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• Seattle moves to quash old misdemeanor warrants involving low-level, nonviolent crimes

  27-11-2018 23:55
  Mayor Jenny Durkan said dismissing the warrants would address an inequity that has disproportionately affected people of color and allow police to focus on more serious matters.
  
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• Insulin pumps, widely used, also have the most problems in FDA’s database

  27-11-2018 23:52
  Medical device manufacturers and experts say insulin pumps are safe. But an AP investigation found that the pumps and their components are responsible for the highest number of malfunction, injury and death reports in the FDA’s medical-device database.
  
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• Inbox Jukebox Track of the Day: The Marvin Gaye-in-Space Ballad "King of the Hill" by Thundercat, BBNG, and Flying Lotus

  27-11-2018 23:40 via thestranger.com
  
  Thundercat teams with BADBADNOTGOOD and Flying Lotus to create a gorgeous Marvin Gaye-in-space song that deserves to chart.by Dave SegalSuicidal Tendencies' old bassist has the sweetest falsetto.B+
  Thundercat (feat. BADBADNOTGOOD and Flying Lotus), "King of the Hill" (Brainfeeder)
  The most extraordinary thing about Thundercat—aside from his fuchsia dreadlocks—is his ability to make jazz fusion accessible to large numbers of young people. The virtuosic bassist/vocalist's association w
  
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• How Are Charter Schools Performing? Report Says, Pretty Meh

  27-11-2018 23:11 via thestranger.com
  
  This report shows that if charter schools are actually going to live up to their promise—and not just divert funds from traditional public schools—they've got a ways to go.by Katie Herzog Istock/GettyThis week the state auditor released a long and very dry report on how Washington's controversial charter school system is performing six years after voters opted to legalize charter schools in this state. I skimmed through it so you don't have to (you're welcome for that).The auditors f
  
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• State House Speaker Frank Chopp plans to step down from leadership role at end of 2019 session

  27-11-2018 23:08
  First elected to the state House in 1994, Chopp has held or shared the speaker position since 1999.
  
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• Long-serving Frank Chopp to step down as Washington’s state House speaker after 2019 session

  27-11-2018 23:08
  First elected to the state House in 1994, Chopp has held or shared the speaker position since 1999.
  
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• Gene-editing scientist under scrutiny by Chinese officials

  27-11-2018 22:55
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The rebuke from China was fast and furious. A Chinese scientist who claimed he helped make the world’s first gene-edited babies is now under investigation by government bodies and by his own university. He Jiankui, a 34-year-old associate professor based in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, said his lab used the […]
  
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• Midterm Votes for Democrats Broke a Record Set in the Nixon Era

  27-11-2018 22:46 via thestranger.com
  
  Yes, there was a blue wave.by Eli SandersData suggests we're seeing a bigger backlash against an unpopular president than this country saw after Watergate. David McNew / Getty Images
  In 1974, after a special counsel investigation brought down the presidency of Richard Nixon, a wave of voter anger gave Democrats control of the US House. That year, NBC News recounts, "of the more than 111 million votes cast in House races nationwide, Democrats took 53.1 percent... while Republicans received 45.2 p
  
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• The Everyday Dangers of Being Black in Seattle

  27-11-2018 22:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeBlack Everyday Woes Charles Mudede
  Not too long ago, I was informed by a concerned white friend that I was too aloof and needed to be more aware of others. It seems that many people I know are certain that I do not know them. I walk by them as if they are complete strangers or do not exist. They sometimes smile at me, but I do not smile back. My mind is clearly elsewhere. The experience of my aloofness, I was led to believe, tends to be unsettling. Was I angry at the ignored per
  
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• The 14th Annual HUMP! Film Festival Awards!

  27-11-2018 21:52 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage
  The 14th Annual HUMP! Film Festival premiered in Seattle, Portland, Olympia, and—for the first time ever—in San Francisco. While audiences all around the country will get to enjoy the latest HUMP! Film Festival, only audiences in Seattle, Portland, Olympia, and San Francisco got to vote in the 2018 HUMP! Awards. More than 26,000 people came out to see this year’s amazing new lineup of films—and the ballots are in, the votes have been counted, and it's my ple
  
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• Climate Change Experts Predict Dire Future for Northwest

  27-11-2018 21:40 via thestranger.com
  
  Climate change won't wait for us to be ready. We're already seeing it.by Katie HerzogThe future is now and it sucks.AHEFLIN / GETTY IMAGES
  Last week a group of "state decision-makers, utility and natural resource managers, public health officials, emergency planners, and other stakeholders," presented Congress and the President with the Fourth National Climate Assessment, a comprehensive, thousand-page report on just how badly we've fucked up the planet.President Trump, who thinks the existence
  
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• Seattle-based Polyclinic being sold to UnitedHealth Group

  27-11-2018 21:25
  The Polyclinic will supplement the Everett Clinic business in theSeattle area that UnitedHealth is acquiring through a separate deal for DaVita Medical Group.
  
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• 99 Tropes Offers a Glimpse of the Television Industry's Underbelly

  27-11-2018 20:55 via thestranger.com
  
  And it is a serviceable glimpse!by Rich SmithBehold! The glamour of the writers' room.Keegan WredenWorking in writers' rooms for television shows can be a maddening, precarious, and not very lucrative situation that almost immediately requires you to sell off large portions of your soul—and for what? To bust your brain making some bullshit, basically misogynistic thriller that'll get canceled after two seasons—if it doesn't get canceled after two episodes—only to build up your
  
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• Donald Trump's Grandfather Was Kicked Out of Germany for Draft-Dodging

  27-11-2018 20:35 via thestranger.com
  
  Looks like when it comes to the Trumps, Germany was "not sending their best."by Eli SandersThe village of Kallstadt, Germany, where Friedrich Trump was born. Thomas Lohnes / Getty Images
  When President Trump rails against immigrants, he likes to say that other countries are "not sending their best" people to the United States.
  Well, this shouldn't come as any surprise given Trump's embrace of "immigration hypocrite" Stephen Miller and others like him, but newly unearthed documents show that Trum
  
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• Q&A with Bob Woodward: Trump’s gambling presidency is ‘a national emergency’

  27-11-2018 20:23
  Bob Woodward says journalists need to report critically, but "disengage emotionally" from Trump. "There is a lot of unhinged commentary, particularly on television."
  
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• Creed II Review: Sylvester Stallone Almost Ruins a Good Thing

  27-11-2018 20:15 via thestranger.com
  
  It feels like Stallone's vision and influence broke Creed II's ribs from the jump.by Bobby Roberts
  There’s a very revealing line of dialogue Sylvester Stallone wrote for himself in Creed II. It comes late in the climax, when he tells Michael B. Jordan that the best way to fight with broken ribs is to just… let 'em get hit more, because "you can take it." This is questionable advice, even for a series that’s never had realistic boxing—but it's also an on-the-nose statemen
  
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• Fund For The Needy: Here’s how to donate

  27-11-2018 20:08
  Over the past 40 years Fund For The Needy has raised over $22,000,000. Ensure that local nonprofits will continue to provide vital programs and services that serve children, seniors and families throughout the Puget Sound region.
  
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• Gene-editing Chinese scientist kept much of his work secret

  27-11-2018 20:06
  SHENZHEN, China (AP) — The Chinese scientist who says he helped make the world’s first gene-edited babies veered off a traditional career path, keeping much of his research secret in pursuit of a larger goal — making history. He Jiankui’s outsized aspirations began to take shape in 2016, the year after another team of Chinese […]
  
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• South Korea Made Medical Cannabis Legal

  27-11-2018 19:43 via thestranger.com
  
  Unexpected!by Josh Jardine Portland Mercury
  Some unexpected news out of East Asia yesterday: South Korea passed legislation that will allow its citizens access to medical cannabis, albeit under some highly restrictive rules. But insofar as Asia has some of the harshest policies and penalties for cannabis use, this represents a tremendous victory, and could herald loosening of laws in other Asian countries.
  Marijuana Business Daily reported yesterday that "the country’s National Assembly vo
  
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• Supreme Court deals a setback to the endangered dusky gopher frog

  27-11-2018 19:18
  The Supreme Court on Tuesday delivered a unanimous win to property owners contesting government designation of their land as a critical habitat for endangered species, and dealt a setback to the shy and homely dusky gopher frog. The court remanded the case, saying a lower court had been too deferential to the government’s designation of […]
  
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• Sally Bagshaw Won't Seek Reelection to Seattle City Council

  27-11-2018 19:05 via thestranger.com
  
  Sally Bagshaw isn't running for reelection in next year's City Council elections.by Lester BlackHow about giving us a ride on your plane, Councilmember Sally Bagshaw? Kelly O
  Sally Bagshaw is not seeking a reelection in next year's City Council elections. She's the second sitting council member to announce that she will not seek reelection, after Rob Johnson announced the same thing earlier this month.
  Bagshaw announced the news in an exclusive interview with Crosscut's David Kroman at an undisc
  
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• AD: Heart of the Holidays

  27-11-2018 18:41 via downtownseattle.org
  by Stranger Things To Do PartnerDowntown Seattle is the Heart of the Holidays: iconic carousel, carriage rides , craft markets & more[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• New joint venture formed to convert pig poop to power

  27-11-2018 18:37
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The world’s largest pork company is teaming up with a major energy company to turn pig manure into renewable natural gas. Smithfield Foods and Dominion Energy announced a joint venture partnership Tuesday to trap methane from hog waste and convert it into power for heating homes and generating electricity. Smithfield previously […]
  
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• THC-Infused Weed ‘Beer’ Is for Sale in Washington

  27-11-2018 18:22 via thestranger.com
  
  Beer infused with THC is now on sale in Washington.by Lester BlackIt tastes like beer, gets you buzzed but has no alcohol. Courtesy of Tarukino
  The world of beer and weed is increasingly merging across the country. The founder of Blue Moon is selling THC-infused beer in Colorado. Craft brewers in San Francisco are brewing beer with cannabis terpenes. And some of the biggest beer companies in the world are investing in Canada’s pot market. Now, Washington has it’s own attempt at weed
  
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• Sally Bagshaw won’t run again for Seattle City Council in 2019

  27-11-2018 18:15
  Bagshaw's decision to bow out means District 7, which encompasses downtown Seattle, Queen Anne and Magnolia, will be an open seat in next year's election.
  
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• Sgt. Leandro Jasso of Leavenworth likely died from friendly fire in Afghanistan, NATO says

  27-11-2018 18:01
  An initial review indicates that Sgt. Leandro Jasso, 25, was shot by an Afghan partner.
  
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• ‘Friendly fire’ suspected in killing of Sgt. Leandro Jasso of Leavenworth in Afghanistan

  27-11-2018 18:01
  An initial review indicates that Sgt. Leandro Jasso, 25, was shot by an Afghan partner.
  
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• New Savage Lovecast: With Stormy Daniels!

  27-11-2018 17:55 via thestranger.com
  
  Episode #631 — November 27, 2018by The Stranger
  Well looky who blew into town! Stormy Daniels came on over to our studio to answer callers' questions about blow jobs, toxic men, protecting the male ego and other hazards. Stormy and Dan got on like a house on fire, and you must listen to it. A couple questions are on the Micro version and many more are on the Magnum.
  Also, how to get used to using "they/them" pronouns, and how to explain the Black Lives Matter movement to your clueless, idi
  
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• Slog AM: Jenny Durkan’s First Year in Office Comes to an End, Paul Manafort Can’t Keep His Story Straight

  27-11-2018 17:14 via thestranger.com
  
  by Michael BellI wish we could leave Yelp reviews for Durkan's mayorship.ULYSSES CURRY
  Superhero Attorney General Bob Ferguson strikes again: Yesterday the office of the Attorney General issued a statement which says that they will be “supporting the State of Maryland’s challenge to the constitutionality of Matthew Whitaker’s appointment as Acting U.S. Attorney.” Ferguson calls Whitaker an “illegitimate attorney general,” and that his “appointment has th
  
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• Cold front on the way to Western Washington will drop snow level, following heavy rainfall

  27-11-2018 16:17
  Despite the expected drop in snow level, the chances of snow will still be low. The days ahead will be much dryer than early this week, according to the National Weather Service.
  
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• Cold front headed to Western Washington will drop snow level, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to snow

  27-11-2018 16:17
  Despite the expected drop in snow level, the chances of snow will still be low. The days ahead will be much drier than early this week, according to the National Weather Service.
  
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• Vancouver, Wash., man gave Checkpoint Charlie its name as Berlin divided

  27-11-2018 16:00
  That the checkpoint Harry Daniels set up separating West Berlin from East Berlin would become historically significant, much less an iconic artifact of the Cold War, never occurred to him. It was just the next letter in the NATO phonetic alphabet.
  
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• Metro Seattle home prices falling at fastest rate in U.S.

  27-11-2018 15:49
  Seattle had led the nation on home price increases for nearly two years and had been among the top two markets in the country for almost three years, but that has changed recently.
  
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• ‘This is not OK’: Clark County Indigent Defense Office needs more attorneys for serious, time-consuming cases

  27-11-2018 15:00
  The county has had so much trouble finding attorneys to take on serious, felony cases, it has had to cross state lines to find a lawyer willing to handle the defense of a woman accused of killing her elderly mother.
  
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• In a sign of gentrifying South King County, an entire Burien apartment complex faces eviction

  27-11-2018 15:00
  The story of Fox Cove is an example of a trend across South King County, where once affordable rental units, especially those close to Seattle, are disappearing.
  
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• 7-year-old killed in collision in Kitsap County

  27-11-2018 14:11
  A 7-year-old child died in a single-car collision, according to the Washington State Patrol.
  
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• Mixed report on Washington state charter schools’ accountability

  27-11-2018 14:00
  The Washington state auditor's office found "mixed results" when it evaluated the accountability of the state's charter schools during the 2017-2018 school year.
  
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• Greenpeace activists protest ahead of Polish climate summit

  27-11-2018 12:28
  KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — A group of environmentalists has climbed a smokestack at Europe’s largest lignite power plant in central Poland to spur politicians into action at the global climate summit that the country will host next month. The Greenpeace activists climbed a 180-meter (590-feet) chimney at Belchatow, to draw attention to the need to […]
  
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• Mars touchdown: NASA spacecraft survives supersonic plunge

  27-11-2018 09:06
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Minutes after touching down on Mars, NASA’s InSight spacecraft sent back a “nice and dirty” snapshot of its new digs. Yet the dust-speckled image looked like a work of art to scientists. The photo revealed a mostly smooth and sandy terrain around the spacecraft with only one sizable rock visible. […]
  
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• Wildfire razes vast tracts of northeast Australia

  27-11-2018 09:00
  BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — A wildfire stoked by heatwave conditions in northeast Australia has destroyed at least four homes, forced the evacuation of hundreds of others and razed 20,000 hectares (49,000 acres) of farmland and woodland, authorities said Tuesday. Police had been knocking on doors of homes in the small rural communities of Baffle Creek, […]
  
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• Trump rejects key conclusion of US government climate report

  27-11-2018 06:21
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has rejected a central conclusion of a dire report on the economic costs of climate change released by his own administration, but economists said the warning of hundreds of billions of dollars a year in global warming costs is pretty much on the money. Just look at last year […]
  
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• Pedestrian in critical condition after collision near Angle Lake Station

  27-11-2018 05:10
  Deputies were dispatched to the scene just after 5 p.m. and found the victim unconscious, said King County Sheriff's Office spokesman Sgt. Ryan Abbott.
  
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• Justices weigh free-speech case involving Alaska’s ‘Arctic Man’ event

  27-11-2018 03:25
  Justices heard arguments in a case with the potential to affect people who might sue police over claims they were arrested as retaliation for something they said or wrote that’s protected by the First Amendment.
  
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• 6 whales refloated after stranding on New Zealand beach

  27-11-2018 03:22
  WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Conservation workers and volunteers in New Zealand have managed to refloat six surviving stranded whales and are hoping they’ll soon swim away into deeper water. Ten pygmy killer whales were found stranded Sunday at Ninety Mile Beach on the North Island. Two whales later died there. On Monday evening, crews […]
  
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• Slog PM: Seattle to Settle $75,000 Lawsuit Against Ed Murray, Trump Still Doesn't Believe in Climate Change

  27-11-2018 03:12 via thestranger.com
  
  It's windy, battery buses are the future, some pertinent tax return infoby Nathalie GrahamSeattle is ponying up the cash.DAVID RYDER / GETTY
  Seattle to settle lawsuit against Ed Murray: The city will be coughing up $75,000 to settle a lawsuit against the former mayor by his former foster child, Jeff Simpson. The lawsuit alleges that Murray used his position as mayor to defame Simpson and discredit his accusations against Murray. The settlement, though costly, allows Seattle to avoid the costs of
  
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• Climate-change impacts ‘cut Washington state to its heart,’ Gov. Jay Inslee says

  27-11-2018 02:49
  Gov. Jay Inslee, who hasn't ruled out a 2020 presidential bid, said, "We have to have a president who embraces science rather than ignorance."
  
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• ICYMI: Kanopy Is a Film Lover's Paradise and It Just Added (Almost) All of A24's Collection

  27-11-2018 02:40 via thestranger.com
  
  Have I told you about my Lord and Savior, Kanopy?by Chase BurnsThis is you and your friends watching A24's collection on Kanopy. Yin Yang / Getty
  Can I tell you about my Lord and Savior, Kanopy? It's an on-demand streaming service that has all the good shit that Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon ignores. I discovered it about a year ago when I clumsily clicked on Belladonna of Sadness while high on an edible and proceeded to have an eyegasm while also getting eternally fucked up from those violent assau
  
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• City of Seattle settles lawsuit by ex-mayor Ed Murray’s former foster son for $75,000

  27-11-2018 02:14
  The city of Seattle will pay $75,000 to settle a lawsuit by the former foster son of ex-Mayor Ed Murray, who had accused Murray of misusing his official position to defame the man while fighting accusations of decades-old sexual abuse that led to the mayor’s resignation last year. Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes, in a […]
  
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• A Note to Teen Girls (and Myself): It's Okay to Love the CW's Supernatural

  27-11-2018 01:05 via thestranger.com
  
  It's not often that you find a cast that cares as much as this one does.by Nathalie GrahamThe cast of Supernatural starting from top left: Rob Benedict, Adam Fergus, Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki, Jason Manns, (bottom) Ruth Connell, Alaina Huffman, Genevieve Padalecki, Rachel Miner, and Misha Collins Nathalie Graham
  A group of teenage girls huddled together near the ballroom doors. They wore yellow “Seattle Marathon Volunteer” shirts and whispered excitedly, each glancing toward the
  
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• Breast-implant injuries hidden as patients’ questions mount

  27-11-2018 00:58
  For more than a decade, manufacturers with high numbers of recurring problems — in the case of implants, ruptures that required surgery to remove — were allowed to report issues in bulk, with one report standing in for thousands of individual cases.
  
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