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• Zhang Yimou’s Epic Shadow Demands to Be Seen on the Big Screen

  08-05-2019 23:58 via thestranger.com
  by Ned LannamannImmediately after a recent Game of Thrones, viewers rushed to discuss two things: who killed who, and if it was even possible to see who killed who, given how dark and muddy the episode appeared on many screens. Whether that was due to TV settings or streaming compression rates or a million other variables, squinting through that murky Game of Thrones episodewas a reminder: There’s still nothing like watching a big, boisterous epic in a movie theater.And if you need another
  
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• Woman indicted in theft from 2017 Portland Women’s March

  08-05-2019 23:57
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Multnomah County grand jury has indicted a woman on three counts of aggravated theft from the Women’s March on Portland. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Rebekah Brewis also was indicted Tuesday on two counts of felony computer crime. Court documents say each theft count is for money of the total value of […]
  
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• What to See at the Capitol Hill Art Walk

  08-05-2019 23:56 via thestranger.com
  Kaleidoscope-inspired Art, Avant-garde German Comics, Mammals from Washington, and Other Critics' Picksby Stranger Things To Do StaffEvery second Thursday, rain or shine, the streets of Capitol Hill are filled with tipsy art lovers checking out galleries and special events for Capitol Hill Art Walk. On our Capitol Hill Art Walk calendar, you'll find a bunch of great options for the May edition, but, below, we've compiled our critics' picks—the shows you shouldn't miss. Follow the links for
  
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• Pokémon Detective Pikachu Is the Best Video Game Movie Ever! That Isn’t Saying Much.

  08-05-2019 23:47 via thestranger.com
  by Morgan TroperPokémon Detective Pikachu wears multiple hats over the course of its 104-minute runtime. Sometimes the film is a wholesome, Spielbergian coming-of-age adventure. At other points, it’s a buddy comedy teeming with self-referential, mic drop-y in-jokes, many of which are bound to fly straight over the heads of its target demographic. Or maybe you want your Pokémon movie to be science fiction with vague sociopolitical subtext? Hey, it can do that, too!Detective Pi
  
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• Filthy Friends Gets Right to the Point on Emerald Valley

  08-05-2019 23:37 via thestranger.com
  Corin Tucker’s lyrics reflect the problems facing America right now.by Ben SalmonCorin Tucker has never been shy about expressing her opinions through music. But like most longtime songwriters, she has also written her share of tunes where the true meaning is veiled by symbolism, poetic license, or willful obfuscation.Now, however, is not the time to be subtle, according to Tucker, who’s also the lead singer and co-founder of the local supergroup Filthy Friends. “It’s rea
  
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• 14 Rosé-Drinking Events in Seattle This Spring & Summer

  08-05-2019 23:23 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffTaste over 25 rosé varieties from Northwest wineries at Charles Smith's Third Annual Jet City Rosé Experience. Pratt
  Think pink! Warm weather is finally here and it's officially rosé season. Here are 14 events where you can get your fill of "summer water," so you can rosé for days all season long. Plus, check out our complete food & drink calendar or our patio listings. MAY 1-31
  Rosé All May
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• Where to Drink Rosé This Spring & Summer

  08-05-2019 23:22 via thestranger.com
  Parties and Happy Hours Where You Can Get Your Fill of Pink Wine in Summer 2019by Stranger Things To Do StaffThink pink! Warm weather is finally here and it's officially rosé season. Here are 14 events where you can get your fill of "summer water," so you can rosé for days all season long.MAY 1-31Rosé All MayKeep coming back throughout the month for rosé glass and bottle specials and sparkling flights, knowing that 20% of sales will go toward No Kid Hungry, a nat
  
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• Attorneys general from 33 states urge pot banking reform

  08-05-2019 23:16
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Attorneys general from 33 states on Wednesday urged Congress to approve a proposal intended to fully open the doors of the U.S. banking system to the legal marijuana industry. Most Americans live in states where marijuana is legally available in some form. But most banks don’t want anything to do with […]
  
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• 14 Rosé-Drinking Events in Seattle: Spring & Summer 2019

  08-05-2019 23:16 via thestranger.com
  Parties and Happy Hours Where You Can Get Your Fill of Pink Wine in Summer 2019by Stranger Things To Do StaffThink pink! Warm weather is finally here and it's officially rosé season. Here are 14 events where you can get your fill of "summer water," so you can rosé for days all season long. Plus, check out our complete food & drink calendar or our patio listings. MAY 1-31Rosé All MayKeep coming back throughout the month for rosé glass and bottle specials and sparkl
  
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• 4 killed, 3 injured when SUV hits semitrailer in Yakima Valley

  08-05-2019 23:01
  The Washington State Patrol says a Dodge Durango sped through a stop sign and rammed into a semitrailer that was heading south U.S. Highway 97 just south of Toppenish.
  
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• Alaska Senate passes capital budget

  08-05-2019 22:54
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Senate has passed what a key lawmaker calls a skinny capital budget that largely leverages federal dollars for infrastructure and water projects. The total package, which includes some supplemental spending items for the current budget year, totals about $1.4 billion. The vast majority of that is federal money. The […]
  
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• It's Blackberry Season! Time to Start Killing Them.

  08-05-2019 22:50 via thestranger.com
  
  If measles were a plant, they’d be blackberries.by Katie HerzogDIE BITCH DIEsyaber/GettyThe Pacific Northwest has been taken over by fruit, and I’m not just talking about men in mesh shorts. Blackberries, which are as common in this region as native plants like conifers and ferns, may be tasty when plucked fresh—and delicious when simmered into compote and served over a scoop of vanilla—but they're also a thorn in the ecosystem’s side: They impede the establishment
  
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• UN chief says ‘total disaster’ if warming not stopped

  08-05-2019 22:15
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations secretary-general said the world must dramatically change the way it fuels factories, vehicles and homes to limit future warming to a level scientists call nearly impossible. That’s because the alternative “would mean a catastrophic situation for the whole world,” António Guterres told The Associated Press in an exclusive […]
  
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• Ex-preschool teacher gets prison for sexually abusing child

  08-05-2019 22:11
  The defendant was a paraeducator and preschool teacher at Roosevelt Elementary School until April 2018, when he confessed that he took advantage of the boy's mental-health vulnerabilities and had been sexually abusing the child.
  
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• Shawn Levy’s History of the Chateau Marmont Is Like Hollywood Babylon Happening in One Hotel

  08-05-2019 22:04 via thestranger.com
  
  by Robert Ham DOUBLEDAY / AUTHOR PHOTO BY VINCENT LEVY
  The core argument of The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont, Shawn Levy’s fantastic new history of the storied Los Angeles hotel, doesn’t arrive until the last page of the book. “In its way,” Levy writes, “Chateau Marmont has been essential and inevitable, its impact on its neighborhood and the business of show inestimable, its legend both likely and undeni
  
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• Buy Your Tickets to These 34 Newly Announced Seattle Events Before They Sell Out

  08-05-2019 22:00 via thestranger.com
  Trevor Noah, Cat Power, and More Events on Sale the Week of May 9by Stranger Things To Do StaffWe all know that many of the biggest Seattle events often sell out well in advance. But it's not a lost cause—if you plan ahead, you can still score tickets for the most popular events. To help you with that, we've rounded up all of the major events that are going on sale in the next couple of days, like Cat Power, the Jonas Brothers, and Incubus. Can't get tickets? Check out our complete Things
  
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• Student who sued over chickenpox vaccination has the disease

  08-05-2019 21:44
  WALTON, Ky. (AP) — The lawyer for a Kentucky high school student who wasn’t allowed to participate in school activities because he wasn’t vaccinated for chickenpox says his client has now contracted the illness. Attorney Christopher Wiest of Covington told The Kentucky Enquirer that 18-year-old Jerome Kunkel came down with chickenpox last week. Wiest says […]
  
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• Idaho agencies race to reauthorize administrative rules

  08-05-2019 21:24
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — State agencies in Idaho are racing to beat a Friday deadline to keep alive thousands of administrative rules after the Legislature’s House of Representatives in April killed a bill reauthorizing them. Republican Gov. Brad Little directed state agencies to submit temporary and pending rules by Friday to be vetted before publication […]
  
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• Why Donald Trump and Kellyanne Conway are Camp, Too

  08-05-2019 21:23 via thestranger.com
  Episode 197 of the Blabbermouth podcastby The StrangerSubscribe to the podcast FOR FREE by clicking right here!Dan Savage, Eli Sanders, and Rich Smith look into new revelations about Trump’s massive business losses and then ponder Mitch McConnell’s claim that it’s “case closed” on the Russia investigation. As Trump’s efforts to obstruct Congressional investigations continue, they also consider whether Nancy Pelosi is being too cautious on impeachment.And then
  
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• Beach House Kicks Off a Two-Date Run of Dreamy, Sumptuous Pop at the Moore Tonight

  08-05-2019 20:37 via thestranger.com
  
  by Leilani PolkVictoria Legrand and Alex Scally are Beach House. Shawn Brackbill, courtesy Sub Pop
  There is something rich and sumptuous about the seventh outing from dreamy Baltimore pop duo Beach House, aptly titled 7. It feels so very Seattle—moody, gray, and damp, yet stunningly awash in color and sparkling and glinting with a peek of sun. Which is exciting, because I loved Beach House after their 2008 debut, Devotion, but felt pretty blasé about everything that came after, up u
  
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• Ketchikan’s mayor, manager take free cruise to Los Angeles

  08-05-2019 20:17
  KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — Ketchikan’s mayor and city manager accepted a free cruise to Los Angeles, which they said allowed them to continue talks with those in the private sector as Ketchikan looks to expands cruise ship berths. Mayor Bob Sivertsen and City Manager Karl Amylon were among officials from several West Coast port towns […]
  
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• Editor's Note: Has the Seattle International Film Festival Ever Shown a Good Film?

  08-05-2019 20:10 via thestranger.com
  
  by The Stranger JOHNNY SAMPSON
  While Stranger writers and editors were meeting with our art director to plan this Seattle International Film Festival issue, one editor blurted out, “I’ve never seen a good SIFF film.” The room went wild: What? Really? Not a single one? “Nope!” the editor said. “Their whole thing is being the biggest film festival. And by ‘biggest’ they mean ‘having the most films.’” In other words, they reject the
  
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• Polish community works to save wild herd ordered slaughtered

  08-05-2019 19:46
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Local authorities and animal rights activists in western Poland hope to spare the lives of 170 cows and bulls that went feral after years of neglect and a court has ordered slaughtered. Agriculture Minister Jan Krzysztof Ardanowski said the herd did not receive veterinary care, has been in-breeding and become a […]
  
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• Police identify northern Idaho man killed by train

  08-05-2019 19:41
  COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Authorities have identified a northern Idaho man struck and killed by a train as 42-year-old Michael E. Hart of Post Falls. Lt. Ryan Higgins of the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office tells the Coeur d’Alene Press that video from the train shows Hart lying on the tracks early Tuesday morning when […]
  
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• Idaho Supreme Court considers one-punch killing case

  08-05-2019 19:29
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Supreme Court is considering reducing the 15-year sentence of a northern Idaho man who threw a punch that killed another man. The Coeur d’Alene Press reports in a story on Wednesday that the court asked for additional documents after defense attorneys for 23-year-old Tyler Finlay said a pre-sentence report […]
  
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• UA officials announces reorganization of HR department

  08-05-2019 18:39
  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — The University of Alaska is reorganizing and downsizing its human resources department. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports the university on Monday issued lay-off notices to 48 human resources employees as part of the overhaul. The layoffs will take effect in September. Laid-off employees can apply for jobs in the reorganized department. […]
  
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• California to ban pesticide said to harm child development

  08-05-2019 18:32
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The nation’s most productive agricultural state will ban a widely used pesticide blamed for harming brain development in babies, California officials said Wednesday. The move cheered by environmental groups would outlaw chlorpyrifos (klohr-PY’-rih-fohs) after scientists deemed it a toxic air contaminant and discovered it to be more dangerous than previously thought. […]
  
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• California to ban pesticide it says hurts babies’ brains

  08-05-2019 18:32
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The nation’s most productive agricultural state moved Wednesday to ban a controversial pesticide widely used to control a range of insects but blamed for harming brain development in babies. The move cheered by environmentalists would outlaw chlorpyrifos after scientists deemed it a toxic air contaminant and discovered it to be more […]
  
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• APNewsBreak: California to outlaw pesticide harmful to kids

  08-05-2019 18:32
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The nation’s most productive agricultural state will ban a widely used toxic pesticide blamed for harming brain development in babies, California officials said Wednesday. The move would outlaw chlorpyrifos (klohr-PY’-rih-fohs) after scientists deemed it a toxic air contaminant and discovered it to be more dangerous than previously thought. State Environmental Secretary […]
  
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• And the 2019 SPLIFF Film Fest Winners Are…

  08-05-2019 17:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by The Stranger
  We did it!SPLIFF, our new film festival made by the stoned for the stoned, debuted in Seattle, Portland, Denver, and San Francisco to over 3,000 stoners (and non-stoners!) in its first year. We received films (four minutes and twenty seconds or less!) from all around the world. Our inaugural lineup was hilarious, weird, sexy, trippy, and unlike any stoner films we'd seen before. Together, we watched spaceships, Rihanna-inspired blunt tutorials, dancing boobs, Australians, puppets
  
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• Grand jury indicts Anchorage man in 2018 child’s death

  08-05-2019 17:45
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A 32-year-old Anchorage man has been indicted in the death of a child in his care 11 months ago. Anchorage police say Richard Vickery was indicted on counts of second-degree murder, manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide. Police on June 12 took a call of a child choking at an east Anchorage […]
  
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• Man dies on Anchorage street; police suspect hit and run

  08-05-2019 17:29
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage police are investigating an apparent early morning hit-and-run crash. Police just after 2:30 a.m. Wednesday took a call of a man lying on east Benson Boulevard, a main east-west thoroughfare in midtown Anchorage. The man was in the far-left lane between A and Denali streets. Police say it appeared the […]
  
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• Slog AM: Jay Inslee Signs Five Climate Bills, Uber and Lyft Drivers Strike, A Corn Syrup Lobbyist Is Writing Our Dietary Policy

  08-05-2019 17:26 via thestranger.com
  
  by Timothy KenneyIf you call an Uber or Lyft today you're a scab.Vera Agency/Getty Images
  I’m back everyone! The GRE was in a word miserable and should be abolished. To start I had to go all the way to Marysville via public transportation, which I’ve now learned is no easy feat. I also learned that Marysville is filled with tiny little casinos. The lady working at the testing center kept yelling at me to put all my stuff away so I wouldn’t cheat. I don’t know how anyone w
  
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• Oregon may allow lawsuits over genetically engineered crops

  08-05-2019 16:54
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Legislature is considering a bill that would let farmers sue companies, such as Bayer and Syngenta, that hold patents on genetically engineered seeds if crops grown from those seeds contaminate other crops. The Statesman Journal reports that contamination from genetically engineered crops can make organic and conventional crops unable […]
  
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• Portland tells residents it’s not responsible for pipe burst

  08-05-2019 16:42
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland officials have denied residents’ claims that the city must pay for damage caused by a burst water main that spewed millions of gallons into their homes two months ago, saying the pipe broke spontaneously at no fault to the city. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that denial letters written by a city […]
  
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• Gov. Inslee expected to sign bill moving Washington state toward permanent daylight saving time

  08-05-2019 16:12
  Before the state can adopt permanent daylight time, Congress would have to approve. Under federal law, states may decide either to be on permanent standard time — which is what we observe from November through March — or to switch back and forth.
  
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• Gov. Inslee expected to sign bill bringing state closer to permanent daylight saving time

  08-05-2019 16:12
  Before the state can adopt permanent daylight time, Congress would have to approve. Under current federal law, states may decide either to be on permanent standard time — which is what we observe from November through March — or to switch back and forth.
  
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• Head of embattled UNAIDS to leave post immediately

  08-05-2019 15:24
  GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations’ AIDS agency said Wednesday its executive director is leaving the post immediately, following allegations he mishandled sexual assault claims at the agency that is tasked with helping end the HIV epidemic. UNAIDS said Michel Sidibe will become health minister in his native Mali “with immediate effect.” He will be […]
  
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• Seattle considers changing rules for paid parental leave to include the death of a child

  08-05-2019 15:00
  After newborn Bea died in November 2017, her mother could no longer take the paid leave she would have taken from her job with the city of Seattle. The City Council is considering changing its paid family care ordinance to allow city employees to take paid time when a child dies.
  
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• Seattle considers changing rules for paid family care leave to include the death of a child

  08-05-2019 15:00
  After newborn Bea died in November 2017, her mother could no longer take the paid leave she would have taken from her job with the city of Seattle. The City Council is considering changing its paid family care ordinance to allow city employees to take paid time when a child dies.
  
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• Inslee signs bills bringing Washington state closer to zero-carbon electricity

  08-05-2019 15:00
  Despite passage of the bills, which makes the state a leader in clean energy, Washington state is still not on track to meet its greenhouse-gas emission targets for 2035.
  
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• Grifting with dictators? Fantasizing of holy war? Nothing is too low for politics these days

  08-05-2019 15:00
  It’s pretty remarkable, or one would think it ought to be, that we currently have one elected official in this state who is a registered foreign agent for an authoritarian regime. And another who appears to be plotting with extremists for a homegrown, biblical civil war. But what’s most remarkable? That there’s apparently nothing remarkable […]
  
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• Clean power is now the law; Inslee signs bill for zero-carbon electricity by 2045

  08-05-2019 15:00
  Despite passage of the bills, which makes the state a leader in clean energy, Washington state is still not on track to meet its greenhouse-gas emission targets for 2035.
  
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• Before Uber IPO and driver strike, union analysis criticizes driver pay

  08-05-2019 15:00
  The report was compiled by a local group of drivers affiliated with Teamsters Local 117, the union that advocated in recent years for allowing ride-hailing drivers to unionize.
  
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• As Uber and Lyft go public, Seattle drivers getting a smaller share of fares, union analysis says

  08-05-2019 15:00
  The report was compiled by a local group of drivers affiliated with Teamsters Local 117, the union that advocated in recent years for allowing ride-hailing drivers to unionize.
  
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• As trash piles up around homeless tent camps, Seattle struggles to keep up

  08-05-2019 15:00
  Much of the frustration with homelessness comes from the massive amounts of trash around tent camps. But Seattle is picking up less trash than it did in 2017, despite efforts to distribute trash bags at tent camps and marshal volunteers.
  
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• A piece of the Kalakala gazes upon the Seattle skyline as scraps await rebirth in Kirkland

  08-05-2019 15:00
  The famed Kalakala ferry was built in Kirkland, and the City of Kirkland has now purchased some pieces of the wreck and brought them back to the ship's birthplace.
  
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• Warren releases $100 billion plan to combat opioids epidemic

  08-05-2019 14:17
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has unveiled a new version of her plan to combat America’s opioid epidemic, proposing to spend $100 billion over 10 years on battling the consequences of addiction. Warren’s new opioids measure is modeled on a 1990 law passed to help fight the spread of AIDS and would […]
  
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• Warren releases $100 billion plan to combat opioid epidemic

  08-05-2019 14:17
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has unveiled a new version of her plan to combat America’s opioid epidemic, proposing to spend $100 billion over 10 years on battling the public health consequences of addiction. Warren’s new opioids measure is modeled on a 1990 law passed to help fight the spread of AIDS […]
  
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• Hood to Coast runner sues after man plows into sleeping area

  08-05-2019 14:05
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Hood-To-Coast runner whose leg was seriously injured when another runner got drunk, stole a truck and ran over her in a designated sleeping area is suing race organizers and the fellow runner for nearly $1 million. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Cynthia Gillespie claims Oregon relay race organizers didn’t enforce a ban […]
  
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