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• Charge: Alleged Rolex bandit posts photo of loot on Snapchat

  06-02-2018 23:37
  Prosecutors continue to stack up defendants in a series of Ben Bridge smash-and-grab robberies and believe they've charged three of the four suspects in the heists.
  
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• Glitch in Washington’s motor-voter program prevented thousands from being registered to vote

  06-02-2018 23:19
  The Washington Department of Licensing Tuesday announced that a glitch in its motor-voter registration program prevented thousands of registrations from being transmitted to the Secretary of State’s Office.
  
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• Facebook not complying with Seattle’s political-ad disclosure law, watchdog says

  06-02-2018 22:17
  Facebook has provided inadequate information to the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission about ads bought by candidates last year, while Google has so far provided none, the commission’s executive director says.
  
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• Facebook, Google not complying with Seattle’s political-ad disclosure law, watchdog says

  06-02-2018 22:17
  Facebook has provided inadequate information to the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission about ads bought by candidates last year, while Google has so far provided none, the commission’s executive director says.
  
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• Charges: Stolen cell phone extortion case involving father, teen deepens

  06-02-2018 22:11
  King County prosecutors charged a second person in a case involving a stolen cell phone and a made-up abduction to extort a frantic father in Seattle.
  
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• Regional Justice Center in Kent, closed by sewage leak, to reopen Tuesday

  06-02-2018 22:03
  The center, including a courthouse, building, law library, and community service center, was closed Tuesday after discovery of the leak.
  
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• Regional Justice Center in Kent closed by sewage leak

  06-02-2018 22:03
  Officials did not immediately specify the cause of the leak.
  
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• Connelly: Hey Amazon.com, what are you doing to protect the Amazon?

  06-02-2018 21:51
  The environmental group Amazon Watch is asking Amazon.com to lend a hand at curbing destruction of the South American rain forests that are the company's namesake.
  
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• Connelly: Hey Amazon, what are you doing to protect the Amazon?

  06-02-2018 21:51
  The environmental group Amazon Watch is asking Amazon.com to lend a hand at curbing destruction of the South American rain forests that are the company's namesake.
  
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• Man gets life in prison for killing 2 near Oregon pool hall

  06-02-2018 21:46
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A 36-year-old man has been sentenced to life in an Oregon prison after pleading guilty to killing two men and attempting to murder a woman. Marion County prosecutors said Tuesday that 36-year-old Marcelino Osorio-Jimenez waited for the victims outside a Salem pool hall on June 18. He fatally shot 26-year-old Hector […]
  
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• SpaceX launches big new rocket on first test flight

  06-02-2018 21:45
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX launches big new rocket on first test flight.
  
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• Attorneys general sue Trump administration over water rule

  06-02-2018 21:41
  NEW YORK (AP) — Eleven Democratic state attorneys general have sued President Donald Trump’s administration for holding off a government rule aimed at reducing pollution in the nation’s waterways. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (SHNEYE’-dur-muhn) says last week’s suspension of the 2015 Clean Water Rule by the Republican administration is an assault on public […]
  
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• Former Finnish boarding house in Astoria might house homeless

  06-02-2018 20:36
  A local nonprofit has a plan to turn the historic home into short-term, dormitory-style housing. The 1896 building could house 60 to 70 people.
  
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• Mountain biker found dead on Ashland, Oregon, trail

  06-02-2018 19:51
  CENTRAL POINT, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a mountain biker was found dead along an Ashland trail, and a medical examiner will try to determine if he died from the crash impact or some other reason. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office says a hiker found the body and the bicycle Monday on a trail often […]
  
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• Washington, 9 states sue to stop gutting of 'Clean Water Rule'

  06-02-2018 19:46
  Washington and nine other states are hauling the Trump administration into court in a lawsuit that seeks to block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from suspending a "Clean Water Rule" that protects the nation's lakes, streams, rivers and wetlands.
  
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• Seattle activist sentenced in four-state oil pipeline protest

  06-02-2018 19:45
  An environmental activist from Seattle was sentenced Tuesday to serve one year in prison for targeting an oil pipeline in North Dakota.
  
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• How would three Washington educators reinvent public schools to help all students? ‘Equality is not equity’

  06-02-2018 19:00
  The Washington state schools chief, a UW professor and fourth-grade teacher from Seattle imagine how they would reinvent public schools to support more than just students from white and wealthy communities.
  
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• Taiwan quake kills 4, tilts buildings; over 140 missing

  06-02-2018 18:23
  TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Rescuers were working Wednesday to reach five people trapped and more than 140 people unaccounted for in several buildings damaged by a strong earthquake near Taiwan’s eastern coast. The shallow, magnitude 6.4 quake late Tuesday night caused at least four buildings in worst-hit Hualien county to cave in and tilt dangerously, […]
  
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• Quake damages buildings, roads in Taiwan, causing 2 deaths

  06-02-2018 18:23
  TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A strong earthquake damaged buildings and buckled roads near Taiwan’s eastern coast, killing two people and injuring more than 200. A hotel employee died in Hualien county when the ground floor caved in at the Marshal Hotel, and another person died in a residential building, the national fire and rescue service […]
  
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• Deadly earthquake strikes Taiwan’s east coast; at least 2 killed

  06-02-2018 18:23
  TAIPEI, Taiwan — A magnitude-6.4 earthquake struck Tuesday near the coast of Taiwan, killing two hotel employees and injuring 144 other people, officials said. The Central News Agency reported that the ground floor of the Marshal Hotel, a building in Hualien district, had caved in and people were believed to be trapped inside. Taiwanese media […]
  
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• Deadly earthquake strikes Taiwan; shelters opened

  06-02-2018 18:23
  TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A magnitude-6.4 earthquake struck Tuesday near the coast of Taiwan, killing two people and injuring more than 200 others, officials said. The ground floor of the Marshal Hotel in Hualien county caved in, causing the death of one employee. Another person died in a residential building, the national fire and rescue […]
  
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• Snow forces Eiffel Tower closure as bad weather hits France

  06-02-2018 18:21
  PARIS (AP) — The Eiffel Tower has been closed because of bad weather conditions amid snowfall that has covered the French capital. Visitors had to admire the snow-covered wrought iron lattice tower from the now-white fields covered near the Paris monument, clutching umbrellas as the snow continued all day Tuesday. French meteorologists report that snowfall […]
  
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• Amazon explains the patent to monitor workers' movements

  06-02-2018 18:00
  Last week news broke that Amazon had been granted a pair of patents for a wristband tracking device that can track workers' hand movements with precision. Cue your "1984" jokes now.
  
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• Rare dinosaur discovery in Egypt could signal more finds

  06-02-2018 17:58
  Experts say the find is a landmark one that could shed light on a particularly obscure period of history for the African continent, roughly the 30 million years before dinosaurs went extinct, between 70 and 80 million years ago.
  
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• Man dies after vehicle strikes tree near Myers Way in South Park

  06-02-2018 16:31
  A man died early Tuesday after the vehicle he was in hit a tree at the Myers Way exit off of southbound Highway 509, according to the Seattle Fire Department. The fire department tweeted that crews were responding to a report of a collision with critical injuries shortly after 6 a.m. Tuesday. A short time […]
  
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• Skagit County homes surrounded by water as flood levels recede

  06-02-2018 16:14
  Several homes in Skagit County were still surrounded by water Monday night as flood levels across the region begin to recede.
  
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• Highway 509 off-ramp blocked by deadly crash

  06-02-2018 16:12
  Police and medics responded to the scene, the southbound Highway 509 off-ramp to Myers Road, at about 6:15 a.m. after receiving reports of a car hitting a tree.
  
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• Middle school student claims teacher pushed him during argument

  06-02-2018 15:56
  A South King County middle school teacher is on administrative leave after a student said the man pushed him on Friday.
  
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• Oregon coast now open for crabbing

  06-02-2018 15:24
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — State officials have announced that recreational crabbing is now open along the entire Oregon coast. The Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Thursday that recreational crabbing is open from Cape Blanco, north of Port Orford, to the California border. The agencies say crab samples […]
  
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• AccuWeather, feds trade blame for bogus tsunami warning

  06-02-2018 15:09
  A private forecasting company took what was intended to be a routine National Weather Service test message and sent it to subscribers’ phones as an official tsunami warning Tuesday morning, the latest in a spate of false alarms since last month. AccuWeather blamed the National Weather Service for the false alarm, saying the government weather […]
  
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• AccuWeather blames Weather Service for Tuesday’s bogus tsunami warning

  06-02-2018 15:09
  A private forecasting company took a routine National Weather Service test message and sent it to people’s phones as an official tsunami warning Tuesday morning, the latest in a spate of false alarms since last month. The National Tsunami Warning Center sent the test message around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. Users of the popular AccuWeather app […]
  
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• AccuWeather blames weather service for bogus tsunami warning

  06-02-2018 15:09
  A private forecasting company took what was intended to be a routine National Weather Service test message and sent it to subscribers’ phones as an official tsunami warning Tuesday morning, the latest in a spate of false alarms since last month. AccuWeather blamed the National Weather Service for the false alarm, saying the government weather […]
  
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• Washington Legislature tackles opioid crisis with bills to expand treatment, fight stigma

  06-02-2018 15:00
  The legislation offers a multiprong plan to combat the opioid crisis. “There’s not an easy solution that’s going to make this go away,” said Dr. Kathy Lofy, Washington state’s chief health and science officer.
  
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• Fund For The Needy raises $1.62 million in latest community campaign

  06-02-2018 15:00
  The donation tally was the second-largest amount raised in a single year during the nearly four-decade history of The Seattle Times Fund For The Needy. The fund has raised more than $23.7 million from donors since it began in 1979.
  
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• Brain-implanted devices could lead to UW medical breakthroughs

  06-02-2018 15:00
  University of Washington researchers are building connections between computers and human brains, and they’re spinning out young companies in the process.
  
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• Kitsap County woman charged with killing son found competent for trial

  06-02-2018 14:56
  The attorney for the defendant, Amber James, plans to argue that she is not guilty by reason of insanity.
  
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• Federal Way man gets 18 years for sexual exploitation of children

  06-02-2018 14:40
  Steven Rigtrup, 38, pleaded guilty in November to enticement of a minor, two counts of distribution of child pornography and possession and production of child pornography.
  
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• SpaceX’s big new rocket blasts off with sports car on top

  06-02-2018 09:04
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX’s big new rocket blasted off Tuesday on its first test flight, carrying a red sports car aiming for an endless road trip past Mars. The Falcon Heavy rose from the same launch pad used by NASA nearly 50 years ago to send men to the moon. With liftoff, the […]
  
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• Showtime for SpaceX’s big new rocket with sports car on top

  06-02-2018 09:04
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — It’s almost showtime for SpaceX’s big new rocket with a cherry-red sports car on top. The Falcon Heavy rocket is poised to blast off Tuesday afternoon from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. It’s the long-awaited first test flight for the rocket. Once it soars it will become the world’s most powerful […]
  
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• Launch of SpaceX’s big new rocket delayed by high wind

  06-02-2018 09:04
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX’s big new rocket stood ready to blast off on its first test flight Tuesday, but high wind caused a delay as huge launch crowds packed roads, bridges and beaches. Potentially dangerous gusts in the upper atmosphere forced the company to postpone the launch of the Falcon Heavy by at […]
  
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• It’s worse than you think: Everett leads the nation in traffic congestion, report says

  06-02-2018 06:00
  Everett’s mix of highway trestles, limited corridors and job growth mean drivers lose more time every year to traffic jams.
  
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• Report: College Republicans threaten lawsuit against UW over fee

  06-02-2018 05:30
  The University of Washington said the UW College Republicans must pay $17,000 for security costs in advance of a Saturday rally on Red Square. In response, the club said it will be filing a lawsuit on Tuesday against the school.
  
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• Lakewood City Council approves allocation of $6.5M in punitive damages in police killing of unarmed black man in Fife

  06-02-2018 05:17
  The money will be used to pay for the punitive portion of a $15.1 million verdict levied by a federal civil-rights jury against the city, its police chief and two officers for the 2013 shooting death of an unarmed black man in front of his 4-year-old son. Lakewood is appealing the verdict.
  
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• City in $360K settlement for West Seattle trees illegally cut

  06-02-2018 03:40
  The city of Seattle has now agreed to $800,000 in settlements with West Seattle homeowners responsible for destruction of 153 trees in a city greenbelt, cut down so as to improve the residents' views.
  
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• With no progress on contract negotiations, Seattle school-bus driver strike continues

  06-02-2018 03:05
  The continued strike means the majority of the 12,000 Seattle students who normally ride a yellow bus will still have to find an alternative way to get to school.
  
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