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• Search suspended for 2 snowboarders missing in Mount Baker wilderness

  15-11-2017 23:53
  The Bellingham men were reported overdue Sunday night when they didn't return from a planned day of backcountry snowboarding in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.
  
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• ‘I believe the women, yes’: Women have been waiting for these words for generations

  15-11-2017 23:50
  As star after star is accused of sexual harassment or assault, columnist Nicole Brodeur can’t help but be amazed and energized by the swiftness of the reaction, as victims are being heard like never before. “I have never seen anything like it,” she writes.
  
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• Seeing Ibeyi Live Was Chills-Inducing, Charming, And Healing

  15-11-2017 23:45 via thestranger.com
  
  Life-affirming could be an understatement.by Zach FrimmelLisa-Kaindé and Naomi Díaz: now on the VIP list of famous musical twins. COURTESY OF XL RECORDINGS
  With their jaw-dropping, 2015 self-titled debut, Ibeyi introduced to the world a somber and sobering approach to soulful alt-pop that incorporates multicultural melodies, memoirist hooks, and minimal (but unbelievably catchy) instrumentation. And it’s even more chills-inducing live.French and Afro-Cuban wunderkinds Lisa-Ka
  
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• Should a Law Grad with a Criminal Record Be Allowed to Take the Bar Exam?

  15-11-2017 23:33 via thestranger.com
  
  The Washington Supreme Court will hear Tarra Simmons' case tomorrow.by Sydney BrownstoneThe Washington Supreme Court will hear Tarra Simmons' case tomorrow morning. cosmonaut/Getty Images
  Since 2013, Tarra Simmons' resumé has boasted a series of accomplishments: Graduating magna cum laude graduate from the Seattle University School of Law. A law school dean's award. A King County Washington Women Lawyers scholarship. A renowned national fellowship working with formerly incarcerated people
  
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• Obamacare Continues to Surge Like Nobody's Business

  15-11-2017 22:47 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeMemphis calls it what it is... Charles Mudede
  As the GOP prepares to attack the hill of Obamacare for the umpteenth time this year (this time in the Trojan horse of the tax cuts for those who are truly represented by the state—the rich), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reports that 876,788 Americans signed up for Obamacare "during the second week of sign-ups alone." That's up from 601,462 in the first week. That's a total of 1,478,250. That's almost
  
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• Grindr Apparently Has an Online Magazine and They're Partnering with Popular Podcast, Food 4 Thot

  15-11-2017 22:40 via thestranger.com
  
  Grindr has some thots.by Chase BurnsFrizzelle's fav podcast, Food 4 Thot, has announced a partnership with Grindr's new online mag, INTO.MICHAEL GEORGE
  Calling all thots! The prolific gay hookup "dating" app, Grindr, recently announced a new business venture: digital media.INTO, Grindr's new "digital magazine," was launched earlier this year as a part of a major image overhaul in honor of their eight-year anniversary. As I've said before, Grindr did to gay sex what Amazon did to books, and, like
  
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• US restarts nuclear testing facility in Idaho after 23 years

  15-11-2017 22:13
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. officials have restarted an Idaho nuclear fuel testing facility amid efforts to boost the nation’s nuclear power generating capacity. The U.S. Department of Energy says the facility at the Idaho National Laboratory began operating Tuesday for the first time since it went on standby in 1994. The Energy Department proposed […]
  
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• Blabbermouth Podcast: Roy Moore, Bill Clinton, Men Behaving Badly, and More!

  15-11-2017 22:05 via thestranger.com
  
  by The StrangerAlabama's Roy Moore continues to deny allegations of sexual misconduct. Jonathan Bachman/GettySubscribe to the podcast FOR FREE by clicking right here!
  This week, Sydney Brownstone, Rich Smith, and Eli Sanders talk about the GOP's Roy Moore problem and how it's similar to—and different from—the left's Bill Clinton problem. Also: the complexity that comes along with the instruction to "Believe women.”After that, Jefferson Beauregard Sessions takes another spin in
  
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• Connelly: Defending Trump all the time—how Fox News does it

  15-11-2017 22:01
  During the 2016 campaign, Fox News was a times critical of Donald Trump.  No more.  The news diet now is all-pro Trump, all of the time.  Here is how Fox News does it.
  
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• Connelly: Defending Trump all the time --how Fox News does it

  15-11-2017 22:01
  During the 2016 campaign, Fox News was a times critical of Donald Trump.  No more.  The news diet now is all-pro Trump, all of the time.  Here is how Fox News does it.
  
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• House Democrats Start Impeachment Process. They Should Stop.

  15-11-2017 21:53 via thestranger.com
  
  Is impeaching the President already really such a good idea?by Katie HerzogThe only thing scarier than President Trump is President Pence.Sara D. Davis/Getty Images
  In an cute little hump day stunt, House Democrats introduced articles of impeachment against one Donald J. Trump today. Does that mean our year-long waking nightmare is finally coming to an end? Nope! Republicans, you may have noticed, control both houses of Congress, and the GOP deciding to impeach Trump is about as likely as Trump
  
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• A Trip to God’s Own Country

  15-11-2017 21:37 via thestranger.com
  An autobiographical—and sensual—coming-of-age drama.by Eric D. SniderGod’s Own Country begins with a young, smooth-chested, naive-looking Yorkshire man vomiting all night, then rising early to give a pregnant cow a gynecological fisting. Do not be alarmed. These actions make perfect sense: The fellow, Johnny Saxby (Josh O’Connor), is given to over-drinking, and he lives on a farm with his stroke-hobbled father (Ian Hart) and aged grandmother (Gemma Jones). Johnny’s
  
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• The Questions of Richard Linklater’s Last Flag Flying

  15-11-2017 21:13 via thestranger.com
  A film with no easy answers.by Ben ColemanWhat is the value of a comforting lie? That’s the question at the heart of Last Flag Flying, Richard Linklater’s sort-of sequel to 1973’s The Last Detail, in which three Vietnam vets reunite after decades apart to bury a casualty of the Iraq War. None of them can quite agree on how much truth can be humanely dispensed in the wake of a tragedy.Fuck if I know either, and fuck if Linklater knows, but he sure is willing to puzzle it out. Li
  
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• #VolcanoCup: Rainier gets Twitter, talks smack to lesser peak

  15-11-2017 20:57
  Rainier and a handful of other Washington volcanoes recently got on Twitter in preparation for the Volcano Cup, a battle royal organized by a New Zealand volcanologist. Mountain Twitter has been ... revealing.
  
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• Seattle Open-Mic Comedy Update: I Came to Laugh, but I Wanted to Die

  15-11-2017 20:41 via thestranger.com
  
  A man walks into a Thai restaurant to catch a comedy show to seek relief from the world's shittiness. It was in vain.by Dave Segal
  On a whim last night, I dipped into Jai Thai's Punchline Comedy show, a Capitol Hill mainstay of funny business. Truth be told, I could really use the laughs... because Trump, Sessions, Roy Moore, Louis C.K., etc. Attendance was low when I arrived around 11; the crowd seemed mainly to consist of performers. From what I could gather, the program bestows three-minute s
  
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• Watch: Rep. Pramila Jayapal grills Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Russia contacts

  15-11-2017 20:40
  VIDEO: U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a Democrat from Seattle, questions Attorney General Jeff Sessions over his the Trump campaign's contacts with Russia
  
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• Connelly: State Democrats hold big advantage going into 2018 election

  15-11-2017 20:26
  With the 2018 midterm elections a year out, Democrats enjoy a 14 point advantage in a generic ballot of how people will vote for Congress, according to a new statewide Elway Poll.
  
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• Poll: Democrats hold large advantage in Washington state headed into congressional midterms

  15-11-2017 20:13
  A new poll shows a broad majority of Washington voters want to send Democrats to Congress instead of Republicans.
  
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• Good Luck, Zimbabwe; I Hope the Coup Is a Camouflaged Blessing

  15-11-2017 20:12 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeCapital of the basket case of Africa. Sproetniek/gettyimages.com
  Robert Mugabe basically pulled the plug on Zimbabwe's fragile economy in 2000, when he destroyed the banking sector by destroying the agriculture sector to maintain power in a moment of desperation. As everyone should know, the deepest grievance for many black Africans in Zimbabwe has been the land issue. White Africans had all of the good land, and black Africans had the bad land (called "reservations"). Mugabe, w
  
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• Washington’s unemployment rate drops to 4.5 percent

  15-11-2017 20:06
  OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington’s unemployment rate fell to 4.5 percent last month and the state added 6,900 jobs. According to the latest numbers released Wednesday by the Employment Security Department, the October rate dropped slightly from September’s 4.6 percent rate. The national unemployment rate was 4.1 percent last month, and the rate in the […]
  
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• Scientists Announce Discovery of New Planet That May Support Life

  15-11-2017 20:05 via thestranger.com
  
  Let's round up all the shitty dudes who are ruining this planet, and send them to that one.by Katie Herzog NASA
  Today scientists announced the discovery of a planet that is near the size of Earth rotating around a small red star only about 11 light years away. The findings were published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics.The star, known as Ross 128 on this planet, is about 4.5 million miles from the Earth-sized planet orbiting it, and, as the New York Times reports, it "appears to be a q
  
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• Chains required on Snoqualmie Pass, up to a foot of snow coming

  15-11-2017 20:04
  The state Department of Transportation on Wednesday morning started requiring chains on all vehicles except those with all-wheel-drive as snow piled up on Interstate 90 over Snoqualmie Pass.
  
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• Former Oregon governor apologizes, to be fined $1,000

  15-11-2017 19:56
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Former Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber apologized Wednesday for failing to publicly declare a potential conflict of interest between his elected position and his partner’s work and will pay a $1,000 fine, capping a scandal that cost him the governorship. The settlement is subject to final approval by the Oregon Government Ethics […]
  
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• Ethics commission to fine former Oregon governor $1,000

  15-11-2017 19:56
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Former Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber has agreed with the state’s ethics commission to pay a $1,000 fine for failing to publicly declare a potential conflict of interest, and for being credited frequent flier miles once when he traveled on state business. The agreement, made public Wednesday, appears to be the final […]
  
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• Washington State Joins Lawsuit Against Trump's Trans Military Ban

  15-11-2017 19:49 via thestranger.com
  Washington is the first state to formally join a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its transgender military ban.by Sydney BrownstoneStaff Sergeant Cathrine Schmid is one of the Washington residents suing the Trump administration over its trans military ban.Lambda Legal
  In August, a coalition including a staff sergeant at Joint Base Lewis-McCord and local nonprofit Gender Justice League sued the Trump administration over its proposal to ban transgender soldiers from serving in the mil
  
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• Ilana Glazer and Phoebe Robinson's Beautiful Friendship Comes to Seattle

  15-11-2017 19:43 via thestranger.com
  All hail the “Yaaas Queen Yaaas” comedy tour.by Jenni MooreThere aren’t enough column inches to accommodate all the adoring words I have for comediennes (and BFFs) Ilana Glazer and Phoebe Robinson. Glazer is the cocreator and costar of my favorite TV comedy, Broad City, and Robinson hosts two of my most-listened WNYC podcasts: 2 Dope Queens and Sooo Many White Guys. Like their separate projects, the 11-city “YQY” (“Yaaas Queen Yaaas”) tour is built aroun
  
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• Justice League Is The Avengers Lite

  15-11-2017 19:19 via thestranger.com
  These heroes are out of their league.by Wm. Steven HumphreyBefore I can give Justice League a fair critical assessment, one thing must be said: For the first third of the movie, Aquaman swims in JEANS. That alone is an abomination that can never be forgiven—because I can accept an Aquaman that doesn’t have gills, or even fins... but if you expect me to accept an Aquaman that swims in jeans, you are eternally fucked in the head.Thanks for that aside. Now, despite the previously mentio
  
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• Close new Earth-size world, where year lasts under 10 days

  15-11-2017 19:12
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered a close new world about the size of Earth, where a year lasts just under 10 days. At a distance of 11 light-years, Ross 128 b is the second-closest planet to be detected yet outside our solar system with surface temperatures potentially similar to ours. Ross 128 […]
  
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• Man detained after pulling knife on board ferry

  15-11-2017 18:55
  A man was taken into custody after pulling a knife on board a Washington State Ferry Wednesday morning.
  
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• Community Radio in Seattle Fights Back Against Corporate Behemoths and Mainstream Christian Programming

  15-11-2017 18:44 via thestranger.com
  
  by Amber Cortes
  Engineer Pete Tridish is buried in wires. He's sitting at a table at Hollow Earth Radio in the Central District, holding a soldering iron, surrounded by a tangle of cables, tiny screwdrivers, and duct tape—and eating half a taco wrapped in tin foil from the truck across the street. It looks like a mess.
  "This? A mess? No. Wires are cooperative. They eventually bend to your will. But people... not so much," he jokes.
  Tridish describes himself as a radio engineer, media polic
  
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• Rains cause flooding on Olympic Peninsula

  15-11-2017 18:42
  Continued rains triggered some flooding on the Olympic Peninsula, where the Skokomish River was expected to flood through Thursday.
  
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• Everett family gets visit from David Lynch and a feature in 'Twin Peaks'

  15-11-2017 18:40
  What's it like when David Lynch takes over your house?
  
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• Anthony Bourdain visited Seattle for 'Parts Unknown,' and this is where he went

  15-11-2017 18:28
  Seattle has been fielding a lot of newcomers, and in September it fielded a temporary one: Anthony Bourdain.
  
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• Washington Supreme Court says state’s McCleary school-funding plan isn’t enough

  15-11-2017 18:27
  The state’s highest court said Wednesday it will keep its contempt order and daily sanctions in place in its school-funding order.
  
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• Lawmakers aren’t moving fast enough to boost education spending, Washington Supreme Court rules

  15-11-2017 18:27
  The state’s highest court said Wednesday it will keep its contempt order and daily sanctions in place in the McCleary school-funding case. And the September 2018 deadline for full compliance still stands.
  
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• Agricultural groups challenge California weed-killer warning

  15-11-2017 18:25
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A coalition of national and Midwestern agricultural groups is suing to overturn a California declaration that the popular weed-killer Roundup can cause cancer. The federal lawsuit filed Wednesday in California seeks an injunction barring the state from enforcing what the suit describes as a “false” warning that could eventually appear on […]
  
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• Council Rejects New Funding Sources for Homelessness. Now What?

  15-11-2017 18:15 via thestranger.com
  
  Who's ready for another marathon budget debate!by Heidi GrooverAbout 8,500 people are homeless in Seattle, 3,900 of them unsheltered, according to the latest count. Ansel Herz
  Well that was an absolute shit show.Over the course of a four-hour budget meeting Tuesday, Seattle City council members repeatedly emphasized the urgency of addressing Seattle's worsening homelessness crisis and then voted against two potential sources of money for that crisis.
  That left the council with a bunch of social
  
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• The Morning News: Creighton is Done, Church to Replace Housing with Parking, the Tax Bill Is Now a Healthcare Bill

  15-11-2017 17:59 via thestranger.com
  
  Almost everything is terrible.by Heidi GrooverSee ya. DON WILSON/PORT OF SEATTLE
  John Creighton Is Officially Done: That^ is John Creighton, the longest serving current Seattle port commissioner. Creighton defended allowing Shell to lease space in the port for Arctic drilling equipment (after taking money from business interests linked to the lease) and was accused of stalking an ex-girlfriend. Now, he's lost his seat to an environmentally friendly upstart. Challenger Ryan Calkins now leads Crei
  
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• Should a jury know a person’s immigration status? Washington’s high court says no with groundbreaking rule

  15-11-2017 15:55
  A first-of-its kind evidence rule ordered by the Washington State Supreme Court will make information about immigration status “generally inadmissible” in both criminal and civil cases, with some exceptions.
  
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• Rain in Seattle, up to a foot of snow predicted at mountain passes

  15-11-2017 15:50
  A continued deluge of rain was called for in Seattle Wednesday morning, while snow fell over Snoqualmie and Stevens passes, triggering traction tire advisories and slowing travel.
  
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• Rain in Seattle, heavy snow at mountain passes Wednesday

  15-11-2017 15:50
  A continued deluge of rain was called for in Seattle Wednesday morning, while snow fell over Snoqualmie and Stevens passes, triggering traction tire advisories and slowing travel.
  
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• ‘When do churches stop caring about people more than SUVs?’ Seattle church to replace homeless housing with parking spots

  15-11-2017 15:00
  In a city where space and affordable housing stock are shrinking, a Seattle church decides to demolish houses where 10 formerly homeless people have lived for years. Bringing the houses up to code would cost the church a million dollars.
  
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• ‘When do churches stop caring about people more than SUVs?’

  15-11-2017 15:00
  In a city where space and affordable housing stock are shrinking, a Seattle church decides to demolish houses where 10 formerly homeless people have lived for years. Bringing the houses up to code would cost the church a million dollars.
  
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• Pay phone at ranger station near Big Four Ice Caves is reinstalled

  15-11-2017 14:50
  The phone, 11 miles  east of Granite Falls, is often the best option for reaching 911 from the Mountain Loop Highway, which has little to no cellphone coverage.
  
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• Latest scorecard shows Seattle schools’ equity problems persist

  15-11-2017 14:00
  The latest summary of results from Seattle schools shows that performance gaps between white students and others are wider than ever.
  
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• Archaeologists find buried medieval treasure in French abbey

  15-11-2017 12:56
  PARIS — French archaeologists have discovered a medieval treasure on the site of a famous abbey in central France that had remained buried for over eight centuries. The rare find that included more than 2,000 medieval coins and myriad gold objects was unearthed in September, but only announced late Tuesday by the archaeology team from […]
  
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• UK explorer reported missing on Papua New Guinea expedition

  15-11-2017 12:40
  LONDON — The family of British explorer Benedict Allen says he has gone missing during an expedition in Papua New Guinea. The 57-year-old adventurer was attempting to make contact with a remote tribe, the Yaifo, whom he first visited 30 years ago. He wrote in September that the Yaifo were “the remotest people in Papua […]
  
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