critics' picks below and click th
  
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• Our Music Critics Recommend These 25 Concerts This Week

  06-02-2017 21:36 via https
  Chastity Belt, Cherry Glazerr, Kinski, The Music of Arvo Pärt, Lavender Country, And More Picks For Feb 6-12by Stranger Things To Do StaffIn addition to the snow, there's also plenty of excellent live music to experience outside in Seattle this week. Our music critics recommend everything from the musical equivalent of Rookie Mag (Cherry Glazerr) to the chill and sparsely beautiful music of composer Arvo Pärt to a Valentine's Day show featuring Lavender Country. TUESDAYAluk Todolo, Ins
  
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• 1 injured by falling tree at Woodland Park

  06-02-2017 21:32
  
  Firefighters are responding to Seattle’s Woodland Park, where one person was injured by a falling tree in an off-leash dog area.
  
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• Snow in Seattle: Readers share their photos from around the region

  06-02-2017 21:28
  
  Here are readers' views of the heavy blanket of snow that fell on the Seattle area Sunday night and Monday.
  
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• Is Your Power Out? That Makes 7000+ of Us in the Seattle Area

  06-02-2017 21:20 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jessica FuOutages mapped across the city. Seattle City Light
  The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for the Seattle area, in effect until 4 PM. But you just need a window to know that.How are schools affected? They—most of them in Seattle and in the region—are closed. Spotted: kids and their guardians sliding down hills in saucers at parks everywhere.
  All Seattle Public Schools will be closed today, Feb 6, due to icy and snowy road conditions. No School tod
  
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• This Week in The Stranger, on The Slog

  06-02-2017 21:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Leilani Polk
  We put out a lot of breaking news every day on the Slog, which means there's a possibility you may have missed some of the stories we published in this week's paper. Here's a handy guide to our biggest stories this week.In Open City, Sean Nelson asked why we protest.
  In News & Politics, Sydney Brownstone shed light on a first-of-its-kind lawsuit, which finds Washington State's Attorney General suing the Trump Administration over its travel ban, while Amber Cortes talked to im
  
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• Man who beat, robbed former owners of King Donuts sentenced to nearly 12 years

  06-02-2017 20:44
  
  Chea Pol and her husband, Heng Hay, were attacked and robbed as they were leaving their doughnut shop in January 2015.
  
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• Binge Eater: Black hole taking over decade to devour star

  06-02-2017 20:04
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have detected a black hole that’s taken a record-breaking decade to devour a star — and it’s still chewing away. The food fest is happening in a small galaxy 1.8 billion light-years from Earth. University of New Hampshire research scientist Dacheng (dah-CHENG) Lin said that black hole feeding frenzies […]
  
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• Che Taylor inquest postponed because of inclement weather

  06-02-2017 19:42
  
  The inquest at the King County Courthouse is expected to resume Tuesday, weather permitting.
  
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• It Snowed In Seattle, Everything's Shut Down, But Damn It's Pretty

  06-02-2017 19:24 via thestranger.com
  
  by Leilani PolkEven garbage bins look good covered in snow. lpolk
  Schools are closed across the region, more than 100,000 people are without power, the garbage trucks aren't picking up your trash today, and some bus routes are running late, or not at all. In sum, it snowed in Seattle, and it's not due to let up until sometime around 4 pm. At least it's pretty.
  People have been posting their snow pictures on Twitter:❄️ SNOW DAY ❄️ #SoNorthwest or should we say.. #SnowN
  
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• 4 Oregon refuge defendants set to take pleas ahead of trial

  06-02-2017 19:14
  
  PORTLAND (AP) — Four of the remaining seven defendants charged in the armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge are taking plea deals Monday rather than go to trial next week. One of them, Dylan Anderson of Provo, Utah, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor trespassing Monday morning in exchange for other charges being dismissed. He […]
  
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• 3 Oregon refuge defendants plead guilty to trespassing

  06-02-2017 19:14
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Three of the remaining seven defendants charged in the armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge took plea deals Monday rather than go to trial next week. Sean and Sandra Anderson, a married couple from Riggins, Idaho, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor trespassing in exchange for other charges being dismissed. Dylan […]
  
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• Bellingham dad gets jail time for trapping CPS caseworkers in an elevator

  06-02-2017 18:51
  
  The father’s story went viral in 2014 after he and his partner said they were being bullied for their beliefs in home birth and a holistic lifestyle.
  
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• Snow cancels, delays scores of Monday flights in and out of Seattle

  06-02-2017 18:44
  
  If you’re trying to fly out of Seattle today, or meeting someone who is flying in, check that flight status now. Airlines have canceled or delayed scores of flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, and Seattle-based Alaska Airlines is waiving change fees and offering full refunds. The Port of Seattle reports many delays and cancellations due […]
  
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• Upstate N.Y. digging out of 5 to 8 feet of lake-effect snow

  06-02-2017 18:43
  
  OSCEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — State crews and local public works employees are working to remove 5 to 8 feet of lake-effect snow that has fallen on parts of upstate New York since last week. The National Weather Service says its meteorologists recorded 76 inches (more than 6 feet) in the Oswego County town of Redfield […]
  
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• Up to 4 feet of powder blankets Washington ski slopes, but getting there might be difficult

  06-02-2017 18:30
  
  A series of storms pounded the Cascades this past weekend, and skiers and snowboarders were waist deep in light powder with some ski resorts reporting 4 feet or more of snow. Now the bad news is all the build-up of snow has made access dicey on roadways from Seattle to the ski slopes. In fact, the […]
  
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• Shot fired at Oregon bar during Super Bowl; no injuries

  06-02-2017 18:28
  
  Though witnesses said they believe the shot was fired because of the Super Bowl, police would not confirm it.
  
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• The Morning News Updated: Trump Blocked From Addressing British Parliament, Almost Real Snow Falls on Seattle

  06-02-2017 18:04 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeSnow all over South Seattle... Charles Mudede
  Almost Real Snow Is Finally Here: And so the old Seattle song goes: The roads are bad, the cars are crashing, many flights at Sea-Tac airport are canceled, the buses are slipping and sliding, and the schools are closed. The good thing is that the city does look so pretty in snow.The bad thing is that storms of this kind always do a number on our power. There are trees in this city that, when under the weight of the snow, finally give
  
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• The Morning News: Almost Real Snow Falls on Seattle, Banned Muslims Are Entering Seattle-Tacoma International Airport

  06-02-2017 18:04 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeSnow all over South Seattle... Charles Mudede
  Almost Real Snow Is Finally Here: And so the old Seattle song goes: The roads are bad, the cars are crashing, the flights are delayed at Sea-Tac, the buses are slipping and sliding, and the schools are closed. The good thing is that the city does look pretty in snow.The bad thing is that storms of this kind always do a number on our power. There are trees in this city that, when under the weight of the snow, finally give up the ghost
  
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• Winter storm covers Puget Sound area in snow

  06-02-2017 17:43
  
  Snow accumulations ranged from 3 to 14 inches — and it was still coming down Monday morning, with showers expected to continue much of the day.
  
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• Scenes from the snowfall around the Puget Sound area

  06-02-2017 17:43
  
  Snow accumulations ranged from 3 to 14 inches — and it was still coming down Monday.
  
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• Seattle roads empty; Sea-Tac flights delayed

  06-02-2017 17:15
  
  The Seattle area woke Monday to snowy, empty streets, closed schools and an airport that's running a little behind.
  
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• Seattle covered in snow, more falling, closures abound

  06-02-2017 16:40
  
  Seattle and much of Western Washington got hit hard with snow Sunday night, triggering traffic delays and closures, school closures and more.
  
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• Meteor over Lake Michigan lights up sky in several states

  06-02-2017 15:43
  
  GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A meteor over Lake Michigan lit up the sky Monday morning across several states in the Midwest. Dashcam video from police cruisers in Wisconsin and Illinois captured the fireball streaking through the night about 1:30 a.m. In addition to Illinois and Wisconsin, the American Meteor Society lists sightings in Indiana, […]
  
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• Tough McCleary puzzle: How the complex history of teacher pay won’t make a solution any easier

  06-02-2017 15:30
  
  Before the state can finally settle the McCleary case, lawmakers first must solve the complex puzzle of how school districts in Washington pay for the salaries of nearly 65,000 classroom teachers.
  
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• More on our speakers for Ignite Education Lab 2017

  06-02-2017 15:30
  
  Ahead of our annual education storytelling event on Wednesday, we wanted to give you a sneak peek of the program audience members will see at Town Hall on Feb. 8.
  
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• Librarians take up arms against fake news

  06-02-2017 15:30
  
  Librarians are stepping into the breach to help students become smarter evaluators of the information that floods into their lives. That’s increasingly necessary in an era in which fake news is a constant.
  
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• One argument for U District upzone: Light rail is coming

  06-02-2017 15:00
  
  Proponents’ simplest argument for a University District upzone? Locating new apartments and jobs near transit is common sense.
  
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• Mobile-home park’s residents left in dark as homes are sold out from under them

  06-02-2017 15:00
  
  Neighbors in a low-income, mostly Latino mobile-home park are fighting Kittitas County’s surprise plan to evict them. Now the state is investigating.
  
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• Hearts are on fire for Valentine’s Day at Avalon Glassworks

  06-02-2017 15:00
  
  The glassworks makes a variety of art pieces, but most hearts are just for Valentine’s Day.
  
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• City has big plans for U District, but business owners worry about its ‘heart and soul’

  06-02-2017 15:00
  
  Some small-business owners are raising concerns about Seattle’s proposed U District upzone. Others say modest changes on The Ave are nothing to fear.
  
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• Big plans for U District, but merchants worry about ‘heart and soul’

  06-02-2017 15:00
  
  Some small-business owners are raising concerns about Seattle’s proposed U District upzone. Others say modest changes on The Ave are nothing to fear.
  
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• As U District upzone nears, a simple ‘pro’ argument underscored

  06-02-2017 15:00
  
  Proponents’ simplest argument for a University District upzone? Locating new apartments and jobs near transit is common sense.
  
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• Today In Trump's Tongue Up Putin's Ass

  06-02-2017 13:31 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan SavageWaPo:
  President Trump offered a fulsome defense of Russian President Vladi­mir Putin over the weekend, leaving Republican lawmakers frustrated and flummoxed yet again by the president’s warm feelings toward the rival nation.
  In a Fox News interview, Trump, who during the campaign repeatedly praised Putin, again said that he respected the Russian leader and hoped to get along with Moscow, and he seemed to equate the United States with its adversary when pressed by host Bill
  
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• Valentine's Date Night Suggestions: Fancy, Casual, Single, Take-Out

  06-02-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Valentine's Date Night Recommendations: Fancy, Casual, Single, Take-Outby Tobias Coughlin-BogueI suppose me telling you, from a former waiter's perspective, that Valentine's Day is the absolute worst day of the year to dine out is not going to stop you, is it? But seriously, the staff is rarely psyched to be there, you're guaranteed a wait for your table even if you show up on time, and the menu is generally a spendy prix fixe meal carefully designed to fleece those forced by circumstance to bra
  
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• Bring Down the House, a Diverse, All-Female Henry VI, Tests Shakespeare's Universality

  06-02-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  How Universal Is Shakespeare? Bring Down the House, a Diverse, All-Female Henry VI, Wants Answersby Rich SmithThe day following National Day of Patriotic Devotion, the cast and crew of Seattle Shakespeare and upstart crow collective's joint production Bring Down the House had a decision to make. They could demonstrate along with the roughly 175,000 people marching in support of women's rights in Seattle or they could rehearse for their all-female production of William Shakespeare's Henry VI play
  
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