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• Kim Schrier and Jason Rittereiser Are in a Tiff About Polling and Transparency

  04-05-2018 23:43 via thestranger.com
  
  The Democrats running for Washington's 8th CD are still fighting.by Rich SmithCandidate Jason Rittereiser (the guy on the left) says Schrier's use of polls are "misleading" and demands to see more tax returns from her.Courtesy of the Rittereiser and Schrier Campaigns
  The drama continues this week between pediatrician Kim Schrier and former King County prosecutor Jason Rittereiser, two Democrats running for Congress in Washington's potentially flippable 8th District. Fight No. 1 involves honesty
  
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• "Bogus" Polls! Transparency! The 8th District Drama Continues!

  04-05-2018 23:43 via thestranger.com
  
  The Democrats running for Washington's 8th CD are still fighting.by Rich SmithCandidate Jason Rittereiser (the guy on the left) says Schrier's use of polls are "misleading" and demands to see more tax returns from her.Courtesy of the Rittereiser and Schrier Campaigns
  The drama continues this week between pediatrician Kim Schrier and former King County prosecutor Jason Rittereiser, two Democrats running for Congress in Washington's potentially flippable 8th District. Fight No. 1 involves honesty
  
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• Headed out to hike an Issaquah Alp or scale Mount Si? Don't miss the bus

  04-05-2018 23:42
  Trainhead Direct is a new pilot program, providing bus service to popular trailheads along the I-90 corridor.  It's a welcome program, given the jammed trailhead parking lots at such popular hikes as Mount Sti.Service to Issaquah Alps trailheads began two weeks ago.  Mount Si will have bus service starting May 19, with Mailbox Peak on June 16.  Be in shape.  The hike to Mailbox Peak gains 4,000 feet.
  
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• Ex-Seahawk Jeremy Lane gets suspended sentence in DUI case

  04-05-2018 23:42
  Former Seattle Seahakws cornerback Jeremy Lane was sentenced to 364 suspended days in jail Friday afternoon from a January DUI case in which a state trooper pulled him over on Interstate 90.
  
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• New Bar Openings and Other Food News You Can Use

  04-05-2018 23:18 via thestranger.com
  May 4 Editionby Stranger Things To Do StaffThis week brings two new openings from Seattle bar-scene pros: Veteran bartender Paul Shanrock's swanky new jungle-themed Stampede Cocktail Club that opened in Wallingford, and former Zig Zag Cafe co-owner Kacy Fitch has opened a new neighborhood bar called Corner Spot in Ballard. Plus, learn about a (literally) smoking hot new makeover in store for Seven Beef, get ready for a restaurant with oxtail nachos and fancy choco tacos from a Lark alum, welcome
  
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• A Seattle Chef Competing on Food Network, New Bar Openings, and More Seattle Food News You Can Use

  04-05-2018 23:17 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffChef Shota Nakajima of Adana will compete on an episode of Beat Bobby Flay that will air next week. Adana via Facebook
  This week brings two new openings from Seattle bar-scene pros: Veteran bartender Paul Shanrock's swanky new jungle-themed Stampede Cocktail Club that opened in Wallingford, and former Zig Zag Cafe co-owner Kacy Fitch has opened a new neighborhood bar called Corner Spot in Ballard. Plus, learn about a (literally) smoking hot new makeover in store for
  
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• A Seattle Chef Competing on Food Network, New Bar Openings, and More Seattle Food News You Can Use: May 4, 2018 Edition

  04-05-2018 23:13 via thestranger.com
  Plus brunch is back at Union Saloon, the winner of best Northwest pizza, and more.by Stranger Things To Do StaffThis week brings two new openings from Seattle bar-scene pros: Veteran bartender Paul Shanrock's swanky new jungle-themed Stampede Cocktail Club that opened in Wallingford, and former Zig Zag Cafe co-owner Kacy Fitch has opened a new neighborhood bar called Corner Spot in Ballard. Plus, learn about a (literally) smoking hot new makeover in store for Seven Beef, get ready for a restaura
  
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• Inbox Jukebox: A Weekly Shortlist of Good New Music. Cowboy Junkies, the Goldberg Sisters, the Black Tones, and More

  04-05-2018 22:45 via thestranger.com
  
  This week's Inbox Jukebox waxes ecstatic about new songs by Cowboy Junkies, the Goldberg Sisters, the Black Tones, and more.by Dave SegalCowboy Junkies return from a six-year hiatus with more tense, melancholic balladry that tints your mind midnight blue. Jospeh Llanas
  Cowboy Junkies, “All That Reckoning (Part 1)” (Latent) Cowboy Junkies are still doing the shiver-inducing, slowcore-blues thing they've managed so well for 32 years. They're one of those bands whose stylistic consisten
  
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• Police in King and Snohomish counties to target DUI drivers on Cinco de Mayo

  04-05-2018 22:40
  Additional State Patrol troopers, police officers and sheriff's deputies will be patrolling in King and Snohomish counties to look out for impaired drivers.
  
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• In Lawsuit, Ed Murray's Former Foster Son Says "Political Elite" Were Complicit in Defamation

  04-05-2018 22:36 via thestranger.com
  
  The complaint fleshes out Simpson's accusations against Murray, and also adds new details.by Sydney BrownstoneJeff Simpson, Ed Murray's former foster son, says Murray started sexually abusing him at age 13.THOMAS TEAL
  The former foster son of Ed Murray who accused the former mayor of sexual abuse, is suing the City of Seattle and Murray for defamation, libel, negligence, and infliction of emotional distress.
  Jeff Simpson, who said Murray abused him starting when he was 13 years old, was the firs
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: Kicking This One To You, Savage Love Commenters

  04-05-2018 22:30 via thestranger.com
  by Dan Savage
  Hope you're having a brilliant day. First things first, I've been reading your blog for a few years now and you've changed my life for the better, so thank you. Now to the question: I'm a 23-year-old bisexual college student who will soon be graduating and moving to the other side of the world. When I was in high school, I had this one teacher who I always thought was super hot. He happens to have an equally hot wife. We've kept in touch and catch up every now and again. We had a f
  
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• Hey Everyone, Look at This Sexy Tree

  04-05-2018 22:13 via thestranger.com
  
  True beauty.by Christopher FrizzelleA reader wrote to us saying, "This is in fact the sexiest tree I've ever encountered." Kurt Hansen
  We just got a letter to the editor by email, subject line: "Sexy tree."
  I opened the email and saw the image above, as well as the image below. Immediately I thought of Charles Mudede's 2009 feature "The Sexiest Trees in Seattle."I can't remember everything about how that piece came to exist, but I remember I edited it, and I remember it started as "the best tree
  
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• "That's Your Stink": Fox News Host Neil Cavuto to President Trump

  04-05-2018 22:05 via thestranger.com
  by Leilani PolkNeil Cavuto had strong words for Trump on his show yesterday, and he took nearly four minutes to talkdirectly to the President in his closing monologue:
  How can you drain the swamp if you're the one who keeps muddying the waters? You didn't know about that $130,000 payment to a porn star, until you did. Said you knew nothing about how your former lawyer Michael Cohen handled this, until acknowledging today you were the guy behind the retainer payment that took care of this. You in
  
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• Connelly: Plan for Olympic Park mountain goats -- Move 'em and shoot 'em

  04-05-2018 21:50
  The Olympic National Park has a plan for its non-native, unwanted mountain goats:  Goats will be moved to the Cascades, starting this summer. In two years or so, remaining goats will be shot.
  
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• With Mars InSight, NASA journeys into the Red Planet’s deepest mysteries

  04-05-2018 21:41
  The $814 million mission hinges on detecting something that has never been definitively detected before: Marsquakes.
  
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• Former foster son sues ex-Mayor Ed Murray and Seattle, claiming defamation

  04-05-2018 21:39
  Jeff Simpson’s lawsuit contends the City Council and other public officials failed to investigate allegations of sexual abuse and enabled Mayor Ed Murray to stay in office for months to use city personnel and other resources to falsely deny abuse claims.
  
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• Instead of Going to Mars, How About We Work on the Planet We've Already Got?

  04-05-2018 21:32 via thestranger.com
  
  Paging Jeff Bezosby Katie Herzog NASAYesterday I wrote about Jeff Bezos, the world's richest toddler, who would rather send his vast personal fortune up to space than use it to solve any problems down here. Or, as Bezos himself said in a recent interview, "The only way that I can see to deploy this much financial resource is by converting my Amazon winnings into space travel." My argument was, essentially, Jeff Bezos is a human Scrooge McDuck and should give up some of that cash for the public g
  
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• "An American woman wearing a Chinese dress is not cultural appropriation"

  04-05-2018 20:34 via thestranger.com
  by Dan SavageWell, now that this has been resolved to the satisfaction of all...The attraction of the qipao (“cheongsam” in Cantonese) is obvious: a sexy, figure-hugging sheath of silk with a high mandarin collar balancing a va-va-voom flash of leg via a thigh-high slash. Its beauty, however, turned into a curse when photos posted on social media of [American teenager Keziah Daum] wearing her beloved vintage find made her a target for tens of thousand of tweets accusing her of cultur
  
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• Charge: Striking someone with stick may net life sentence

  04-05-2018 20:27
  A 47-year-old man could have life in prison after being accused of bludgeoning another man with a wooden stick.
  
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• Junot Diaz Accused of Forcibly Kissing Grad Student

  04-05-2018 20:26 via thestranger.com
  
  Book-It Repertory Theatre closes their theatrical production of Diáz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao this weekend.by Rich SmithOne author claims Diáz sexually assaulted her, others claimed he yelled at them. Andrew Toth / GettyEarly Friday morning on Twitter, Zinzi Clemmons, author of What We Lose, accused Junot Diáz of cornering her and forcibly kissing her when she was a 26-year-old graduate student. Clemmons also says she "told several people this story at the time
  
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• Idaho school can’t find small bit of weapons-grade plutonium

  04-05-2018 20:19
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho university says it can’t find a small amount of radioactive, weapons-grade plutonium about the size of a U.S. quarter, and federal officials are proposing an $8,500 fine. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said in a statement Friday that Idaho State University can’t account for a third of an ounce […]
  
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• Where to Eat Out for Mother's Day

  04-05-2018 20:06 via thestranger.com
  It's May 13 This Yearby Stranger Things To Do StaffIf you procrastinated on making Mother's Day plans, don't worry: we've got you covered with this guide to all the restaurants serving brunches and dinners for the special day. Whether your mom or mother figure is partial to mimosas, dim sum, biscuits and gravy, pork schnitzel, fried chicken, tapas, sushi, or pho, you're sure to find something here guaranteed to cement your status as her favorite.
  Note: We advise you to make your reservations as
  
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• Your Ultimate Guide to Where To Eat For Mother's Day 2018 in Seattle

  04-05-2018 20:05 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffThe menu at James Beard Award-winning chef Maria Hines' Tilth will include a housemade waffle with rhubarb compote, candied pecans, and whipped cream. Tilth
  If you procrastinated on making Mother's Day plans, don't worry: we've got you covered with this guide to all the restaurants serving brunches and dinners for the special day. Whether your mom or mother figure is partial to mimosas, dim sum, biscuits and gravy, pork schnitzel, fried chicken, tapas, sushi, or pho
  
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• Where to Watch the Kentucky Derby

  04-05-2018 18:56 via thestranger.com
  17 Places to Party on May 5by Stranger Things To Do StaffThe Kentucky Derby will return to Churchill Downs for the 144th year this Saturday, May 5, but you don't have to travel to the Bluegrass State to watch the race (or to sip mint juleps in an extravagant hat). Below, we've compiled all the places to go for viewing parties and Derby-inspired fare, ranging from Witness to Emerald Downs.
  AddoSnack on passed appetizers, play games, and mingle in over-the-top floppy brimmed hats at this Kentucky
  
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• 17 Kentucky Derby 2018 Parties in Seattle

  04-05-2018 18:53 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do Staff Shutterstock
  The Kentucky Derby will return to Churchill Downs for the 144th year this Saturday, May 5, but you don't have to travel to the Bluegrass State to watch the race (or to sip mint juleps in an extravagant hat). Below, we've compiled all the places to go for viewing parties and Derby-inspired fare, ranging from Witness to Emerald Downs.Addo
  Snack on passed appetizers, play games, and mingle in over-the-top floppy brimmed hats at this Kentucky Derby mixer.C
  
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• NASA spacecraft will have company all the way to Mars

  04-05-2018 18:26
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s next Mars explorer is going to have company all the way to the red planet: a couple of puny yet groundbreaking sidekicks. Named after the characters in the 2008 animated movie, the small satellites WALL-E and EVE are hitching a ride on the Atlas V rocket set to launch […]
  
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• The "Kanye West's Pro-Trump Stance Is Performance Art" Theory Has Emerged

  04-05-2018 18:10 via thestranger.com
  
  If these stunts are performance art, one hopes the payoff will be more interesting than "can you believe thee Kanye West did that?"by Sean Nelson"Here I come to save the day!"
  ...and it seems pretty convincing.Particularly this whole thread, from a person who goes by @Snowcone965 on Twitter (and who appears to be a DJ at a Kansas City radio station IRL).
  8. I believe Kanye is doing a modern take on Beuys piece with the coyote. He’s embraced what might be considered the coyote of today. Got
  
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• Connelly: Is the 'Seattle way' turning into the Seattle scream?

  04-05-2018 18:03
  Magazines used to celebrate Seattle as America's "most livable" city, with paens of envy to the laid-back Northwest lifestyle.We are now getting a different reputation, as a town of acrimonious confrontations, soaring housing costs, congested traffic, people living on its streets, and a middle class that is being taxed and taxed by city government.
  
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• Nurse arrested in Puyallup hospital Hepatitis exposure case

  04-05-2018 17:42
  Officials believe the nurse was using a portion of patients' narcotics for her own use, and then injecting those patients with the same needle.
  
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• Removal of Olympic National Park mountain goats could start in summer; others may eventually be killed

  04-05-2018 17:09
  Officials have long wanted to eradicate mountain goats from Olympic National Park. In a final plan, the park outlines its preference to remove about half the nonnative mountain goats to the North Cascades and kill the rest.
  
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• Removal of Olympic National Park mountain goats could start in summer

  04-05-2018 17:09
  Officials have long wanted to eradicate mountain goats from Olympic National Park. In a final plan, the park outlines its preference to remove about half the nonnative mountain goats to the North Cascades and kill the rest.
  
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• Removal of Olympic National Park mountain goats could start in late summer; others may eventually be killed

  04-05-2018 17:09
  Officials have long wanted to eradicate mountain goats from Olympic National Park. In a final plan, the park outlines its preference to remove about half the nonnative mountain goats to the North Cascades and kill the rest.
  
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• Slog AM: Ferries Could Be Going Electric, Seattle Vs. Washington: Which Gets The Blame In Fatal Ride The Ducks Crash?

  04-05-2018 17:02 via thestranger.com
  
  Puyallup nurse charged for assault, Paul Allen is our sugar daddy, don't take selfies with bearsby Nathalie Grahamelectric currents only LoweStock
  Look out, Washington State Ferries is going green: Pending state funding, it plans to convert its two largest vessels from running on diesel to running on sweet, sweet electricity. The engines would be replaced by batteries and diesel engines would become backup energy for recharging purposes. The hope is to put the first vessel like this into action
  
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• Skateboard showcase rolls into Seattle

  04-05-2018 16:00
  The ninth annual Wheels of Fortune, a skateboarding showcase, takes place in Seattle this weekend.
  
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• Washington State Ferries plans to convert its biggest vessels to electric power

  04-05-2018 15:00
  The ferries would mostly run on electric power and use diesel engines for backup and to recharge batteries installed in the vessels as part an effort to cut fuel costs and reduce the state’s carbon footprint.
  
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• The lingcod season is waking up on Puget Sound

  04-05-2018 15:00
  Sketched May 1, 2018 David Allen, a 30-year-old angler fishing for lingcod at the Des Moines Marina Pier, caught what looked like a big fish just as I arrived. What good timing! I quickly whipped out my iPad to start sketching. But Allen didn’t seemed pleased with his catch. “It’s a brown rockfish,” he said. […]
  
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• Podcast: Downtown Seattle Association’s Jon Scholes on Amazon and the case against a city ‘head tax’

  04-05-2018 15:00
  Amazon's threats to scale back local job growth over Seattle's proposed "head tax" on larger businesses has ratcheted up the debate over the tax, which would raise $75 million a year to address homelessness. Downtown Seattle Association President Jon Scholes joins The Overcast this week to make the case against the plan, and say what businesses could support instead.
  
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• Podcast: Downtown Seattle Association’s Jon Scholes on Amazon and case against head tax

  04-05-2018 15:00
  Amazon's threats to scale back job growth over Seattle's proposed "head tax" on larger businesses have ratcheted up debate over the tax, which would raise $75 million a year to address homelessness.
  
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• ‘Guru of homicide prosecutors’ retires after three decades pursuing King County killers

  04-05-2018 15:00
  ”I’ve always been able to think like a criminal,” says Jeff Baird, who has prosecuted some of King County’s highest-profile murder cases.
  
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• Fury and frustration erupt over proposed head tax for homelessness services

  04-05-2018 15:00
  A day after Amazon’s surprise announcement regarding a proposed new business tax for homelessness services, flare-ups of opposition show deep frustration with Seattle’s handling of the crisis.
  
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• Heroin dealers who hid stash near Seattle parks sentenced

  04-05-2018 14:06
  Authorities say that in an effort to avoid being caught with large amounts of heroin, the conspirators stashed some of it in public places, including in a rockery in Seattle's Roosevelt neighborhood
  
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• Gambling Commission arrests 4 in Wenatchee soccer betting ring

  04-05-2018 14:01
  Authorities say the ring was accepting hundreds of bets each week, with the leader keeping up to $2,000 each week— nearly one-third of the wagered money.
  
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• Volcanic ‘curtain of fire’ sends people fleeing Hawaii homes

  04-05-2018 10:09
  PAHOA, Hawaii — Nearly 1,500 people fled from their mountain-side homes after Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano sent molten lava chewing through forests and bubbling up on paved streets in an eruption that one resident described as “a curtain of fire.” After a week of earthquakes and warnings that an eruption could be imminent, steam and lava […]
  
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• Hawaii volcano sends more lava, sulfur gas into communities

  04-05-2018 10:09
  PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — The Kilauea volcano sent more lava into Hawaii communities Friday, a day after forcing more than 1,500 people to flee from their mountainside homes, and authorities detected high levels of sulfur gas that could threaten the elderly and people with breathing problems. After a week of earthquakes and warnings, the eruption […]
  
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• Hawaii volcano sends lava bubbling, forces 1,500 from homes

  04-05-2018 10:09
  HONOLULU (AP) — Nearly 1,500 residents were ordered to evacuate from their volcano-side homes after Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano erupted, sending molten lava to chew its way through forest land and bubble up on paved streets. Volcano officials couldn’t predict how long Thursday’s eruption may last, prompting Hawaii’s governor to activate the National Guard to help […]
  
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• Hawaii volcano forces 1,500 from homes as lava bubbles up

  04-05-2018 10:09
  HONOLULU (AP) — Nearly 1,500 residents were ordered to evacuate from their volcano-side homes after Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano erupted, sending molten lava to chew its way through forest land and bubble up on paved streets. Volcano officials couldn’t predict how long Thursday’s eruption may last, prompting Hawaii’s governor to activate the National Guard to help […]
  
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• Scientists say Chinese-backed dam risks orangutan habitat

  04-05-2018 09:05
  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Scientists are calling for cancellation of a Chinese-backed hydroelectric dam in Indonesia that threatens the habitat of a newly discovered orangutan species numbering only 800 animals. In the journal Current Biology, the experts say the 510-megawatt dam in Sumatra will flood or otherwise alter part of the habitat and likely make […]
  
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• Hawaii volcano shoots lava into sky; evacuations ordered

  04-05-2018 05:33
  The eruption comes after days of earthquakes rattled the area’s Puna district.
  
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• Hawaii volcano erupts; county issues evacuation orders

  04-05-2018 05:33
  The eruption comes after days of earthquakes rattled the area’s Puna district.
  
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• How did we get here? A look back on Seattle’s head-tax plan and Amazon’s response

  04-05-2018 04:40
  Here is a guide to understanding how the proposed business tax in Seattle ignited a response from Amazon unlike the city has seen before.
  
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