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• Seattle neighbors band together against developer to save ‘exceptional tree’

  28-03-2019 23:55
  Suzanne Grant smiles at the towering tulip tree while she can. “Just the other day I observed five eagles flying over it,” the music teacher says on a balmy Tuesday of the tree rooted less than 50 yards from her Queen Anne home and three blocks from David Rodgers Park. Nearly 90 feet tall, with […]
  
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• 27 Movies Worth Watching in Seattle This Weekend: March 28–31, 2019

  28-03-2019 23:50 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffHotel Mumbai is based on a true story about ordinary heroes and unimaginable terror. Courtesy of Bleecker Street
  This weekend, Hotel Mumbai promises a dramatization of a devastating act of terror in India and the heroism of ordinary people who responded. Tim Burton's Dumbo is also opening, but the reviews have taken a pretty dim view: Joe Morgenstern of the Wall Street Journal called it "a live-action remake of the 1941 animated classic with a grim tone and a dead s
  
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• 26 Movies Worth Watching in Seattle This Weekend: March 28–31, 2019

  28-03-2019 23:20
  Hotel Mumbai, The Trial, War and Peace, and Other Critics' Picksby Stranger Things To Do StaffThis weekend, Hotel Mumbai promises a dramatization of a devastating act of terror in India and the heroism of ordinary people who responded. Tim Burton's Dumbo is also opening, but the reviews have taken a pretty dim view: Joe Morgenstern of the Wall Street Journal called it "a live-action remake of the 1941 animated classic with a grim tone and a dead soul." Fortunately, there are some very different
  
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• Nigerien Guitarist Bombino Kicks Out the Transcendent Desert-Blues-Rock Jams

  28-03-2019 23:15
  
  by Dave SegalBombino is on tour behind 2018's Deran Marije Kuiper, courtesy Partisan Records
  Music from Niger’s desert city, Agadez, continues to gain new, avid followers, and it’s easy to hear why. Whether it’s ambling at a mellow gait or raging militantly at a gallop, this strain of African blues rock rivets and sends you into a trance. The piquant, glinting guitar tones and serpentine riffs make for a fresh jam-band gestalt that’s packed with virtuosity and the sort of
  
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• PETA sues university lab for footage of primate experiments

  28-03-2019 22:52
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has filed a lawsuit to compel Oregon Health & Science University to release footage of experiments on monkeys at its Oregon National Primate Research Center. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that the experiments at the Hillsboro center were taxpayer-funded and video of those experiments should be […]
  
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• Seattle’s housing director will leave Durkan administration amid City Hall shake-up

  28-03-2019 22:35
  An Ed Murray appointee known as a capable technocrat, Walker has led the Seattle Office of Housing since 2014.
  
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• Audit: Oregon welfare programs, foster care mismanaged

  28-03-2019 22:19
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A state audit found that Oregon’s welfare agencies have racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in questionable costs from data errors and a lack of oversight. The Secretary of State’s office said on Thursday that the state has not been properly tracking its payments to welfare recipients under the federal […]
  
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• Service for slain Washington state deputy draws thousands

  28-03-2019 22:10
  Deputy Ryan Thompson was shot to death during a gunbattle the evening of March 19 near Ellensburg. The suspect was also killed.
  
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• Service for slain Kittitas County deputy draws more than a thousand people

  28-03-2019 22:10
  Deputy Ryan Thompson was shot to death during a gunbattle the evening of March 19 near Ellensburg. The suspect was also killed.
  
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• Ohio attorney general to oppose health care law ruling

  28-03-2019 21:56
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Ohio’s Republican attorney general said Thursday he will file a court brief opposing a federal judge’s ruling that declared the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional, potentially leaving nearly 2 million state residents with pre-existing medical conditions without health insurance should the decision be upheld. Attorney General Dave Yost told The Associated Press that […]
  
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• Second-grade teacher shot in Lake City attack: ‘I want to make sure the kids know I’m OK’

  28-03-2019 21:54
  From her hospital bed at Harborview Medical Center on Thursday, Deborah Judd said she feels lucky to have survived being shot three times. Despite her injuries, she said she still plans to take a trip to Las Vegas next weekend to see Aerosmith.
  
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• House panel introduces new ballot initiative legislation

  28-03-2019 21:41
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A House committee on Thursday proposed changing a ballot initiative bill that critics say makes the process so difficult that it violates Idaho’s Constitution. The House Ways and Means Committee sent to the full House legislation that increases the length of time to gather signatures and cuts the number of legislative […]
  
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• Selfish Adult Baby Risks Losing Best Thing He Ever Had

  28-03-2019 21:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan SavageOriginally published on February 8, 2007.
  I've been married to my husband for two years and have been with him for four. I'm a little dominant, but nothing too out there. My husband, on the other hand, is a diaper-loving, transvestite adult baby.
  I've done everything I can to make him realize that while I'm not into his kink, I'm not against it. I've bought him diapers (cloth and disposable), I've set aside a room in our house to be his "nursery," one we
  
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• Comprehensive Sex Ed Bill Still up in the Air

  28-03-2019 21:19 via thestranger.com
  
  House Speaker Frank Chopp and Rep. Susan Tomiko Santos are "discussing the bill again today."by Rich SmithHouse Speaker Frank Chopp and Rep. Susan Tomiko Santos are "discussing the bill again today." Courtesy of Washington State LegislatureConstituents blew up the phone lines and stuffed the inboxes of the House Democrats after yesterday's revelation that Rep. Santos was holding up a comprehensive sex ed bill, but as of today Santos has not yet scheduled a vote on the legislation in the House Ed
  
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• No, Kellyanne, Fentanyl-Laced Cannabis Isn't a Thing

  28-03-2019 20:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by Josh Jardine Hailshadow/Getty ImagesKellyanne Conway lied about something! Again! This week, the White House counselor and opioid crisis czar falsely stated during a news conference, yet again, that cannabis is being laced with fentanyl, bringing her blatant-lie tally to roughly 218,738. The story is likely to gain traction with outlets such as Fox News, but Buzzfeed News provided a great breakdown as to why it's not true.
  Conway was discussing fentanyl, and claimed, “People are unwitti
  
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• State: Care center where 11 kids died can resume admissions

  28-03-2019 20:34
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey nursing home where 11 children died following a viral outbreak last year can now resume admitting pediatric ventilator patients. A ban imposed by state health officials more than four months ago was lifted Wednesday. The decision came after they approved the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation’s plans […]
  
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• Foster kids removed from jail that limited tampon access

  28-03-2019 20:25
  KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — Oregon child welfare officials are removing foster children from a Klamath Falls residential program located in a county juvenile jail, after lawyers and state lawmakers raised concerns that girls didn’t have access to free tampons. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports girls recently were given access to three free tampons at a time, […]
  
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• $1 million prize awaits Israeli team if moon landing works

  28-03-2019 20:09
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An Israeli team aiming to land a spacecraft on the moon in two weeks can now expect more than glory if it works. How about a cool $1 million? The XPrize Foundation announced Thursday it’s offering a $1 million award for a successful lunar landing. Israel’s privately financed spacecraft Beresheet […]
  
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• Bump stocks are turned in or destroyed as ban takes effect

  28-03-2019 20:04
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The largest supplier of bump stocks turned in its entire remaining inventory to be destroyed — some 60,000 devices. Washington state’s buyback program was so popular it ran out of money. One dealer held a “Viking funeral” for his last bump stock, pouring a can of beer on it and then […]
  
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• At 71, she’s never felt pain or anxiety; now scientists know why

  28-03-2019 19:42
  The genetic mutation that seems to be responsible for Jo Cameron’s virtual painlessness had not been previously identified. The hope, scientists say, is that the finding could eventually contribute to the development of a novel pain treatment.
  
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• Damien Jurado Is Flying the Way He Wants To

  28-03-2019 19:41
  Damien Jurado reverses course with his next LP, In the Shape of a Storm.by Robert HamThe narrative surrounding the new album by Damien Jurado is a juicy one: A well-regarded singer-songwriter whose last three dense, psychedelic studio albums were created with the help of producer Richard Swift reverses course with his next LP. He decides to make an acoustic album—just guitar and vocals—and record it quickly, using all first takes. In the studio, he knocks them out, one right after th
  
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• Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Returns, and Ups the Feminist Ante

  28-03-2019 19:25
  by Wm. Steven HumphreyL ast October’s debut of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina was a delightful, diabolical surprise. After quickly burning through the plotline of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s excellent graphic novel, the Netflix adaptation took on a life of its own—becoming a funny, frightening, and feminist-forward parody of organized religion. And, in the process, Sabrina became the current reigning teen soap opera. Not bad for a show that revolves around Satanism!In the first se
  
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• Cannabis News Roundup!

  28-03-2019 19:15
  News you may have missed while you were doing your “pot weed.”by Josh JardineHere’s some news you may have missed while you were doing your “pot weed.”
  New Jersey Tokers Are Paying Way Too MuchOn March 7, authorities at a Philadelphia shipping port discovered 614 pounds of cannabis hidden in a shipping container originating from Puerto Rico and bound for New Jersey. While it was one of the largest cannabis seizures in the Port of Philadelphia’s history, the &l
  
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• Flight company ends search for Alaska plane crash victims

  28-03-2019 19:07
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The owners of an air ambulance that crashed in Alaska have ended a private search for the three employees. Officials with Utah-based Guardian Flight say the search ended Wednesday after covering 7 square miles (18 sq. kilometers) of ocean floor and traversing more than 700 linear miles (1,127 kilometers) by ship. […]
  
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• Prosecutor says no charges after woman confronts governor

  28-03-2019 19:05
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The district attorney for Nome said Thursday that he would not file charges against a woman taken into custody after police say she confronted Gov. Mike Dunleavy at an airport and refused to leave when asked. John Earthman said by email that he told the court no charge would be filed […]
  
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• District attorney: No charges planned against protester

  28-03-2019 19:05
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The district attorney for Nome says no charges will be filed against a woman taken into custody after police say she confronted Gov. Mike Dunleavy at an airport and refused to leave when asked. John Earthman said by email Thursday that he told the court that no charge would be filed […]
  
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• With bullets flying, wounded Metro driver focused on getting passengers away from gunfire

  28-03-2019 18:52
  Eric Stark is being hailed as a hero for driving a Metro bus out of the line of fire despite being wounded in the chest.
  
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• Rock On: NASA releases artsy shots of 2 asteroids

  28-03-2019 18:39
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has released a pair of artsy shots of two little asteroids. Thursday’s picture shows an asteroid coming apart at its dusty seams, courtesy of the Hubble Space Telescope . Two long comet-like tails are streaming from asteroid Gault, a 2.5-mile-wide (4-kilometer-wide) world that’s spinning so fast it’s shedding. Photos […]
  
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• Commercial, labor taxes ideas to raise money for schools

  28-03-2019 18:35
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Lawmakers are moving forward with discussions on three potential tax options that would create hundreds of millions of dollars in additional revenue specifically for Oregon’s schools. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown wants to raise nearly $2 billion for education in the 2019-21 biennium and she’s tasked the Joint Committee on Student Success […]
  
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• 27 Spring 2019 Plant Sales in Seattle

  28-03-2019 18:35 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffYou'll find 70 varieties of tomatoes and 30 types of peppers at the Tilth Alliance's May Edible Plant Sale. Tilth Alliance via Facebook
  Spring has sprung, which means now is the best time to fill your garden—or your windowsill—with new plant life. Below, we've rounded up all the places to find native seasonal plants (like the Seattle Audubon Society's 23rd Annual Spring Plant Sale), plants you can eat (like the Tilth Alliance's May Edible Plant Sale), br
  
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• Anchorage police identify pedestrian struck, killed by truck

  28-03-2019 18:20
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage police have released the name of a 25-year-old woman killed last week when she was struck by a truck. Police on Thursday identified Shannon Henning as the woman killed March 22. Police say the 29-year-old driver was been charged with operating under the influence of alcohol. Online court records say […]
  
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• Where to Buy Plants This Spring

  28-03-2019 18:11 via thestranger.com
  Where to find native plants, veggie starts, and more around Seattle.by Stranger Things To Do StaffSpring has sprung, which means now is the best time to fill your garden—or your windowsill—with new plant life. Below, we've rounded up all the places to find native seasonal plants (like the Seattle Audubon Society's 23rd Annual Spring Plant Sale), plants you can eat (like the Tilth Alliance's May Edible Plant Sale), bright blooms (like the Evergreen Chrysanthemum Society's Mum Plant Sa
  
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• Bend Bulletin owner eyes sale of some newspapers

  28-03-2019 18:02
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An attorney for the long-time owner of seven newspapers in Oregon and California has said all but two are for sale. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports that Western Communications filed for bankruptcy in January, triggering layoffs. A federal judge recently allowed the company to hire a firm that specializes in newspaper acquisitions […]
  
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• Judge: Jail must provide drug used in opioid treatment

  28-03-2019 17:46
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A federal judge ordered a Maine jail to provide medication-assisted treatment to an inmate who says it’s necessary to keep her opioid addiction in remission, a ruling that a civil rights group called a breakthrough in the battle against opioid abuse. District Judge Nancy Torresen granted a preliminary injunction Wednesday requiring […]
  
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• UN report: Extreme weather hit 62 million people in 2018

  28-03-2019 17:31
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United Nations’ weather agency says extreme weather last year hit 62 million people worldwide and forced 2 million people to relocate, as man-made climate change worsened. The World Meteorological Organization’s annual state of global climate report says Earth is nearly 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit (1 degree Celsius) warmer than when the industrial […]
  
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• Bill to license Idaho naturopathic doctors signed into law

  28-03-2019 17:23
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation creating a licensing path in Idaho for naturopathic medical doctors has been signed into law by Gov. Brad Little. Little on Monday signed into law the legislation allowing the state to issue licenses to those who have graduated from an accredited naturopathic medical school and have passed exams. Backers say […]
  
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• Bill allowing Idaho needle exchange programs signed into law

  28-03-2019 16:58
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation intended to lower the risk of people being inadvertently jabbed with discarded used medical needles has been signed into law by Idaho Gov. Brad Little. Little late last week signed the legislation allowing groups to start a syringe and needle exchange program in Idaho. Backers say such programs could reduce […]
  
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• Mat-Su man sentenced to 30 years for highway pullout killing

  28-03-2019 16:56
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A Matanuska-Susitna Borough man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing a man at a highway pullout. Anchorage television station KTVA reports 38-year-old Justin Brunsvold of Houston killed 32-year-old Patrick McMullen on Nov. 2, 2017, near Mile 59 Parks Highway. Brunsvold believed McMullen was having an affair with […]
  
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• Slog AM: Two North Seattle Shooting Victims in Stable Condition, Trump Is Going After Jussie Smollett, Boeing and FAA Try to Win Back Trust

  28-03-2019 16:37
  
  by Timothy KenneyThe gunman is out of the hospital and in police custody.Lester Black
  Two shooting victims and the alleged gunman are in stable condition: Two victims are in stable condition this morning after being shot in a shooting Wednesday afternoon in Lake City. Two people were pronounced dead at the scene after multiple carjackings turned violent. Two others, including a bus driver who managed to back up the bus out of the gunman's range saving the 12 people onboard, are going to make a r
  
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• Grand jury indicts Wasilla man in shooting death of father

  28-03-2019 16:35
  WASILLA, Alaska (AP) — A grand jury has indicted a Wasilla man in the shooting death of his father on Christmas Eve. A Palmer grand jury in Friday indicted 23-year-old Mark Myers on two counts of second-degree murder and one of manslaughter in the death of 51-year-old Julian Myers of Wasilla. Alaska State Troopers arrested […]
  
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• House panel OKs amended version of federalism committee

  28-03-2019 16:30
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An amended version of legislation creating a panel of 10 lawmakers to monitor how federal laws affect Idaho’s sovereignty is headed to the House. The House State Affairs Committee on Thursday voted to approve creating the Committee on Federalism. A previous version passed the House but was amended in the Senate […]
  
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• Tennessee bill to stop local plastic bag bans heads to gov

  28-03-2019 16:15
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers have passed a bill to ban local governments from regulating certain plastic bags and utensils. The Senate passed the legislation Thursday. The House already approved it, so it next heads to Republican Gov. Bill Lee. The Republican-led General Assembly is reacting to recent consideration by Memphis and Nashville, the […]
  
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• Government-funded study says red wolves are distinct species

  28-03-2019 16:03
  DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — A panel of top scientists has concluded the endangered red wolf of the southeastern U.S. is a species unto itself. The study by the National Academy of Sciences gives the beleaguered canine a scientific and political boost as its numbers plummet in the wild. The panel also found the Mexican gray […]
  
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• Updates to Idaho mining law signed by governor

  28-03-2019 15:50
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation rewriting portions of Idaho’s mining law has been signed into law by Gov. Brad Little. Little signed the legislation Tuesday that’s backed by the Idaho Mining Association that updates the state’s nearly 50-year-old mining law. Backers say the update is needed to protect the viability of Idaho mining from federal […]
  
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• South King County woman uninjured after driving car through her own house

  28-03-2019 15:11
  An South King County woman in her 70s was taken to the hospital on Wednesday night after she drove her Subaru through her own house, according to South King Fire & Rescue. The crash occurred around 10:30 p.m. at the woman’s home in the 30800 block of Military Road South in Auburn, Battalion Chief Eric Suckoll […]
  
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• New York state’s opioid suit hits billionaire family behind OxyContin

  28-03-2019 15:05
  New York's lawsuit echoes other states' cases, alleging the Sacklers' and Purdue's aggressive marketing of OxyContin beginning in the mid-1990s led to massive overprescribing and a scourge of dependency, addiction and death.
  
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• Taxpayers are asked to support falcons, fight pigeon poop

  28-03-2019 15:01
  BOSTON (AP) — Along with all the usual declarations and deductions, Massachusetts residents have been asked to keep something else in mind this tax season: pigeon droppings. In an unusual and at times stomach-turning appeal, the state agency MassWildlife proposed that one way to fight back against the sticky messes befouling cars and damaging bridges […]
  
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• 150-pound Komodo dragon at Woodland Park Zoo dies

  28-03-2019 14:34
  Selat continued to receive veterinary attention until the end, but caretakers said his condition deteriorated rapidly in recent days.
  
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• US begins organ transplants from living donors who have HIV

  28-03-2019 14:01
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Surgeons in Baltimore have performed what’s thought to be the world’s first kidney transplant from a living donor with HIV, a milestone for patients with the AIDS virus who need a new organ. If other donors with HIV come forward, it could free up space on the transplant waiting list for everyone. […]
  
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• Who’s on First? The mix of cars and buses will create a pickle for Mariner baseball games

  28-03-2019 14:00
  Viaduct removal was a "total game changer" that confounds any predictions about gameday traffic downtown, said Bill Bryant, Metro's director of service development.
  
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