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• Ways to Celebrate Black History Month

  01-02-2019 23:57 via thestranger.com
  Art exhibits, movie screenings, history lessons, and more ways to celebrate Black History Month 2019 in Seattle.by Stranger Things To Do StaffThere are lots of opportunities to celebrate Black History Month in Seattle this February, from history talks (like Living Voices: The Right to Dream) to movie screenings (like Sweet Sweetback's Badassss Song!) to live performances (like Roger Guenveur Smith: Frederick Douglass Now) to food events (like Carla Hall at Junebaby).FEBRUARY1Black VoicesSoprano
  
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• 37 Black History Month 2019 Events in Seattle

  01-02-2019 23:53 via thestranger.com
  Art exhibits, movie screenings, history lessons, and more ways to celebrate Black History Month 2019 in Seattle.by Stranger Things To Do StaffThere are lots of opportunities to celebrate Black History Month in Seattle this February, from history talks (like Living Voices: The Right to Dream) to movie screenings (like Sweet Sweetback's Badassss Song!) to live performances (like Roger Guenveur Smith: Frederick Douglass Nowr) to food events (like Carla Hall at Junebaby). Find them all below or on o
  
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• Reports of meteorite strike in town in western Cuba

  01-02-2019 23:48
  HAVANA (AP) — Residents and tourists in a town in western Cuba saw a flare pass through the sky and heard an explosion Friday in what state media and scientists say was likely a meteorite. Witnesses reported seeing a ball of fire and a smoke trail in a clear midday sky, and a rain of […]
  
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• Meteorite strikes in town in western Cuba

  01-02-2019 23:48
  HAVANA (AP) — Residents and tourists in a town in western Cuba saw a flare pass through the sky and heard an explosion Friday in what officials said was a meteorite strike. Witnesses reported seeing a ball of fire and a smoke trail in a clear midday sky, and a rain of black stones fell […]
  
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• Court: BNSF doesn’t have to release video of train hitting pedestrian

  01-02-2019 23:46
  A fight between Pierce County’s medical examiner and BNSF over access to video of a pedestrian being struck by a freight train has been resolved in the railroad’s favor.
  
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• How Capitalism Can Explain Why an Encounter with Aliens Is Highly Unlikely

  01-02-2019 23:44 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede gremlin/Getty
  I will try not to make this long. I also want to make it clear that there is more to life than what is on the thin layer of this rocky planet. So, this post is not about dismissing the possibility of life on other worlds and in other galaxies. That's another writer's racket. In my case, the concern is with the idea of technologically advanced life forms. Now, again, I must make one other thing clear. It is possible there are aliens with advanced forms of technolog
  
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• Last-Minute Plans: 72 Free, Cheap & Easy Things To Do in Seattle This Weekend: Feb 1-3, 2019

  01-02-2019 23:35 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffRing in the Year of the Pig with Chinese beers (like this Buddha’s Hand Citron IPA) at Lucky Envelope's Chinese New Year Celebration, martial arts demos at the Seattle Art Museum's Lunar New Year Family Celebration, and live performances at the Sammamish Lunar New Year Celebration. Lester Black
  Panicking because you don’t know what to do this weekend and you're short on cash? Don't worry—below, find all of your options for last-minute entertainment
  
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• Inbox Jukebox Track of the Day: The Riveting Spy Jazz of "Furtive" by the Nels Cline 4

  01-02-2019 22:56 via thestranger.com
  
  Check out the riveting spy jazz of "Furtive" by masterly guitarist Nels Cline and his quartet, who play Columbia City Theater Feb. 13.by Dave SegalIn that cerebral zone between ECM-indebted fusion and introspective post-rock. (Nels Cline, far right) Nathan West
  The Nels Cline 4, "Furtive" (Blue Note)
  At age 63, guitarist Nels Cline is still making compelling music outside of his best-known outlet, the avant-Americana unit Wilco, for whom he's been playing for 15 years. To give you an idea of Cli
  
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• Witness: Prison officials kept misleading financial books

  01-02-2019 22:40
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A former Idaho Department of Correction employee says prison leaders kept three sets of financial books in an effort to hide the full costs of lethal injection executions from the public. Former IDOC purchasing agent Joanne Sooter testified Friday that her IDOC supervisors created the three sets of records so they […]
  
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• Nine Extremely Important Questions About the Trailer for Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

  01-02-2019 22:17 via thestranger.com
  by Erik Henriksen
  Here at The Stranger, we take the Fast & Furious films VERY SERIOUSLY.
  Which means today we are celebrating the release of the first trailer for the very first F&F spinoff film, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw! Have you seen it yet! Have you not seen it yet! Either way, let's watch it! Or watch it again!WE HAVE NINE QUESTIONS:• Is this literally the only time in history that a bottle of champagne has ever been involved in any scenario remotely related
  
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• Some Thoughts on Roger Stone's Grandson, Anal Douching, and More

  01-02-2019 22:16 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Day: Reader Advice Round-upby Dan Savage
  Recent Savage Love Letters of the Day: He's middle aged and new to pegging and has just one question, the ghosting that wasn't, miserable married woman gives happily married man permission to see a trans escort, and why can this guy only get hard when smelling maple syrup? And, as always, last week's column and Lovecast.First, on Roger Stone's grandson:Roger stone's grandson is not my cup of tea, but hey, he's attractive. But why
  
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• Velvet Buzzsaw Is a Fun, Flawed Mash-Up of Humor and Horror

  01-02-2019 21:49 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ned Lannamann
  Good art is to die for. That’s the idea behind the engagingly outlandish Velvet Buzzsaw, which begins as a fang-toothed satire of the Los Angeles art scene and turns into something else altogether. The humor is wry and dry and enjoyably mean, and while the story’s more ridiculous elements eventually dominate, Buzzsaw’s never less than effortlessly watchable.
  If you enjoy watching bad things happen to bad people (don’t lie—I know you gulped down both
  
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• Rosemary Mariner, pathbreaking Navy pilot and commander, is dead at 65

  01-02-2019 21:46
  The first woman to lead a naval aviation squadron, Rosemary Mariner later successfully fought for a congressional measure that lifted a ban on women serving in combat.
  
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• Woman’s effort puts Chicago homeless in hotels during freeze

  01-02-2019 21:29
  CHICAGO (AP) — A good Samaritan triggered an effort that eventually housed more than 100 homeless people in a hotel amid dangerously cold weather in Chicago. Cindy Payne confirms she, her husband and a few friends went to a homeless camp late Tuesday as temperatures sank to negative 23 degrees (negative 30.5 Celsius). They worried […]
  
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• Tonight: Depth Welcomes UK DJ/Producer Regis, Master of Dark, Hard Techno

  01-02-2019 21:16 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dave Segal
  Depth continues its reign as one of Seattle’s most reliable arbiters of taste with regard to bleeding-edge club music. England's Regis (aka Karl O’Connor) has been one of the world's foremost DJ/producers of dark, hard techno for over two decades, as well as being a genius curator of the same as co-head of Downwards Records and Sandwell District. For sheer ruggedness and intensity, few producers and selectors can match this dark magus’ prowess for uptempo 4/4 rhyt
  
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• Seattle Must Vote to Renew Both Education Levies, Or Else

  01-02-2019 20:59 via thestranger.com
  
  It will be Armageddon for the public school system in this city if we don't pass these levies.by Stranger Election Control BoardYou’d run too if your school only had enough money to clean the classrooms once every three days. Thomas Barwick / GETTY IMAGES
  Do you remember your school nurse? Your school librarian? Your school guidance counselor, or even your custodian? Well, the kids who attend Seattle Public Schools probably don’t! At current funding levels, the district doesn't have
  
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• Tentative dates set for US senator speeches in Alaska

  01-02-2019 20:49
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Tentative dates have been set for Alaska’s two U.S. senators to address Alaska state lawmakers. The state Senate on Friday accepted a request by U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski to address a joint session on Feb. 19 and by U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan to address a joint session on Feb. 21. The […]
  
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• Victims’ rights amendment to get hearing in Senate panel

  01-02-2019 19:56
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation to amend the state’s constitution to expand the rights of crime victims and their families will get a hearing. The Senate State Affairs Committee gave the OK for the hearing for the proposal brought before the panel Friday. The proposal would change Idaho’s 1994 Victim Rights Amendment by requiring victims […]
  
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• 38 Places To Watch the 2019 Super Bowl in Seattle

  01-02-2019 19:52 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffFuel your cheering, your booing, and your heckling with game-day fare at Super Bowl parties around town. Shutterstock
  The New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams will compete for the Vince Lombardi trophy in the 53rd Super Bowl this Sunday, February 3. Whether you want to escape the confines of your couch, fill up on game-day food and drink specials, or hang out with puppies, we've got you covered. Find all the places to watch the game (which kicks off at 3:30
  
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• Historic Strip of Belltown, Including Neon Boots and Lava Lounge, Is Back on the Chopping Block

  01-02-2019 19:37 via thestranger.com
  
  A developer wants to bulldoze a strip of Belltown including Neon Boots, Rocco's, Lava Lounge, Tula's, and the historic Wayne Apartments.by Lester BlackThe Wayne Apartments pictured behind the neighborhood's strip of bars on Thursday night. Lester Black
  A strip of beloved businesses and one of the oldest buildings in Belltown might be demolished and replaced by an eight story apartment building, according to the Daily Journal of Commerce. A development company has a plan to demolish Neon Boots, R
  
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• Parks in Northern Rockies focus on hiring after shutdown

  01-02-2019 19:34
  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Glacier National Park workers are trying to figure out just how much the recent government shutdown set them back in hiring hundreds of summer workers. In Yellowstone, they’re catching up with a backlog of applications for filming, research and other special park uses. And in Grand Teton, employees are jump-starting the […]
  
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• Northern Rockies’ national parks take stock after shutdown

  01-02-2019 19:34
  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Glacier National Park staffers are trying to figure out just how much last month’s government shutdown set them back in hiring hundreds of summer workers. In Yellowstone, they’re catching up with a backlog of applications for filming, research and other special park uses. And in Grand Teton, they’re jump-starting the vehicle […]
  
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• What Would Happen If a Nuke Went Off in Seattle?

  01-02-2019 18:58 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogIt seems as though Donald Trump's sleepover with Kim Jong Un didn't save the world from nuclear disaster after-all.Last year, in case you've already blacked it out, Trump met with the North Korean leader to discuss denuclearization. Trump, at the time, claimed great success and Un almost, for a second, seemed to be on board. At his New Year's address, he said the country would work towards denuclearization and promised not to continue weapons testing.Turns out, it was all a bunch
  
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• Parents: Saudi accused in girl’s death likely won’t return

  01-02-2019 18:14
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The parents of a teenage girl who was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver while crossing a street in Portland, Oregon, say they are having a hard time dealing with the fact that the suspect has disappeared and may have been helped by the government of Saudi Arabia. Fifteen-year-old Fallon […]
  
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• Alaska State Troopers arrest coach suspected of smoking pot

  01-02-2019 17:50
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The coach of a girls’ basketball team from a rural Alaska village was arrested on suspicion of smoking marijuana between games at a tournament. Alaska State Troopers say 23-year-old Kaylena Charlie of Minto (MIN-toh) was arrested Thursday in Nenana (nee-NA-nah). Online court records Friday did not list the case and it […]
  
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• Woman guilty of abusing child in UK’s first FGM conviction

  01-02-2019 17:24
  LONDON (AP) — A London mother became the first person to be successfully prosecuted for female genital mutilation in Britain when she was convicted Friday of harming her 3-year-old daughter. The 37-year-old Ugandan woman had denied guilt and claimed her daughter suffered an accidental injury. Jurors at London’s Central Criminal Court concluded the girl had […]
  
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• Slog AM: We Made It Through Viadoom, Oregon Has Way Too Much Weed, South Side Schools Have Lead

  01-02-2019 17:14 via thestranger.com
  
  by Timothy KenneyThey're positively drowning in the stuff!UrosPoteko/Getty Images
  Lead isn’t just a problem in Flint: Drinking fountains and sinks in Seattle’s South Side schools have unsafe concentrations of lead and have for a long time now. Over half of South Side schools had higher lead levels than they consider acceptable and it’s not just a problem in the south. North Seattle schools have plenty of lead too. Lead is really bad for young minds, even worse than the traumati
  
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• Skeptic on radiation limits will head EPA radiation panel

  01-02-2019 16:52
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A physicist who argues that U.S. guidelines for low-dose radiation are too strict will head the Environmental Protection Agency’s Radiation Advisory Committee. California scientist Brant Ulsh is at the forefront of an argument that low doses of radiation pose little or no health threat. And he urges the EPA to abandon its […]
  
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• Bill would allocate more money for youth farm programs

  01-02-2019 16:44
  PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — A bill introduced in the Oregon House this week would increase funding into Future Farmers of America programs around the state. The measure from Rep. Greg Barreto, a Republican from Pendleton, would allot more money for students to attend statewide and national events to build their FFA resumes and develop their […]
  
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• $100 fee on new studded tires, a ban in 2025 proposed in Olympia bill

  01-02-2019 16:42
  HB 1309 would raise an estimated $3.5 million over two years. But that wouldn’t make up for the estimated $20 million a year in damage to state roads. Studded tires are one of the issues that highlight the east-west and urban-rural divides in Washington.
  
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• Northwest US measles cases prompt look at vaccine exemptions

  01-02-2019 16:01
  The outbreak has Washington state lawmakers revisiting nonmedical exemptions that allow children to attend school without vaccinations if their parents express a personal objection. Oregon and Washington have some of the nation's highest vaccine exemption rates.
  
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• Northwest measles outbreak revives debate over vaccine laws

  01-02-2019 16:01
  The outbreak has Washington state lawmakers revisiting nonmedical exemptions that allow children to attend school without vaccinations if their parents express a personal objection. Oregon and Washington have some of the nation's highest vaccine exemption rates.
  
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• Rare whale found dead in Everglades National Park waters

  01-02-2019 15:37
  MIAMI (AP) — A rare whale was found dead in the waters of Florida’s Everglades National Park. In social media posts, park officials said the Bryde’s (pronounced BROO-dus) whale carcass was recovered Wednesday. The young adult male was 38 feet (12 meters) long and weighed nearly 30 tons (25 metric tons). Federal Marine Mammal Stranding […]
  
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• Podcast: What you don’t know about McNeil Island, Washington’s ‘forgotten prison’

  01-02-2019 15:00
  KNKX reporter Simone Alicea takes us into the hidden history of Washington's longtime island prison.
  
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• Jay Inslee’s federal PAC reports $243,000 in donations as he nears decision on presidential run

  01-02-2019 15:00
  Inslee's Vision PAC reported relatively modest fundraising as he nears a decision on a presidential bid.
  
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• ‘I was able to resonate with her struggles’: Washington students share their thoughts on teacher diversity

  01-02-2019 15:00
  We’re sharing reactions from students about how the lack of diversity among teachers has affected their education. Stay tuned over the next few weeks for more from both teachers and students.
  
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• From the editor: The Seattle Times unveils a fresh mission, vision and call to action

  01-02-2019 15:00
  The Seattle Times newsroom aims to investigate, innovate, invite and inspire, writes Executive Editor Don Shelton.
  
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• A glimpse of Lynnwood of 100 years ago includes this storybook cottage

  01-02-2019 15:00
  Sketched Jan. 30, 2019 Picture Lynnwood in the 1920s. An impressive landmark, among many chicken farms, was this Tudor-style building that served as the first general store and post office in Alderwood Manor, the community that eventually developed into the Lynnwood of today. The Wickers Building, named after one of its storekeepers, was also an […]
  
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• As Ebola outbreak marks 6 months, health centers a concern

  01-02-2019 14:41
  DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The deadly Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo marked six months on Friday with officials noting a worrying number of confirmed cases linked to health centers. Such infections are seen as a major problem that highlights poor practices and the risk of spread among patients and workers. Combined with community resistance in […]
  
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• Staggering Uganda wildlife bust worth some $3.5 million

  01-02-2019 14:18
  KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Officials say a staggeringly large bust of smuggled ivory and pangolin scales in Uganda is worth $3.5 million. Uganda Revenue Authority spokesman Vincent Seruma told reporters on Friday that the intercepted shipment contained more than three tons of elephant tusks and nearly a half-ton of pangolin scales. He calls this one […]
  
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• Student Voices: Why all kids need to learn computer science

  01-02-2019 14:00
  The biggest reward of learning computer science for Issaquah student Hallie Chen was computational thinking, or breaking down problems into segments to solve one at a time. The benefits of computer science extend far beyond coding for any student, she argues.
  
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• Read the Seattle school district’s full response to questions about lead in its water

  01-02-2019 14:00
  For the sake of transparency and to offer readers a full accounting of the district's response to questions about lead testing, we're publishing email exchanges between Seattle Public Schools officials and The Seattle Times.
  
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• Lead persists in the water at many Seattle schools. Does Chicago have a solution?

  01-02-2019 14:00
  The Seattle school district tests the drinking water at each campus at least once every three years. Through early 2018, the results of those tests showed 53 percent of schools in South Seattle registered lead readings above what the district considers an acceptable level of exposure.
  
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• Polish envoy to Slovakia summoned over tainted meat scandal

  01-02-2019 13:40
  BRATSLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s agriculture minister summoned the Polish ambassador to Bratislava on Friday over a scandal in which meat from sick Polish cows that were slaughtered illegally was exported to 11 other European Union countries. Polish authorities have previously acknowledged the meat was exported to Finland, Hungary, Estonia, Romania, Sweden, France, Spain, Lithuania, […]
  
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• Polish ambassador to Slovakia summoned over meat scandal

  01-02-2019 13:40
  BRATSLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s agriculture minister has summoned the Polish ambassador to Bratislava over a scandal that saw meat from sick cows that were slaughtered illegally in Poland exported to 10 other European Union countries. Polish authorities acknowledged the meat was exported to Finland, Hungary, Estonia, Romania, Sweden, France, Spain, Lithuania, Portugal and Slovakia. […]
  
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• Cleanup estimate for Hanford nuclear site increases by $82B

  01-02-2019 13:21
  The Hanford nuclear site in Washington state became contaminated following the production of about two-thirds of the country's plutonium for nuclear weapons programs. A new estimate puts the cost of remaining cleanup efforts at $242 billion, which is $82 billion more than previously thought.
  
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• Special airlift for baby flamingos in peril in South Africa

  01-02-2019 10:07
  KIMBERLEY, South Africa (AP) — A special airlift for thousands of baby flamingos is under way in South Africa as drought has put their breeding ground in peril. A reservoir that hosts one of southern Africa’s largest flamingo populations is drying up. The flamingo eggs are losing their cool, moist protective cover and their inner […]
  
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• AP Explains: Why Congo’s Ebola outbreak still going strong

  01-02-2019 10:02
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo, the second deadliest in history, marks six months on Friday and is moving toward the major border city of Goma, a development that would greatly complicate any hope of stopping the virus’ spread in the unstable region. This may be the most challenging Ebola outbreak ever. […]
  
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• Prescription discounts channeled to patients in Trump plan

  01-02-2019 06:50
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has unveiled a plan to channel now-hidden prescription drug rebates directly to patients, saying it would bypass middlemen and lower prices for consumers. The proposed regulation from Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar would eliminate behind-the-scenes discounts among drugmakers, insurers and go-betweens and instead require that they be […]
  
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• Howard Schultz offers few specifics Thursday as he tests hometown waters for White House bid

  01-02-2019 06:35
  The ex-Starbucks CEO's appearance, technically part of a nationwide book tour, is one of about a dozen planned as he crisscrosses the nation over the next six weeks, gauging potential support for a presidential run.
  
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