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• Cities Must Ban Lawn Mowers

  30-05-2019 23:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeThis sort of thing is a great waste of time and money. cjp/gettyimages.com
  A real city will ban lawn mowers. They are not only a waste of time and resources, but they represent so much that's so awful about the middle-class frame of mind, which is directed at every point by a notion of respectability that has no other function than its signification to others who are of the same class. One does not love a mowed lawn for itself; one instead loves to see others can see that they h
  
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• Judge blocks earthquake warning sign ordinance during suit

  30-05-2019 23:53
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A judge has blocked the city of Portland from enforcing its earthquake warning sign ordinance while a lawsuit over the policy plays out. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports U.S. Magistrate Judge John Acosta had already issued a temporary injunction prohibiting the city from enforcing the rule, which requires the warning signs on brittle […]
  
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• Second defendant sentenced in theft of Alaska mammoth tusk

  30-05-2019 23:45
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A second man has been sentenced in the theft of a fossilized woolly mammoth tusk from an Anchorage museum. Federal prosecutors say 41-year-old Gary Boyd of Wasilla was sentenced Wednesday to 33 months in prison. It’s the same sentence U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason handed out in April to co-conspirator Martin […]
  
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• We Asked Seattle's Business Titans Why They're Spending so Much to Flip the City Council. Here's What They Said.

  30-05-2019 23:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Who's helping the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce achieve its dream of flipping the city council?by Nathalie GrahamIf you follow the money behind a wealthy Seattle business PAC, you find some interesting political opinions and a lot of rich silence.Nomadsoul1/Getty Images
  The Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce has an idea of what the Seattle City Council should look like. Spoiler alert: it’s a lot less progressive than the council we have now.To achieve its dream of more Big
  
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• Louisiana’s Democratic governor signs abortion ban into law

  30-05-2019 23:19
  With his signature, Gov. John Bel Edwards made Louisiana the fifth state to enact a law prohibiting abortion when a fetal heartbeat is detected, joining Mississippi, Kentucky, Ohio and Georgia. Alabama's gone further, outlawing virtually all abortions.
  
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• Seattle man barricades car2go car left on his property, demands reimbursement

  30-05-2019 23:18
  After a car2go vehicle was parked on his Queen Anne property, a man has blocked anyone from moving it and demanded payment, saying it's a liability issue. The company accuses him of stealing the car and essentially holding it for ransom.
  
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• Julia Shapiro's Latest Single "Shape" Is a Foggy Adventure through the Australian Outback

  30-05-2019 23:10 via thestranger.com
  by Jasmyne Keimig
  Looking out my office window, I see a lot of gray and green. The Hill is lush and populated. If I walk a few streets up and over, and the clouds are clear, I can see the Olympics. That's why Julia Shapiro's latest visual for her single "Shape," which was shot on the Australian Outback, feels like a step out of reality. Those dusty brownish-reds. The low-lying bushes. Those horizons that stretch out into infinity. Must feel like god.
  Shapiro told Paste that she “took this
  
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• 20 Non-SIFF Movies Worth Watching in Seattle This Weekend: May 30–June 2, 2019

  30-05-2019 22:54 via thestranger.com
  
  Rocketman, Walking on Water, Dazed and Confused, and Other Critics' Picksby Stranger Things To Do StaffWe encourage you all to take as many flicks at the Seattle International Film Festival as you can (see our list of SIFF picks this week and our full guide), but you should also know about the other great movies around town this weekend, like Rocketman (not our critic's favorite, but worthwhile according to most critics); the documentary Walking on Water about Christo, maker of monumental art; a
  
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• What's up with That Haze? Blame Canada.

  30-05-2019 22:35 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogIt looks nice but it's bad for your body.beklaus/Getty ImagesLast night's sunset, as seen from a west-bound ferry out of Elliott Bay, was like a goddamn Lisa Frank painting. The only thing missing was a cadre of dolphins frolicking in front of the boat (although, to be fair, ferries haven't exactly been friendly to sea life this week). Still, while the sunset was gorgeous, the air quality was anything but.Why? Blame Canada.According to the Seattle Times and the National Weather Se
  
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• Union: LA officer gets typhoid fever, 5 others show symptoms

  30-05-2019 22:22
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles police detective has been diagnosed with typhoid fever, a rare illness typically spread through contaminated food or water, and at least five other officers who work in the same station are showing symptoms, union officials said Thursday. The six officers work in the Central Division station, where a […]
  
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• Officer gets typhoid fever; LA urged to clean homeless camps

  30-05-2019 22:22
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The union for Los Angeles police officers is demanding the city clean up homeless encampments after a detective was diagnosed with typhoid fever and two others showed similar symptoms. The Police Department reported two of the illnesses Wednesday and says it disinfected any work areas that were exposed at its Central […]
  
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• APNewsBreak: Dunleavy removes 3 human rights panel members

  30-05-2019 22:21
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Mike Dunleavy removed three members of Alaska’s human rights commission Thursday, completing a near-total overhaul of the typically under-the-radar commission more than two months after a social media uproar put it in the spotlight. Dunleavy spokesman Matt Shuckerow said by email that Christa Bruce-Kotrc of Ketchikan, Megan Mackiernan of Nome […]
  
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• AP NewsBreak: Dunleavy removes 3 human rights panel members

  30-05-2019 22:21
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Mike Dunleavy has removed three members of Alaska’s human rights commission, further changing it following a social media uproar that put the commission in the spotlight. Dunleavy spokesman Matt Shuckerow says Christa J. Bruce-Kotrc, Megan Mackiernan and Kathryn Dodge are being replaced. The commission’s website says Bruce-Kotrc was first appointed […]
  
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• Idaho, Oregon senators tout bill to help rural counties

  30-05-2019 22:20
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. senators from Idaho and Oregon have introduced legislation to create an endowment to replace lost revenue to rural counties due to declines in timber cutting on federal lands. Republicans Jim Risch and Mike Crapo of Idaho and Democrat Ron Wyden of Oregon on Thursday gathered at the Idaho Statehouse to […]
  
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• Idaho, Oregon senators seek to help with rural timber losses

  30-05-2019 22:20
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. senators from Idaho and Oregon on Thursday touted legislation they introduced to create an endowment to replace revenue lost by rural counties due to declines in timber cutting on federal lands. Republicans Jim Risch and Mike Crapo of Idaho and Democrat Ron Wyden of Oregon gathered at the Idaho Statehouse […]
  
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• State sues e-cigarette maker, says it targets youth market

  30-05-2019 22:17
  BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts has sued a national retailer of electronic cigarette and vaping products, alleging the company violated state law by targeting minors for sales of its merchandise, Attorney General Maura Healey announced Thursday. The complaint filed in Suffolk Superior Court alleges that Clifton, New Jersey-based Eonsmoke LLC violated Massachusetts consumer laws by targeting […]
  
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• Hundreds protest Louisiana’s passage of ‘heartbeat’ bill

  30-05-2019 22:17
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Hundreds of demonstrators filed into the Louisiana State Capitol a day after lawmakers passed a strict new abortion ban that Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards is expected to sign. Many on Thursday wore bright pink T-shirts reading “We Stand With Planned Parenthood” on the front and “We Won’t Back Down” […]
  
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• Hollow Earth Radio DJ BLeeK Swinney Picks His 5 Top Tracks from a Cornucopia of Weird Music

  30-05-2019 22:15 via thestranger.com
  
  Champion of all sorts of weird music on his Urban Mutant Radio show on HER, DJ BLeeK Swinney picks his current top 5 tracks.by Dave Segal"The mysterious and strange can be fun and compelling. No hits all the time!" Bleek Swinney
  DJ BLEEK SWINNEY (Hollow Earth Radio)
  Current top 5 tracks:
  Ada Rook “Decayer” (self-released)
  "Toronto artist Ada Rook is creating extraordinary music over at Bandcamp. She builds tracks that display such versatility and emotional rage (yes, rage). Go find o
  
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• Landlords Are Already Scheming of Ways to Dodge New Eviction Laws

  30-05-2019 21:50 via thestranger.com
  
  Because of course they are.by Rich SmithDon't be surprised if you start seeing more 20-day eviction notices outside Seattle and Tacoma.MRDOOMITS / GETTY
  On Tuesday Jim Henderson of LandlordSolutions, Inc., a company that helps landlords evict people, delivered a slideshow presentation to the King County chapter of the National Association of Residential Property Managers. The presentation aimed to update the roomful of landlords on recent reforms to Washington's racist and retrograde eviction la
  
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• Claus von Bulow, accused of murdering heiress wife, dies at 92

  30-05-2019 21:36
  Claus von Bulow, the Danish-born socialite who avoided a 30-year prison sentence in the 1980s after he was retried and acquitted of attempting to murder his wealthy wife with insulin injections, has died. He was 92. He died on Saturday at his home in London, The New York Times reported, citing Riccardo Pavoncelli, his son-in-law. […]
  
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• Idiot President Makes Idiotic Statement

  30-05-2019 21:18 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogOopsie. ALEX EDELMAN/GETTY IMAGES
  On Thursday, top tanner Donald Trump publicly admitted that Russia helped him get elected. This confession, like all important presidential announcements, came via Twitter. Please read the following in the voice of Jan Brady:Russia, Russia, Russia! That’s all you heard at the beginning of this Witch Hunt Hoax...And now Russia has disappeared because I had nothing to do with Russia helping me to get elected. It was a crime that didn’t e
  
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• Report: NASA’s major projects busting budgets, schedules

  30-05-2019 21:17
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s major projects are busting budgets and schedules like never before, according to a congressional watchdog agency. The U.S. Government Accountability Office reported Thursday that NASA’s major projects are more than 27 percent over baseline costs and the average launch delay is 13 months. That’s the largest schedule delay since […]
  
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• Godzilla: King of the Monsters Review: A Very Okay Review of a Supremely Okay Movie

  30-05-2019 21:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Bobby RobertsGo, go Godzilla! WARNER BROS.
  “Cinematic universes” are not new to Godzilla. Nothing is new to the King of the Monsters after 65 years—not even the title King of the Monsters. Writer/director Michael Dougherty’s entry into Godzilla canon isn’t only the 35th film in a 65-year-old series, it’s also the third movie in Warner Bros. attempt to mold one of history’s original cinematic universes into something a little more Marvel-shaped, becaus
  
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• US measles count nears 1,000, surpassing 25-year-old record

  30-05-2019 20:52
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials on Thursday reported 971 measles cases so far this year, the highest tally in 27 years, and experts say it’s not clear when the wave of illnesses will stop. Measles, once common in the U.S., became rare after vaccination campaigns that started in the 1960s. A decade ago, […]
  
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• Brown wants to divert kicker from top income earners

  30-05-2019 20:51
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Gov. Kate Brown has announced a plan to limit Oregon’s unique tax rebate known as the kicker. The governor said Thursday she wants to limit kicker tax rebates to $1,000 per taxpayer. She says it allows the state to retain $500 million in revenue, which she wants to use to pay […]
  
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• Leon Redbone, acclaimed 1970s musician, dies

  30-05-2019 20:24
  Redbone, the acclaimed singer and guitarist who performed jazz, ragtime and Tin Pan Alley-styled songs, died Thursday, May 30, according to a statement released by his family.
  
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• Piazzolla, The Years of the Shark Traces How a Genius Bandoneon Player Changed Tango

  30-05-2019 20:22 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich SmithPop and son
  Astor Piazzolla was a genius bandoneon player (the instrument looks like an accordion) who caught tons of flak for revolutionizing tango with gestures from jazz and classical composition. Sort of like what A Tribe Called Quest did for hiphop, or what Magma did for rock. Piazzolla, The Years of the Shark weaves together two stories with newly found archival footage and home movies. The first story is Piazzolla’s rise to international acclaim, and the second is about
  
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• What Do Council Candidates Want to Do About the Recent Spate of Shootings?

  30-05-2019 19:50 via thestranger.com
  
  What do the City Council candidates want to do about gun violence?by Lester BlackEgan Orion (right), a candidate for District 3, during a walking tour of Capitol Hill on Monday. Lester Black
  Summer gun violence is sadly predictably in America. It’s almost like clockwork—as the temperature goes up gunfire becomes more common in cities across the country, and Seattle is no different. Memorial Day Weekend, the unofficial start to summer, ended in Seattle with a shootout in the Rainier B
  
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• Oregon votes to ban restaurants from offering plastic straws

  30-05-2019 19:35
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon will ban restaurants from offering single-use plastic straws under a measure on its way to the governor. The House voted 48-12 late Wednesday night to prohibit restaurants from providing single-use plastic straws unless a customer asks. Drive-thrus could still offer straws. Although the Senate already approved the measure, the chamber […]
  
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• Fisher-Price invented a baby sleeper without safety tests and kept selling it, even as babies died

  30-05-2019 19:06
  Millions of Rock ‘n Play sleepers were sold, illustrating how the nation's product safety system relies heavily on companies to monitor themselves.
  
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• Tornado warning? In East, storm season brings bewilderment

  30-05-2019 18:49
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — As a tornado bore down on the western edge of New Jersey, some residents prepared for the worst, while others were caught off guard, despite bulletins from meteorologists and extensive coverage by television and radio stations. Marie Raffay was at a high school sports award banquet in Stanhope on Tuesday night […]
  
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• Busy tornado season catches naive Easterners off guard

  30-05-2019 18:49
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — As a tornado bore down on the western edge of New Jersey, some residents prepared for the worst, while others were caught off guard, despite bulletins from meteorologists and extensive coverage by television and radio stations. Marie Raffay was at a high school athletic awards banquet in Stanhope on Tuesday night […]
  
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• The U.S. Isn't the Only Country with Hot Serial Killers

  30-05-2019 18:23 via thestranger.com
  
  by Chase BurnsFace of an angel, heart of a serial killer.
  Serial-killer mania isn’t just happening in the United States. Carlos Robledo Puch, Argentina’s famous baby-faced serial killer, is getting his own strangely sexy biopic, rivaling the slew of films coming out about Washington State’s most famous Republican, Ted Bundy. Known as “The Angel of Death,” Puch—who, at the time of his arrest, looked like a young Leonardo DiCaprio with Shirley Temple curls&mdash
  
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• Koyukuk man detained on suspicion of first-degree murder

  30-05-2019 17:36
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A man from the Yukon River village of Koyukuk (KOY-yoo-kuk) has been arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder. Alaska State Troopers say 27-year-old Conrad Jones is in custody in Fairbanks. Online court records do not list his attorney. Troopers just after 1:30 p.m. Wednesday received a report of a homicide in […]
  
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• Slog AM: Whale Hit by Ferry Was a Humpback, Wisconsin Church Hands out Edibles, Nancy Pelosi Still Not Down With Impeachment

  30-05-2019 17:23 via thestranger.com
  
  by Timothy KenneyC'mon Nance!ALEX EDELMAN / GETTY IMAGES
  It’s been a while since I’ve had to talk about measles and vaccines: Thank god, I was starting to lose it. But let’s do a quick update on the month. According to the Seattle Times, there have been five new cases in the Puget Sound region this month, including the newest case just this week of a man who contracted measles at an Eastside restaurant called Hops n' Drops, which sounds like a place that serves beer and drops o
  
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• Tally of Lane County homeless increases nearly 32 percent

  30-05-2019 17:11
  EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The latest count shows a nearly 32% increase in the number of homeless people in Lane County, surpassing the tally in the wake of the Great Recession. The Register-Guard reports that volunteers found 2,165 people living on the streets, in short-term housing and in emergency shelter when they fanned across the […]
  
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• Bellevue house fire investigated as possible arson

  30-05-2019 17:06
  Investigators believe the fire was intentionally set by a 56-year-old man who is known to the woman who lived at the home.
  
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• Fire suppression, drought increasing mortality among trees

  30-05-2019 17:02
  BEND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon State University forester says dry winters and long periods of drought, combined with fire suppression, are affecting the health of Central Oregon trees. Nicole Strong, a forestry and natural resources extension agent for OSU, described an increased amount of tree mortality — including junipers — in Deschutes, Crook and […]
  
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• 1 dead in Troutdale crash

  30-05-2019 16:39
  TROUTDALE, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a head-on crash in Troutdale left one driver dead and another seriously hurt. KOIN reports the crash happened about 5 p.m. Wednesday. The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office initially said the drivers of the 2 vehicles involved in the crash were seriously injured. However, officials later confirmed that the driver […]
  
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• Body of man who drowned during rescue attempt found

  30-05-2019 16:24
  RIGGINS, Idaho (AP) — Authorities say the body of a man who drowned while trying to save three children after their canoe capsized has been recovered near Riggins. The Lewiston Tribune reports 34-year-old Keawe Pestana of Boise dove into the Salmon River on April 26 to try to rescue the three children, who fell into […]
  
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• Stunning Seattle sunset was because of Canadian wildfire smoke

  30-05-2019 16:07
  If you caught Wednesday night's sunset, you might have noticed a particularly red sun amid a smoldering pink sky. That appearance is due to some smoke from wildfires in Central Alberta. But it's not necessarily a sign of worsening smoky haze to come.
  
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• Stunning Seattle sunset was because of Canada wildfire smoke — but ‘it’s not going to be like last summer’

  30-05-2019 16:07
  If you caught Wednesday night's sunset, you might have noticed a particularly red sun amid a smoldering pink sky. That appearance is due to some smoke from wildfires in Central Alberta. But it's not necessarily a sign of worsening smoky haze to come.
  
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• Air Force temporarily moves Utah fighter jet unit to Idaho

  30-05-2019 16:03
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Officials say more than 250 airmen and up to 24 aircraft are temporarily moving to an Air Force base in Idaho as a runway at a Utah base undergoes renovation. The Deseret News reports that the 34th Fighter Squadron and the 34th Aircraft Maintenance Unit are relocating their F-35A Lightning […]
  
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• Charter confusion, a school-bus driver, dystopian debt relief: What Education Lab is reading this week

  30-05-2019 16:00
  Did you disappoint Robert Mueller by not doing the assigned reading? Well don’t disappoint us, too — make sure to read these education stories. We’re sharing the “What We’re Reading” section from our weekly Education Lab newsletter right here. Subscribe to the newsletter to see our favorite education stories from around the country in your inbox […]
  
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• Woman suing Skibowl for $3.5M after tubing crash

  30-05-2019 15:00
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A woman who claims she suffered major injuries while sledding down a snow-covered slope on an inner tube is suing Mt. Hood Skibowl for nearly $3.5 million. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Heather Frost-Eisenberg says the resort failed to create a large enough berm at the bottom of the hill to stop her […]
  
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• Want a sunny patio spot? Vietnamese bar snacks? Here are 5 new happy hours around Seattle and the Eastside

  30-05-2019 15:00
  As the sun comes out to stay, here are some new places to check out for happy hour, including a Kirkland spot with a view of Lake Washington and a great people-watching sidewalk-cafe spot near Pike Place Market.
  
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• Seattle School Board approves controversial science curriculum — with caveats

  30-05-2019 14:00
  The vendor, Amplify Science, came under suspicion over the past month because of the way it was introduced to the district: through a waiver process that included donated or discounted materials from the company.
  
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• The U.S. has had 500 tornadoes in 30 days

  30-05-2019 12:38
  The U.S. has been rocked by 500 tornadoes in the past 30 days with a trapped jet stream in the atmosphere “stuck in neutral,” according to the U.S. Storm Prediction Center. In the past seven decades, only 2003, 2004, 2008 and 2011 have faced that many tornado reports in a 30-day period, Bill Bunting, chief […]
  
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• Spokane police chief elected president of state sheriffs, police chiefs association

  30-05-2019 09:21
  The Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs is made up of 39 elected county sheriffs, 240 police chiefs, Washington State Patrol, Washington Department of Corrections and some federal agencies
  
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• Prosecutors push back on enforcing new state abortion laws

  30-05-2019 07:29
  ATLANTA (AP) — New state abortion laws likely to become bogged down in legal challenges face another potential obstacle: prosecutors who refuse to enforce them. The Associated Press reached out to nearly two dozen district attorneys across seven states, and several said they would not file criminal charges against doctors who violate the laws. Even […]
  
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