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• A Seattle bike share primer: The whats and how-tos

  11-09-2017 23:51
  Bike share companies have already inundated Seattle streets with the brightly colored cruisers, but what do you need to know to ride them? We took a stab at the most important things.
  
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• Lawsuit settled over rights to monkey’s selfie photo

  11-09-2017 23:49
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Attorneys announced a settlement Monday in a lawsuit over who owns the copyright to selfie photographs taken by a monkey before a federal appeals court could answer the novel legal question. Under the deal, the photographer whose camera was used to take the photo agreed to donate 25 percent of any […]
  
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• Hillman City: Meet Your New Favorite Hangout for Great Music, Good Vibes, and Amazing Food

  11-09-2017 23:42 via thestranger.com
  
  The Hall is nearly complete, largely thanks to community members.by Kara TiernanCofounders Ben Hunter, Tarik Abdullah, and Rodney Herold. Emily Stevenson
  When you walk into Black & Tan Hall in Hillman City, you can feel the energy brewing. You can also see the hard work investors and community members have poured into the space over the last year. While the bones of the building still echo its predecessor, Maxim’s—that’s it. Co-founder and longtime Seattle chef Tarik Abdull
  
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• Lawyers for photographer, animal-rights group settle claim over who owns copyright to photographs taken by monkey

  11-09-2017 23:40
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Lawyers for photographer, animal-rights group settle claim over who owns copyright to photographs taken by monkey.
  
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• The 53 Best Things To Do in Seattle This Week: Sept 11-17, 2017

  11-09-2017 23:18 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger’s arts critics recommend the best local events.by Stranger Things To Do StaffNola Avienne's Sleep Study will be on view at SOIL. SOIL Gallery
  Our music critics have already chosen the 20 Best Concerts in Seattle This Week, but now it's our arts critics' turn. Here are their picks for the best events in every genre—from the benefit drag show A Night in Texas to the new opera An American Dream and from A Drink for Vera to a book reading by Mike Love. See them all below, an
  
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• Twelve More Bats Test Positive for Rabies in Washington State

  11-09-2017 23:13 via thestranger.com
  
  Do not touch the bat.by Katie HerzogDo not touch this bat. Ian Waldie/Getty Images
  The Washington State Department of Health announced Monday that 12 bats found in public parks or private homes across the state have tested positive for rabies since August 1. This brings the total number of rabid bats found in Washington so far this year to 21, compared to 20 in all of 2016.
  In a year that has also brought us hurricane sandwiches, apocalypic smokescapes, and (ugh) President Trump, a rash of rabid
  
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• Here's Jenny Durkan's Platform for Criminal Justice Reform

  11-09-2017 23:03 via thestranger.com
  
  Law Enforcement Assistant Diversion is one of the nations leading rebuttals to the War on Drugs.by Heidi GrooverJenny Durkan says Seattle Police have made "significant progress" toward reform. nate gowdy
  Former U.S. attorney and mayoral candidate Jenny Durkan unveiled an "equal justice" platform today, including a call to expand a popular drug crime diversion program citywide.
  The Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) offers to connect people arrested for drug crimes to treatment and service
  
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• Employee abducted Sunday from Cheney pot shop still missing

  11-09-2017 23:02
  Police in the Spokane County, Washington, city say the man was abducted at gunpoint Sunday afternoon after he refused to sell product to two customers, including an underage woman.
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: Is Her Sissy Boy Actually Gay?

  11-09-2017 22:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Why does it matter if her sissy sucks cock?by Dan Savage
  I'm a 26-year-old woman who identifies as a switch. A few months ago, I met a really cool dude on Match. He's 34, tattooed, always wears black, drinks beer, smokes, and is an all around guy's guy. After a couple dates I come to find out that he's also kinky! He loves being a sissy, wearing soft pink panties, and has a trove of pink outfits, pink make up, pink props, and loves being humiliated. This threw me for loop but it was fun to also
  
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• Connelly: Anti-immigrant rant unleashed at Rep. Jayapal, an immigrant

  11-09-2017 22:30
  U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., who immigrated from India at age 16, encounters a ranting immigrant hater during an appearance on C-Span's Washington Journal.
  
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• Staying Mild with Tops

  11-09-2017 22:08 via thestranger.com
  
  Tops talks positive breakups and perfect pop songs.by Suzette Smith RICHMOND LAM
  Mellow Montreal pop band Tops is at a tentative level of success where everyone I know seems to have heard of them, but no one can really say where they came from. I latched onto 2014’s Picture You Staring through some friends in Detroit (there’s a strong love between Detroit and Montreal right now) and wore that smooth, Julee Cruise-esque record right out. I recommend listening to Tops at magic hour, wh
  
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• Sheriff’s Office posts joke about protesters getting rammed

  11-09-2017 21:50
  A Chelan County emergency services worker posted a disturbing joke to the county's Facebook account, kidding about protesters being rammed three weeks after a Virginia protester was killed by a driver who did so.
  
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• EPA grants pollution waiver to Florida utilities after Irma

  11-09-2017 21:45
  WASHINGTON (AP) — State and federal environmental regulators issued a blanket waiver on Monday for Florida electricity companies to violate clean air and water standards without penalty for the next two weeks. The Environmental Protection Agency said the so-called No Action Assurance granted through Sept. 26 came at the request of the Florida Department of […]
  
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• Wanted: Volunteer shooters to thin Grand Canyon bison herd

  11-09-2017 21:31
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The National Park Service plans to thin a herd of bison in the Grand Canyon through roundups and by seeking volunteers who are physically fit and proficient with a gun to kill the animals that increasingly are damaging park resources. Some bison would be shipped out of the area and others […]
  
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• Volunteer shooters to help thin Grand Canyon bison herds

  11-09-2017 21:31
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The National Park Service plans to thin a herd of bison in the Grand Canyon through roundups and by seeking volunteers who are physically fit and proficient with a gun to kill the animals that increasingly are damaging park resources. Some bison would be shipped out of the area and others […]
  
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• We All Got a Tour Inside the Mind of Steven Bannon Last Night on 60 Minutes, and It Was a Bleak Place

  11-09-2017 21:28 via thestranger.com
  
  Bannon also believes a Republican civil war is coming as Congress tries to figure out what to do about DACA. Fun!by Eli SandersProud of his Irish heritage, but still can't get himself to say anything positive about immigrants. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images
  I'd completely understand if you had no interest in watching Steven Bannon hold forth on 60 Minutes with Charlie Rose.
  But since the giant yacht of Bannon's Wall Street benefactor is still docked a few miles from the spot where I'm typing, a
  
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• Police investigate ‘KKK’ scrawled in paint on driveway in Bellevue

  11-09-2017 21:06
  The letters "KKK" were scrawled on the driveway of a politically vocal couple in the Newport Hills neighborhood, police said.
  
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• Chelan County Emergency Management Shares "All Lives Splatter" Meme on Facebook Page

  11-09-2017 20:43 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich SmithChelan County employees are posting incendiary memes as wildfires rage out in nearby Omak, WA.Stephen Brashear / GETTYOn their Facebook page this morning, Chelan County Department of Emergency Management shared the "All Lives Splatter" meme, which is beloved by the Nazi and neo- Confederate organizers of the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville and Santa Fe police union presidents alike.The agency, whose stated mission is to "minimize loss of life and personal injury, damage t
  
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• Photos From the Rallies in Portland and Vancouver, WA, Where Someone Almost Ran Over Antifa Protesters

  11-09-2017 20:40 via thestranger.com
  
  Clashes between Oregon and Washington.by Doug Brown A Patriot Prayer supporter nearly ran people over in his confederate flag-adorned truck DB
  Far right demonstrators, left wing protesters, and law enforcement crossed state lines Sunday during a chaotic afternoon that saw a handful of arrests, and lots of skirmishes in both "Patriot Prayer" rallies in Portland and Vancouver, Washington.
  A Trump-loving Patriot Prayer supporter in a confederate flag-adorned pickup truck nearly ran over protesters
  
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• The 20 Best Concerts in Seattle This Week: September 11-17, 2017

  11-09-2017 20:34 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger’s music critics’ picks for this week.by Stranger Things To Do StaffRejoice in the newly un-smokey skies outside by relishing in the sweat of indoor music venues instead by attending these critic-picked shows happening this week. We've got everything from indie rock worthy of a Lynch project (TOPS), to arguably the album debut of the year (SZA), to the return of a few beloved native sons (Fleet Foxes). Follow the links below for ticket links and music clips, and find even
  
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• Seattle council to vote on new development deal for vacant block across from City Hall

  11-09-2017 20:13
  The Seattle City Council will vote Monday on legislation that would authorize Mayor Ed Murray’s administration to strike a new development deal for a vacant block across from City Hall. The property between Third and Fourth avenues and James and Cherry streets has been a hole in the ground since 2005, when the city’s old […]
  
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• Seattle council to vote on new deal for vacant block across from City Hall

  11-09-2017 20:13
  The Seattle City Council will vote Monday on legislation that would authorize Mayor Ed Murray’s administration to strike a new development deal for a vacant block across from City Hall. The property between Third and Fourth avenues and James and Cherry streets has been a hole in the ground since 2005, when the city’s old […]
  
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• Seattle council approves new deal for vacant block across from City Hall

  11-09-2017 20:13
  The Seattle City Council approved legislation Monday authorizing Mayor Ed Murray’s administration to strike a new development deal for a vacant block across from City Hall. The vote was 7-1. Councilmember Kshama Sawant voted in opposition, calling the agreement a “sweetheart deal,” while Councilmember Lisa Herbold was absent. The property between Third and Fourth avenues and James […]
  
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• To Address Pay Gap, Cary Moon Wants to Ban Employers From Asking About Salary History

  11-09-2017 20:10 via thestranger.com
  
  Mayoral candidate Cary Moon unveiled three proposals to close Seattle's gender and race pay gap.by Heidi GrooverSeattle has one of the worst gender pay gaps in the country. HG
  Mayoral candidate Cary Moon introduced a plan to help close Seattle's gender and race pay gap by banning employers from screening job applicants based on salary history or asking applicants or their former bosses about how much they made in past jobs.
  Efforts to bar employers from asking about past pay, including a model p
  
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• Connelly: In Mayor's race, there's little mention of a big issue

  11-09-2017 20:00
  The big issue unmentioned in the race for Seattle Mayor -- delivery of city services.
  
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• Spun Out: 5 Essential Cuts by Local DJ Eugene Fauntleroy

  11-09-2017 19:36 via thestranger.com
  
  Check out Seattle's smoothest techno/house DJ Eugene Fauntleroy's current top 5 tracks.by Dave SegalEugene Fauntleroy: championing minimal techno and house to the max.Alina Znachitova
  EUGENE FAUNTLEROY (aka MICHITO IWATA, Weird Room)
  Current Top 5 Tracks:
  Greiner & Torre, "Lengarsenal (Ion Ludwig remix)" (Clock Art) Giuliano Lomonte, "La Musique" (Point of View)Doubtingthomas, "Cognitive Dissonance (Cristi Cons Remix)" (Metroline Limited)Takashi Himeoka, "Aoi" (Rummenigge)Noha, "Cat (Archie
  
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• Puyallup police say reports of shots fired unfounded

  11-09-2017 19:29
  Police have confirmed no shots were fired Monday morning despite reports of an active-shooter incident in downtown Puyallup. The shooting was reported at 9:26 a.m. at Good Samaritan Behavioral Health, 325 E. Pioneer Ave., police said. Puyallup police and the Pierce County sheriff’s deputies responded. Following an investigation, police say they found no indication that […]
  
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• Puyallup police say active-shooter report unfounded

  11-09-2017 19:29
  Police have confirmed no shots were fired Monday morning despite reports of an active-shooter incident in downtown Puyallup. The shooting was reported at 9:26 a.m. at Good Samaritan Behavioral Health, 325 E. Pioneer Ave., police said. Puyallup police and the Pierce County sheriff’s deputies responded. Following an investigation, police say they found no indication that […]
  
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• Seattle Food News: Capitol Hill Pizza Shuffles, Seahawks Fans' Favorite Foods, a Pizza Mart on Pike/Pine, Brewery Expansions, and More!

  11-09-2017 19:12 via thestranger.com
  
  All the news that's fit to eat.by Tobias Coughlin-BogueSome very visually compelling baby octopus, soon to be served on north Capitol Hill. Itto's Tapas Facebook
  Toscana to Become Itto's Tapas, and A New A Pizza Mart Is Moving to Pike/Pine
  Toscana Pizzeria, the funky little pizza and pasta place between the Summit Public House and Sun Liquor, is closing its doors, says CHS Blog. Before the Slummit served its own food, you could waltz directly into Toscana via a door they shared in the back, orde
  
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• Seahawks Lose Opener 17-9, Local Man Refuses To Panic

  11-09-2017 19:07 via thestranger.com
  by Spike FriedmanFinal. Seahawks 9, Green Bay 17#SEAvsGB pic.twitter.com/coC3qzXKQV
  — Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks) September 10, 2017 So the Seahawks opened the season with a 17-9 loss to the Green Bay Packers? I’m unfazed. You hear me? My emotions are totally in check. I didn’t freak out at all. SO WHAT? Is what I would say, calmly and rationally if you were to ask me about this game in person.
  Okay, I might have gotten worked up during the game, but I refuse to freak out afte
  
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• Police Reports Illustrated: Man Gets Stabbed in Greenwood

  11-09-2017 19:04 via thestranger.com
  
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• Bronze Age grave in Greece shows nobleman’s love of jewelry

  11-09-2017 18:45
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Archaeologists in southern Greece have discovered an undisturbed tomb the size of a small house that belonged to a Bronze Age nobleman with a fondness for jewelry. Greece’s Culture Ministry says the 3,350-year-old chamber near Orchomenos, an important center of the Mycenaean era, belonged to a man who was 40 to […]
  
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• Remember When Trump Talked About His Building's Height on 9/11?

  11-09-2017 18:42 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia KnaufPOTUS has no shame. Nate Gowdy
  During a press conference at the Pentagon this morning, President Donald Trump commemorated the 16th anniversary of the September 11 attacks in which thousands were killed. During his speech, Trump assured the country that "America will not be intimidated" by terrorists who "have nowhere to hide anywhere on this very large Earth."
  "On that day, not only did the world change, but we all changed," Trump said. "Our eyes were opened to the depths of t
  
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• The People Who Brought You an Income Tax Now Pushing to End Homelessness Sweeps

  11-09-2017 18:32 via thestranger.com
  
  “Sweeps do not help people live. Sweeps help people die."by Heidi GrooverThe scene at an encampment sweep in March. The city has conducted more than 1,000 sweeps since November 2015, according to the ACLU. HG
  A coalition of Seattle advocates launched a new campaign Saturday to stop the city's sweeps of homeless encampments and increase the city's supply of affordable housing.
  "Sweeps do not help people live. Sweeps help people die," said Anitra Freeman from the organization WHEEL, which ho
  
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• Loophole makes it tough to follow money in Oregon campaigns

  11-09-2017 18:20
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s campaign finance law was built around a tradeoff. Any donor — whether in-state, out-of-state, special interest or corporate — can give unlimited amounts of cash to any state candidate as long as there is complete transparency. This keeps citizens informed and candidates aware their actions are public. But there’s a […]
  
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• Missing elderly Oregon travelers found: 2 survive, 1 dies

  11-09-2017 17:53
  ROSEBURG, Ore. — Authorities in Oregon say an elderly couple reported missing Sept. 3 have been found alive, but a 70-year-old neighbor who was with them did not survive. Sgt. Brad O’Dell of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says an elk hunter spotted the missing vehicle stuck on a remote forest road. He says 86-year-old […]
  
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• Hunter finds 2 missing Oregon travelers alive, a 3rd died

  11-09-2017 17:53
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An elk hunter found a missing elderly couple who were stranded in an Oregon forest with the body of a deceased neighbor, the authorities said Monday. Searchers had been looking for the three since Sept. 3, when a relative reported the disappearance. The three went for a drive on Sept. 1 […]
  
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• The Morning News: We Don't Need the Rich to Make Donations to Hurricane Relief Efforts; Seattle Is Sobbing and Wailing After Amazon's Licking

  11-09-2017 17:43 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede"Satellite Animation Sees Irma Move Through Florida" NASA
  Relief Charity From the Rich Is Worthless Monetarily and Morally: What is needed is that they pay their taxes. The checks of kindness that were sent to Texas, and will be sent to Florida (which has been hit by what will certainly become the costliest hurricane in history) are insulting. This class of Americans use loopholes to hide cash from the public, hoard trillions in tax havens, and spend millions on politicians who
  
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• Boise’s employment program for homeless shows success

  11-09-2017 17:32
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Officials in Idaho’s capitol city say they’re happy with a program offering homeless residents employment with the Boise Parks and Recreation Department. The program is a partnership between the city and Interfaith Sanctuary, a homeless shelter, modeled after a similar initiative in Albuquerque, New Mexico, The Idaho Statesman reported (http://bit.ly/2wRo54C ) […]
  
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• Boise’s employment program for homeless showing success

  11-09-2017 17:32
  BOISE, Idaho — Officials in Idaho’s capitol city say they’re happy with a program offering employment with the Boise Parks and Recreation Department to homeless residents and have decided to expand it. The Idaho Statesman reported Friday that the program is a partnership between the city of Boise and Interfaith Sanctuary, a homeless shelter, and […]
  
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• Scientists study Alaska geese to track climate change impact

  11-09-2017 17:08
  BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — An international team of scientists is measuring the impact of climate change on arctic wildlife by tracking vulnerable plant and animal species like Alaska’s migratory geese. KYUK-AM reports (http://bit.ly/2fdBUAk ) the Arctic Council Working Group on Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna wrapped up its meeting on the topic last week […]
  
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• Authorities: Counterfeit cash circulating in southern Idaho

  11-09-2017 16:36
  POCATELLO, Idaho — Police in the southern Idaho city of Pocatello say counterfeit $100 bills are being passed at local businesses. The bills are sold online as novelty items, and they include Chinese characters written in pink — a feature not found on real $100 bills. Police say businesses should train their employees to examine […]
  
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• Bikini baristas sue Everett, say bare-skin ban violates their freedom of expression

  11-09-2017 16:17
  A group of bikini baristas filed a lawsuit Monday against the City of Everett, alleging that two recently passed ordinances banning bare skin — including bare shoulders, bare midriffs and bare buttocks — violate their constitutional rights to free expression and the right to privacy. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Western […]
  
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• University institute tailors research for Defense Department

  11-09-2017 16:05
  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — The Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks is planning to refocus some of its research on U.S. Department of Defense interests in an effort to secure more government funding. The institute, which studies geophysical processes governing the planet, receives about 15 percent of its funding from the state and […]
  
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• Alaska institute hones research for US Defense Department

  11-09-2017 16:05
  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — To help secure more federal dollars, the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks is planning to focus more of its research on U.S. Department of Defense interests. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported (http://bit.ly/2fdHL8W ) on Monday that statewide funding cuts have caused the institute to downsize, so it intends […]
  
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• Scientists say DNA tests show Viking warrior was female

  11-09-2017 15:54
  BERLIN (AP) — Scientists say DNA tests on a skeleton found in a lavish Viking warrior’s grave in Sweden show the remains are those of a woman in her 30s. While bone experts had long suspected the remains belong to a woman, the idea had previously been dismissed despite other accounts supporting the existence of […]
  
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• Pope blasts climate change doubters: cites moral duty to act

  11-09-2017 15:22
  ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Francis has sharply criticized climate change doubters, saying history will judge those who failed to take the necessary decisions to curb heat-trapping emissions blamed for the warming of the Earth. Francis was asked about climate change and the spate of hurricanes that have pummeled the U.S., Mexico and the […]
  
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• Washington’s record-long legislative season translated into high per diem payments

  11-09-2017 15:00
  Fourteen Washington state lawmakers took home more than $20,000 to pay for expenses in this year’s record-long legislative session, state House and Senate records show.
  
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• Some Washington state legislators pocket thousands in extra-session expense payments

  11-09-2017 15:00
  Fourteen Washington state lawmakers took home more than $20,000 to pay for expenses in this year’s record-long legislative session, state House and Senate records show.
  
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