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• Police: Driver didn’t see 3-year-old before deadly accident in Kirkland parking lot

  26-04-2019 23:48
  Logan da Silva Miranda reportedly came out from between two cars when he was struck shortly after noon Thursday in the parking lot of the Safeway in Kirkland’s Juanita neighborhood.
  
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• Man who killed family had meth, alcohol, pot in system

  26-04-2019 23:45
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say an Oregon man who killed his parents, his girlfriend and their infant daughter had methamphetamine, alcohol and marijuana in his system at the time. Toxicology reports for 42-year-old Mark Gago were released Thursday by the Oregon Medical Examiner’s Office. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Acting Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Sean Hurst […]
  
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• Train attack suspect removed from courtroom after outburst

  26-04-2019 23:10
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man accused of fatally stabbing two men on a Portland light-rail train in 2017 was removed from a courtroom after an outburst in which he yelled that he was the victim. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports defendant Jeremy Christian’s outburst Friday followed a comment by Demetria Hester, an African American woman who […]
  
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• Washington House Republicans plan to review allegations against state Rep. Matt Shea

  26-04-2019 23:00
  The state House Republican caucus announced it was going to investigate allegations that Rep. Matt Shea of Spokane Valley offered to run background checks on political opponents.
  
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• Last-Minute Plans: 153 Free, Cheap & Easy Things To Do in Seattle This Weekend: April 26-28, 2019

  26-04-2019 22:59 via thestranger.com
  No advance planning required for these cheap events.by Stranger Things To Do StaffPanicking 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 Independent Bookstore Day to the Mobile Food Rodeo Festival, and from the closing of Cherdonna Shinatra: DITCH to the Handmade & Homegrown Market & Plant Sale. For even more options, check out our
  
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• The Spring Quartet (Featuring Jack DeJohnette and Esperanza Spalding) Brings High Class Jazz to the Moore Tonight

  26-04-2019 22:49 via thestranger.com
  
  by Leilani PolkJack DeJohnette, Joe Lovano, Esperanza Spalding, and Leo Genovese are the four big time talents who make up one unforgettable ensemble: The Spring Quartet. Press Composite
  If you see Esperanza Spalding and Jack DeJohnette on a bill, buy a ticket. Spalding is the not-so-new rising star of jazz and adjacent genres (R&B, bossa nova, neo soul) who plays bass, both upright and electric, like she was born under a low-end sun. Her scatting and singing have a honeyed, soulful quality.
  
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• New fund to honor late Susan Michaels, former TV personality and animal advocate

  26-04-2019 22:31
  Michaels founded Pasado's Safe Haven, a Snohomish County animal sanctuary, and was instrumental in passing several state laws that strengthened animal rights. She died in December at the age of 62.
  
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• New video shows Tukwila power poles snapping like matchsticks

  26-04-2019 22:19
  The new video, while much less dramatic than video previously released by the Tukwila Police Department that shows a power pole impaling an occupied car, shows the moments when the line of 90-foot tall poles begins to fall.
  
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• Washington state Senate OKs plan to extend I-405 tolls, with revenue used to pay back bonds

  26-04-2019 22:15
  Under the proposal, the state could extend express toll lanes on I-405 from Bellevue to Renton and along Highway 167 from Renton south to Puyallup.
  
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• We Have More Tickets for Our Beer Event with Reuben's Brews, Holy Mountain, and Fremont Brewing!

  26-04-2019 22:06 via thestranger.com
  
  We're throwing a barrel-aged beer party with Holy Mountain Brewing, Fremont Brewing, and Reuben's Brews and you're invited!by Lester BlackThere's magic in that barrel. Lester Black
  Barrel aging beer is crazy. The vast majority of modern beer is made over the course of about a month in stainless steel containers. When a brewer makes a barrel-aged beer they put their hard work in non-sterile wood containers, full of germs and microbes that could spoil the beer at any moment, and then let that beer
  
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• In a Late Night Vote, Washington Senate Passes One of Several Proposed Progressive Taxes

  26-04-2019 21:47 via thestranger.com
  
  The progressive REET tax passed, but the capital gains and a tax increases on large companies are still up in the air.by Rich SmithLeschi, where millionaires can buy mansions and pay the same real estate tax rate as someone buying a mobile home in Yakima.Lester BlackAfter 11 p.m. Thursday night the Washington state Senate passed a bill that raises taxes on the sale of mansions and cuts taxes on the sale of less expensive homes. Senate Democrats say the new graduated Real Estate Excise Tax (REET)
  
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• New $52 billion state budget boosts spending on college, mental health

  26-04-2019 21:32
  The $52.4 billion two-year budget is to paid for by a broad tax package that Republicans criticized as too high.
  
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• Idaho judge orders woman to wear charm bracelet on probation

  26-04-2019 21:32
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Judges have a lot of discretion when it comes to handing out sentences to criminal defendants, but some experts say a recent Idaho case where a woman was ordered to wear a charm bracelet is particularly unusual. Jennifer Fanopoulos was sentenced in Boise’s U.S. District Court earlier this month for using […]
  
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• Democrats’ late-night tax votes before budget release in Olympia draw scrutiny

  26-04-2019 21:32
  Open government advocates, who for years have criticized the general lack of transparency in Olympia surrounding last-minute budget deals, were not thrilled.
  
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• Little Big Burger Opens on Capitol Hill and More Seattle Food News You Can Use: April 26, 2019 Edition

  26-04-2019 21:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffCapitol Hill's Little Big Burger is now officially open and serving under-$5 burgers, truffle fries, root beer floats, and more. Little Big Burger via Facebook
  This week brings burgers from Portland-based Little Big Burger, a new fast-casual Vietnamese spot in South Lake Union, and Renee Erickson's latest offering, a classic French cafe called Bistro Shirlee. You'll find all that, plus events for your weekend (like Sin Reglas and Brunch with Musang) below. For more
  
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• New Orleans at ‘crossroads’ as newly homeless numbers rise

  26-04-2019 21:19
  After years of declining homeless population , agencies are “at a virtual standstill” as they struggle to keep up with the number of people newly homeless in the city.
  
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• Senate panel puts full dividend in budget draft with caveat

  26-04-2019 21:11
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Senate’s budget-writing committee voted to include a full dividend payout from Alaska’s oil-wealth fund this year, with the caveat that the item remains subject to negotiation. The Senate Finance Committee also approved moving $12 billion from the Alaska Permanent Fund’s earnings to its principal. Fund earnings can be spent with […]
  
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• Family, authorities continue search for missing Idaho woman

  26-04-2019 20:17
  GRANGEVILLE, Idaho (AP) — Authorities in Idaho continue to investigate the disappearance of a Grangeville woman. KLEW-TV reported on Thursday that on April 15, the one-year anniversary of Shawnta Pankey’s disappearance, her family returned to Pine Bar, along the Salmon River. They wrote messages on a sign for her, putting up balloons, flowers and a […]
  
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• Boeing Looking More and More Like the Torpedo That Will Sink the Stock Market

  26-04-2019 20:10 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeComing to an economy near you... Tempura/gettyimages.com
  So far, I have not been wrong. Live with that. After the Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max 8 crashed on Sunday, March 10, I suspected that the accident might have something to do with the decade-long transference of the corporation's capital to executives and share holders. This transition to the value extraction, over value creation (terms I borrow from the Britain-based economist Mariana Mazzucato), took two forms. One, wage el
  
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• New map shows prescribed burns in southwestern Idaho

  26-04-2019 19:42
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Land management officials in Idaho have put together a new online map so hikers, campers and other outdoor enthusiasts can know when and where to expect prescribed burns. Boise State Public Radio reports national forests in Idaho along with the Bureau of Land Management and the Idaho Department of Lands put […]
  
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• Witness Rrose Take Techno to Its Most Hypnotic Realms at Kremwerk's Depth Night

  26-04-2019 19:40 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dave SegalA Rrose by another other name... c/o STROBOSCOPIC ARTEFACTS
  Rrose is my favorite techno producer. On release after release on their own Eaux label and via other imprints, Rrose accesses the deepest realms of hypnotic minimal techno, sometimes going ethereal, but more often conjuring dense, swarming atmospheres that hint at malignant forces in the matrix. Too dark for most clubs and getting darker by the year, Rrose's music taps into that commonplace dystopian vein in dance music, bu
  
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• Treasure Valley could reach 1 million residents by 2040

  26-04-2019 19:17
  MERIDIAN, Idaho (AP) — As Idaho’s population continues to grow, the city of Meridian is outpacing previous growth estimates. Last year city officials estimated the population would grow to 150,000 residents by 2040. Now new data estimates from consulting firm Raftelis says Meridian is expected to hit that milestone by 2029. Meridian started as a […]
  
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• Am I High or Does Mayor Pete Have a Giant Dog?

  26-04-2019 19:15 via thestranger.com
  by Katie HerzogThis might be my morning bong hit speaking, but I'm pretty sure the Buttigieg's dog is part pug, part baby elephant. Please help me decipher this mystery below.Whenever you’re ready, doc. pic.twitter.com/84H7yu9glU
  — Chasten Buttigieg (@Chas10Buttigieg) April 26, 2019 [ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Expect “Excited Train Guy” and Other Meme-ish Absurdities Tonight at Timbre Room with DJ Bus Replacement Service

  26-04-2019 18:53 via thestranger.com
  
  by Greg ScruggsDJ Bus Replacement Service wears a mask of Kim Jong-un “so that I don’t get confused with Peggy Gou like every other female Asian DJ.” Courtesy DJ Bus Replacement ServiceDo serious dance music fans take their music too, well, seriously? Snubbing EDM—of course—for the badge of authenticity that comes with enduring a 10-hour marathon set by only the most rarefied minimal techno DJs straight out of a Berlin squat?
  As much as I love Kremwerk and Timbre Ro
  
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• New study says universe expanding faster and is younger

  26-04-2019 18:36
  Even with the discovery, life continues on Earth the way it always has. But to astrophysicists trying to get a handle on our place in this expanding universe, this is a cosmic concern.
  
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• A federal judge wisely calls time out on Trump’s family-planning ‘gag rule’

  26-04-2019 18:16
  Once again, a federal court has stepped in, wisely, to stop the Trump administration from crippling the delivery of reproductive health-care services to women. A federal judge on Thursday issued a preliminary injunction to suspend ridiculous new rules the administration was about to apply to the government’s Title X family-planning program. The rules would have […]
  
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• Quake damage may keep Mat-Su school closed for 3 years

  26-04-2019 17:56
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A Matanuska-Susitna Borough school could remain closed for up to three years because of extensive damage from the Nov. 30 earthquake. Anchorage television station KTVA reports district administrators met Thursday night with parents from Houston Middle School to discuss repair or replacement plans. Director of operations Mike Brown says the district […]
  
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• TriMet eyes $200 mil plan to bring light rail to Hillsboro

  26-04-2019 17:40
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — TriMet is moving forward with an estimated $200 million light-rail project to extend Red Line trains into Hillsboro and bring more reliable service to and from Portland International Airport. The Oregonian/Oregon live reports that by the end of April, TriMet will apply for funding through the Federal Transit Administration. If approved, […]
  
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• Slog AM: Clark County's Measles Outbreak Might Be Over, North Korea Gives US $2 Million Medical Bill for Student They Detained, It's So Sunny Out!

  26-04-2019 17:34 via thestranger.com
  
  by Timothy Kenney(Alleged) torture really racks up a steep co-pay. POOL / GETTY NEWS IMAGES
  Amazon announces free one-day shipping for Prime members: Because two days was just way too long to wait for that Roomba you’ve always wanted. Following a record high financial report, Amazon is stepping even harder on the necks of their competitors like Walmart and Target in the convenience arms race. Most online retailers offer two-day shipping so now Amazon is going to do what other might not hav
  
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• Kansas court bolsters abortion rights, blocks ban

  26-04-2019 16:51
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ highest court ruled for the first time Friday that the state constitution protects abortion rights and blocked a first-in-the-nation ban on a common second trimester method for ending pregnancies. The state Supreme Court’s ruling represented a big victory for abortion rights supporters in a state with a Republican-controlled Legislature hostile […]
  
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• Stiffer penalties proposed for HOV-lane cheaters — especially those with fake passengers

  26-04-2019 16:13
  HOV cheating is a perennial problem. State lawmakers are considering a bill that would impose higher fines on violators — especially those with fake passengers, of which State Patrol troopers have seen many wacky examples.
  
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• Stiffer penalties proposed for HOV-lane cheaters

  26-04-2019 16:13
  Over the years, Washington State Patrol troopers have seen no end to the ways people try to sneak into the HOV lane to get through traffic a little faster. “Some folks get very creative,” Washington State Patrol Trooper Guy Gill of District 1, which includes Pierce County, said in 2015. “We’ve seen mannequins, sleeping bags […]
  
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• Trump urges vaccinations to prevent spread of measles

  26-04-2019 16:08
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is urging Americans to get vaccinations to prevent the spread of measles. Trump, speaking to reporters at the White House on Friday, said that people “have to get their shots.” He added that vaccinations “are so important.” Measles in the U.S. has climbed to its highest level in 25 […]
  
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• ‘Isn’t it about time that we all wake up and get a clue?’ Your best comments from this week on seattletimes.com

  26-04-2019 16:02
  From misplaced evidence in a lawsuit, to the last family-owned video store in Seattle, to a Husky basketball player dreaming of turning pro, there was plenty of news to discuss in the past week. We rounded up some comments that caught our eye.
  
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• ‘Isn’t it about time that we all wake up and get a clue?’: The best comments this week on seattletimes.com

  26-04-2019 16:02
  From misplaced evidence in a lawsuit, to the last family-owned video store in Seattle, to a Husky basketball player dreaming of turning pro, there was plenty of news to discuss in the past week. We rounded up some comments that caught our eye.
  
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• Ocean changes affected deadly duo of Mozambique cyclones

  26-04-2019 15:08
  BERLIN (AP) — Warming waters and rising sea levels are affecting cyclones such as those that have wrought havoc in Mozambique in recent weeks, making them potentially more deadly. Experts say the jury is still out on whether the unprecedented double-whammy of storms to hit the southern African nation is a consequence of climate change. […]
  
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• Nightmare in West Seattle: The case of the $26,000 water and sewer bill

  26-04-2019 15:00
  Chris Rose had been warned by Seattle Public Utilities to check his 45th Avenue Southwest property for a leak. But when he went online to check his water and sewer bill earlier this month, he was staggered. He was surprised again when he went outside to look for his water meter.
  
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• Nightmare in West Seattle: The $26,000 water and sewer bill

  26-04-2019 15:00
  Chris Rose had been warned by Seattle Public Utilities to check his 45th Avenue Northwest property for a leak. But when he went online to check his water and sewer bill earlier this month, he was staggered. He was surprised again when he went outside to look for his water meter.
  
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• German au pair injured in 2015 Ride the Ducks crash to receive $7M

  26-04-2019 15:00
  Carolin Scholz, now 23, went flying face first into the metal dashboard of a Ride the Ducks amphibian vehicle when it crashed into a charter bus on the Aurora Bridge in September 2015. Her lawsuit was settled this week just as her civil trial was beginning in King County Superior Court.
  
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• Bernie’s back. Sanders campaign organizes more than 200 volunteer events in Washington state this weekend

  26-04-2019 15:00
  The 228 events set for Washington are the fourth-most of any state, according to Claire Sandberg, national organizing director for Sanders' 2020 campaign.
  
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• Arbor quest: Can you help find Seattle’s ‘Last 6,000’ majestic trees?

  26-04-2019 15:00
  Majestic trees are those whose trunks are wider than 30 inches, and this Seattle man is trying to find and catalog the last 6,000 of these left in the area.
  
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• Inmate accused of trying to kill Clallam Bay prison guard judged incompetent

  26-04-2019 14:00
  The inmate allegedly used a metal stool to repeatedly strike the corrections officer until he was unconscious.
  
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• AP-NORC Poll: Democrats have health care edge ahead of 2020

  26-04-2019 14:00
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are giving Democrats a clear edge on health care as the 2020 presidential race gears up, according to a new poll that also finds many Republicans backing one of their competitors’ top ideas: a government insurance plan people can buy into. But support for the plan that has attracted the most […]
  
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• AP-NORC Poll: Democrats are trusted more on health care

  26-04-2019 14:00
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are giving Democrats a clear edge on health care as the 2020 presidential race gears up, according to a new poll that also finds many Republicans backing one of their competitors’ top ideas: a government insurance plan people can buy into. But support for the plan that has attracted the most […]
  
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• New cyclone kills 3 in Mozambique; UN warns of flooding

  26-04-2019 10:16
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The second powerful cyclone to strike Mozambique in just six weeks ripped off roofs and killed at least three people on Friday as the United Nations warned of “massive flooding” ahead. Cyclone Kenneth approached Mozambique with maximum sustained winds of 220 kph (136 mph), the power of a Category 4 hurricane, the […]
  
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• Mozambique hit by new cyclone; 3 dead, flooding feared

  26-04-2019 10:16
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The second powerful cyclone to rip into Mozambique in just six weeks stunned residents Friday in a region where such storms had not been recorded in the modern era. Three deaths were reported from Cyclone Kenneth and the U.N. warned of “massive flooding” ahead. Kenneth had maximum sustained winds of 220 kph […]
  
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• Cambodian schools shorten hours to cope with heat wave

  26-04-2019 10:12
  PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian authorities have ordered a one-hour reduction in the length of school days because of concerns that students and teachers may fall ill from a prolonged heat wave. Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron said in an announcement seen Friday that the shortened hours will remain in effect until the rainy […]
  
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• Army vet charged with injuring 8 people in intentional crash

  26-04-2019 07:11
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An Army veteran with a history of post-traumatic stress disorder was on his way to a Bible class when he told investigators he intentionally drove into a group of men, women and children, injuring eight people, police said. Isaiah Joel Peoples, 34, was scheduled to appear in court Friday in San […]
  
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• Governor amends disaster declaration to add fishing town

  26-04-2019 06:08
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has amended a state disaster declaration so a small fishing town can get assistance for the damage caused by the magnitude 7.1 earthquake last year. The Anchorage Daily News reports the Republican governor amended the declaration last week to add an area that includes the town of […]
  
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• Alaska city council introduces ordinance to pay its members

  26-04-2019 06:06
  BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska city council has introduced a measure to begin paying council members for their previously uncompensated service. KYUK-AM reported Thursday that the Bethel City Council discussed an ordinance proposal to pay its members $100 for every regular council meeting, $25 for each special city council meeting and water and sewer […]
  
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