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• Connelly: Former senior CDC official to run for Congress

  08-01-2018 23:44
  Dr. Shannon Hader runs for Congress in the 8th District. She is a former senior official at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, targeted for deep budget cuts by the Trump administration.
  
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• Connelly: Dr. Shannon Hader, Former senior CDC official to run for Congress

  08-01-2018 23:44
  Dr. Shannon Hader runs for Congress in the 8th District. She is a former senior official at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, targeted for deep budget cuts by the Trump administration.
  
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• Charge: Man killed in Kent over a cell phone

  08-01-2018 23:36
  A 22-year-old man charged with murder Monday allegedly told police he shot a man in Kent because he believed the man took his cell phone.
  
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• Meet David Sedaris, and Hear Rough Drafts of His Latest Writing This Week

  08-01-2018 23:35 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogThe famed essayist and former Christmas elf is spending a week here. Ingrid Christie
  Seattle has many things—wealth, rain, ramen—but at the top of the list of the city's blessings is the love of David Sedaris. For the second year in a row, the famed essayist and former Christmas elf has chosen to do a residency in Seattle as he workshops his next book. He could have gone anywhere, but, blessed be, he chose here. Perhaps his home in England gets too much sun.
  With eight
  
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• Zika cases retreat widely, but experts remain worried

  08-01-2018 23:06
  Two years ago, the world was gripped in Zika panic as the mosquito-borne virus infected millions and spread across 80 countries.
  
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• State Sen. Doug Ericksen Says He's Not Joining Trump's EPA After All

  08-01-2018 23:03 via thestranger.com
  
  Staying in Olympia for now.by John StangState Sen. Doug Ericksen WA State Senate
  State Sen. Doug Ericksen—a GOP leader against Democratic environmental measures—denied Monday that he is taking a job with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Northwest office as reported Friday by the Bellingham Herald.“This is much ado about nothing,” Ericksen said at a Monday morning press conference in Olympia.Since Donald Trump’s successful campaign for president in 20
  
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• Kansas Lawmaker Says Black People "Respond Worse" to Weed Because of "Character" and "Genetics"

  08-01-2018 23:01 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogAfrican Americans are no more likely to smoke weed than white people but are far more likely to be arrested for it. Ben Harding/Getty Images
  During a public meeting over the weekend, Republican Rep. Steve Alford argued against legalizing weed in Kansas, which some state Democrats say could boost the state's struggling economy. Speaking to an all white crowd, Alford explained that his opposes legalization because it's a "gateway drug" (it's not) and because, according to Alford, pr
  
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• Thrillist: Best brewery in Washington is in this Seattle 'hood

  08-01-2018 22:56
  As if you needed another excuse: Thrillist has selected the best craft brewery in Washington, and it's in Ballard.
  
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• King County halts all police-shooting inquests pending committee’s review

  08-01-2018 22:54
  Executive Dow Constantine’s order puts on hold five pending inquests now underway, including those for Charleena Lyles and Tommy Le. The inquest process has drawn increasing criticism in recent years from those who say the method is biased toward law-enforcement officers.
  
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• Man charged in Columbia City slaying also charged with Burien-area shooting

  08-01-2018 22:27
  The man charged with killing a 21-year-old man at a busy Columbia City intersection last month is also awaiting trial for a July drive-by shooting near Burien.
  
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• A Movie with a Sexual Harassment Scene Wins an Award at the Golden Globe's #MeToo Night

  08-01-2018 22:20 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeLet's play master and servant... Darkest Hour
  Last night, British actor Gary Oldman won the award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama at the Golden Globes for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in the biopic Darkest Hour. His acceptance speech was long and not interesting. He also made a vague reference (“words and actions can change the world, and boy oh boy, does it need some changing...”) to the dominant theme of the evening, which was the #MeToo movement i
  
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• The Cannabis Alliance Summit Carried on as Usual Despite AG Sessions Declaring War on Legal Weed

  08-01-2018 22:00 via thestranger.com
  
  There was a surprising lack of dread at the Cannabis Alliance Summit on Friday.by Lester BlackAG Bob Ferguson at the Cannabis Alliance Summit : "I kind of thought this could have been worse." Lester Black
  One might assume a pot industry conference held the day after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions called for aggressive criminal prosecution against legal weed businesses would be fraught with an air of fear, dread or downright panic.
  But that wasn’t the case on Friday, when the state&rsq
  
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• White Identity Politics, Failsons, and Being the First Asian American Woman Playwright On Broadway: An Interview with Young Jean Lee

  08-01-2018 21:45 via thestranger.com
  
  Playwright Young Jean Lee talks with the Stranger about Broadway politics, identity politics, and politics-politics.by Rich SmithYoung Jean Lee dives into white identity politics in her play, Straight White Men. Blaine Davis
  Matt is a straight white guy with a handsome face, degrees from ivy league universities, and significant work experience abroad. And yet, in Young Jean Lee’s Straight White Men, which has its Northwest premiere at Washington Ensemble Theatre this Friday before making i
  
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• Noting law-enforcement tragedies, Mayor Jenny Durkan kicks off Seattle police-chief search

  08-01-2018 21:43
  The search for a new chief comes after Kathleen O'Toole stepped down on Dec. 31. Carmen Best, a deputy chief under O'Toole who joined the Seattle Police Department in 1992, is serving as interim chief.
  
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• Connelly: GOP Sen. Ericksen will stay in Legislature, not join Trump's EPA

  08-01-2018 21:26
  State Sen. Doug Ericksen, R-Ferndale, Trump's campaign co-chair in Washington, declines EPA post and will stay in the Legislature.  He will be front and center in a major upcoming battle over carbon pricing legislation.  Democrats have recaptured control of the State Senate.
  
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• VICE News Tonight Looks at McNeil Island, Washington State's Sex Offender Island

  08-01-2018 21:24 via thestranger.com
  The documentary offers a quick look at one of the most difficult questions a society can ask itself: whether some of the most despicably viewed people in this country can change, and if so, how they should be given the chance.by Sydney BrownstoneThis is the island where Washington state sends its sex offenders pic.twitter.com/KRZ1RMKqjC
  — VICE News (@vicenews) January 8, 2018Washington is one of 20 states that allow civil commitment for sex offenders, a process that involuntarily holds vio
  
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• The 30 Best Music Shows in Seattle This Week: January 8-14, 2018

  08-01-2018 21:22 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffComeback kids Wolf Parade will be touring through Seattle on the strength of their 2016 album Cry Cry Cry, their first release in five years. Shane McCauley
  The beginning of January is a dull part of winter, so why not spice up your life a little bit and check out some concerts around town? This week, our critics have picked everything from the "People's Champ" of hiphop gracing Seattle with his presence (Big Boi), to the musical interpretation of late '90s dog spor
  
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• Seattle school-bus drivers say longer strike ‘all but imminent’

  08-01-2018 21:18
  Teamsters Local 174, the union representing the Seattle school district’s 400 bus drivers, rejected the latest offer from First Student over the weekend. School officials advised families to begin making backup plans for transportation.
  
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• Fugly Homophobe Kim Davis Files for Reelection

  08-01-2018 21:14 via thestranger.com
  
  She's baaaack!by Katie HerzogKim Davis, doing the Lord's work in Kentucky.Ty Wright/Getty Images
  She's baaaaack! The Kentucky sister-wife county clerk who stopped issuing marriage licenses in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to legalize gay marriage has filed for election,the Associated Pressreports.Davis, you may recall, was sued by same-sex couples and subsequently spent five days in jail for refusing to abide by the law. The whole embarrassing debacle didn't turn anyone str8, but the
  
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• Spun Out: 5 Essential Cuts Selected by Local DJ R-Pal

  08-01-2018 21:00 via thestranger.com
  
  TUF member DJ R-Pal gifts us with five sublime techno, house, and trance tracks from her deep collection.by Dave SegalTechno/house DJ R-Pal goes for "music without restraint or anxiety."
  DJ R-PAL
  
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• Washington state Sen. Doug Ericksen says rumors about EPA job false

  08-01-2018 20:58
  OLYMPIA — Washington Sen. Doug Ericksen says rumors of his appointment to a job with the Environmental Protection Agency are false and that he’s running for re-election this year. Shortly before the start of the new legislative session Monday, Ericksen told reporters that while he had considered job offers from the Trump administration over the […]
  
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• Police Reports Illustrated: The Fast and the Fisticuffs

  08-01-2018 20:19 via thestranger.com
  
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• California officials move to shut big homeless riverbed camp in Anaheim

  08-01-2018 19:58
  ANAHEIM, Calif. — Officials in Southern California’s Orange County on Monday put hundreds of homeless camped out along a dusty riverbed near a baseball stadium on notice that they must move starting in two weeks. Formal notices were posted at the encampment near the stadium of the Los Angeles Angels team, said Carrie Braun, a […]
  
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• Debra Messing Called out E! on the Golden Globes Red Carpet, and It Was Everything

  08-01-2018 19:57 via thestranger.com
  
  Messing pointed out E! network's refusal to pay female hosts as much as male hosts—in an interview with the E! network.by Katie HerzogDebra Messing called out the E! network's refusal to pay female hosts as much as male hosts—in an interview with the E! network. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images
  You may be feeling an unfamiliar sense of optimism after Sunday night's Golden Globes, where Oprah Winfrey and other black-clad celebs used their acceptance speeches to talk about #MeToo, gender e
  
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• If You Care About Affordable Housing in Seattle, Show Up at This Meeting Tuesday

  08-01-2018 19:47 via thestranger.com
  
  The Fort Lawton public hearing is Tuesday, January 9.by Heidi GrooverWow, what a pristine natural wonder. It sure would be a shame if people could live here. HG
  Remember the proposal to build affordable housing at Fort Lawton? A big chunk of land sits unused at this former military base near Discovery Park. City officials want to turn the area into affordable housing and a park and, if they do, could get most of the land for free from the federal government. But neighborhood opposition threatens
  
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• Man who sheltered homeless people in his basement stops after city order

  08-01-2018 19:40
  “These people are my friends,” said Greg Schiller of Elgin, Illinois. “This is basically the city telling me who I can have over, who my friends can be and where we can congregate in my home.”
  
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• Woman arrested in Pierce County deputy's killing

  08-01-2018 19:28
  Authorities continue to look for a man they believe was involved in the shooting of a Pierce County Sheriff's deputy during a home burglary late Sunday night.
  
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• Pierce County deputy killed; suspect arrested

  08-01-2018 19:28
  Authorities continue to look for a man they believe was involved in the shooting of a Pierce County Sheriff's deputy during a home burglary late Sunday night.
  
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• ‘We’re raising a red flag’: Survey finds security woefully lacking in Washington state’s courthouses

  08-01-2018 19:04
  More than 20 of the state’s 39 county courthouses don’t screen visitors for weapons, and about a third of those that do check for weapons don’t carry out such screenings at all public entrances, according to a survey conducted by a judges’ group.
  
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• Pesca to Green Party Voters: "You screwed up, you screwed us."

  08-01-2018 18:30 via thestranger.com
  by Dan SavageOn Friday Mike Pesca addressed Green Party voters on the top of The Gist, his daily podcast from Slate. Listen.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Libraries in Chicago suburbs work to help homeless

  08-01-2018 18:29
  AURORA, Ill. (AP) — Libraries in the Chicago suburbs are making efforts to ensure homeless people feel welcome and are treated with dignity. Ryan Dowd, the executive director of Hesed House, a homeless shelter in Aurora, has been training staff at libraries there, in Naperville and across the country on how to work with homeless […]
  
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• The Morning News: Spare Us, Oprah and the Fire Bug in Seattle With a Dumpster Vendetta

  08-01-2018 17:52 via thestranger.com
  With enough donations from Big Tech, maybe Seattle will be saved from its dumpster fires, its landslides, and all its old people on the road.by Nathalie GrahamSomething surprisingly not about Millennials: there has been a whopping 41 percent increase in old people (over 65) driving in Washington state. The Baby Boomers are Seattle’s fastest growing demographic, contrary to popular belief and incessant negative press about the younger generation. And boy, do they love their cars. A report f
  
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• UAMS to lay off 258, cut 600 jobs cuts amid $30M shortfall

  08-01-2018 17:30
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences said Monday that it can no longer depend on its reserves to pull it through budget shortfalls and was laying off 258 people, including some doctors and faculty members, to address a $30 million hole in its $1.5 billion budget. Another 350 jobs […]
  
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• UAMS to lay off 258, cut 600 jobs amid $30M shortfall

  08-01-2018 17:30
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences said Monday that it can no longer depend on its reserves to pull it through budget shortfalls and was laying off 258 people, including some doctors and faculty members, to address a $30 million hole in its $1.5 billion budget. Another 350 jobs […]
  
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• UAMS says 258 layoffs among 600 job cuts amid $30M shortfall

  08-01-2018 17:30
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences says it will lay off 258 workers and leave another 350 or so positions unfilled as it addresses a $30 million hole in its budget. The university chancellor notified 10,900 employees Monday. The school said in a statement it could no longer use […]
  
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• US hits record for costly weather disasters: $306 billion

  08-01-2018 17:03
  WASHINGTON (AP) — With three strong hurricanes, wildfires, hail, flooding, tornadoes and drought, the United States tallied a record high bill last year for weather disasters: $306 billion. The U.S. had 16 disasters last year with damage exceeding a billion dollars, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Monday. That ties 2011 for the number […]
  
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• Officers fatally shoot armed man near fire scene, Tacoma police say

  08-01-2018 16:09
  Tacoma police say a man who refused repeated orders to put down a gun was fatally shot shortly before 11 p.m. Sunday. Officers were originally called to a report of a man with a gun exiting a house in the 400 block of South 59th Street at which a garage fire had been reported, according to […]
  
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• Gun sold by police end up with drug dealers, in gang houses

  08-01-2018 15:42
  Some law-enforcement officials say the selling of seized firearms by police departments raises money to purchase needed equipment. But others argue police shouldn't be doing anything to put weapons back on the street
  
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• AP Exclusive: Should police sell guns? Some chiefs say no

  08-01-2018 15:42
  Some law-enforcement officials say the selling of seized firearms by police departments raises money to purchase needed equipment. But others argue police shouldn't be doing anything to put weapons back on the street
  
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• AP Exclusive: Should police resell guns? Some chiefs say no

  08-01-2018 15:42
  Some law-enforcement officials say the selling of seized firearms by police departments raises money to purchase needed equipment. But others argue police shouldn't be doing anything to put weapons back on the street
  
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• After deep freeze in New England, temps expected to top freezing this week

  08-01-2018 15:30
  Parts of New England are looking at some balmy weather, relatively speaking, this week. The extreme cold has begun loosening its grip and some parts of Maine and New Hampshire are expected to see the temperature rise above freezing for the first time in about three weeks on Tuesday. Andy Pohl from the National Weather […]
  
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• Pierce County deputy killed, manhunt underway for suspect

  08-01-2018 15:16
  A Pierce County sheriff's deputy has died after being shot during a response to a burglary in Frederickson late Sunday night and an active manhunt is under way for his suspected shooter.
  
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• Seattle’s Aurora stretch is frozen in time, but voters are turning up the heat on change

  08-01-2018 15:00
  How are Seattle’s politics changing after a move to City Council representation by districts? An accelerating effort to remake Aurora Avenue North for apartments and shopping may offer some clues.
  
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• Q&A: Gov. Jay Inslee talks carbon pricing, Trump and open state government

  08-01-2018 15:00
  Gov. Jay Inslee will unveil the details of his latest carbon-reduction plan on Tuesday. This proposal to the Legislature would tax carbon and use some of the revenue to help fund schools.
  
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• A new milestone: 1 million senior drivers on Washington state roads

  08-01-2018 15:00
  The number of Washington state drivers age 65 or older has surged since 2010 by 41 percent — and at nearly three times the overall rate of increase among licensed drivers here.
  
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• Suspect arrested in fatal shooting of Pierce County sheriff’s deputy

  08-01-2018 14:10
  Deputy Daniel McCartney, 34, was shot just after 11:30 p.m. Sunday during a foot chase while responding to a 911 call, the Pierce County Sheriff's Department says.
  
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• Pierce County deputy fatally shot after responding to home invasion; manhunt underway

  08-01-2018 14:10
  The Pierce County Sheriff's Department says the deputy was shot just after 11:30 p.m. Sunday during a foot chase after responding to a 911 call.
  
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• Massive manhunt underway after Pierce County deputy is fatally shot responding to 911 call

  08-01-2018 14:10
  Deputy Daniel McCartney, 34, was shot just after 11:30 p.m. Sunday during a foot chase while responding to a 911 call, the Pierce County Sheriff's Department says. One suspect was shot to death by officers, and another remains at large.
  
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• Washington state needs to do better at career education, audit report says

  08-01-2018 14:00
  Washington could be doing a much better job of helping students build career and technical education skills, a new state auditor’s report says.
  
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• UW receives $6 million to create academic center for augmented, virtual reality

  08-01-2018 14:00
  Three big industry players in the augmented- and virtual-reality world are giving the University of Washington $6 million to create an academic center dedicated to the field.
  
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