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• Howlin Rain and Garcia Peoples Will Take You on a Long, Strange Trip Tonight at the Sunset

  11-01-2019 23:48 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dave SegalHowlin' Rain Kristy Walker
  Howlin Rain nailed a lofty, robust strain of cosmic Americana on their 2006 debut self-titled album, a Bob Seger/Allman Brothers/Quicksilver Messenger Service amalgam that tie-dyed your muttonchops right quick. Leader Ethan Miller’s eloquent guitar heroics and brawny, soulful voice sound eternal and utterly comforting, like a monument to unabashed rock and roll, but without any of the corniness you’d expect from such familiar elements. Garcia P
  
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• The New York Times Got Duped Into Printing Reefer Madness

  11-01-2019 23:26 via thestranger.com
  
  The east coast media are getting duped into believe a new book is making the rounds claiming pot causes violent crime and schizophrenia.by Lester BlackProhibitionists are back and want to blow up the world of pot. The Stranger
  Marijuana is an addictive gateway drug that worsens the opioid epidemic, is medically proven to drive people insane, is nearly as bad for society as prescription painkillers, and increases violent crime where it is legalized.That's the story on pot if you read a whole slew
  
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• East Coast Media Is Grounded From Writing About Weed

  11-01-2019 23:26 via thestranger.com
  
  The New York Times got duped into printing reefer madness.by Lester BlackProhibitionists are back and want to blow up the world of pot. The Stranger
  Marijuana is an addictive gateway drug that worsens the opioid epidemic, is medically proven to drive people insane, is nearly as bad for society as prescription painkillers, and increases violent crime where it is legalized.That's the story on pot if you read a whole slew of East Coast media outlets this week. From the New Yorker to the New York Ti
  
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• Lab revokes honors for controversial DNA scientist Watson

  11-01-2019 23:05
  NEW YORK (AP) — James Watson, the Nobel Prize-winning DNA scientist who lost his job in 2007 for expressing racist views, was stripped of several honorary titles Friday by the New York lab he once headed. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory said it was reacting to Watson’s remarks in a television documentary aired earlier this month. […]
  
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• Argentina isolates 85 people to quell hantavirus outbreak

  11-01-2019 23:01
  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An Argentine judge has ordered 85 residents of a remote Patagonian town to stay in their homes for at least 30 days to help halt an outbreak of hantavirus in which nine people have died. Thursday’s order by Judge Martin Zacchino affects people in Epuyen who have been in contact […]
  
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• New Mexican Breakfast Burritos and More Seattle Food News You Can Use: January 11, 2019 Edition

  11-01-2019 23:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffAn offshoot of the beloved Bang Bang Cafe, Bang Bang Kitchen is now open and serving up breakfast burritos in Othello. Bang Bang Cafe
  This week, New Mexican-style breakfast burritos come to Othello, a 100% gluten-free restaurant from a Stoneburner alum hits Ballard, and smoked brisket and queso arrives at Interbay's Batch 206 Distillery. Read on to learn about that and more of the latest food news, like the unexpected closure of Blue C Sushi, a new Korean restaurant
  
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• The Difference Between a Socialist and a Democratic Socialist

  11-01-2019 22:50 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeKshama SawantKAREN DUCEY / GETTY
  A significant part of Kevin Schofield's article, "Internal Socialist Alternative Documents Show It Runs Sawant's Office and Controls Her Vote"—which Kshama Sawant described as an attack ona decision-making process that, unlike the mayor's (Jenny Durkan is closely tied with "Sandeep Kaushik’s lobbying firm")—is not ruled or influenced by corporations but by the people—is devoted to explaining the key ideological difference
  
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• Rep. Schrier Clarifies Her Position on Funding Trump's Wall

  11-01-2019 22:40 via thestranger.com
  
  She will only vote to give Trump money for the wall on one condition.by Rich SmithShe will only vote to give Trump money for the wall on one condition. Actually, there are several conditions.Courtesy of Kim Schrier's Campaign
  On Thursday newly elected Congresswoman Kim Schrier appeared to dodge a question about whether she'd vote to fund Trump's wall in exchange for reopening the government. She told Q13 she hadn't yet "made a decision" about whether she'd ever support such a deal. In a statemen
  
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• State Patrol will conduct criminal investigation into fatal New Year’s Eve shooting by Seattle police officer

  11-01-2019 22:36
  The Washington State Patrol will conduct a criminal investigation into a fatal shooting by a Seattle police officer in an unusual departure from SPD protocol; officials say it promises additional scrutiny into the death of 36-year-old Iosia Faletogo.
  
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• State Patrol to open criminal investigation into New Year’s Eve fatal shooting by Seattle police officer

  11-01-2019 22:36
  The inquiry is an unusual departure from Seattle Police Department protocol. Officials say it promises additional scrutiny into the shooting of 36-year-old Iosia Faletogo, just off Aurora Avenue North
  
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• Seattle police watchdog urges criminal probe of New Year’s Eve fatal shooting by officer

  11-01-2019 22:36
  In an unusual break from protocol, the civilian in charge of the SPD's internal investigations office is asking that an outside agency conduct a separate criminal investigation of the fatal shooting of Iosia Faletogo after a traffic stop.
  
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• Idaho company steals from South Dakota tribe, Alaska Natives

  11-01-2019 22:36
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho company that sells posters to raise money for schools has admitted to defrauding a South Dakota tribe and at least two organizations tied to Alaska Natives. The Idaho Statesman reports attorney Scott McKay says its client, All Around Sports, in Boise, and its owner, Chris Hoshaw, have “reached an […]
  
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• Controversial YouTube Show Lands Portland Coffee Company in Hot Water

  11-01-2019 22:09 via thestranger.com
  
  Thirty current and former employees at Ristretto Roasters Coffee signed a letter disavowing views held by the owner's wife.by Katie Herzog Ristretto Roasters Coffee
  In the first episode of Nancy Rommelmann and Leah McSweeney’s new YouTube series, Rommelmann describes the show as “an almost-weekly conversation about toxic femininity, narcissists, fabricators, people who play the victim for personal gain, and related issues that drive us insane.”Those issues are, to put it mildly
  
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• Bye to the Viaduct and This Terrible SPD Video

  11-01-2019 21:41 via thestranger.com
  Goodbye, viaduct.by Nathalie Graham
  The viaduct is dying today (at 10 p.m.) In the wake of this loss, please appreciate this cultural moment it facilitated in 1986.Before the Seattle Police Department was busy jumping and jiving to Macklemore downtown, they were testing their creative chops in other ways like, say, mocking homeless people and making light of police brutality for a training video.From the Slog post from the video, released in 2013:This afternoon, interim Seattle Police Chief Jim
  
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• New orca calf seen among Puget Sound’s critically endangered killer whales

  11-01-2019 21:25
  The J, K and L pods have not had a successful pregnancy in three years. Scientists caution the new calf might not survive, meeting the same fate as other recent calves.
  
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• Suspect shot inside Oregon middle school, students safe

  11-01-2019 21:17
  EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A suspect was shot Friday after an attack that occurred inside an Oregon middle school but did not injure any students or teachers, police said. Students were locked in classrooms and no one was being allowed into the building during the lockdown, Eugene police Lt. Jennifer Bills told reporters at Cascade […]
  
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• Police kill armed man at Oregon school amid custody dispute

  11-01-2019 21:17
  EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Police fatally shot a man Friday who showed up with a gun at an Oregon middle school amid a custody dispute, but no one else was injured, authorities said. The man was being escorted from Cascade Middle School in the city of Eugene when he began struggling and pulled out a […]
  
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• Last-Minute Plans: 65 Free, Cheap & Easy Things To Do in Seattle This Weekend: Jan 11-13, 2019

  11-01-2019 20:58 via thestranger.com
  No advance planning required for these cheap events.by Stranger Things To Do StaffPanicking because you haven't yet made plans for the weekend and you're short on cash? Don't worry—below, find all of your options for last-minute entertainment that won't cost more than $10, ranging from the Tasveer South Asian Litfest to the '70s and '80s dance party Bohemian Rhapsody, and from the 12-hour improv slumber party Up All Night! to Witchy's Basement Bazaar. For even more options, check out our c
  
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• Outgoing City Councilmember Rob Johnson hired by NHL Seattle to assist on transportation

  11-01-2019 20:57
  The NHL Seattle group has hired outgoing city councilmember Rob Johnson to assist on transportation issues once his term expires later this year. Johnson has recused himself from participating in any arena-related issues while serving out his term.
  
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• Outgoing City Council member Rob Johnson hired by NHL Seattle to assist on transportation

  11-01-2019 20:57
  The NHL Seattle group has hired outgoing city councilmember Rob Johnson to assist on transportation issues once his term expires later this year. Johnson has recused himself from participating in any arena-related issues while serving out his term.
  
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• The Needle Drop's Anthony Fantano Hypes Seattle Producer Chong the Nomad's "Ghosts in the Shower"

  11-01-2019 20:51 via thestranger.com
  
  Seattle producer Chong the Nomad's "Ghosts in the Shower" gets a huge shout out from YouTube's most famous music critic, Anthony Fantano of The Needle Drop.by Dave SegalChong the Nomad's riding the high of getting that crucial Needle Drop bounce. SAMANTHA ANNETTE OKADA MESA
  The very popular online music critic Anthony Fantano raved about "Ghosts in the Shower" by rising Seattle electronic-music producer and Stranger cover star Chong the Nomad January 9 on his much viewed video blog, The Needle D
  
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• Traffic jams: Can you describe how you feel about the viaduct with a song?

  11-01-2019 20:35
  It's going to start taking longer to get where you're going, so if you find yourself stuck in viaduct-closure gridlock, fire up these songs we've curated and mellow out. Do you have more tunes to add? We welcome your suggestions.
  
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• Trial delay for couple charged with fatal starving girl, 5

  11-01-2019 20:34
  BEND, Ore. (AP) — A couple charged with starving a 5-year-old girl to death has been granted another trial delay. The Bulletin reports that lawyers for 35-year-old Estevan Garcia and 32-year-old Sacora Horn-Garcia requested the delay Thursday in Deschutes County Circuit Court. Prosecutors say Maliyha Hope Garcia weighed 24 pounds (11 kilograms) and was 3 […]
  
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• I'm Not the Woman Who Enjoys Looking at You in a Thong, But I Hope You Find Her

  11-01-2019 20:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Day: Reader Advice Round-upby Dan Savage
  Recent Savage Love Letters of the Day: He can't come with his hot girlfriend and it's making her angry and him crazy. A friend is having an affair with their parent—will that work out? A reader has a bad trip and Dan proves he can be succinct (with a little help from ASMR YouTube).Her awful ex moved to her small town: Two questions, one answer. And, as always, last week's column and Savage Lovecast.First, for CLIT, the man
  
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• Guitar Virtuoso Bill Frisell and UW Faculty All-Star Band Indigo Mist Jazz Up Meany Studio Theatre on Sunday

  11-01-2019 20:18 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dave SegalBill Frisell, Seattle's own venerable jazz guitar virtuoso. Steve Korn
  Renowned Seattle-area jazz guitarist Bill Frisell is one of the music world’s most reliable providers of sublime virtuosity in an almost subliminal manner. While he’s sporadically enjoyed bursts of noisy bombast in his career (think of his stint in John Zorn’s Naked City), Frisell’s most at home picking out contemplative streams of plangent notes and chords that exude tranquil, complex bea
  
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• Naked, hypothermic man tells police he walked 10 miles nude

  11-01-2019 20:04
  BEND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon man has been rescued by authorities after he walked more than 10 miles (16 kilometers) in the nude on a night when temperatures dipped well below freezing. The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office said Friday that the 27-year-old man was naked when he flagged down another motorist and asked for […]
  
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• Official: Idaho needs a cybersecurity expert for elections

  11-01-2019 19:59
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho’s top election official says the state needs a cybersecurity expert to deal with potential threats to elections and make sure voters have confidence in the system. Secretary of State Lawerence Denney told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on Friday in a budget request that his agency critically needs the full-time worker […]
  
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• Judge to hear arguments in Anchorage transgender case

  11-01-2019 19:45
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A federal judge in Alaska will hear arguments Friday in a lawsuit filed by a faith-based Anchorage women’s shelter against the city over a requirement that it accept transgender women. Conservative Christian law firm Alliance Defending Freedom is seeking a preliminary injunction to stop the city from applying its gender identity […]
  
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• Faith-based shelter fights to keep out transgender women

  11-01-2019 19:45
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A conservative Christian law firm that has pushed religious issues in multiple states will urge a U.S. judge on Friday to block Alaska’s largest city from requiring a faith-based women’s shelter to accept transgender women. Alliance Defending Freedom has sued the city of Anchorage to stop it from applying a gender […]
  
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• Tennessee scientists weighed response to anti-vax politician

  11-01-2019 19:32
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — What should a state health department do when its newly elected congressman gets a rush of social media attention challenging the science behind vaccines? Department of Health officials in Tennessee struggled on the best way to respond after Republican Rep. Mark Green told a town hall meeting last month, without citing […]
  
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• Police release names of drivers killed in Anchorage crash

  11-01-2019 19:10
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage police have released the names of two drivers killed Wednesday in a head-on collision. Police say 29-year-old Joshua Stafford and 30-year-old Theodore Dickerson died in the crash in east Tudor Road. The cause remains under investigation. Police say three cars were involved. Stafford was driving east in a Jeep shortly […]
  
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• MistaDC's Debut Album Is Wavy as Fuck

  11-01-2019 19:10 via thestranger.com
  "Waves" or "wavy" encapsulates DC's music better than any other label could. D'Angelo-meets-Badu-meets-Daniel-Caesar-meets-a-guitar is a mouthful.by Jasmyne KeimigView this post on InstagramA post shared by MistaDC (@mistadc) on Dec 21, 2018 at 4:08pm PST
  Sorry We Lost You is a stunning debut for musician MistaDC. The Tri-Cities native's recent musical efforts even caught the eye of Ebro, an Apple Music DJ, who played "Get Out," a song off the new album, during a segment on the Beats 1 radio sho
  
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• Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has no remaining cancer, Supreme Court announces

  11-01-2019 19:02
  WASHINGTON — Tests revealed that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has no additional cancer after her surgery in December, and no further treatment is needed, the Supreme Court announced Friday. “Justice Ginsburg will continue to work from home next week and will participate in the consideration and decision of the cases on the basis of the […]
  
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• Robert Walter's 20th Congress: Not At All Political, Totally Danceable

  11-01-2019 18:51 via thestranger.com
  
  by Leilani Polk Royal Potato Family
  Robert Walter juggles multiple projects as deftly as he fingers the keys on his B3 Hammond organ, hands flying across the ivories and executing soulful, funky ass grooves that require you to bring your A-game on the dance floor. Or at least try to execute a few moves.A founding member of the Greyboy Allstars—his airy SoCal jazz-funk outfit with sax player/flutist/singer Karl Denson—and lively player in Mike Gordon of Phish’s solo band, among
  
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• ‘Fish connoisseur’ makes rare catch

  11-01-2019 18:37
  LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — Jake Kremer is the type of angler who embraces the diversity of fish in Idaho’s waters and isn’t content to only angle for popular species like bass, trout, salmon and steelhead. If there is a catchable fish out there, Kremer wants to hook and land it, examine the fish and, if […]
  
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• After 113 years, Ballard Transfer hoists its last load

  11-01-2019 18:30
  Founded in 1905 as a horse-drawn hauler of fuel oil, Ballard Transfer grew to become a mover of choice for the largest and most complicated objects — from MRIs and naval cannons to gorillas. But unable to find a new generation of movers, the family-owned company hoisted its last load the Friday before Christmas.
  
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• Snow removal equipment strikes pipe, causes spill in village

  11-01-2019 18:21
  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A heavy equipment operator plowing snow in a Yukon River village struck a fuel pipe that spilled diesel. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports an estimated 3,000 gallons (11,356 liters) of diesel hit the ground in the village of Beaver. The spill is about the volume of 10 pickup truck bed tanks. […]
  
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• The Upside Review: Oh Goody, Let’s Talk About Kevin Hart Some More

  11-01-2019 18:07 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ned Lannamann
  A prosaic remake of a successful foreign film, The Upside is unexceptional in every regard apart from the fact it stars Kevin Hart. I can’t think of anything I’d like to do less than rehash the last few weeks of headlines surrounding Hart (including his homophobic “humor,” the 2019 Oscars telecast he’s not hosting, and Ellen DeGeneres’ weird decision to come to his defense). Let’s not talk about any of it. Just be aware that it’s a
  
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• Kenai man convicted of threatening family of state judge

  11-01-2019 17:49
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A Kenai man who threatened to kill a state judge’s family has been convicted in federal court of mailing a threatening communication. Steven Bachmeier faces up to five years in prison. He will be sentenced April 2. U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder in announcement of the case did not name the state […]
  
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• Slog AM: The Seattle Squeeze Starts Today, The Government Shutdown Persists, Fuck More—For Your Country

  11-01-2019 17:37 via thestranger.com
  
  by Timothy KenneyIt's a metaphor.Géza Bálint Ujvárosi / EyeEm
  Calm before the storm: Enjoy your commute to work today everyone, because it’ll never be the same. Starting at 10 p.m. tonight, the viaduct will close forever and grind traffic to a screeching halt.
  Turns out people aren’t terrible: In a recent Seattle Times/Elway poll, people in King County really do care about homeless people despite controversy around last year’s proposed head tax. People over
  
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• US flu season poised to be milder than last year’s harsh one

  11-01-2019 17:17
  NEW YORK (AP) — It’s early, but the current flu season is shaping up to be gentler than last winter’s unusually brutal one, U.S. health officials said. In most parts of the country, most illnesses right now are being caused by a flu strain that leads to fewer hospitalizations and deaths as the kind of […]
  
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• US flu season appears milder, one year after brutal one

  11-01-2019 17:17
  NEW YORK (AP) — It’s early, but the current flu season is shaping up to be gentler than last winter’s unusually brutal one, U.S. health officials said. In most parts of the country, most illnesses right now are being caused by a flu strain that leads to fewer hospitalizations and deaths as the kind of […]
  
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• Podcast: Can Seattle leaders get us through Viadoom?

  11-01-2019 17:11
  On Episode 98 of the podcast, The Seattle Times transportation and politics crew breaks down the history and politics that led to the impending teardown of the Alaskan Way Viaduct.
  
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• EU OKs Poland’s wild boar slaughter to fight swine disease

  11-01-2019 17:05
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The European Union’s executive body is supporting Poland’s slaughter of wild boars as a way of protecting farm pigs and meat production from the deadly African swine fever. The government’s decision to shoot some 200,000 wild boars this hunting season has drawn wide public protests but veterinary and Polish environment officials […]
  
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• Lawmakers see Idaho revenue projections lower than governor

  11-01-2019 16:59
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A pair of budget-related committees has accepted Gov. Brad Little’s projected revenue of $3.75 billion for the current fiscal year, but reduced it for the following year. The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on Friday accepted a report from the Economic Outlook and Revenue Assessment Committee that met the previous day. Lawmakers reduced […]
  
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• OSP captain resigns following domestic violence conviction

  11-01-2019 16:41
  BEND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon State Police captain has resigned after pleading guilty to violently grabbing his estranged wife in 2017. The Bulletin reports William Fugate, who had been on paid and then unpaid administrative leave with the state police, resigned Thursday and also plans to surrender his police certification through the Oregon Department […]
  
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• Muslim family: Hospital guard said they looked ‘scary’

  11-01-2019 16:22
  FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A Muslim family says staff at a Virginia hospital told them they looked “scary” and threatened to kick them out when they went to visit a newborn relative in December. The newborn’s aunt, Arwa Zahr, tells WRC-TV that a security guard confronted the family at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital’s birthing center, […]
  
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• Dry weekend expected: Seattle to get a break from the rain for the next 4-5 days

  11-01-2019 15:53
  Time to emerge from our soggy cocoons. The Seattle area is expected to get its first four- to five-day stretch of dry weather in more than a month.
  
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• Dry weekend expected: Seattle to get a break from rain, maybe for 5 days

  11-01-2019 15:53
  Time to emerge from your soggy cocoon. The Seattle area is expected to get its first stretch of dry weather in more than a month.
  
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• A timeline of events in the Jayme Closs disappearance case

  11-01-2019 15:09
  MILWAUKEE — Notable events in the disappearance and discovery of Jayme Closs, a 13-year-old Wisconsin girl who went missing after her parents were killed in the family home. Investigators say she was found alive on Thursday and that a suspect is in custody. ___ Related story Suspect in custody in missing girl case Oct. 15, […]
  
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