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• Boeing Is Broke

  09-05-2019 23:50 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede Motortion/gettyimages.com
  As predicted, Boeing blew all of its cash (and possibly more) on buybacks and now has to borrow money to stay in business. First, it successfully sold $3.5 billion worth of bonds on Tuesday to investors who are under the impression that the company is a very safe bet. Boeing also opened a $1.5 billion line of credit "with three U.S. banks." No one in the mainstream finance world it seems is at all surprised that a company that spent $20 billion on its
  
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• Drugmaker will donate meds for US push to end HIV epidemic

  09-05-2019 23:45
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Health and Human Services Department announced Thursday that California-Based Gilead Sciences Inc. has agreed to donate medications that reduce the risk of HIV transmission for up to 200,000 people a year. “Will help us achieve our goal of ending the HIV epidemic in America!” President Donald Trump said in a celebratory […]
  
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• Last-Minute Plans: 97 Free, Cheap & Easy Things To Do in Seattle This Weekend: May 10-12, 2019

  09-05-2019 23:39 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 Legendary Children at the Seattle Art Museum to the Downstream Music Festival, and from the UW Night Market 2019 to West Seattle Community Garage Sale. For even more options, check out our complete Things
  
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• After delay, Oregon restricts tree-killing pesticide

  09-05-2019 23:36
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A pesticide that caused the death of more than 2,000 trees in Central Oregon is facing new regulations despite objections from agrichemical giant Bayer AG. The Oregon Department of Agriculture said Thursday that it will immediately begin severely restricting the use of herbicides containing the chemical aminocyclopyrachlor, or ACP. Regulators found […]
  
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• After delay, Oregon restricts tree-killing herbicide

  09-05-2019 23:36
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — An herbicide that caused the death of more than 2,000 trees in Central Oregon is facing new regulations despite objections from agrichemical giant Bayer AG. The Oregon Department of Agriculture said Thursday that it will immediately begin severely restricting the use of herbicides containing the chemical aminocyclopyrachlor, or ACP. Regulators found […]
  
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• 26 Affordable and Last-Minute Mother's Day 2019 Events in Seattle

  09-05-2019 23:35 via thestranger.com
  No advance planning required for these cheap Mother's Day 2019 events.by Stranger Things To Do StaffIf you want to show the moms in your life how much you love them but have yet to make a solid plan for Mother's Day (Sunday, May 12), don't freak out. There are plenty of great last-minute, mom-centric events happening this weekend that won't cost more than $15, from the Pike Place Market Flower Festival and a Mother's Day Cantata Concert to free parking for moms on the Seattle Waterfront and free
  
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• Seattle Beer Week Is Going to Be So Good This Year—Here's What You Can't Miss

  09-05-2019 23:20 via thestranger.com
  
  The events you can't miss at this year's Seattle Beer Week.by Lester Black Lester BlackI was sitting on a sailboat in the middle of Lake Union this week when my friend Aaron told me the best advice for navigating Seattle Beer Week. "I say stick with the classics, the Brouwer's, the Chuck's, and the breweries you already love. They're the ones that are going to crush it," Aaron said.Aaron is the type of person who you might turn to if you're lost in a store with 1,000 beers and you need to pick o
  
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• Amazon’s Bezos says he’ll send a spaceship to the moon

  09-05-2019 23:06
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos says he’s going to send a spaceship to the moon, joining a resurgence of lunar interest half a century after people first set foot there. Bezos says his space company Blue Origin will land a robotic ship the size of a small house, capable of carrying four rovers […]
  
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• 45 people being evacuated from whale-watching boat aground on Smith Island

  09-05-2019 23:03
  The vessel is operated by Eagle Wing Tours in Victoria, B.C.
  
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• 41 people evacuated from whale-watching boat aground west of Whidbey Island

  09-05-2019 23:03
  The Coast Guard responded after receiving an initial report around 12:30 p.m. that the vessel was purposely grounded on Smith Island, west of Whidbey Island, after taking on water.
  
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• Trump backs Fla. plan to import lower-cost meds from abroad

  09-05-2019 22:33
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a move sure to get attention in a 2020 battleground state, President Donald Trump indicated Thursday that his administration may approve a Florida plan to import lower-cost prescription drugs from abroad for use by residents. It’s the latest flashpoint in a confrontation between the Trump administration and the pharmaceutical industry, which […]
  
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• Trump to nominate Shanahan for top Pentagon post

  09-05-2019 22:12
  Patrick Shanahan, 56, who grew up in Seattle, has a lifetime of experience in the defense industry but little in government. In more than three months as acting secretary, he focused on implementing the national defense strategy that was developed during Jim Mattis' tenure.
  
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• Trump to nominate former Boeing executive Patrick Shanahan for top Pentagon post

  09-05-2019 22:12
  Patrick Shanahan, 56, has a lifetime of experience in the defense industry but little in government. In more than three months as the acting secretary, he has focused on implementing the national defense strategy that was developed during Jim Mattis' tenure
  
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• Country for Cocksuckers

  09-05-2019 22:10 via thestranger.com
  
  by Chase BurnsOrville Peck’s long fringed mask isn’t just a face covering, but an extension of the man. CARLOS SANTOLALLA
  "The United States loves a hero, preferably masked and leading a double life." This is how a writer for the London-based publication the Independent opened an article on The Legend of Zorro in 2005, and those words have stuck with me. It definitely feels true. Zorro. Spider-Man. Every contestant on The Masked Singer. What is it with our obsession with masks and he
  
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• Amazon vows safety reforms after Washington state AG finds toxic lead and cadmium in children’s products

  09-05-2019 22:03
  Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced what he described as a national settlement with the tech and commerce giant.
  
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• Alaska seeks to boost gun background check system reporting

  09-05-2019 22:02
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Under a proposed rewrite of state crime laws, Alaska legislators would require the courts to review for a federal database system records dating to 1981 for individuals who have been involuntarily committed and would be restricted from owning firearms. While debates over guns elicit fears of erosions of the Second Amendment […]
  
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• Man accused of driving into Wenatchee Valley Mall told cops he was high

  09-05-2019 21:57
  A man who appeared to be looking for a parking spot then drove his car into and out of the Wenatchee Valley Mall on Wednesday evening. Nobody was injured, and most of the damage at the mall was limited to the doors. The suspect's in the Douglas County Jail.
  
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• Republican standoff over school funding enters third day

  09-05-2019 21:38
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Republicans once again were a no-show for a multibillion education tax vote, shutting down the Oregon Senate Thursday for a third consecutive day. The Senate has tried to vote on a proposed tax on businesses five times in the past three days. Each time, Republicans denied the chamber enough members to […]
  
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• Give Up the Ghost with Garrett Kelly of Liminal Earth

  09-05-2019 21:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher FrizzelleGive Up the Ghost is a ghost-story series at Queen City the second Saturday of the month at 10 pm. Garrett Kelly is one of the founders of Liminal Earth. Image collage by The Stranger/Courtesy of Garrett Kelly
  There comes a time of night when the mind turns to ghosts, cryptids, and unexplained phenomena. It's that hour when you let in the unknown, and shades reveal themselves, and possibilities open. The hour is 10 pm, as everyone knows. Last month we started Give Up the
  
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• Idaho agency says client information may have been revealed

  09-05-2019 21:09
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare says one of its contractors fell for an email phishing scheme, and personal information belonging to more than 2,000 clients might have been revealed. The agency in a news release on Thursday says that clients will receive a notification in the mail this week. […]
  
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• Las Vegas Is Opening Cannabis Consumption Lounges

  09-05-2019 20:50 via thestranger.com
  
  by Josh JardineLooks like in some ways, Las Vegas is ahead of us even though they legalized recreational weed after us. HighGradeRoots / Getty Images
  Las Vegas has always had a lot to offer, and now Sin City also has the welcome recent addition of access to legal recreational cannabis. But, just like Washington, there aren't many legal options for consumption of cannabis after it's been acquired. Homeowners may consume in their abode, but with Vegas hosting more than 40 million tourists per year
  
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• State Supreme Court overturns ruling on felon pistol license

  09-05-2019 20:31
  The court ruled Thursday that a federal prohibition still applies to his juvenile crimes, even though they were later ordered sealed.
  
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• I Can't Stop Listening to Alice Coltrane's "Galaxy In Turiya"

  09-05-2019 20:03 via thestranger.com
  by Chase BurnsI think it's this "heat wave." It sounds like the moment summer breaks through spring.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Reported hate crimes and incidents up nearly 400% in Seattle since 2012

  09-05-2019 19:48
  A rise in reported hate crimes does not necessarily mean there are more of these crimes occurring, the study says. City Councilmember Lisa Herbold said Thursday she'll look at how to allow the city "to more easily prosecute misdemeanor hate-crime cases."
  
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• APNewsBreak: New Mexico wants lake on Air Force base closed

  09-05-2019 18:52
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s top prosecutor is demanding that the U.S. Air Force close a publicly accessible lake at Holloman Air Force Base, saying Thursday the concentration of hazardous chemicals at the site poses a risk to public health and the environment. In a letter obtained by The Associated Press, Attorney General Hector […]
  
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• Local Artist Michael Alm Painted the 141 Mammals That Reside in Washington State. They Are the Colors of Our Skies—and Dirt.

  09-05-2019 18:45 via thestranger.com
  Especially the shrews.by Jasmyne Keimig View this post on InstagramA post shared by Michael Alm (@almfab) on Apr 24, 2019 at 11:30am PDT
  Have you read that New York Times article about the recent United Nations report that we (humans) are transforming our little blue planet so fucking much that over one million plant and animal species are now at risk of extinction? That, since 1500, at least 680 species have gone totally extinct? That 85 percent of the world's wetlands have vanished since the 1
  
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• Scientists liken Anglo-Saxon burial site to King Tut’s tomb

  09-05-2019 18:17
  SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, England (AP) — Archaeologists say an underground chamber discovered accidentally by road workers may be the site of the earliest Christian royal burial in Britain. The chamber was uncovered between a road and a railway line in the village of Prittlewell in 2003. It turned out to be a 1,400-year-old burial site containing items […]
  
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• North Pole man sentenced to 90 years for killing 4-year-old

  09-05-2019 18:07
  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A 31-year-old North Pole man convicted of first-degree murder in the death of his 4-year-old son has been sentenced to 90 years in prison. Christopher Sadowski was sentenced Monday. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports a jury in December deliberated just three hours before convicting Sadowski of killing Christopher Sadowski Jr. The […]
  
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• Father sentenced to 90 years for killing young son in Alaska

  09-05-2019 18:07
  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A father convicted of first-degree murder in the death of his 4-year-old son was sentenced to 90 years in prison in Alaska. The state medical examiner concluded the boy died May 5, 2015, from blunt force injuries and burns. A Fairbanks jury deliberated for just three hours in December before convicting […]
  
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• Census: Poverty, race play role in whether parents are alive

  09-05-2019 17:35
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — As Mother’s Day approaches this Sunday, a new study by the U.S. Census Bureau suggests that the likelihood of having your parents alive as you grow older is linked to poverty, educational attainment, sex and race. The working paper presented at a conference in March says that fathers tend to die […]
  
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• The United States just had its wettest 12 months on record. It’s nearly drought-free, but flooding is rampant.

  09-05-2019 17:34
  The record precipitation over the last 12 months fits into a long-term increasing trend, an expectation as climate warming intensifies rainfall.NOAA tweeted Wednesday that the historic lack of drought is "good news." But spring's excessive rain has spurred historic flooding.
  
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• Slog AM: Inslee Signs New Orca Bills, Trade Deal with China Falling Apart, Don't Bring Piranhas to LAX

  09-05-2019 17:33 via thestranger.com
  
  by Timothy KenneyLiquids over 3 oz are not permitted. Neither is a bagful of piranhas. simonkr/Getty Images
  Wildfire season is upon us but can we actually pay to fight them? The Washington State Commissioner of Public Lands requested a tax that would’ve raised $65 million for fire fighting work this year. Instead they got a flat $50 million from a general fund. There have already been 239 fires this year, which puts Western Washington on track for one of the worst wildfire seasons in recen
  
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• Down the rabbit hole: Denver decriminalizes ‘magic mushrooms’ — a type that grows wild here in Washington state

  09-05-2019 17:06
  The mushrooms grow in the wild throughout Washington, especially on the wetter west side of the state. But be forewarned: They can be difficult to distinguish from poisonous varieties.
  
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• Man sentenced to prison for auto dealership robbery

  09-05-2019 16:58
  BEND, Ore. (AP) — A man who impersonated a police officer while trying to rob a Bend, Oregon, auto dealership with a hammer in December was sentenced to five years and eight months in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree robbery, unlawful use of a weapon and two counts of menacing. Christopher James Grant, 51, […]
  
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• Nike’s plan for better-fitting kicks: Show us your feet

  09-05-2019 16:44
  NEW YORK (AP) — Nike wants to meet your feet. The sneaker seller will launch a foot-scanning tool on its app this summer that will measure and remember the length, width and other dimensions of customers’ feet after they point a smartphone camera to their toes. The app will then tell shoppers what size to […]
  
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• A growing number of states call porn a public health crisis

  09-05-2019 16:41
  PHOENIX (AP) — More than a dozen states have moved to declare pornography a public health crisis, raising concerns among some experts who say the label goes too far and carries its own risks. The Arizona Senate approved a resolution this week calling for a systemic effort to prevent exposure to porn that’s increasingly accessible […]
  
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• Heat wave brings a big danger for kids, pets: Don’t leave them in the car

  09-05-2019 16:15
  In 70-degree weather, it takes about 10 minutes for the inside of a car to reach 110 degrees. Leaving the windows cracked and a moon roof open barely delays that rise.
  
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• Sticker shock: Trump taking aim at ‘surprise medical bills’

  09-05-2019 16:00
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will begin a push Thursday to fight health care sticker shock by limiting “surprise medical bills,” the unexpected charges faced by insured patients when a member of a health care team that treated them is considered an out-of-network provider. Senior administration officials told The Associated Press the Republican president […]
  
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• Campus quarantine, tuition or dinner, student podcasts: What Education Lab is reading this week

  09-05-2019 16:00
  The weather is getting nicer and the last place you want to be is indoors. But in case you have to be, you may as well catch up on the latest in education news. We’re sharing the “What We’re Reading” section from our weekly Education Lab newsletter right here. Subscribe to the newsletter to see our […]
  
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• MTV launches ‘Save Our Moms’ campaign to combat mortality

  09-05-2019 15:54
  NEW YORK (AP) — MTV is launching a campaign aimed at stemming the rise of maternal mortality in the U.S. Thursday’s launch of “Save Our Moms” comes as Mother’s Day approaches and will feature original content and educational resources across all MTV platforms. The centerpiece will feature a video produced by actress Lena Waithe’s Protest […]
  
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• ICE Air shifts from King County to Yakima, leaving officials scrambling to find out agency’s intentions

  09-05-2019 15:00
  Yakima's legal department is looking into whether it would have the ability to block flights, too.
  
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• ICE Air shifts from King County to Yakima, leaving city officials scrambling to find out agency’s intentions

  09-05-2019 15:00
  Yakima's legal department is looking into whether it would have the ability to block flights, too.
  
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• Electric scooters are coming to Seattle, Mayor Jenny Durkan says

  09-05-2019 15:00
  The Durkan administration will craft a pilot program for scooter-share this fall, the mayor announced Wednesday. Until now, Seattle has banned scooter-share, and city law bars the use of motorized scooters on sidewalks and bicycle lanes.
  
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• New law allows Oregon dentists to administer all vaccines

  09-05-2019 14:15
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A bill to allow dentists in Oregon to administer vaccines to patients has been signed into law. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Oregon is the first state in the country to allow dentists to administer any vaccine available at a primary care doctor’s office. Most people may not get their measles, polio and […]
  
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• Severe storms tear roof from Arkansas apartment complex

  09-05-2019 12:46
  PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) — Several people were injured when a possible tornado tore the roof off an Arkansas apartment building, part of a powerful line of thunderstorms that was dumping more rain Thursday on already drenched areas throughout the nation’s midsection. The severe weather moved eastward Thursday after forcing people from their homes in […]
  
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• Man pleads guilty to obstruction in brother’s fraud case

  09-05-2019 12:44
  CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — An Idaho man has pleaded guilty to trying to influence a victim of his brother’s investment scheme. U.S. District Court records say David Emerson Smith, of Pocatello, Idaho, pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding. A sentencing hearing has not been scheduled. Smith’s brother, Darrell Smith, of […]
  
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• Notre Dame’s melted roof leaves astronomical lead levels

  09-05-2019 12:12
  PARIS (AP) — Notre Dame Cathedral’s melted roof has left astronomically high lead levels in the plaza outside and adjacent roads. Paris police say lead levels from the roof were found to be between 10 and 20 grams per kilogram of ground — between 32 and 65 times the recommended limit by French health authorities […]
  
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• Inslee pulls support from two Western Washington natural gas projects

  09-05-2019 09:00
  Inslee had previously backed both projects, once calling the proposed Kalama methanol plant “one of the most innovative clean-energy projects in the nation” and a model for the world.
  
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• Driver seriously wounded in shooting on Seattle’s Northgate Way

  09-05-2019 08:48
  A man was seriously wounded when he was shot while driving Wednesday night in the Northgate area of Seattle, according to police. About 7 p.m., the man was heading east in the 1400 block of Northeast Northgate Way when he was hit. Investigators said a female passenger, who was not injured, told them she heard […]
  
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• No thought for their own safety: Hero students disarm gunman

  09-05-2019 07:13
  Authorities said the actions of the three students minimized the bloodshed from the attack at the charter school near Denver that wounded eight students along with killing 18-year-old Kendrick Castillo, who led the charge against the shooter.
  
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