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• Capitol Hill Building Lands on Vehicles During Demolition

  06-05-2019 23:42 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogWhoopsKHA building on 10th Avenue and Union Street in Capitol Hill collapsed during demolition on Monday, damaging three cars and nearly hitting a person.One of the vehicle owners told me he'd parked on 10th Avenue and was walking to his office up the street around lunchtime when he heard something. He looked back just in time to witness his car being smashed, and, he says, the wall missed a bystander by just a few feet. Another vehicle owner said the building's outer wall fell to
  
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• Searchers find body of missing Ambler man in Kobuk River

  06-05-2019 23:40
  KOTZEBUE, Alaska (AP) — The body of a 52-year-old Ambler man has been recovered from the Kobuk River. Alaska State Troopers say Alvin Williams had been the subject of and his body was recovered Sunday. Williams was alone on a snowmobile when he left Ambler at about 3 a.m. Thursday for Kobuk, a trip of […]
  
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• Live from the Met Gala's Red Pink Carpet: The Death of Camp!

  06-05-2019 23:27 via thestranger.com
  This is going to be funny.by Chase BurnsThis is someone named Liza Koshy. It is also Camp, apparently. Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images
  2:27 PM PST
  The Met Gala, the fashion world's buzziest event (or most irritating event, depending on who you ask), is happening tonight—RIGHT NOW, actually. The annual fundraiser for the Met's Costume Institute, held the first Monday in May, is a celebrity orgy of fashion designers and the glitterati. It's presided over by Vogue's Anna Wintour and cur
  
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• States seek to cut off religious exemptions for vaccination

  06-05-2019 23:25
  Connecticut’s Attorney General gave state lawmakers the legal go-ahead Monday to pursue legislation that would prevent parents from exempting their children from vaccinations for religious reasons, a move that several states are considering amid a significant measles outbreak. The non-binding ruling from William Tong, a Democrat, was released the same day public health officials in […]
  
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• Showbox Trial Delayed as City Potentially Discusses Settlement with Venue Owner

  06-05-2019 22:57 via thestranger.com
  
  The city and the owner of the Showbox nightclub just agreed to delay the impending court case over protecting the historic venue.by Lester Black Lester Black
  The city and the owner of the Showbox have agreed to a short delay in their rapidly approaching lawsuit, pushing the trial back from August 26 to September 16, according to previously unreported court documents. The delay comes as reports surface that the two parties might be negotiating a settlement, but both parties said this delay was no
  
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• Ore. House OKs tough vaccine rules over vocal opposition

  06-05-2019 22:54
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A week after public health officials declared a measles outbreak in the Pacific Northwest over, the Oregon House approved tightening the state’s vaccine laws and limiting a parent’s ability to-opt out of school vaccine requirements. Oregon currently has one of the nation’s most relaxed vaccination laws and is one of 17 […]
  
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• Police release name of man found dead in Mendenhall River

  06-05-2019 22:40
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Juneau police have released the name of a man found dead last month in the Mendenhall River. Public safety manager Erann Kalwara says the dead man was 40-year-old Jeremy Christian Brinker. She says Brinker previously lived in California but police do not know his hometown. Brinker’s body was discovered April 10. […]
  
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• Seattle Times Reporter Mike Rosenberg Suspended over Twitter Messages

  06-05-2019 22:17 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogThe Seattle Times before the internet killed the newspaper business and reporters hit on each other in person. SEATTLE MUNICIPAL ARCHIVES
  Seattle Times real estate reporter Mike Rosenberg has been suspended.On Sunday, New York-based writer Talia Jane posted screenshots on Twitter of a direct message conversation between her and Rosenberg, who is best known for his coverage of housing affordability issues in Seattle and the Bay Area. Jane did not immediately respond to a request fo
  
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• Pete Buttigieg and the Modern False Smear Formula

  06-05-2019 21:53 via thestranger.com
  
  by Eli SandersPete Buttigieg, not the first victim of an internet smear and certainly not the last. Scott Olson / Getty Images
  For decades upon decades in recent American history, if you wanted to mislead a vast audience with a false smear against someone, you needed to get that smear past certain mass media "gatekeepers"—people like radio show producers, television network editors, and reporters at mass circulation dailies like the New York Times and the Washington Post. By and large, the
  
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• Utah man sentenced for role in Idaho triple murder

  06-05-2019 21:50
  MALAD, Idaho (AP) — A 39-year-old Utah man has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for his role in a 2013 triple murder at an eastern Idaho property that contained a dog-fighting and marijuana-growing operation. The Idaho State Journal reports that Severo Luera of Garland, Utah, received the sentence Friday in 6th District Court […]
  
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• Wand Delivers Their Controlled Bombastic Tunefulness at Sunset Tavern Tonight

  06-05-2019 21:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dave SegalBring on the heady vibes Taralyn Thomas
  Cory Hanson of Wand (and other outfits) is challenging fellow Los Angeles Drag City artist and occasional bandmate Ty Segall for the busiest mofo in indie-rock crown. Productivity without quality control is bunk, obviously, but Wand have kept the levels high since 2014’s Ganglion Reef. The new Laughing Matter radiates George Harrison circa All Things Must Pass vibes. Wand are a font of garage-psych epicness, mastering that controlled bom
  
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• The 55 Best Things To Do in Seattle This Week: May 6-12, 2019

  06-05-2019 21:14 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffSeattle's enthusiasm for local breweries, like Reuben’s Brews, will get kicked into high gear during Seattle Beer Week. Lester Black
  Our music critics have already chosen the 40 best music shows this week, but now it's our arts critics' turn to recommend the best events in their areas of expertise. Here are their picks in every genre—from an evening with Moby to Savage Love Live, and from Paula Poundstone to the Seattle Art Museum's Legendary Children. S
  
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• Woman sought in Oregon child custody case held in Las Vegas

  06-05-2019 20:51
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities say a 33-year-old woman arrested with two children at a Las Vegas Strip casino-hotel won’t contest her transfer in custody to Oregon to face criminal charges in a child custody case. A Las Vegas court official says Tiffany Marie Gallego waived extradition Monday during an appearance before a judge following […]
  
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• ‘Magic mushroom’ decriminalization on Denver ballot

  06-05-2019 20:51
  DENVER (AP) — Voters decide this week whether Denver will become the first U.S. city to decriminalize the use of psilocybin, the psychedelic substance in “magic mushrooms.” A citizen-led initiative appearing on ballots Tuesday follows a path that led to marijuana’s legalization in Denver and later in Colorado. Campaign organizers, though, say their only goal […]
  
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• Jay Inslee Picks Up a Prominent Endorsement

  06-05-2019 20:51 via thestranger.com
  by Dan SavageSo I’m going to donate to @JayInslee because he’s right.If we don’t survive it doesn’t matter what other policies we have.That is the Number One Priority of mankind.The survival of mankind from the deadly threat of Climate Change.
  — Eric Idle (@EricIdle) May 6, 2019And Inslee did a good job on Bill Maher Friday night...
  And if the news is getting you down... because someone wants your kidneys or you're worried Trump will get a second term or because peo
  
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• Denver voters to decide legalizing ‘magic mushrooms’

  06-05-2019 20:51
  DENVER (AP) — Voters decide this week whether Denver will become the first U.S. city to decriminalize the use of psilocybin, the psychedelic substance in “magic mushrooms.” A citizen-led initiative appearing on ballots Tuesday follows a path that led to marijuana’s legalization in Denver and later in Colorado. Campaign organizers, though, say their only goal […]
  
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• Sex offenders ask court to revive Idaho registry lawsuit

  06-05-2019 20:49
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A group of 134 sex offenders have asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court to revive their lawsuit against the state of Idaho because they say they were denied their constitutional rights when they were forced to register as sex offenders. The group, referred to only as John Does 1 through 134 […]
  
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• Researchers to trap Yellowstone bears as part of research

  06-05-2019 20:42
  BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife biologists will be baiting and trapping grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park from May 13 through July 31 as part of ongoing research. The research by the National Park Service and Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team is to monitor the population of grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem in […]
  
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• Teachers across Oregon to walk out over classroom funding

  06-05-2019 20:39
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Tens of thousands of teachers are expected to walk out across Oregon this week, adding to the string of nationwide protests over class sizes and education funding. Schools around the state, including Oregon’s largest district, Portland Public Schools, will close for at least part of Wednesday as educators press for more […]
  
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• Oregon teachers plan walkout to push for classroom funding

  06-05-2019 20:39
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Tens of thousands of teachers are expected to walk out across Oregon this week, adding to the string of nationwide protests over class sizes and education funding. Schools around the state, including Oregon’s largest district, Portland Public Schools, will close for at least part of Wednesday as educators press for more […]
  
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• Game of Thrones Discussion Group: Episode 4 - "The Last of the Starks"

  06-05-2019 20:13 via thestranger.com
  
  by Leilani PolkBurning up and moving on Helen Sloan/HBO
  Last night's episode of Game of Thrones was called "The Last of the Starks," but it just as easily could've been called "Stopgap," since we got a huge battle last week and we seem to be gearing up for another big battle next week. Things this week were relatively low-key, but there were mass funerals, a lot of drunken hookups, and some really big crossbow thingies! Also there was death and double crossing and motives and politics and plotti
  
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• Norma Miller, Lindy-Hopping ‘Queen of Swing,’ is dead at 99

  06-05-2019 19:32
  Miller, who danced the Lindy Hop on Harlem sidewalks as a child, and as a teenager dazzled crowds on international tours in the 1930s and early ′40s, died on May 5 at her home in Fort Myers, Fla.
  
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• 800 tour new Alaska ferry as fate of marine highway looms

  06-05-2019 18:58
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — More than 800 people toured the newest Alaska state ferry, even as the entire Alaska Marine Highway System faces an uncertain future. The Tazlina is the newest ferry for the system, and was designed to operate in the rough waters of Lynn Canal, the Juneau Empire reported Monday. The ferry is […]
  
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• Mistrial declared in Idaho prison riot case

  06-05-2019 18:35
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A state judge has declared a mistrial in a prison riot case amid allegations that the Idaho Department of Correction withheld some evidence and may have altered a report. The Idaho Press reports 4th District Judge Nancy Baskin declared a mistrial last week in the case against seven defendants that prosecutors […]
  
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• Judge declares mistrial in Idaho prison riot case

  06-05-2019 18:35
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A judge has declared a mistrial in a prison riot case amid allegations the Idaho Department of Correction withheld some evidence and may have altered a report. It came in a case against seven defendants accused of participating in the January 2018 riot, in which prosecutors say one group of inmates […]
  
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• Prominent pastor of Anchorage Baptist Temple steps down

  06-05-2019 18:28
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Anchorage minister whose influence extended beyond the pulpit into Alaska politics has stepped down. The Rev. Jerry Prevo gave a farewell sermon Sunday at Anchorage Baptist Temple after 47 years, the Anchorage Daily News reported . “It’s the Lord’s timing,” said Prevo, 74. Prevo’s farewell service drew thousands of people. […]
  
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• Camp Is Having an Existential Crisis

  06-05-2019 18:20 via thestranger.com
  
  Once an outsider's sensibility, Camp is now mainstream. Is it time to retire the term?by Chase BurnsCamp is the theme of tonight's Met Gala. Celebrities would be right to wear something like this dress from Viktor & Rolf's Spring Summer 2019 show, if the term Camp even means anything anymore.Photo by Thierry Chesnot/Getty Images
  Camp is a style or, better put, a sensibility. It is a way of viewing things. As the New York Times's Styles Desk puts it, Camp is "an intentional over-the-top-ness,
  
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• Sitka jury convicts Klawock man of first-degree murder

  06-05-2019 17:52
  SITKA, Alaska (AP) — A 30-year-old man from a southeast Alaska village has been convicted of first-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend. The Sitka Sentinel reports Albert Macasaet of Klawock was convicted Friday in Sitka in the July 31, 2016, strangulation death of 27-year-old Judylee Guthrie, the mother of his two children. Klawock […]
  
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• Meet the T. rex cousin who you could literally look down on

  06-05-2019 17:38
  WASHINGTON (AP) — History’s most frightening dinosaur, the Tyrannosaurus rex, came from a long line of pipsqueaks. Scientists have identified a new cousin of the T. rex as a dinosaur that only reached the 3-foot height of a toddler. If it stretched its duck-billed head, an adult human maybe “would be looking at it in […]
  
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• Slog AM: Seattle Times Journalist Suspended Over Sexual Harassment Claims, One Million Species Headed Toward Death, A New Royal Baby

  06-05-2019 17:37 via thestranger.com
  
  by Timothy Kenney"Wait, who's going extinct?"through-my-lens/Getty Images
  Washington lawmaker in $500,000 contract with Cambodian regime: In case your Southeast Asian politics are a little rusty, Cambodia is in an authoritarian backslide after closing many of the country’s independent newspapers and a 2018 election that many saw as a sham. Sen. Doug Ericksen and former state Rep. Jay Rodne recently disclosed the contract given to their company, PacRim Bridges, by the Cambodian government a
  
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• 1 injured in Salem fire

  06-05-2019 16:44
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — At least one person was taken to the hospital with critical injuries after a fire tore through an apartment building in Salem, Oregon. KOIN reports that the fire started around 3:45 a.m. Monday. Deputies were met with huge flames when they arrived on scene. While the flames appear to be out, […]
  
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• Seattle weather could break a heat record this week

  06-05-2019 16:00
  The Seattle area could be unseasonably hot this week, with temperatures hitting the low 80s by this weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
  
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• US measles count rises to 764, driven by New York outbreaks

  06-05-2019 15:37
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials say at least 60 more measles cases have been reported, increasing a 2019 tally that is already the highest in 25 years. Officials on Monday said 764 cases have been reported as of last Thursday. It’s the most in the U.S. since 1994, when 963 were reported. New […]
  
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• Scientology ship to remain under quarantine in Curacao

  06-05-2019 15:06
  WILLEMSTAD, Curacao (AP) — Authorities in Curacao say 318 people aboard a Church of Scientology ship docked in the Dutch Caribbean island will remain quarantined at least until Wednesday while they determine how many might be infected with measles. Dr. Izzy Gerstenbluth told The Associated Press late Sunday that a team of health officials took […]
  
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• Curacao: Scientology ship to remain under quarantine

  06-05-2019 15:06
  WILLEMSTAD, Curacao (AP) — Authorities in Curacao say 318 people aboard a Church of Scientology ship docked in the Dutch Caribbean island will remain quarantined until they determine how many might be infected with measles. Dr. Izzy Gerstenbluth told The Associated Press that a team of health officials took 277 blood samples and sent them […]
  
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• State Sen. Doug Ericksen’s $500,000 contract with autocratic Cambodian regime draws scrutiny, condemnation

  06-05-2019 15:00
  Ericksen has defended the contract as a legitimate second job for a part-time state legislator. He said he won't engage in lobbying and will focus on improving trade between the U.S. and Cambodia.
  
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• Move to increase police patrols in 7 Seattle neighborhoods draws varied reactions

  06-05-2019 15:00
  Durkan administration representatives will appear at the council's public-safety committee Wednesday to answer questions posed by Councilmember M. Lorena González, who chairs the committee, she said.
  
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• Frustration mounts as Seattle community groups want Durkan to turn over city-owned properties

  06-05-2019 15:00
  Advocates for the Central Area Senior Center and Byrd Barr Place say that after promises from three Seattle mayors, they are exhausted from what they see as the city dragging its feet on transferring properties that have served their areas for generations.
  
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• Frustration mounts as community groups want Durkan to turn over city-owned properties

  06-05-2019 15:00
  Advocates for the Central Area Senior Center and Byrd Barr Place say that after promises from three Seattle mayors, they are exhausted from what they see as the city dragging its feet on transferring properties that have served their areas for generations.
  
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• Cambodians who fled to Seattle ‘shocked’ as details emerge of state senator’s $500K deal with regime

  06-05-2019 15:00
  Ericksen has defended the contract as a legitimate second job for a part-time state legislator. He said he won't engage in lobbying and will focus on improving trade between the U.S. and Cambodia.
  
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• Anthony Ray Hinton found his calling on death row, but it’s our job to fix system that sent him there

  06-05-2019 15:00
  Exonerated death-row prisoner and anti-capital punishment crusader Anthony Ray Hinton surprised me with a remarkable question during his Seattle visit last week. Watching him speak made me even more certain of the answer
  
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• SpaceX shipment reaches space station after weekend launch

  06-05-2019 13:03
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A SpaceX shipment arrived at the International Space Station on Monday following a weekend launch. The Dragon capsule delivered 5,500 pounds (2,500 kilograms) of equipment and experiments. Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques used the station’s big robot arm — also made in Canada — to capture the Dragon approximately 250 miles […]
  
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• French telecom giant Orange on trial over staff suicides

  06-05-2019 08:12
  PARIS (AP) — French telecom giant Orange and seven former or current managers are going on trial accused of moral harassment over a wave of employee suicides a decade ago. France’s main phone and internet company saw 19 suicides, 12 suicide attempts and eight cases of serious depression among employees from 2007-2010. The company, then […]
  
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• United Nations to offer first report on global biodiversity

  06-05-2019 06:01
  Top scientists will tell the world Monday how bad off Mother Nature is. The United Nations plans to issue its first comprehensive scientific report on biodiversity, looking hard at the threat of extinction for Earth’s plant and animal species and what it means for humanity. Report Chairman Robert Watson said last month that there are […]
  
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