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• Fires set around Washington State University fraternity

  16-09-2018 20:42
  The fraternity, Theta Chi, was not damaged and no one was hurt.
  
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• Florence death toll rises to 15 after pickup truck veers off road, strikes overpass support beam in South Carolina

  16-09-2018 20:00
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Florence death toll rises to 15 after pickup truck veers off road, strikes overpass support beam in South Carolina.
  
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• Florence death toll at 17, including 3-month-old

  16-09-2018 18:43
  The death toll attributed to Florence stands at 17, including 11 in North Carolina and six in South Carolina. —30-year-old Rhonda R. Hartley died early Sunday after driving a pickup truck into standing water near Gilbert, South Carolina, losing control and hitting a tree, according to the South Carolina Department of Public Safety. —A 3-month-old […]
  
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• Florence death toll at 16, including 2 from carbon monoxide

  16-09-2018 18:43
  The death toll attributed to Florence stands at 16, including 10 in North Carolina and six in South Carolina. —30-year-old Rhonda R. Hartley died early Sunday after driving a pickup truck into standing water near Gilbert, South Carolina, losing control and hitting a tree, according to the South Carolina Department of Public Safety. —42-year-old Jeffrey […]
  
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• Florence death toll at 15, including 2 from carbon monoxide

  16-09-2018 18:43
  The death toll attributed to Florence stands at 15, including 10 in North Carolina and five in South Carolina. —A driver died Sunday when a pickup truck struck an overpass support beam in Kershaw County, South Carolina, state troopers said. —23-year-old Michael Dalton Prince died Sunday after the truck he was riding in lost control […]
  
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• Florence claims 14th victim as truck loses control on flooded road in South Carolina

  16-09-2018 17:26
  GEORGETOWN, S.C. (AP) — Florence claims 14th victim as truck loses control on flooded road in South Carolina.
  
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• Will Washington voters be nation’s first to approve fee on greenhouse-gas pollution?

  16-09-2018 15:00
  The carbon fee — estimated to raise roughly $1 billion annually by 2023 — would fund a surge in state spending to cut fossil-fuel use. Proponents say that is what’s needed to get the job done, while opponents raise concerns about a powerful new board directing investments.
  
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• Second trial ordered for two brothers accused of 2016 killings in The Jungle in Seattle

  16-09-2018 15:00
  On Aug. 9, a mistrial was declared after a King County jury became hopelessly deadlocked following weeks of evidence in the murder and assault trial of James and Jerome Taafulisia. A new trial is scheduled to begin in January.
  
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• If Washington voters OK a carbon-pollution fee, who decides how to spend all that money?

  16-09-2018 15:00
  The carbon fee — estimated to raise roughly $1 billion annually by 2023 — would fund a surge in state spending to cut fossil-fuel use. Proponents say that is what’s needed to get the job done, while opponents raise concerns about a powerful new board directing investments.
  
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• If Washington voters become the nation’s first to OK a carbon-pollution fee, who will decide how to spend the money?

  16-09-2018 15:00
  The carbon fee — estimated to raise roughly $1 billion annually by 2023 — would fund a surge in state spending to cut fossil-fuel use. Proponents say that is what’s needed to get the job done, while opponents raise concerns about a powerful new board directing investments.
  
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• Q & A | How will new Washington state teacher contracts affect school-district finances?

  16-09-2018 14:00
  What, exactly, do the new teacher contracts that ended a summer of chaos mean for the financial future of Washington's school districts?
  
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• Before and after a storm, the supply stores are critical

  16-09-2018 07:27
  MIAMI (AP) — Before and after a hurricane, Ace is the place. And Home Depot and Lowe’s. And many other hardware and building supply outlets. Not surprisingly, these companies plan for storms such as Hurricane Florence all year. Much like the Federal Emergency Management Agency, supplies are pre-positioned and trucks loaded and ready to go […]
  
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• Swollen NC rivers swamp dumps, raising water pollution fears

  16-09-2018 07:21
  As rain from Florence continued to lash the Carolinas, the region’s swollen rivers were beginning to swamp coal ash dumps and low-lying hog farms Sunday, raising concerns about water pollution. Duke Energy said the collapse of a coal ash landfill at the L.V. Sutton Power Station near Wilmington, North Carolina, is an “on-going situation,” with […]
  
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• Florence’s rains: Coal ash landfill collapses in Carolinas

  16-09-2018 07:21
  Duke Energy said Saturday night that heavy rains from Florence caused a slope to collapse at a coal ash landfill at a closed power station near the North Carolina coast. Duke spokeswoman Paige Sheehan said about 2,000 cubic yards (1,530 cubic meters) of ash were displaced at the L. V. Sutton Power Station outside Wilmington […]
  
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• US hurricane, Asian typhoon: 1 brings water, the other, wind

  16-09-2018 07:15
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Nature expresses its fury in sundry ways. Two deadly storms — Hurricane Florence and Typhoon Mangkhut — roared ashore on the same day, half a world apart, but the way they spread devastation was as different as water and wind. Storms in the western Pacific generally hit with much higher winds and […]
  
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• WHAT’S HAPPENING: Rivers pose epic Florence flood risks

  16-09-2018 07:10
  MIAMI (AP) — A heavy-duty response already is slogging through heavy rains and floodwaters to help people trapped or displaced by Florence’s watery onslaught. Storm winds might be dropping, but rivers are rising and the next few days could bring the most destructive round of flooding in North Carolina history. BY THE NUMBERS —Storm deaths: […]
  
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• Florence death toll swells to 14 as rivers rise

  16-09-2018 07:05
  NEW BERN, N.C. (AP) — As the death toll from Florence grew and hundreds of people were pulled from flooded homes, North Carolina braced for catastrophic, widespread river flooding that could be the next stage of a mounting disaster. Weakened to a tropical depression early Sunday after blowing ashore as a hurricane with 90 mph […]
  
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• Florence death toll swells as rivers rise

  16-09-2018 07:05
  NEW BERN, N.C. (AP) — As the death toll from Florence grew and hundreds of people were pulled from flooded homes, North Carolina braced for catastrophic, widespread river flooding that could be the next stage of a mounting disaster. Weakened to a tropical depression early Sunday after blowing ashore as a hurricane with 90 mph […]
  
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• Flooding fears surge as rivers rise; Wilmington cut off

  16-09-2018 07:05
  WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Catastrophic flooding from Florence spread across the Carolinas on Sunday, with roads to Wilmington cut off by the epic deluge and muddy river water swamping entire neighborhoods miles inland. “The risk to life is rising with the angry waters,” Gov. Roy Cooper declared as the storm’s death toll climbed to 15. […]
  
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• Fearsome new stage begins as Florence floods inland rivers

  16-09-2018 07:05
  NEW BERN, N.C. (AP) — As the death toll from Florence mounted and hundreds of people were pulled from flooded homes, North Carolina is bracing for what could be the next stage of a still-unfolding disaster: widespread, catastrophic river flooding. After blowing ashore as a hurricane with 90 mph (145 kph) winds, Florence virtually parked […]
  
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• Typhoon pounds south China after killing 64 in Philippines

  16-09-2018 06:38
  HONG KONG (AP) — Typhoon Mangkhut barreled into southern China on Sunday after lashing the northern Philippines with strong winds and heavy rain that left at least 64 people dead and dozens more feared buried in a landslide. More than 2.4 million people had been evacuated in southern China’s Guangdong province by Sunday evening to […]
  
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• Typhoon lashes south China after killing 36 in Philippines

  16-09-2018 06:38
  HONG KONG (AP) — Typhoon Mangkhut barreled into southern China on Sunday after lashing the northern Philippines with strong winds and heavy rain that left at least 36 people dead and dozens more feared buried in a landslide. Ahead of the massive typhoon, nearly half a million people had been evacuated from seven cities in […]
  
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• Typhoon lashes south China after killing 28 in Philippines

  16-09-2018 06:38
  HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong and southern China hunkered down under red alert Sunday as strong winds and heavy rain from Typhoon Mangkhut lashed the densely populated coast, a day after the biggest storm of the year left at least 28 dead from landslides and drownings in the northern Philippines. Nearly half a million […]
  
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• Mangkhut weakens to tropical storm after plowing into China

  16-09-2018 06:38
  HONG KONG (AP) — Mangkhut weakened from a typhoon to a tropical storm as it moved deeper into southern China on Monday, leaving death and destruction from Hong Kong to the Philippines. The storm was still affecting southern China’s coast and the provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan and rain and strong winds were expected […]
  
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• Rains from Florence cause collapse at NC coal ash landfill

  16-09-2018 03:33
  Duke Energy said Saturday night that heavy rains from Florence caused a slope to collapse at a coal-ash landfill at a closed power station near the North Carolina coast. Duke spokeswoman Paige Sheehan said about 2,000 cubic yards (1,530 cubic meters) of ash were displaced at the L. V. Sutton Power Station outside Wilmington and […]
  
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• A Latin American celebration of freedom at Seattle Center

  16-09-2018 03:04
  Fiestas Patrias, which commemorates the independence of many Latin American countries, continues at Seattle Center through Sunday, Sept. 16.
  
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• Peter Donat, actor who played multitude of roles, dies at 90

  16-09-2018 02:41
  Peter Donat was best-known recently for his recurring role as Agent Fox Mulder’s father in six episodes of “The X-Files.”
  
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