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• Former South King County bowling coach gets 25 years in prison for making, possessing child pornography

  11-06-2019 23:31
  Ty Lee Treddenbarger, 54, of Burien, pleaded guilty in October 2018, admitting he photographed and saved images of himself abusing children between the ages of 13 and 16.
  
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• West Side Story with Its Original Choreography Is a Stunning, Gut-Wrenching Spectacle

  11-06-2019 23:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher FrizzelleMaria (Rebbekah Vega-Romero) and Tony (William Branner) in West Side Story at 5th Avenue. Not pictured: the way my heart flutters whenever Branner sings. Tracy Martin/Courtesy 5th Avenue
  A few years back, the 5th Avenue Theatre produced A Chorus Line with all its original Broadway choreography. Seeing it staged like that—the exact gestures, the complicated formations, the style and wit of each physical moment—was a revelation. I'd always liked A Chorus Line, b
  
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• 4 of 5 people shot to death on Yakama Reservation identified; suspects indicted in carjacking, weapons violations

  11-06-2019 23:13
  The Yakima County coroner released the identities of four of the five victims, who all suffered fatal gunshot wounds. The release of the fifth name is pending notification of next of kin.
  
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• US vs. Thailand Live from the Women's World Cup (That's Being Broadcast in Seattle)

  11-06-2019 22:54 via thestranger.com
  
  by Nathalie GrahamI'm doing my best to keep up with live soccer for you!!!ELSA / GETTY IMAGES
  12:00 P.M. PST
  Hello and welcome to USA vs. Thailand live from France. I'm reporting to you from not-quite France which translates to Reinhaus in Seattle. It is very hot and I should have gotten here earlier because the best television viewing spots are taken.Megan Rapinoe is wearing the captain's band today. My house-baked pretzel has just arrived and here's the kick-off. The U.S. has taken the ball in
  
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• Police release name of man killed by Portland officer

  11-06-2019 22:27
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A 38-year-old man is the person fatally shot by a Portland police officer Sunday after authorities say he threatened a woman with a knife. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports police say David W. Downs was shot after encountering Officers Nathan Kirby-Glatkowski and Jackson Oldham in the stairwell of a mixed-use building. Police say […]
  
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• Missouri election head rejects petition for vote on abortion

  11-06-2019 22:14
  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s top election official on Tuesday rejected a third petition for a public vote on a new law banning abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy. Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s action came as opponents of the law are fighting in court to force the Republican to approve two similar petitions […]
  
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• Alaska lawmakers eye future special session on dividends

  11-06-2019 22:14
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Legislative leaders say they are committed to paying residents an Alaska Permanent Fund dividend this year, even if this special session ends without agreement on the amount. House Speaker Bryce Edgmon says the expectation is for a future special session on the dividend. The current special session expires Friday. The permanent […]
  
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• Alaska dividend fight could complicate capital budget work

  11-06-2019 22:14
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The fight over the dividend Alaskans receive from the state’s oil-wealth fund could hamper efforts to finalize a state infrastructure budget as the end of the special session looms. Major provisions in the capital budget draft that advanced from the House Finance Committee Tuesday would require support from three-quarters of the […]
  
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• There's a New THING at Fort Worden

  11-06-2019 22:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Leilani PolkAn old zeppelin hangar that is converted into a stage for special events at Fort Worden THE STRANGER
  Of all the factors that determine whether a festival will flourish or fail, the setting is arguably the most important. A festival's location helps define its individuality and can drive ticket buyers just as much as the performers. In the case of THING—a new multidisciplinary festival produced by Seattle Theatre Group (STG) and helmed by Adam Zacks, STG's chief programming o
  
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• 90 Stranger (Than Usual) Things To Do in Seattle This Week: June 11-16, 2019

  11-06-2019 21:57 via thestranger.com
  Unusual, offbeat, quirky things you might not otherwise know about.by Elaina FriedmanOur arts critics have already recommended 49 great things to do this week and our music critics have picked the 36 best music shows, but there are still hundreds more events happening. To prevent some of the quirkier and more extraordinary ones from slipping through the cracks, we've compiled them here—from Tom Douglas's Rub with Love! Party Like It's 1999! to a Bloomsday celebration, and from Booklover's
  
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• Photos on Alaska murder suspect’s phone leads to new charges

  11-06-2019 21:34
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A murder investigation in Alaska has led to charges of child pornography against a New Salisbury, Indiana, man. Police investigating the shooting death of 19-year-old Cynthia “CeeCee” Hoffman found sexually explicit photos of minors on the phone of 18-year-old Denali Brehmer, who’s charged in Hoffman’s death. A criminal complaint says Brehmer […]
  
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• Photos on Alaska murder suspect’s phone lead to new charges

  11-06-2019 21:34
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Child pornography found on the cellphone of an Alaska murder suspect led to the arrest of an Indiana man. Federal prosecutors on Tuesday released newly unsealed documents and announced the arrest of Darin Schilmiller, 21, of New Salisbury, Indiana. He is charged with production of visual depiction of minors in sexually […]
  
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• Repent, Resent, or Reinvent: How to Survive a Pile-On

  11-06-2019 21:20 via thestranger.com
  
  Four years after his public shaming, Ryan Boundinot is exactly where he wants to be.by Katie HerzogNothing like a good pile-on to spur a life change. TheCrimsonMonkey / Getty
  “What I’m doing right now is so much more interesting than what happened back then,” Ryan Boudinot told me shortly after we first met. We were sitting in a coffee shop on 15th Avenue in Seattle—the kind of place with $5 cold brew and kombucha on tap—and, frankly, I didn’t believe him. I w
  
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• Oregon Senate votes to ban single-use plastic bags

  11-06-2019 21:14
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Senate voted Tuesday to prohibit single-use plastic shopping bags, joining a growing movement to reduce plastic pollution in oceans. The Senate voted 17-12 to keep grocery stores and restaurants from providing such bags. Stores would still be able to offer recyclable plastic and paper bags for a 5-cent fee, […]
  
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• Oregon closer to plastic-bag ban after Senate approves bill

  11-06-2019 21:14
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon could become the lastest state in the nation to prohibit single-use plastic shopping bags. The Senate voted 17-12 to prohibit grocery stores and restaurants from providing plastic checkout bags. Stores will still able to offer recyclable plastic and paper bags for a minimum 5-cent fee. The bill will go to […]
  
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• Reporter Mike Rosenberg Resigns from the Seattle Times After Allegedly Sending Inappropriate Twitter Messages

  11-06-2019 21:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich SmithHe's out of here.SEATTLE MUNICIPAL ARCHIVES
  Seattle Times reporter Mike Rosenberg resigned on June 7, according to a spokesperson for the paper. Rosenberg's resignation comes a little over a month after journalist Talia Jane accused him of sending inappropriate messages via Twitter.
  When the paper was made aware of the sexual harassment allegation, the Times suspended Rosenberg and launched an internal investigation. The Times confirms the company has completed their investigation,
  
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• Former Bush, Reagan EPA heads warn on Trump rollbacks

  11-06-2019 20:53
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Environmental Protection Agency heads under three previous Republican presidents joined their Democratic counterparts Tuesday in telling lawmakers they were concerned by the Trump administration’s rapid rollbacks of environmental protections. “The EPA on the track it’s on … is endangering public health,” Christine Todd Whitman, EPA administrator under George W. Bush, told the […]
  
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• Former Bush, Reagan EPA heads caution on Trump rollbacks

  11-06-2019 20:53
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Environmental Protection Agency chiefs from three previous Republican administrations say they’re concerned about Trump administration actions rolling back environmental protections. EPA heads under former Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush appeared Tuesday before a House Energy and Commerce oversight subcommittee. Obama-era EPA head Gina McCarthy also spoke. Christine […]
  
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• What to Know Before the U.S. Women's Team Faces Off Against Thailand Today

  11-06-2019 20:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Nathalie GrahamA generic soccer photo for a NOT GENERIC TEAM. skynesher/Getty Images
  The U.S. Women's National Team (USWNT) has clinched three World Cup victories since the women's tournament started in 1991. They are the winningest team in Women's World Cup history and they're out to defend their title as champions. Their first match of the 2019 tournament, hosted by France, pits them against Thailand.The last time the U.S. women faced Thailand was fresh off their disappointing performance i
  
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• Uganda confirms first Ebola case outside outbreak in Congo

  11-06-2019 20:44
  KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A child in Uganda has tested positive for Ebola in what is the first cross-border case of the deadly virus since an outbreak started in neighboring Congo last year, Uganda’s health ministry said late Tuesday, in a blow to efforts by health workers who for months sought to prevent contamination across […]
  
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• Amazon, Microsoft and others give tens of millions for homeless housing

  11-06-2019 20:29
  A year after business leaders in Seattle helped kill a tax that would have raised an estimated $47 million a year for homelessness and housing, Amazon, Microsoft, Connie and Steve Ballmer and others announced that they were giving more than that amount to build hundreds of homes for homeless people in the Seattle area. The […]
  
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• DoNormaal's Not-So-Normal Hip-Hop

  11-06-2019 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeThe mood on her album Third Daughter is serious and introspective, but onstage she's extroverted and wants to entertain.HELEN MOGA
  Before you read another word, I highly recommend that you download or stream DoNormaal's second album, Third Daughter, and listen to this masterpiece of indie, gritty post-hip-hop at least three times.If you are already familiar with the album, and if, like me, you can't get enough of it, then let's get right to it.The first thing that needs to be sa
  
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• Man rescued after 800-foot cliff fall at Crater Lake

  11-06-2019 19:46
  NORTH BEND, Ore. (AP) — A man has been rescued after falling 800 feet down the sheer walls of Crater Lake National Park, the caldera of a dormant volcano in southern Oregon. A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter hoisted the man to safety Monday afternoon, according to a release from the agency. The helicopter responded after […]
  
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• 13-year-old girl dies in ATV crash on Kenai Peninsula

  11-06-2019 19:12
  KENAI, Alaska (AP) — A 13-year-old Kenai Peninsula girl died in a crash of an all-terrain vehicle. Kenai radio station KSRM reports Tori Verba died early Monday night. Troopers took a call on the crash shortly after 5:30 p.m. and Central Emergency Services emergency technicians responded. Investigators say the girl lost control of the ATV […]
  
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• New Savage Lovecast: It's the S&M Show!

  11-06-2019 19:10 via thestranger.com
  
  Episode #659 — June 11, 2019by The StrangerIt's the S&M show! With the ever-charming and fearsome Mistress Matisse. She came to our studio to help Dan answer questions about bruises (wanted and unwanted,) gang bangs, the nasty kind of doms you'll meet on Reddit, rough sex when you're pregnant and the proper care and washing of your ball-gag. And more!
  And, on the Magnum, Dan chats with historian and author Peter Tupper on his new book A Lover's Pinch: A Cultural History of Sadomasochis
  
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• Idaho jail calls US officials about all foreign-born inmates

  11-06-2019 18:46
  CALDWELL, Idaho (AP) — Workers at a southwestern Idaho county jail are notifying federal immigration officials when they are holding foreign born inmates, including those who are United States citizens. The Idaho Press reported in a story Tuesday that emails obtained for the month of March through a public records request provided details of how […]
  
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• Family plans to sue over jailhouse death of mentally ill son

  11-06-2019 18:46
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The family of a mentally ill man who died in an eastern Idaho jail after not eating or drinking for several days has taken the first steps toward filing a lawsuit against Bannock County officials. Kim and Shauna Quick filed the notice of tort claim Tuesday morning against Bannock County, saying […]
  
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• Emails show county’s dealings with immigration officials

  11-06-2019 18:46
  CALDWELL, Idaho (AP) — Workers at a southwestern Idaho county jail are notifying federal immigration officials when they suspect an inmate is violating immigration laws, emails show. The Idaho Press reports in a story on Tuesday that emails it obtained through a public records request found jail staff contacting Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials for […]
  
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• In hot water? Study says warming may reduce sea life by 17%

  11-06-2019 18:45
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The world’s oceans will likely lose about one sixth of its fish and other marine life by the end of the century if climate change continues on its current path, a new study says. Every degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) that the world’s oceans warm, the total mass of sea animals is […]
  
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• Strawshop's Updated Take Me Out Feels Dated, but There Is A Lot of Naked Dong Onstage

  11-06-2019 18:30 via thestranger.com
  
  So there's that.by Rich SmithThe dongs were as flaccid as some of the performances.JOHN ULMANI’ve said it more than once, and now Strawshop’s production of Richard Greenberg’s Take Me Out is making me say it again: mediocre art tells on itself.Greenberg’s 2002 play, which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, announces its own critique upfront. In his opening monologue, Kippy Sunderstrom, a character who doubles as the narrator and the baseball team’s intellectual, tr
  
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• Adult foster home closed after state suspends license

  11-06-2019 18:25
  HERMISTON, Ore. (AP) — An adult foster home in Hermiston, Oregon, known as Christy’s Loving Care has been shut down by the state after a resident’s broken leg sparked suspicions of abuse. The East Oregonian reports that the home, which was licensed for five beds, had its license suspended on May 15 and all residents […]
  
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• Operator: 2 units of Montana coal plant to close this year

  11-06-2019 18:13
  The decision to retire the units early came after an extensive review and exhaustive efforts to make the units economically viable, said Talen Montana President Dale Lebsack.
  
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• Idaho authorities investigating shooting death of young girl

  11-06-2019 18:06
  PARIS, Idaho (AP) — Authorities in eastern Idaho are investigating the shooting death of an 11-year-old girl. The Bear Lake County Sheriff’s office said Tuesday in a prepared statement that someone called emergency workers on Sunday to report that a child had been shot near U.S. Highway 30. Law enforcement officers and medical workers responded, […]
  
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• Want Cannabis Cafes? Washington State Lawmakers Say Fat Chance.

  11-06-2019 17:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogPortland, Las Vegas, and San Francisco are getting pot cafes. Why can’t we? RACHELLE ABELLAR
  Someday soon, instead of going to a bar to get a little bit (or a lot) buzzed, people will be able to walk into a cannabis cafe, order a pre-roll, light it up, and publicly enjoy some weed.
  Not in Washington State, however.
  Cannabis cafes, or consumption lounges, are coming to other legal-weed cities and states. Las Vegas is getting consumption lounges, San Francisco already has them
  
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• Vandals burn dugout, toilets at Wasilla softball field

  11-06-2019 17:43
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A dugout and portable outhouses were burned at a softball field in Wasilla. Anchorage television station KTUU reports the damage occurred Monday afternoon and forced cancellation of games planned at the field, which is part of the Bumpus Ballfields. Mat-Su Softball Association director Greg DeArmond says the field and toilets had […]
  
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• Slog AM: Chernobyl Becomes Tourism Hotspot; Canada Bans Captivity, Breeding of Whales and Dolphins; Medical Marijuana Cardholders Triple in Last 5 Years

  11-06-2019 17:28 via thestranger.com
  
  by Timothy KenneyIt's uh... for my asthma.Lester Black
  Canada bans breeding and captivity of all whales, dolphins, and porpoises: Canada cannot be stopped lately with these common-sense environmental policies. Yesterday they announced a ban on single-use plastics, and now they're owning up to the fact that whales and dolphins, some of the smartest, most socially intelligent animals on earth, don't belong in tanks. A few American states, like California, do have restrictions on how dolphins and w
  
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