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• Abel Pacheco, Once Wrongfully Arrested, Is Running for City Council to Reform Seattle's Criminal Justice System

  29-03-2019 23:38 via thestranger.com
  
  He was wrongfully arrested in 2015 and the first thing he did after was decide to run for office.by Nathalie GrahamHe's running in District 4.Courtesy of Abel Pacheco
  Abel Pacheco pulled out his phone. "You want to see the video?"In the video, there's a yellow cab parked in front of the Wallingford 7/11. It's night time. Pacheco comes on screen, opens the cab door and puts money in the backseat. He backs away, hands up from the cab driver approaching him. Then, the driver spits. Pacheco ducks. T
  
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• Seattle man charged in Lake City shootings says he was drunk, doesn’t recall rampage, police say

  29-03-2019 23:20
  Tad-Michael Norman told police he bought alcohol, including vodka, rum and wine, and started drinking around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to charging documents. The shooting, which left two dead and two injured, occurred about 4 p.m.
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Not a Socialist, She Is a Luxury Communist

  29-03-2019 23:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede"We are the robots! We pay taxes!" PhonlamaiPhoto/gettyimages.com
  There is a side of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that has not been properly or adequately discussed or examined. She is a communist, but her brand of communism involves a replacement of workers with robots. The old model of communism must not be confused at all with this new one. And one should not dismiss the latter as merely a utopian dream and as simply an extension of classical (or 19th century) communism. There ar
  
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• New Places to Eat Pizza and More Seattle Food News You Can Use: March 29, 2019 Edition

  29-03-2019 22:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffWindy City Pie's raved-about Chicago-style deep-dish pizza now has a new home in Phinney Ridge. Windy City Pie
  Seattleites now have three new places to increase their pizza intake, with Chicago-style deep-dish pies at Windy City Pie in Phinney, wacky combos (spaghetti and meatballs on pizza?) alongside boozy slushies at Supreme in University District, and margherita pies and more at Wallingford's new cozy-casual Italian spot Fiasco. Meanwhile, Ballard Pizza Company
  
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• Man convicted in knife attack on children dies in prison

  29-03-2019 22:44
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A man convicted in a knife attack on Anchorage elementary school children in 2001 has died in prison. The Alaska Department of Corrections says 51-year-old Jason Pritchard was found unresponsive in his cell at the Anchorage Correctional Complex on Friday morning. The department says officers and medical staff performed life-saving measures […]
  
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• Letter Writer: LEAVE MICHAEL JACKSON ALONE!

  29-03-2019 22:25 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Day: Reader Advice Round-upby Dan SavageRecent Savage Love Letters of the Day: Her boyfriend's browser history reveals perplexing (but irrelevant) sexual interests; her husband's "ultimate" fantasy is a big ask; a selfish adult baby risks losing the best thing he's ever had; and she used to enjoy pegging her hot husband—should she tell him what's wrong? And, as always, last week's column and Savage Lovecast (with Andrew Rannells!!!).First up… um... not ever
  
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• Judge rejects Trump plan for road in Alaska wildlife refuge

  29-03-2019 22:10
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Trump administration violated federal law with a proposed road through a national wildlife refuge in Alaska, a federal judge ruled Friday, saying the project would have reversed previous policy without explanation. U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason rejected an Interior Department land exchange that would have led to a road […]
  
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• Shana Cleveland's New Album, Night of the Worm Moon, Embraces the Beauty in Uncertainty

  29-03-2019 22:08 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ciara DolanShana Cleveland plays Wednesday, April 10, at Fremont Abbey. ELEANOR PETRY
  Something strange lurks in the background of Shana Cleveland’s songs. It’s not necessarily sinister; there’s just a sense that an unknown entity is circling the perimeter, eyes glowing out from the shadows.
  Beginning with 2012’s Damp Face, the first EP from Cleveland’s surf-rock outfit La Luz, ghostly doo-wop harmonies are paired with lyrics populated by faceless ghouls. Even th
  
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• Snapshot of extinction: Fossils show day of killer asteroid

  29-03-2019 21:55
  WASHINGTON (AP) — New research captures a fossilized snapshot of the day nearly 66 million years ago when an asteroid smacked Earth, fire rained from the sky and the ground shook far worse than any modern earthquake. It was the day that nearly all life on Earth went extinct, including the dinosaurs. The researchers say […]
  
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• Alaska Legislature passes disaster relief bill

  29-03-2019 21:53
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Legislature has passed a funding bill aimed at recovery needs from the major earthquake that rocked south-central Alaska last fall and replenishing a state disaster relief fund. The House passed the bill Friday, days after the Senate’s approval. Lawmakers moved with some urgency after Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration said […]
  
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• Washington Senate lawmakers propose a budget with a different idea for a capital-gains tax

  29-03-2019 21:24
  Unlike plans by Gov. Jay Inslee and House Democrats, the Washington Senate's $52.2 billion proposal does not rely on a capital-gains tax for funding. It does include a capital-gains plan, however, to reduce other taxes.
  
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• Police in Arizona kick in door to bring sick boy to hospital

  29-03-2019 21:22
  PHOENIX (AP) — Officers wielding pistols and ballistic shields kicked in the door of a suburban Phoenix home in the middle of the night to bring a sick 2-year-old boy to a hospital after his mother refused a doctor’s advice to get him to an emergency room for what was thought to be a potentially […]
  
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• A Beginner's Guide to Drinking Beer at Mariners Games

  29-03-2019 21:10 via thestranger.com
  
  There are over 30 different craft beers on tap at this year's Mariners games. Our beer critic selects his favorite so you can drink only the best at T-Mobile Park this year.by Lester BlackFried crickets and Georgetown's Bodhizafa can turn a Mariners loss into a win. Lester Black
  Beer has always been an integral element of baseball, but there’s no place in Major League Baseball where beer is more important than at Mariners games. The Mariners are a dreadful baseball team. We haven’t m
  
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• Hundreds of Intel tech administrators laid off

  29-03-2019 21:01
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Company sources say Intel laid off hundreds of people at sites throughout the company. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Intel confirmed the layoffs this week but declined to specify how many people lost their jobs or describe the rationale for the cutbacks. The cuts included Oregon, Intel’s largest site with 20,000 workers. Cuts […]
  
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• Teens injured when struck by car at Idaho high school

  29-03-2019 20:58
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Three high school students were injured when they were struck by a car in Boise, Idaho. KTVB reports that the crash happened shortly after noon Friday at Boise High School. Police say a boy and a girl were taken by ambulance to a local hospital with serious injuries. Another girl was […]
  
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• Inbox Jukebox Track of the Day: The Harold Budd/-like Meditation of “Time Does Not Bring Relief” by Breeders' Bassist Josephine Wiggs

  29-03-2019 20:45 via thestranger.com
  
  The Breeders' bassist Josephine Wiggs ditches rock for a shocking ambient piece in the vein of Harold Budd with “Time Does Not Bring Relief.”by Dave SegalBreeders bassist could have a Budding career in ambient music. The Sound of Sinners Records/Terrorbird PR
  Josephine Wiggs, “Time Does Not Bring Relief” (The Sound of Sinners)
  I love it when respected veteran musicians go off on surprising tangents. Such is the case with Josephine Wiggs's "Time Does Not Bring Relief," the
  
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• Pete Buttigieg Will Make a Great President. In 20 Years.

  29-03-2019 20:21 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogThe hottest candidate in the 2020 race, according to CNN.Justin SullivanEvery time there is a race for City Council here in Seattle, as with many American cities, you get a few serious candidates, a few absolute nuts, and a few people who might have good policy ideas but who lack any kind of governing experience. Say, a woman whose entire campaign is based on giving out free snacks on Wednesdays but whose only work experience has been as a slam poet. It’s a good idea, but sh
  
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• Man killed in Portland shooting

  29-03-2019 20:08
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A suspect is in custody after the fatal shooting of a man in Portland, Oregon. The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office said the shooting happened shortly before 7 a.m. Friday in a rural part of the city. KOIN reports that deputies said a man was suffering from life-threatening injuries when they arrived. […]
  
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• Alaska’s Taylor Highway opens after winter closure

  29-03-2019 19:48
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s Taylor Highway has opened to traffic. The 160-mile (257.48-kilometer) road extends north from the Alaska Highway to the city of Eagle. The highway closes each winter. State highway crews began removing snow along the road in mid-March. The Alaska Department of Transportation says travelers should use caution and expect water […]
  
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• Sax Legend Pharoah Sanders Will Miss Seattle Dates at Jazz Alley Due to a Broken Hip

  29-03-2019 19:40 via thestranger.com
  
  Bad news: Jazz sax legend Pharoah Sanders broke his hip and will miss the current four-night run with Joey DeFrancesco Trio at Jazz Alley.by Dave SegalThe creator has a nasty pain. David Redfern / Getty
  In a stroke of horrible luck, 78-year-old jazz-saxophone legend Pharoah Sanders fell and broke his hip right before his four-night run at Jazz Alley accompanying keyboardist Joey DeFrancesco, according to a message from the Seattle venue. The great Gary Bartz (Miles Davis, McCoy Tyner, Max Roach,
  
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• House OKs second ballot initiatives bill easing requirements

  29-03-2019 19:25
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The House has passed legislation involving ballot initiatives that’s described as a trailer bill to a previous bill that critics say makes the process so difficult that it violates Idaho’s Constitution. The House on Friday voted 47-22 to send to the Senate the legislation that, compared to the previous bill passed […]
  
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• Governor says she has chosen next secretary of state

  29-03-2019 19:19
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said that she has made a decision on the next secretary of state and that she will be making a formal announcement “very soon.” The governor told reporters on Friday that she “made an offer” to a candidate, without elaborating further. She has committed to choosing a […]
  
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• Clarno chosen as Oregon’s secretary of state

  29-03-2019 19:19
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Gov. Kate Brown on Friday chose Bev Clarno, a former Republican legislator and Speaker of the House, to be the next secretary of state. “Bev’s experience as a legislator and as a manager of a large government organization is key to the success of the programs and employees the Secretary of […]
  
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• Hi, I'm Giving a Tour at the Seattle Art Museum Tonight and You're Invited

  29-03-2019 19:15 via thestranger.com
  by Jasmyne KeimigView this post on InstagramA post shared by SAM (@seattleartmuseum) on Mar 18, 2019 at 11:34am PDT Hey everyone. Today you have the opportunity to see me in flesh and blood and wild hair—I'm giving a My Favorite Things tour during SAM Remix at the Seattle Art Museum. I'll be "in my element" as they say, surrounded by art and tipsy guests, leading a giggly cohort of people through the museum like some proud child playing a game of show and tell. I'll admit it, I'm a little
  
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• Outbreak in N.Y. spreads fear: of measles, of ultra-Orthodox Jews, of anti-Semitism

  29-03-2019 19:09
  A measles outbreak in a suburban New York county has sickened scores of people and raised fears of the growing influence of the anti-vaccine movement. But it has also intensified long-smoldering tensions between the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community and secular society.
  
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• Last-Minute Plans: 125 Free, Cheap & Easy Things To Do in Seattle This Weekend: March 29-31, 2019

  29-03-2019 19:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffDiscover under-the-radar culinary gems at the annual spring food walk Georgetown Bites on Saturday. Courtesy of Georgetown Merchants Association
  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 that won't cost more than $10, ranging from the Robyn-themed dance party Dancing on My Own 2.0 to the Northwest Record Show, and from a Lagunitas Brewing Pr
  
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• House OKs bill to make Idaho initiative process tougher

  29-03-2019 18:51
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation that would dramatically toughen the requirements to get an initiative or referendum on the Idaho ballot is heading to Gov. Brad Little. The House voted 40-30 Friday to approve the bill that would require those seeking ballot initiatives to get signatures from 10 percent of voters in 32 of Idaho’s […]
  
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• House OKs 2 bills that toughen Idaho initiative process

  29-03-2019 18:51
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The House on Friday approved a “trailer” bill on ballot initiatives to soften requirements of another ballot initiatives bill it approved just minutes earlier that many lawmakers worried went too far. Representatives voted 47-22 to approve the second measure following a short debate. It had already approved the first bill 40-30 […]
  
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• Coroner working to ID body recovered from Boise Foothills

  29-03-2019 18:14
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Officials say the Ada County coroner’s office is working to identify an adult male body found in the Boise Foothills. Ada County sheriff’s office spokesman Patrick Orr said Thursday that law enforcement first received a report Wednesday night of a possible body in the Foothills near Dry Creek Trail. Kyle Crowden, […]
  
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• Preet Bharara on the Mueller Report, Barr, and Getting Fired by Trump

  29-03-2019 18:13 via thestranger.com
  
  by The StrangerA Blabbermouth Podcast extra, live from Seattle's Neptune Theatre with bestselling author and former federal prosecutor Preet Bharara. Craig Barritt / Getty ImagesSubscribe to the podcast FOR FREE by clicking right here!
  In this Blabbermouth extra, recorded live at Seattle’s Neptune Theatre on March 27, Eli Sanderssits down Preet Bharara.Bharara is the former federal prosecutor for Manhattan who was mysteriously fired by President Trump not long after Trump first took office
  
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• New Poll Shows Bob Ferguson Has High Name Recognition Among Dems in Governor's Race

  29-03-2019 17:15 via thestranger.com
  
  New poll!by Rich SmithBob's on top. (With Democrats. So far. And he hasn't even announced.) KAREN DUCEY/GETTY IMAGES
  No one has announced their intentions to run for Governor of Washington once Democrats inevitably nominate Jay Inslee to be the next President of the United States of America in 2020. But an IVR survey commissioned by CN4 consultants and conducted by Chism Strategies shows Attorney General Bob Ferguson well ahead of King County executive Dow Constantine and public lands commission
  
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• FDA emails reveal fears over farm water amid romaine food-poisoning outbreaks

  29-03-2019 16:57
  Though the FDA has publicly called on the leafy greens industry to step up safety, the emails offer a stark view of the agency's longstanding frustrations with continued outbreaks. They also show how the agency leveraged the crisis to pressure for voluntary changes.
  
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• Emails show FDA worry with growers after romaine outbreaks

  29-03-2019 16:57
  Though the FDA has publicly called on the leafy greens industry to step up safety, the emails offer a stark view of the agency's longstanding frustrations with continued outbreaks. They also show how the agency leveraged the crisis to pressure for voluntary changes.
  
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• Emails show FDA worry after romaine outbreaks

  29-03-2019 16:57
  Though the FDA has publicly called on the leafy greens industry to step up safety, the emails offer a stark view of the agency's longstanding frustrations with continued outbreaks. They also show how the agency leveraged the crisis to pressure for voluntary changes.
  
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• Anchorage man acquitted in disappearance of his wife

  29-03-2019 16:56
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Anchorage man who spent three years in jail awaiting trial on murder charges has been acquitted. The Anchorage Daily News reports a jury Thursday acquitted 37-year-old Thomas Skeek, who had been charged with first- and second-degree murder and evidence tampering in the disappearance of his wife, 32-year-old Linda Skeek. Linda […]
  
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• Slog AM: Victims Killed in North Seattle Shooting Identified, Washington Liquor and Cannabis Board Under Fire, Brexit Is Falling Apart

  29-03-2019 16:34 via thestranger.com
  
  by Timothy KenneyPeople I don't want to be right now: Theresa May DRAZEN_/GETTYIMAGES.COM
  Jay Inslee releases his tax returns on Fox & Friends: Then he calls out Trump directly because we all know he was watching. It’s a sad state of affairs that politicians have to go on a Fox morning show just to get a message to the president but it’s sadly been shown to be the most effective way to get his attention. He said, “[Trump’s] got to show what he's been hiding and Americ
  
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• Searchers find body of man missing on snowmobile trip

  29-03-2019 16:22
  BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — Searchers have recovered the body of a village man missing on a snowmobile trip in southwest Alaska. The body of 48-year-old Timothy Beebe of Quinhagak (KWIN-ah-gahk) was recovered Thursday from the Kanektok (KAN-ek-tok) River. Beebe at about 7 p.m. March 23 left Eek for Quinhagak. Alaska State Troopers shortly after midnight […]
  
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• Republican lawmaker loses in lawsuit over 2018 tax law

  29-03-2019 16:10
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Tax Court has sided with Democratic lawmakers on a lawsuit filed last year by a Republican state senator hoping to overturn a controversial tax law. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that if Sen. Brian Boquist, R-Dallas, had prevailed, the state could have been left with a quarter-billion dollars less in tax […]
  
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• Lawsuit: W.Va. hospital forced doctor out over abortion view

  29-03-2019 16:07
  PRINCETON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia doctor says a hospital run by Republican state lawmaker prevented her from performing a medically necessary abortion, falsified records and forced her out. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports Lori Tucker is suing Princeton Community Hospital in federal court. She says she resigned as chief of staff in 2016 after […]
  
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• Seattle-area weekend weather? ‘Hard to say.’ There could be thunderstorms, or not. But the cherry trees at UW will be gorgeous.

  29-03-2019 15:24
  Competing jet streams make this weekend's forecast a tough one. But it's pretty certain that April will begin with rain and cooler temperatures.
  
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• Jay Inslee goes on ‘Fox and Friends’ to release tax returns, challenges Trump to do same

  29-03-2019 15:09
  Inslee had previously released eight years of tax returns during his 2012 and 2016 campaigns for governor. On Friday, he posted those and an additional four years of returns on his campaign website.
  
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• Youth often become homeless just after leaving juvenile detention. Can Washington state really stop it?

  29-03-2019 14:00
  By the age of 17, David Vanwetter had been in and out of detention perhaps a dozen times. Often homeless when he went in, he would be right back on the streets when he got out. It was a cycle of homelessness to detention, detention to homelessness, since age 13.
  
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• Youth often become homeless just after leaving juvenile detention. Can the state really stop it?

  29-03-2019 14:00
  By the age of 17, David Vanwetter had been in and out of detention perhaps a dozen times. Often homeless when he went in, he would be right back on the streets when he got out. It was a cycle of homelessness to detention, detention to homelessness, that the Whidbey Island teen had been on […]
  
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• Mental health hospital worker accused of patient sex abuse

  29-03-2019 13:46
  BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) — A former night shift employee of a mental health treatment center in the Beaverton area has been arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing a patient. The OregonLive/Oregonian reports 28-year-old Christopher Zeisler, who worked as a mental health technician at Cedar Hills Hospital, was arrested Tuesday and booked into the Washington County […]
  
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• ‘Ninja’ kangaroo rats kick rattlesnakes in the head faster than you can blink. The videos are ‘epic.’

  29-03-2019 13:28
  A wide-eyed kangaroo rat sits hunched in darkness among sparse tufts of desert plant life. But the diminutive rodent isn’t alone in the Arizona desert. Just inches away, a deadly sidewinder rattlesnake is lying in wait, looking for its next meal. The wily predator rears back and lunges at its prey – a lightning-fast attack […]
  
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• Student Voices: There is power in seeing yourself at the front of a classroom

  29-03-2019 13:00
  There are many reasons why a lack of diverse teachers is a problem, but for UW student Grace Madigan, it’s quite simple — there’s power in seeing someone who looks like you in a position of leadership.
  
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• As Seattle school district displaces teachers, educators of color worry about relationships with students

  29-03-2019 13:00
  For teachers of color, who also often function as a school's cultural consultants, ethnic studies coaches and advocates, being cut or moved means they don't get to see the return on that extra labor.
  
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• Spacewalking astronauts replace more station batteries

  29-03-2019 12:47
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Spacewalking astronauts are conducting more battery work outside the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch (Cook) floated outside Friday, a week after the first spacewalk to install new and stronger batteries for the station’s solar power grid. Koch was supposed to go out with Anne McClain, […]
  
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• Trump’s small-business health insurance plan struck down

  29-03-2019 11:29
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge is striking down the Trump administration’s highly touted small-business health insurance plan, calling it an “end run” around consumer protections. The ruling Thursday by U.S. District Judge John Bates in Washington, D.C., is the second setback in a week for the administration’s health care initiatives. On Wednesday another federal […]
  
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• Judge blocks Trump’s small-business health insurance plan

  29-03-2019 11:29
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has struck down a small-business health insurance plan widely touted by President Donald Trump, the second setback in a week for the administration’s health care initiatives. U.S. District Judge John D. Bates wrote in his opinion late Thursday that so-called “association health plans” were “clearly an end-run” around consumer […]
  
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