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• How Much Will All These Sugary Drinks Cost Under the Soda Tax?

  07-06-2017 23:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by Tess Riski Tess Riski
  On Monday, the Seattle City Council approved the sugary beverage tax. The levy, which goes into effect on January 1, adds 1.75 cents per ounce on sugar-sweetened beverages. City council members say the tax serves two purposes: 1. Discouraging people from consuming sugar, which is linked to diabetes and heart disease, and 2. Creating a funding stream for programs aimed at closing the achievement gap between students of color and white students.Some beverages will be exemp
  
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• On the Blabbermouth Podcast: The Comey Hearing, and a Battle Royale Over the Fight at Evergreen State College

  07-06-2017 23:50 via thestranger.com
  
  by The StrangerThe Evergreen State College, in brighter times. GettySubscribe to the podcast FOR FREE by clicking right here!
  This week, Dan Savage, Eli Sanders, and Rich Smith talk about the Comey hearing and then dissect a notable new poll finding: more Americans now want Donald Trump impeached than support his job performance!
  After that, a battle royale over the recent unrest at The Evergreen State College, which is being held up nationally as the latest example of liberal campus intolerance
  
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• Trio charged with assault rifle shooting campaign

  07-06-2017 23:44
  
  Three people have been charged with a shooting spree in which some or all of them were involved in firing assault weapons at randomly selected targets.
  
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• Spokane police investigate alleged sexual assault by Homeland Security agent

  07-06-2017 23:43
  
  The victim told officers that a man arrived at her Spokane apartment looking for a woman named Sharon, which is not her name. The man flashed a Homeland Security identification badge and shortly after punched her in the face.
  
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• Free entry Saturday to state parks, national forests for Get Outdoors Day

  07-06-2017 23:32
  
  Annual event encourages healthful and active outdoor fun; no fees at trailheads, and Discover Pass not required at parks.
  
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• Prom Queen Gets Funny as a Bunny

  07-06-2017 23:07 via thestranger.com
  
  Celene Ramadan (aka Prom Queen) has a new creative persona—a big, white, joke-telling rabbit.by Jake UittiPerforming as Snax, Ramadan dresses in a pajama-like bunny outfit complete with big round head and floppy ears. She’s at The Pink Door June 10.Clay Showalter
  If you’ve ever seen the Seattle-based singer-songwriter Celene Ramadan (aka Prom Queen) perform, you know the aesthetic pizzazz she showcases through the magic of color and cloth, in addition to her jangly retro rock &
  
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• The Summer 2017 Edition of Seattle Art and Performance, a Stranger Quarterly, Is Out Now!

  07-06-2017 22:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher Frizzelle
  Oh god, finally. Finally, finally, finally.
  The season of sunshine, the season of the Seattle Art Fair, the season of bike riding and Shakespeare in the park and everyone who’s been moaning about how cold and dark it is suddenly moaning about how hot and bright it is is upon us! The season also heralds the launch of the Summer 2017 Edition of Seattle Art and Performance, a Stranger Quarterly. Here's a quick peek at what you can find in it.If it gets to be a little
  
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• Seattle picks only remaining KeyArena renovation bid

  07-06-2017 22:45
  
  In an unsurprising move, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray picked the proposal to renovate KeyArena offered by Oak View Group -- the only remaining bidder for the project.
  
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• Pot sales one of brightest spots in state’s retail sector, tax data shows

  07-06-2017 22:41
  
  There may be a retail apocalypse going on, but you wouldn’t know it from Washington state’s retail sales in 2016.
  
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• Connelly: Mayor candidate Moon a 'civic leader' and tunnel foe

  07-06-2017 22:41
  
  Cary Moon organized the People's Waterfront Coalition to fight the tunnel project replacing the Alaskan Way Viaduct.  She now has sights on the seventh floor of City Hall, running for Seattle mayor.
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: The 30-Year-Old, Not-Conventionally-Attractive, Cancer-and-Abuse-Surviving Virgin

  07-06-2017 22:30 via thestranger.com
  by Dan Savage
  I'm almost 30 and I'm a virgin. When I first saw the movie "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" I was a little terrified because it had an air of prophecy about it. I'm an overweight, straight-ish guy.(I'm attracted to a few men but those cases are exceedingly rare.) I've also gone through an absolute hell life thus far, losing a testicle to cancer and having an abusive father who threatened a teenage me into celibacy by invoking the phrase "penile lobotomy" should I have sex with any girlfrie
  
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• Producer Jerry Bruckheimer, Celtics minority owner David Bonderman to join KeyArena renovation group

  07-06-2017 22:30
  
  The addition of Bonderman and Bruckheimer, to be announced at a news conference at 2:30 p.m. at KeyArena, provides the strongest signal yet that the Oak View Group intends to bring an NHL team to Seattle near-term and an NBA team further down the road.
  
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• Producer Jerry Bruckheimer, Celtics minority owner David Bonderman join KeyArena renovation group

  07-06-2017 22:30
  
  The addition of Bonderman and Bruckheimer provides the strongest signal yet that the Oak View Group intends to bring an NHL team to Seattle near-term and an NBA team further down the road.
  
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• Jeremy Christian, In Second Court Appearance, Shouts a Self Defense Claim

  07-06-2017 22:10 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dirk VanderHart DOUG BROWN
  For the second time since he allegedly murdered two men and seriously wounded a third on May 26, Jeremy Christian interrupted a court hearing with shouts this morning."Not guilty of anything but defending myself against violent aggression by Micah Fletcher!" Christian yelled as he was being led away, specifically calling out the stabbing victim who survived the attack on a MAX Green Line train.
  Jeremy Christian here. Micah Fletcher looks on. 15 count indictment. pic
  
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• Mountain lion kittens near LA die after mother abandons them

  07-06-2017 22:00
  
  CALABASAS, Calif. (AP) — Two mountain lion kittens being tracked by scientists have died in the Southern California wilderness after being abandoned by their mother. The male and female dubbed P-57 and P-58 were part of a study of cougars by researchers with the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, which sprawls from Los Angeles […]
  
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• You Must Read James Comey's Prepared Testimony

  07-06-2017 21:25 via thestranger.com
  
  It's the fullest accounting so far of what went down between President Trump and his fired FBI director.by Eli SandersHe took a lot of notes about his conversations with Trump, and now it's time to read them. Zach Gibson / Stringer
  The New York Times has the remarks that former FBI Director James Comey has prepared for his Senate testimony tomorrow, and you should take a moment and read them. They're the fullest accounting so far of what went down between President Trump and his fired FBI direct
  
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• The Rising Trend of All-Day Cafes Comes of Age in Seattle

  07-06-2017 21:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Naomi TomkyAVOCADO TOAST As served at Cherry Street Public House. SUZI PRATT
  Seattle's most famous beverage brand, Starbucks, rose to fame curating the "third place." But the coffee shop as a second home or office has fallen to the wayside with the arrival of the latest trend in restaurants: the all-day cafe.
  The trend began as a slow trickle, with Oddfellows, Vif, and Mr. West, but has sped up in recent months with the opening of Cherry Street Public House and Cafe Hitchcock. The all-day caf
  
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• Connelly: Trump job approval falls to 34 percent, his lowest yet, in national poll

  07-06-2017 21:05
  
  Only a third of Americans approve of the job President Trump is doing, according to the new Quinnipiac University Poll.  The poll found heavy disapproval of Trump's decision to pull the United States out of the Paris Climate Agreement.
  
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• Hugging: I'm On #TeamJerry

  07-06-2017 20:51 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage
  Thank you, Jerry. From all the non-huggers out here, thank you.
  I don't like to hug people. I mean, there are certain specific people I will hug I like to hug. My husband, my siblings, my kid (way back when he would hug his parents), my dad, my good friends, our very special guest stars. But I do a job—I give sex advice to strangers at a safe remove—that makes a lot of people want to hug me. People I don't know. In theaters. In restaurants. In airports. Once in a public
  
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• Ruin Porn: Touring the Georgetown Steam Plant

  07-06-2017 20:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Amber CortesThe plant has endured a “rare combination of deeply caring people and also a kind of benign neglect.” GEORGETOWN STEAM PLANT
  There's something about an old building that proves irresistible to the imagination. My urge to explore the abandoned relics of our industrial past is strong, so I jumped at the chance to go on a (safe, legal) tour of the Georgetown Steam Plant, designated a National Historic Landmark in 1984 and now owned and operated by Seattle City Light. On J
  
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• City Council Member Lisa Herbold Endorses Jon Grant

  07-06-2017 20:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverCouncil Member Lisa Herbold wants Jon Grant on city council. City of Seattle
  Saying his campaign platform "reminds us that we must do more for those with the least," Seattle City Council member Lisa Herbold today endorsed Jon Grant for citywide council Position 8.Herbold, who was elected to the city's governing body in 2015 after serving as a council aide, has a long history working with Grant on tenants' rights issues. Both Herbold and Grant, the former head of the Tenants Union
  
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• No driver? No problem: Self-driving cars could soon be tested on Washington roads

  07-06-2017 20:35
  
  Surrounded by executives from General Motors, Google and Uber, Gov. Jay Inslee signed an executive order that will allow driverless cars to test-drive on Washington roads, with or without a human behind the wheel.
  
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• NASA picks 12 new astronauts from crush of applicants

  07-06-2017 20:35
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has chosen 12 new astronauts from its biggest pool of applicants ever. Vice President Mike Pence attended Wednesday’s announcement of the Astronaut Class of 2017 at Johnson Space Center in Houston. More than 18,300 people threw their hats into the space ring. That’s more than double the previous record […]
  
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• The cutest first pitch you've ever seen

  07-06-2017 20:07
  
  It may not have been the furthest pitch, but it was without a doubt the cutest. 
  
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• Montana to switch how it counts wolves in the state

  07-06-2017 20:06
  
  HELENA, Mont. — Montana wildlife officials say the way they count wolves is too expensive and falls far short of an actual population estimate, so they plan to switch to a model that uses information gathered from hunters. Wildlife advocates say wolf numbers are declining and that switching exclusively to the patch occupancy model within […]
  
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• A Seattle Couple Hopes to Unify the City's Splintered Music Scene Via the Orphan Radio Pirate Station

  07-06-2017 19:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dave SegalJoe Gillick and Sage Redman are launching Orphan Radio at Capitol Hill’s LoveCityLove space. Steve Korn
  If my early-1990s hardcore-rave cassettes dubbed by the esteemed music critic Simon Reynolds are any indication, English pirate radio stations customarily fling the listener into a hothouse atmosphere of radical underground sounds, hosted by evangelical DJs who frequently big up the music and their mates as they slightly mute the tunes. To this American's ears, it seemed lik
  
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• Police try to identify man linked to killing of 4 in Kitsap County

  07-06-2017 19:36
  
  The Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office didn’t say why investigators believe the man is linked to the deaths, but they said they don’t believe the man acted alone.
  
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• Bellingham rapist sentenced for preying on intoxicated women

  07-06-2017 19:09
  
  A dozen women accused the 33-year-old man of sexually assaulting them. Some cases were a decade old and beyond the statute of limitations for bringing criminal charges.
  
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• This is us: Earliest fossils of our species have been found in Morocco

  07-06-2017 19:04
  
  How long has our species been around? New fossils from Morocco push the evidence back by about 100,000 years. The discovery reveals people from an early stage of our species' evolution, with a mix of modern and more primitive traits.
  
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• Pick Up Cold Cube Press's Two New Dreamy Comic Collections

  07-06-2017 19:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich SmithI want to rip these pages out and hang them on my wall for the rest of my 30s.
  This week, Cold Cube Press, a risograph outfit run by Aidan Fitzgerald and Michael Heck, launches two summer-colored collections of comics, both bizarre and risky in their own way, both shining with pages of brilliance, and both ideal for reading in a slightly dreamy state on a sun-dappled hillock.
  Portland-based drawer Lindsay Anne Watson splits her messy-pretty and perfect-bound Well at the Very Least i
  
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• Guest Editorial: I’m a Democrat Who’s Sick of Being Labeled "Pro-Corporate"

  07-06-2017 18:48 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rachael LudwickRachael Ludwick is sick of the rhetoric from some on the left. Courtesy of Rachael Ludwick
  I'm part of the "thoroughly pro-corporate" leadership of the Democratic party Kshama Sawant denounces. I'm also one of her constituents. I even voted for her. Of course, she didn't really mean me when she wrote that. When someone denounces the leadership of an organization, they usually mean the most senior folks. They forget that there hundreds of people like me in minor leadership roles
  
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• City chose Oak View Group before rival KeyArena bidder withdrew, documents show

  07-06-2017 18:30
  
  Documents show the city felt the Oak View Group proposal had a superior financial and design plan to the Seattle Partners plan. The documents outlined deficiencies in the SP financial and design plans, especially the group’s $250 million public-bond funding request.
  
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• Man accused in Portland stabbings targets victim in outburst

  07-06-2017 18:27
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The man accused of killing two men and wounding a third who tried to stop his anti-Muslim tirade against two teenagers on a Portland, Oregon, light-rail train shouted he was “not guilty” Wednesday during a courtroom outburst directed at one of the victims. Jeremy Christian, 35, didn’t enter a formal plea […]
  
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• Even in Liberal Seattle and Washington State, Islamophobia Is On the Rise

  07-06-2017 18:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Omar Ghabra OMAR GHABRA
  A few weeks before white supremacist Jeremy Christian allegedly stabbed two people to death on a Portland train for standing up to racist harassment, Arsalan Bukhari, the executive director of the Washington chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), stood before more than 1,000 people in Bellevue's opulent Meydenbauer Center. In his eight years working for the largest and most influential Muslim civil-rights organization in the United States, Bukhari
  
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• The Morning News: Comey Preps for Senate Intelligence Committee, Reduced Summer Public Transit Fares for King County Youth

  07-06-2017 17:49 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia KnaufGrab your popcorn, folks: Former FBI Director James Comey will testify before the Senate intelligence committee tomorrow. ZACH GIBSON / GETTY IMAGES
  Trump Announces Pick for FBI Director: It's Christopher Wray, a former assistant attorney general who oversaw the Justice Department's criminal division under former President George W. Bush, The New York Times reports. Unsurprisingly, Trump made the announcement on Twitter:
  I will be nominating Christopher A. Wray, a man of impecc
  
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• More than 100 to be tested for TB at University of Washington

  07-06-2017 17:12
  
  A person was diagnosed with active tuberculosis on campus.
  
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• The Best Things To Do In Seattle: Summer 2017

  07-06-2017 16:45 via thestranger.com
  
  Art, performance, jazz, classical, opera, film, and book picks from The Stranger's critics.by Stranger Things To Do StaffSeattle Art and Performance, our quarterly guide to everything happening in Seattle this summer in the arts, is out on the streets now. In addition to the extensive calendars in the print copy, you can now also find lists of our critics' picks for this summer online, including:
  The the best theater, dance, and comedy, from Fun Home to Michael Che to the NW New Works Festival
  T
  
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• John Legend, Chrissy Teigen visit Snohomish High School, throw out first pitch at Mariners

  07-06-2017 15:50
  
  John Legend played the piano for Snohomish High School's choir. His wife, Chrissy Teigen, attended the school.
  
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• Washington state homeless numbers grew last year

  07-06-2017 15:30
  
  Nearly 22,000 homeless people were counted in Washington during January’s annual point-in-time count.
  
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• Seattle Times: "No escape for priced-out Seattleites"

  07-06-2017 15:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan SavageSomeone paid $1,000,000+ For This Capitol Hill House
  It's not just Seattle. Home prices are setting new records "an hour’s drive in every direction," Mike Rosenberg reports.
  For the first time since before the recession, the entire central Puget Sound region—from Pierce to Snohomish and Kitsap counties—has set records for median home prices.... Monthly home-sales data released Tuesday show just how little escape there is for people priced out of the costly Seattle
  
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• Right-Winger-in-Residence? Seattle debates how to bridge the political divide

  07-06-2017 15:00
  
  We mull whether it’s OK to have Republican friends in Seattle anymore, and Kshama Sawant clarifies her no-friend zone. But one Republican steps up with a crazy idea to bring conservatism back into City Hall — literally.
  
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• Heavy rain causing flooding, mall closure in South Florida

  07-06-2017 13:06
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Several Florida cities set rainfall records as heavy rain continued to fall in Florida, bringing the potential for flooding and even forcing officials to close a large outlet mall north of Miami on Wednesday. News outlets reported that 10 or more inches of rain have fallen across parts of South Florida this […]
  
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• Heavy rain causing flooding, flight delays in South Florida

  07-06-2017 13:06
  
  MIAMI — Heavy rain continues to fall in Florida, bringing the potential for flooding and causing flight delays and cancellations. The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for South Florida, and meteorologists say there’s a potential for flooding through 8 p.m. Wednesday. Officials say rain remains in the forecast for the remainder of […]
  
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• Why Should I Give a Fuck About... King Crimson?

  07-06-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  If you listen to only one English prog rock group in your life, make it King Crimsonby Dave SegalYears Active: 49 (with periodic breaks).Provenance: London, England.Essential Albums: In the Court of the Crimson King, Lizard, Earthbound, Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Starless and Bible Black, Red.Essential Songs: "21st Century Schizoid Man," "The Court of the Crimson King," "I Talk to the Wind," "Cat Food," "Earthbound," "The Battle of Glass Tears," "Red," "The Great Deceiver," "Easy Money," "Fracture
  
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• Tom Cruise’s The Mummy: Because New Ideas Are Hard

  07-06-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Tom Cruise’s The Mummy: Because New Ideas Are Hardby Ned LannamannThere’s a lot riding on the Tom Cruise-starring reboot of The Mummy. It’s the inaugural film in the “Dark Universe” series, a sprawling, Marvel-style movie franchise intended to interweave all of the classic Universal monsters from the 1930s and ’40s into a sparkling, CGI-enhanced mega-narrative. Fortunately, this first installment doesn’t rely on too many dangling threads for future films
  
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• Time Capsule: Whatever Happened to #covfefe?

  07-06-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Everyone remembers where they were when they met #covfefe, but that was a long time agoby Stranger StaffWASHINGTON, DC, 2018—Everybody remembers the spring of 2017: Wonder Woman lighting up the multiplex, the Twin Peaks reboot confusing everyone who came near it, and high anxiety about climate change and global terrorism around every corner. Then came #covfefe, the lovable one-word meme that began life as a presumed typo on then-president Donald Trump's Twitter feed and soon became a sloga
  
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