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• Quake damage reveals older structure inside Mexico pyramid

  11-07-2018 23:51
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Archaeologists say damage to a pre-Hispanic pyramid in central Mexico from the Sept. 19 earthquake has revealed an older structure that was covered by later building. The Teopanzolco pyramid platform is in the city of Cuernavaca, just south of Mexico City. The Aztec-era pyramid was built sometime between 1200 and the […]
  
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• Bastille Day 2018 Events

  11-07-2018 23:51 via thestranger.com
  All the ways to celebrate Bastille Day 2018 in Seattleby Stranger Things To Do StaffBastille Day—the joyous French holiday that celebrates the 1789 Storming of Bastille and the fall of the French monarchy—is this Saturday, July 14. Lucky for Francophiles (and those who enjoy a good cheese plate), you don't have to get on a plane to fête like the French. We've compiled all the ways to celebrate in Seattle, like the annual Wallingford Family Parade, festive menus at Maximilien an
  
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• 12 Bastille Day 2018 Events in Seattle

  11-07-2018 23:41 via thestranger.com
  All the ways to celebrate Bastille Day 2018 in Seattle on July 14.by Stranger Things To Do StaffBastille Day—the joyous French holiday that celebrates the 1789 Storming of Bastille and the fall of the French monarchy—is this Saturday, July 14. Lucky for Francophiles (and those who enjoy a good cheese plate), you don't have to get on a plane to fête like the French. We've compiled all the ways to celebrate in Seattle, like the annual Wallingford Family Parade, festive menus at M
  
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• Pardoned ranchers return home to Oregon, thank Trump

  11-07-2018 23:29
  President Donald Trump pardoned Dwight and Steven Hammond, whose convictions for destroying public lands prompted the armed takeover and 41-day standoff at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in 2016.
  
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• Netflix's Lost In Space Features Surprising Recognition of Race

  11-07-2018 23:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeSister from another planet... Netflix
  In Netflix's science fiction reboot of Lost In Space, the eldest child of the Robinson family, three kids (boy, girl, girl) and two parents (woman, man), is black. The other kids are not. They are white. And so are the parents. And all of the kids address the parents as "mom" and "dad." What's this about? Now recall, if you can, the episode of that '70s show, What's Happening, that features the Doobie Brothers. Recall the moment when the one
  
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• A Beginner's Guide to Not Buying Shitty Weed

  11-07-2018 22:36 via thestranger.com
  
  Don't get tricked into buying shitty legal weed.by Lester BlackDon't buy this. I think it's rosemary.Judita Juknele / EyeEm
  Have you ever walked out of a pot shop with a fresh gram of weed, only to be overcome with disappointment as soon as you open the bag and realize you bought a dud?Accidentally buying shitty weed is an unfortunately common experience in Washington, where there’s thousands of pounds of amazing, world-class legal pot, but also a decent amount of garbage weed mixed in. So
  
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• Trump's Second Supreme Court Pick Is a Disaster for the Left. Now What?

  11-07-2018 22:21 via thestranger.com
  Blabbermouth Podcast Episode 157by The StrangerSubscribe to the podcast FOR FREE by clicking right here!Dan Savage, Rich Smith, and Eli Sanders talk about Judge Brett Kavanaugh, who President Trump nominated to the US Supreme Court this week.If Kavanaugh makes it onto the high court, Roe v. Wade seems likely to be repealed, along with important environmental protections, voting rights protections, and more. How did we arrive in this nightmare scenario, again? Who, exactly, is this guy? And what
  
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• Why the Public Has a Right to Know About Jenny Durkan's Subs

  11-07-2018 21:32 via thestranger.com
  
  An important transparency precedent will affect all Seattle election campaigns going forward.by Eli SandersThat's sub-vendors, people. Get your mind out of the gutter. Paige Vickers
  It was the kind of public meeting that virtually no one would pay attention to unless money was somehow involved.Phil Lloyd, the treasurer for Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan's 2017 election campaign, was at the meeting because political cash was being discussed. The people who regulate Seattle's elections were there beca
  
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• The Term “Cannabis” Is So 2017. Let’s Smoke Some “Wooz”!

  11-07-2018 21:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Josh JardineNice try, dictionary. Or should I say NARC.STANROHRER / GETTY IMAGES
  Hey, you’re cool, right?You have a hip haircut, on-point non-prescription glasses, a wardrobe that’s trailblazing without being too Donner Party, and your apps are all beta. You and your squad are certainly “down” and “woke” about “what is up,” and that includes the nicknames you use for cannabis.I mean, there’s “weed,” “cheeba cheeba,”
  
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• Report: NASA needs backup plan as US crew launches slip

  11-07-2018 20:56
  NASA needs a backup plan for getting astronauts to space, given additional delays on the horizon for new commercial crew capsules. The U.S. Government Accountability Office made the recommendation Wednesday. It’s the top suggestion in the GAO’s latest report on the SpaceX and Boeing crew capsules under development. Both companies have been shooting for test […]
  
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• Hungry? Follow Our New Food Instagram!

  11-07-2018 20:35 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do Staff Nikoli ShaverFollow@strangerthingstoeat now.
  Good news, foodies: Stranger Things To Do has a brand new food & drink Instagram account, @strangerthingstoeat!
  Follow it for a one-stop guide to all of our food news articles, a place to find out about upcoming food events, or just a collection of drool-worthy local food and drink pics.Of course, you can still find everything online, too, on our food & drink calendar or our restaurant listings and bar listings.
  
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• Will It Take an Epidemic for Us to Do What’s Right for Our Kids? It’s Time to Get Serious on Vaccinations.

  11-07-2018 20:15 via thestranger.com
  
  The threat of measles is not one of history—it’s a real and present danger.by Shannon Hader Campaign Photo
  As a pediatrician, infectious diseases specialist, and public health expert, I was grateful for Dr. Hotez’s April 18 opinion piece in the Seattle Times titled “Anti-vaccine misinformation denies children’s rights.” It’s important to differentiate what people want to believe—that somehow parents are protecting their child by not vaccinating&mda
  
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• Did you read the fine print? We did. These are the rights you give up by renting a LimeBike or ofo

  11-07-2018 19:03
  Any claim you have against LimeBike or ofo would be settled by a private arbitrator, with no opportunity to appeal the arbitrator's decision.
  
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• Bike-share user agreements: The rights you give up by renting a LimeBike or ofo

  11-07-2018 19:03
  Any claim you have against LimeBike or ofo would be settled by a private arbitrator, with no opportunity to appeal the arbitrator's decision.
  
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• Chinese find suggests human relatives left Africa earlier

  11-07-2018 19:02
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stone tools recovered from an excavation in China suggest that our evolutionary forerunners trekked out of Africa earlier than we thought. Until now, the oldest evidence of human-like creatures outside Africa came from 1.8 million-year-old artifacts and skulls found in the Georgian town of Dmanisi. But the new find pushes that […]
  
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• Westwood Captures the Spirit of Vivienne Westwood

  11-07-2018 18:53 via thestranger.com
  A wide-ranging doc about the fashion designer and activist.by Robert HamAt the start of the documentary Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist, fashion designer Vivienne Westwood begs off discussing any part of her life on camera. The story has been told many times over, by her and the people who have come in and out of her life. Why go over it all again?That scene is the perfect encapsulation of Westwood’s career: Throughout her 40-plus years making startling, stylish clothing from her home base
  
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• Kim Schrier: The One Who's Supposed to Beat Dino Rossi

  11-07-2018 18:37 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich SmithShe's literally been healing children in the district for 16 years. ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHELCIE BLACKMUN
  Kim Schrier is probably going to make it through the primary and face Dino Rossi in the fall.
  She's lived in Issaquah for 16 years. She's a woman, and this is shaping up to be the Year of the Woman. She's a doctor, a pediatrician, and this is the year when health-care reform ranks as the major concern for voters in Washington's 8th Congressional District. The Democratic Party has in
  
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• Man charged with pointing laser at aircraft pleads guilty

  11-07-2018 18:36
  Michael McIntyre faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine when he's sentenced on October 9.
  
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• University of Oregon tweaks design of new Hayward Field

  11-07-2018 18:11
  EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The University of Oregon has announced several changes to the design of the new Hayward Field. On the stadium’s north side, the concrete bowl for lower-level seats that previously wrapped around the full field will be brought down to ground level. The change eliminates 400 permanent seats, but will replicate some […]
  
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• U of Oregon runs through design tweaks for new Hayward Field

  11-07-2018 18:11
  EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The University of Oregon has announced changes to the design of the new Hayward Field, as well as a new name for the defining nine-story tower that will overlook the venue. On the stadium’s north side, the concrete bowl for lower-level seats that previously wrapped around the full field will be […]
  
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• Angela Stowell is the new CEO of Seattle’s FareStart

  11-07-2018 18:00
  Angela Stowell will step down as CEO of Ethan Stowell Restaurants, instead turning to nonprofit FareStart, which provides restaurant-industry job training to those in Seattle who are homeless and disadvantaged.
  
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• Slog AM: France's Team of Immigrants Heading to World Cup Finals, Seattle's Hot Days Begin Today, Woman Billed $11,000 for Raccoon Bite

  11-07-2018 17:56 via thestranger.com
  
  ,by Charles Mudede amriphoto/gettyimages.com
  France [Has] to Contend with the Fact That the World Cup Hopes of Les Bleus Rest on the Shoulders of Black African Men: Washington Post writer, Karen Attiah, got that right. France has a huge anti-immigrant movement, elects anti-immigrant politicians, and has anti-immigrant laws. But when France beat Belgium to reach the World Cup final yesterday, a whole lot of white French people celebrated the victory. They filled the streets, they danced, they hug
  
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• Beach rarity: Loggerhead sea turtle lays eggs in Delaware

  11-07-2018 17:46
  FENWICK ISLAND, Del. (AP) — A loggerhead sea turtle has laid eggs in Delaware and officials say it’s a rare event for the state. Rob Hossler is wildlife administrator for the state’s fish and wildlife division. He tells The Daily Times of Salisbury, Maryland, that the turtle laid eggs Sunday on Fenwick Island’s beach. The […]
  
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• ‘This is what we call a miracle’: Baby survives 9 hours buried alive in Montana woods

  11-07-2018 17:31
  The Missoula County Sheriff’s Office said that the boy, clothed only in a wet and soiled onesie, survived a chilly night when temperatures dipped to about 46 degrees.
  
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• Truck kills person trying to cross I-5 in Seattle, closing ramp to I-90

  11-07-2018 16:58
  A dump truck hit and killed a person that attempted to cross Interstate 5 in Seattle Wednesday morning, closing so-called collector-distributor lanes that lead to Interstate 90 as well as a downtown exit, according to the Washington State Patrol. The incident occurred around 7 a.m. on the freeway’s southbound lanes, Trooper Rick Johnson, a spokesman […]
  
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• Truck kills person on I-5 near downtown Seattle, snarling traffic for miles

  11-07-2018 16:58
  The so-called collector-distributor lanes that lead to I-90 were reopened around 9:30 a.m. after a closure caused by the incident.
  
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• Woman charged with vehicular homicide after couple hit

  11-07-2018 16:56
  Skagit County prosecutors recommended Monday a $100,000 bail, but the judge ordered the defendant released without bail.
  
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• A tiny-house village for women opens in Seattle, and wildfire season arrives with the nice weather | Wednesday Morning Brief, July 11

  11-07-2018 16:51
  Morning Brief is a newsletter from The Seattle Times delivered straight to your inbox every morning, Monday through Friday. Our editors choose the morning’s most important and entertaining items, and deliver them to you in short, easy-to-digest bites.
  
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• Hot week signals de facto start to Seattle’s summer

  11-07-2018 16:09
  Get your fans ready, folks — Seattle’s true, short season of summer begins now. Never mind what the calendar says, longtime residents of the Puget Sound know you can only reliably count on an extended stretch of high temperatures and sunny skies from about July 12 to around the end of September or mid-October. The […]
  
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• Hot week, burn bans signal de facto start to Puget Sound’s summer

  11-07-2018 16:09
  Get your fans ready, folks — the Puget Sound’s true, short season of summer begins now. Never mind what the calendar says, longtime residents of the region know you can only reliably count on an extended stretch of high temperatures and sunny skies from about July 12 to around the end of September or mid-October. […]
  
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• Northbound I-5 in Seattle, westbound Highway 2 near Everett will close this weekend for repairs

  11-07-2018 15:31
  Another round of I-5 repairs will block the northbound lanes this weekend, from the West Seattle Bridge to the convention center.
  
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• Seattle police-chief candidate Eddie Frizell pulls few punches, called ‘extremely effective’

  11-07-2018 15:00
  Inspector Eddie Frizell, who has risen through the ranks during 26 years with the Minneapolis Police Department, is one of three finalists for the Seattle police-chief job. This is the second of our three profiles on the candidates.
  
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• On the streets of Seattle, feels like the fight for Roe is already lost

  11-07-2018 15:00
  A sparsely attended rally Tuesday suggested people may be more resigned than fired up about the coming rightward tilt of the Supreme Court. But if the past is any guide, get ready for an era of sex-obsessed moralism.
  
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• Woman dies in double shooting of pair sitting in car in Kent

  11-07-2018 14:25
  Police are investigating the shooting of a woman and a man who were fired upon while seated in a car in Kent late Tuesday, police said. Kent police said officers responded to a report of a shooting in a parking lot at 12990 S.E. Kent Kangley Road around 10:47 p.m. There they found the two […]
  
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• Baby porcupine is 1st of its species born at Brookfield Zoo

  11-07-2018 13:28
  BROOKFIELD, Ill. — A baby porcupine is the first of its species to be born at Brookfield Zoo. The zoo in Chicago’s western suburbs says the male baby porcupine, known as a porcupette, was born July 2. He weighed almost 1 pound, and had soft quills that hardened after a few days. The yet-to-be-named baby’s […]
  
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• Tiny-home village for women opens in North Seattle

  11-07-2018 06:02
  The new Whittier Heights Village, a community of 15 tiny houses in North Seattle, is the first of Seattle's Tiny House Villages for women only.
  
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• Complaints against King County deputies weren’t investigated because they were misclassified, report finds

  11-07-2018 04:49
  Multiple complaints — including several serious cases involving allegations of sexual assault, false arrest, an illegal search and false reporting — weren’t investigated to determine whether deputies should be cleared of wrongdoing or needed further training or discipline.
  
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• Live longer in fine fettle? Mouse study shows drug cocktail keeps aging at bay

  11-07-2018 03:17
  In a new study, scientists reveal aging to be a process set in motion by the rise of malign forces called senescent cells, which progressively hijack the body, and they also unveiled a pharmaceutical cocktail that, in mice at least, can slow and even reverse it.
  
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• Surprisingly Good Wines Can Be Found at Seattle Gas Stations

  11-07-2018 02:08 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede
  It's the most incredible miracle in the Bible: Jesus turns water into wine during a wedding in Cana, a dusty and sunny place in Galilee where he performed his first "signs." And his very first sign would prove to be his best.
  Its distinction has nothing to do with the miracle itself. Save for one thing, turning water into wine could not compete with, say, the resurrection of the dead, such as the daughter of Jairus (Jesus tells her father that she's not dead, but sleeping), or
  
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• 112 Stranger (Than Usual) Things To Do in Seattle This Week: July 10-15, 2018

  11-07-2018 01:47 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffYes, Goatalympics is a real thing. Yes, you can go this weekend. Courtesy of Goatolympics
  Our arts critics have already recommended 64 great things to do this week and our music critics have picked the 33 best music shows, but there are still hundreds more events happening. To prevent some of the quirkier and more extraordinary ones from slipping through the cracks, we've compiled them here—from Lyft Fest to Gay Day at Wild Waves, and from the Goatalympics to
  
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• A Beach Read For People Who Love Hating Things

  11-07-2018 01:31 via thestranger.com
  
  My Year of Rest And Relaxation is good bad fun.by Rich SmithSophia Coppola would be proud.Penguin PressLast week my barista asked what I was reading, and I told her I was reading a novel by Ottessa Moshfegh called My Year of Rest and Relaxation.
  "Sounds privileged," the barista said, looking at me like I was wearing Melania's green jacket.My reply—a quick summary of the book—didn't do me any favors. "It's about a beautiful young woman with a large inheritance who locks herself up in
  
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• Will Tacoma Officials Stand Up to the Private Prison Company Detaining Immigrants in Their Backyard?

  11-07-2018 00:37 via thestranger.com
  
  Activists say the City of Tacoma should revoke GEO Group's business license.by Heidi GrooverAfter protests, new fences now surround part of the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma. NWDC RESISTANCE
  Last week, Tacoma Mayor Victoria Woodards was one of dozens of mayors to call on the federal government to reunite immigrant families separated at the border. In a statement, Woodards said Tacoma "remains a welcoming city that is committed to providing immigrant and refugee communities with equitable
  
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• ‘Everybody hated that curve:’ Amtrak engineer told of worries before December crash south of Tacoma

  11-07-2018 00:25
  The train, making its first-ever passenger trip on the renovated Tacoma-Nisqually tracks, was going downhill at 80 mph when it reached a 30 mph curve and flew off the track.
  
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• Inbox Jukebox Track of the Day: The Title Track from the Recently Reissued 1985 Electric Africa LP by Cameroonian Funk Legend Manu Dibango

  11-07-2018 00:06 via thestranger.com
  
  The Inbox Jukebox track of the day is Manu Dibango's "Electric Africa," the highlight of the Cameroonian saxophonist's just-reissued 1985 LP.by Dave SegalThere's no "Soul Makossa" here, but this reissue of Dibango's 1985 LP exudes an air of mellow tropical celebration.
  Manu Dibango, "Electric Africa" (Tidal Waves Music reissue; dist. by Light in the Attic). Arriving long after Manu Dibango's 1972 breakout hit, the oft-sampled, David Mancuso-caned "Soul Makossa," 1985's Electric Africa found the
  
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