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• Nobel-winning physicist Murray Gell-Man dies at 89

  26-05-2019 22:01
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Murray Gell-Mann, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist who brought order to the universe by helping discover and classify subatomic particles, has died at the age of 89. Gell-Mann died Friday at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His death was confirmed by the Santa Fe Institute, where he held the […]
  
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• Four injured, one fled from alcohol-involved car crash in SeaTac

  26-05-2019 20:52
  One man fled the scene of a car crash Sunday morning in Sea-Tac that sent four others to the hospital, three in critical condition, according to the King County Sheriff’s Office. Alcohol was involved in the crash, the agency said on social media. There were five people in the vehicle — a Chrysler Pacifica with […]
  
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• 2 killed, 1 hurt when vehicle hits Springfield utility pole

  26-05-2019 20:29
  EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Two people died and a third was seriously injured when a vehicle crashed into a utility pole in Springfield. The Eugene Register-Guard reports the crash occurred shortly after midnight on Sunday morning. Investigators say the vehicle with three people inside was traveling south on 42nd Street near E Street. The driver […]
  
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• The 34 Best Movies to See at SIFF This Week: May 27-June 2, 2019

  26-05-2019 19:00 via thestranger.com
  The films our critics recommend for the second week of the Seattle International Film Festival.by Jasmyne KeimigWe're in week three of SIFF, the Seattle International Film Festival, one of the very best events Seattle has to offer! We've already compiled a list of all of the picks for the full festival that you absolutely shouldn't miss, but below, we've rounded up 34 movies that our critics think are worth watching this week. Highlights include the snarky new Mindy Kaling/Emma Thompson comedy L
  
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• Teva settles with Oklahoma for $85 million in opioid case

  26-05-2019 18:55
  NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — One of the drugmakers named in Oklahoma’s lawsuit over the opioid crisis has agreed to a settlement in which it will pay the state $85 million. Israeli-owned Teva Pharmaceuticals and Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter both announced the settlement Sunday in separate statements. Teva, its related affiliates and Johnson & Johnson […]
  
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• Company clears early hurdle for Alaska oil project

  26-05-2019 18:38
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A company seeking to develop a large oil project on Alaska’s North Slope has won a key federal permit. Alaska’s Energy Desk reported that Papua New Guinea-based Oil Search announced that it had received a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for its Pikka development, which is planned west […]
  
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• Alaska university program offers to help deployed students

  26-05-2019 18:25
  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A new program through the University of Alaska Fairbanks offers to waive fees for local service members who will be deployed during the upcoming academic year. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports the program came about following a March announcement that Fort Wainwright’s 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division will […]
  
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• Man found dead in front yard of Portland home had been shot

  26-05-2019 17:57
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Portland Police Bureau says a 44-year-old man found dead in the Lents neighborhood of Portland had been shot to death. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports an autopsy confirmed that Sergey Peshkove of Portland died from gunshot wounds. His body was found Friday morning in the front yard of a home. Homicide detectives […]
  
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• Huge firefighting aircraft ready for wildfire season

  26-05-2019 16:49
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The Global SuperTanker, the world’s largest firefighting aircraft, is ready for the upcoming wildfire season. The Arizona Republic reports that the Boeing 747-400 series passenger jet converted for firefighting recently underwent maintenance at Pinal Airpark outside Tucson. The retrofitted aircraft has been used to fight wildfires in California, Chile, Israel and […]
  
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• Rent spikes, gig jobs among bills facing legislative action

  26-05-2019 16:17
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Legislature faces key decisions this week, including trying to reign in police use of force, prevent rent spikes, and alter labor laws affecting workers in the gig economy. Friday is the deadline for the Assembly and Senate to pass or reject bills that originated in each chamber. If they […]
  
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• Oregon considers change to civil commitment for mentally ill

  26-05-2019 16:05
  ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — Last year, Don Baglien’s 19-year-old son experienced a psychotic break. It was a Sunday afternoon. He picked up the family picnic and threw it over the fence. Then he started turning on every faucet in the house, dragging furniture outside and howling. “By the time the evening rolled around, he was […]
  
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• Seattle arts educator who had ‘an incredible gift to connect and inspire’ young actors dies at 61

  26-05-2019 16:00
  The arts educator, who died May 10, made every kid feel like a star.
  
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• Broadway Bound’s Jimmy Nixon had ‘an incredible gift to connect and inspire’ young actors

  26-05-2019 16:00
  The arts educator, who died May 10, made every kid feel like a star.
  
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• ‘Big Don’ Benton goes to D.C., shakes up Selective Service and makes a play for White House chief of staff

  26-05-2019 15:00
  An unabashed admirer of the president, the former Washington state senator has sought to catch Trump's eye and climb from his minor perch, even making a pitch to become White House chief of staff. "If the boss needs a trusted soul," Benton wrote.
  
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• After ‘dire predictions’ of budget shortfalls, how many Washington school districts laid off teachers?

  26-05-2019 14:00
  Months after school districts in Washington lobbied for a financial lifeline, the painful budget cuts and staff layoffs they anticipated largely have not come to pass. Much of the relief comes from last-minute agreements during this year’s legislative session to boost the state’s spending on special education and to relax limits on how much districts […]
  
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• Monday events to mark Memorial Day

  26-05-2019 05:51
  Here are some events in the area Monday to mark Memorial Day.
  
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• In blue Seattle, a B-52 used in Vietnam is dedicated as new memorial park opens

  26-05-2019 04:31
  The Museum of Flight’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park was dedicated Saturday, with former Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis giving the keynote. “Having left Washington, D.C.," he said, "and returned to the better Washington, I’m so happy, ladies and gentlemen, that I could cry.”
  
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• Infant in Seattle ER is 8th confirmed measles case in Puget Sound area outbreak

  26-05-2019 03:06
  King County health officials confirmed an eighth case of measles in the Puget Sound area after a 6-month-old child was brought to Seattle Children’s hospital Friday while she was contagious. This is the fifth measles case in King County this month. The baby contracted the highly-contagious disease from someone in her household, not from exposure […]
  
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• Officials warn about Juneau bear that charged man

  26-05-2019 01:14
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska state officials are warning people about a brown bear that charged a man at Juneau’s Salmon Creek Trail. The Juneau Empire reports the bear emerged from the brush and charged at the man twice last Sunday as he was running along the trail. The man was not hurt in the […]
  
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• Free dump sites for beetle-killed trees in Mat-Su Borough

  26-05-2019 00:52
  PALMER, Alaska (AP) — The Matanuska-Susitna Borough is offering free sites for residents to dispose of spruce beetle-killed trees. The move comes as officials try to reduce fire danger amid a spruce beetle infestation, the Anchorage Daily News reported . The sites are the borough’s central landfill, as well as transfer stations at Big Lake […]
  
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