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• Same goal, different approaches for Seattle City Council candidates challenging Kshama Sawant

  15-05-2019 23:55
  They all want to unseat Kshama Sawant, Seattle's socialist City Council member. But they're running against her from different angles in what could be the year's most important race.
  
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• Hand on doomed Oregon ship texted, called wife before death

  15-05-2019 23:52
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A crew member on a doomed Oregon crabbing vessel that sank in rough seas, killing all three aboard, sent desperate texts and told his wife he was putting on his life vest in the final moments before he was tossed overboard. Joshua Porter’s wife gave tearful testimony Wednesday about those texts […]
  
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• Buy Your Tickets to These 55 Newly Announced Seattle Events Before They Sell Out

  15-05-2019 23:36 via thestranger.com
  Bon Iver, the Original Misfits, and More Events on Sale the Week of May 16by 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 the Original Misfits, Morrissey and Interpol, and Todrick Hall, plus things that hav
  
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• Buy Your Tickets to These 53 Newly Announced Seattle Events Before They Sell Out

  15-05-2019 23:36 via thestranger.com
  Bon Iver, the Original Misfits, and More Events on Sale the Week of May 16by 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 the Original Misfits, Morrissey and Interpol, and Todrick Hall, plus things that hav
  
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• If Liberals Want to Change Minds on Abortion, We Must Understand Why People Oppose it

  15-05-2019 23:28 via thestranger.com
  
  And it's not because they want to control women's bodies.by Katie HerzogScenes from the culture wars.Alex Wong/Getty
  On Monday, Georgia’s Republican Governor Brian Kemp sign the strictest abortion bill in the country. This new law will outlaw abortion after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, which is generally around six weeks after conception—a point at which most women don't even realize they are pregnant. The law is scheduled to go into effect in 2020, if it stands up in court.Not
  
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• If Liberals Want to Change Minds on Abortion, We Must Understand Why People Are Pro-Life

  15-05-2019 23:28 via thestranger.com
  
  And it's not because they want to control women's bodies.by Katie HerzogScenes from the culture wars.Alex Wong/Getty
  On Monday, Georgia’s Republican Governor Brian Kemp sign the strictest abortion bill in the country. This new law will outlaw abortion after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, which is generally around six weeks after conception—a point at which most women don't even realize they are pregnant. The law is scheduled to go into effect in 2020, if it stands up in court.Not
  
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• Should She Dump the Amazing Man Who Helped Her Get On Her Feet?

  15-05-2019 23:17 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan Savage
  I'm a bisexual mid-30s female who's been with the same guy for 14 years. Our relationship has been through a lot of ups and downs, with me intermittently getting crushes on other folks and wondering if I needed to go out and date other people (I was a late bloomer). I also intermittently struggled with anxiety and depression, and felt like I was leaning too much on him for support. I thought maybe I needed to develop the strength to be okay on my own. I
  
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• Blurred lines: A pregnant man’s tragedy tests gender notions

  15-05-2019 23:01
  When the man arrived at the hospital with severe abdominal pains, a nurse didn’t consider it an emergency, noting that he was obese and had stopped taking blood pressure medicines. In reality, he was pregnant — a transgender man in labor that was about to end in a stillbirth. The tragic case, described in Wednesday’s […]
  
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• Louisiana ‘heartbeat’ abortion ban nearing final passage

  15-05-2019 23:00
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A proposal to ban abortions in Louisiana as early as the sixth week of pregnancy continued to speed through the state legislature Wednesday, a day after Alabama lawmakers voted for what could become the nation’s most restrictive law against the procedure. Without objection, the Louisiana House Health and Welfare Committee […]
  
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• Anchorage police release details in fatal hit-and-run case

  15-05-2019 22:47
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage police say a pedestrian killed last week in a hit-and-run crash had lain in the street for more than an hour and been covered with a blanket by a passer-by. Police on Wednesday identified the man killed as 36-year-old Dwayne Nelson. Investigators interviewed the driver believed to have been involved […]
  
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• Anchorage hit-and-run victim had been covered by blanket

  15-05-2019 22:47
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Before he was hit, a pedestrian killed last week in an Anchorage hit-and-run crash had been lying in the street for more than an hour and was covered with a blanket by a passer-by, police said Wednesday. The crash killed Dwayne Nelson, 36. Investigators said they believe Nelson was struck by […]
  
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• U.S. Denies Visa to On the Boards Dancer, So the Choreographer Will Dance the Show Herself

  15-05-2019 22:44 via thestranger.com
  
  Ligia Lewis's Sorrow Swag was meant for white, male dancer. Now the Dominican-American choreographer will dance the role herself for the first time onstage.by Rich SmithSorry my dude, our country sucks. Dieter Hartwig
  This weekend On the Boards planned to close out their season with two shows by Dominican-American choreographer Ligia Lewis, Sorrow Swag and minor matter. Those shows, as they must, will go on. But, thanks to Trump's "Buy American, Hire American" guidelines, they won't go on as pla
  
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• Old People Run America. Get Used to It.

  15-05-2019 22:11 via thestranger.com
  
  by The StrangerEpisode 198 learns the hard demographic truth: old people run America, and will for a long time. lisegagne / Getty ImagesSubscribe to the podcast FOR FREE by clicking right here!
  With Dan Savage away, Eli Sanders and Katie Herzog talk about old people. HuffPost writer Michael Hobbes joins in to explain why, as he wrote earlier this year, “America’s defining divide isn’t right vs. left. It’s young vs. old.”After that, Rich Smith looks at the new aborti
  
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• Woman accused in deadly Tacoma crash pleads not guilty by insanity

  15-05-2019 22:08
  A state hospital psychologist earlier this month diagnosed the defendant with "unspecified schizophrenia spectrum or other psychotic disorder."
  
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• One person in critical condition after shooting in Seattle’s Bitter Lake neighborhood

  15-05-2019 22:04
  Gunshots were reported around 12:40 p.m. near Greenwood Avenue North and North 125th Street, police said.
  
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• Trips to Sea-Tac Airport may link cases in new measles outbreak in Seattle area; Issaquah, North Creek schools affected

  15-05-2019 21:38
  Health officials have confirmed a Western Washington measles outbreak, with four new cases reported among people who spent time at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and other sites throughout the Puget Sound region. Two of the new cases involve King County women, the others a high-school student in Snohomish County and a Pierce County man, the Washington […]
  
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• Trips to Sea-Tac Airport appear to link cases in new measles outbreak in Seattle area

  15-05-2019 21:38
  Health officials have confirmed a Western Washington measles outbreak, with four new cases reported among people who spent time at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and other sites throughout the Puget Sound region. Two of the new cases involve King County women, the others a high school student in Snohomish County and a Pierce County man, the […]
  
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• 4 new measles cases confirmed in outbreak in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties

  15-05-2019 21:38
  Health officials have confirmed four new cases of measles involving people who spent time at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, among other sites throughout the Puget Sound region. Two of the cases involve King County women, the third an adolescent male in Snohomish County and the fourth a Pierce County man, the Washington State Department of Health […]
  
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• 4 new measles cases confirmed in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties

  15-05-2019 21:38
  Health officials have confirmed four new cases of measles involving people who spent time at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, among other sites throughout the Puget Sound region. Two of the cases involve King County women, the third an adolescent male in Snohomish County and the fourth a Pierce County resident, the Washington State Department of Health […]
  
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• Hey, Look, Mac DeMarco Is Just a Chill Dude, Playing Chill Music for Nearly Three Hours to a Perfectly Chill Seattle Crowd, Man

  15-05-2019 21:24 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jasmyne KeimigMac DeMarco played for over TWO AND A HALF HOURS at his THIRD show at Showbox Sodo on a Monday. Lester BlackWhat's there really to say about a Mac DeMarco performance? He's stuck things up his ass, made out with his bandmates and/or audience members, played a 30-minute long encore of just one song, summoned a demon spirit's schleppy, fratty ex-boyfriend from another realm using a complex tonic that consisted of cheap beer and male tears (just kidding on that one).Depending on yo
  
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• Hey, Look, Mac DeMarco Is Just a Chill Dude, Playing Chill Music for Nearly Three Hours to a Perfectly Chill Seattle Crowd, Bruh

  15-05-2019 21:24 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jasmyne KeimigMac DeMarco played for over TWO AND A HALF HOURS at his THIRD show at Showbox Sodo on a Monday. Lester BlackWhat's there really to say about a Mac DeMarco performance? He's stuck things up his ass, made out with his bandmates and/or audience members, played a 30-minute long encore of just one song, summoned a demon spirit's schleppy, fratty ex-boyfriend from another realm using a complex tonic that consisted of cheap beer and male tears (just kidding on that one).Depending on yo
  
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• His dad admitted bribing his way into Georgetown; now student is suing to block expulsion

  15-05-2019 21:05
  LOS ANGELES — The son of a Los Angeles executive who admitted paying a $400,000 bribe to secure a spot at Georgetown for his child as a tennis recruit sued the university to prevent it from kicking him out and nullifying his college credits. Ten hours after the lawsuit landed in the federal court system […]
  
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• Federal judge finds Seattle partly out of compliance with police-reform deal — a major blow to city

  15-05-2019 20:25
  U.S. District Judge James Robart told a packed courtroom the city must fix deficiencies in the closed-door appeal process for officers who have been fired or disciplined before it can be released from federal oversight.
  
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• A Live Conversation Tonight with Ryann Donnelly about Sex, Subversion, and Madonna's Music Videos

  15-05-2019 20:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher FrizzelleI'm interviewing Ryann Donnelly (left) tonight at Elliott Bay Books at 7 pm about her book Justify My Love: Sex, Subversion, and Music Video. Courtesy of Ryann Donnelly/Repeater Books
  When's the last time you watched Madonna's music videos for "Vogue," "Justify My Love," and "Erotica"? When's the last time you watched them with an art history expert specializing in feminist and queer aesthetics? Tonight in the basement at Elliott Bay, we will watch all three videos (two o
  
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• Were You Caught in Commute Hell This Morning?

  15-05-2019 19:49 via thestranger.com
  
  Everyone was stuck!by Nathalie GrahamSingle-occupancy vehicle hell PLUS beautiful Link light rail hell? Say it isn't so. KELLY O
  I was the first person on my bus this morning. As it pulled away from the stop, the driver called over his shoulder: "Route might be slow going today, all of the Northbound I-5 is shut down."There was a multi-vehicle crash under the Washington State Convention Center. One vehicle was rolled over. Crews were working hastily to clear it, but, in the meantime, traffic on
  
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• Oregon sees huge windfall in tax revenue

  15-05-2019 19:37
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — State economists say that federal tax reform allowed Oregon to take in historic amounts of revenue. The state’s May economic forecast released Wednesday predicts Oregon will take in $870 million more than what was predicted just three months ago. Some of that revenue will have to be returned to the taxpayers […]
  
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• My Favorite Vampire Is Coming to Seattle Tonight

  15-05-2019 19:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Chase BurnsRobert Alfons (center) of TR/ST at last year's Capitol Hill Block Party. Lester Black
  Okay, he's not exactly a vampire, but Robert Alfons, the leading figure behind the dark synth-pop band TR/ST (pronounced Trust), is a man gifted with a spooky baritone that could seduce Count Dracula. TR/ST's grimy, sinister tracks get bodies moving, even when it’s unclear what Alfons is muttering. See "Shoom," the first cut off TR/ST's debut album, TRST:TR/ST’s original co-founder, Ma
  
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• Wednesday morning commute: Light rail service interrupted; traffic clears on northbound I-5 after crash near downtown Seattle

  15-05-2019 18:40
  Traffic has cleared on Interstate 5 near downtown Seattle after a crash blocked all northbound lanes, but Link light rail service is still not running between Tukwila and Angle Lake. Light rail isn’t operating at Tukwila International Boulevard, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport or Angle Lake stations, according to Sound Transit. Light-rail trains at other stations are […]
  
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• Traffic backed up for miles on northbound I-5 due to crash near Convention Center

  15-05-2019 18:40
  If you’re heading into downtown Seattle, find a route other than Interstate 5 or expect long delays on the highway, as northbound traffic is backed up for miles after a multiple-vehicle crash briefly blocked all lanes under the Washington State Convention Center. And if you’re heading to the airport, consider options other than Link light […]
  
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• Big items left as Alaska lawmakers face adjournment deadline

  15-05-2019 18:35
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Legislature faces a Wednesday deadline to complete its work, with agreement on state spending plans and a crime package and a decision on how to handle the dividend paid to residents from the state’s oil-wealth fund remaining. House and Senate negotiators have nearly reached agreement on a state operating […]
  
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• Idaho awaits word on Medicaid expansion plan

  15-05-2019 18:29
  LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — The federal government could decide by the end of May whether it will accept Idaho’s voter-approved plan to expand Medicaid eligibility. Idaho Department of Health and Welfare Deputy Director Lisa Hettinger tells The Lewiston Tribune that the amended state plan was submitted to the federal centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services […]
  
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• Semi-trailer hauling honey overturns along Indiana highway

  15-05-2019 18:10
  HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — A semi-trailer hauling honey overturned on a northwestern Indiana highway, spilling some of the sticky substance and restricting travel for hours. State police say the semi was hauling about 41,000 pounds (18,600 kilograms) of amber honey along Interstate 80/94 through Hammond when the driver lost control and the truck overturned about […]
  
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• Former military trainer, retired dog reunited in San Antonio

  15-05-2019 18:02
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A former military dog trainer and his now-retired canine partner have been reunited in an emotional encounter in Texas. Aaron Stice (stys) was a corporal in the Marines when he last saw the Belgian Malinois (mal-ihn-WAH’) named Kkeaton (KEE’-tuhn) in October at Camp Pendleton in California. Stice is now a civilian […]
  
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• In Atlanta, a mock funeral seeks to help students bury their pain

  15-05-2019 18:00
  The mock funeral in Atlanta is part of a broad movement that has taken hold in schools throughout the country. It aims to see students as people with social and emotional needs as well as academic goals, and to address life traumas that stand in their way.
  
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• Advocate: Bill to legalize pot lounges is dead

  15-05-2019 18:00
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregonians won’t be smoking joints o at legal cannabis lounges anytime soon. The Statesman Journal reports that a bill to legalize cannabis lounges is “100% dead,” according to Sam Chapman, legislative director for the New Revenue Coalition, the group behind Senate Bill 639. The last major legislative action taken on the […]
  
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• Tribes seek ban on public hunting of revered grizzly bears

  15-05-2019 17:55
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Native American groups are pressing lawmakers in Congress to adopt permanent protections for grizzly bears, a species widely revered by tribes but that has been proposed for hunting in Wyoming and Idaho. Tribal representatives were due Wednesday before a House subcommittee to testify in support of legislation that would block grizzly […]
  
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• Slog AM: 1 Dead After Car Crashes into Canlis Restaurant; San Francisco Bans Facial Recognition; Alabama Bans Abortion, Threatens Roe v. Wade

  15-05-2019 17:54 via thestranger.com
  
  by Timothy KenneyThe crash happened just south of the Aurora Bridge.SEASTOCK/Getty Images
  Hepatitis C is on the rise in Washington: Baby boomers and intravenous drug users are the groups most impacted by Hep C. Cases rose by 60% from 2009 to 2017 and experts have a few reasons that might be the case, according to the Seattle Times. It’s possible that there is no increase in the actual number of cases, it’s just that screening efforts have become more effective and more people are rep
  
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• Insurance companies ask for smaller increase in 2020 rates

  15-05-2019 17:49
  BEND, Ore. (AP) — Health insurers in Oregon continue to request smaller annual increases in health insurance rates from year to year and are expanding into new service areas — both signs the market is stabilizing. The Bulletin reports that Oregon Insurance Commissioner Andrew Stolfi on Tuesday released the rates Oregon insurance companies requested for […]
  
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• Warrant issued for man suspected in Fairbanks woman’s death

  15-05-2019 17:47
  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A warrant has been issued for a 25-year-old Fairbanks man suspected of killing a 69-year-old woman with whom he had been staying. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports Patrick Marsh is charged with killing Trisha Pearson at her home west of Fairbanks. Marsh is at large. A criminal complaint filed Tuesday says […]
  
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• Driver suspected of crashing into Spokane city official, calls Uber to flee scene

  15-05-2019 17:04
  The suspect, Leia C. StClair, 29, was arrested the next day, on April 7, and is facing charges for alleged hit-and-run and driving with a suspended license.
  
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• Auburn vs. Oregon kicks off ABC’s Saturday Night Football

  15-05-2019 17:00
  Auburn against Oregon at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Aug. 31 will be the first ABC Saturday Night Football game this season. ESPN announced Wednesday the first three games of the 14th season of Saturday Night Football. LSU at Texas on Sept. 7 will be the Saturday Night Football game in week two. Defending […]
  
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• Report: Jail staff didn’t check on inmate before his death

  15-05-2019 16:41
  BURLEY, Idaho (AP) — A report from a sheriff’s investigation says an inmate at an Idaho jail was left alone for three hours while suffering the effects of a drug overdose — far longer than the 15-minute interval checks required under jail policy. Thomas Rettew died of the overdose Jan. 17 while in a holding […]
  
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• Report: Idaho jail staff left inmate alone before his death

  15-05-2019 16:41
  BURLEY, Idaho (AP) — Investigators say an inmate at an Idaho jail died after being left alone for three hours while suffering the effects of a drug overdose — far longer than the 15-minute interval checks required under jail policy. Thomas Rettew, 38, died of the overdose on Jan. 17 while in a holding cell […]
  
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• Oregon policewoman survives shooting, suspect arrested

  15-05-2019 16:35
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A policewoman miraculously survived being shot several times at close range by a motorist who was later arrested Wednesday at a nearby apartment in a capture operation assisted by around 100 law enforcement officers. The arrest capped a night of drama in which a working-class neighborhood of Oregon’s capital city was […]
  
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• Officer wounded in Salem, Oregon, traffic stop shooting

  15-05-2019 16:35
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A police officer in Salem, Oregon, was shot and injured during a traffic stop and authorities are searching for the suspect. The shooting happened about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. KOIN reports tactical and K-9 teams responded to help Oregon State Police troopers and Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputies in the search for […]
  
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• Wisconsin Assembly poised to approve ‘born alive’ bill

  15-05-2019 16:30
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Assembly was poised Wednesday to pass a so-called born alive anti-abortion bill that President Donald Trump has touted, a move that comes as conservatives across the country push to end the constitutional right to abortion. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has promised to veto the measure, which is one of […]
  
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• Suit: Practice, hospital covered for pedophile pediatrician

  15-05-2019 16:21
  EBENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A civil suit says a Pennsylvania pediatric practice knew that one of its physicians was a threat to molest young patients but covered it up. The suit says Laurel Pediatric Associates in Johnstown knew at least two decades ago that Dr. Johnnie Barto’s patients were in “serious danger,” but allowed him […]
  
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• That double rainbow that wowed Seattle? It’s not all that rare. Here’s why.

  15-05-2019 16:20
  Seattle residents may have oohed and aahed at a double rainbow that briefly appeared Tuesday evening, but weather experts say the Instagram-worthy sight is “not uncommon, especially around here.”
  
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• Washington state lawmakers move to address housing affordability and homelessness

  15-05-2019 16:00
  But with Seattle's homelessness crisis continuing and the prices of rents and homes still high or growing across Washington, lawmakers says that much more remains to be done.
  
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• Visitors get a charge — safely — out of the SPARK Museum in Bellingham

  15-05-2019 16:00
  Northwest Wanderings visits the SPARK Museum in Bellingham.
  
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