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• 19 Movies Worth Watching in Seattle This Weekend: July 5-7, 2019

  05-07-2019 23:26 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffNothing scary to see in Midsommar, just some friendly Swedes! A24
  If seeing a movie sounds like the perfect way to spend your post-holiday weekend, we have excellent news: We've given our movie times listings an upgrade, so now it's easier and faster than ever to find out where the newest summer blockbusters are playing, like Ari Aster's follow-up to Hereditary, Midsommar. Our new system includes a homepage where you can browse the movie posters for everything playi
  
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• California’s 4th of July earthquake won’t delay the Big One. And it might have worsened quake strain.

  05-07-2019 23:19
  It's wishful thinking to imagine that, as a rule, earthquakes "relieve" seismic stress, said seismologist Lucy Jones. Generally speaking, earthquakes actually increase the risk of future quakes. Read on for more surprises.
  
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• Ophelia Flips the Script on Hamlet, with Mixed Results

  05-07-2019 22:56 via thestranger.com
  
  by Robert Ham IFC
  Director Claire McCarthy aims to straddle both sides of an artistic divide with Ophelia. Her adaptation of Lisa Klein’s young-adult novel—a reimagining of Hamlet that centers on the young maiden who the Danish prince drives to madness and suicide—tries to hide a dark, seamy feminist fable within the trappings of a sumptuous costume drama.
  That’s clear from the opening moment, which finds our heroine (Daisy Ridley) floating dead in a lake. It’s lit
  
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• I Hated Golf. Then I Actually Played It.

  05-07-2019 22:29 via thestranger.com
  
  Urbanists in Seattle want to turn publicly-owned golf courses into housing. Golfers say, "Hell no."by Katie HerzogLeadinglights/Getty Images
  When my sister told me she was getting married, I had one major concern: Her fiancée was a golfer.
  She might as well have told me she was marrying a Republican. Golf, as I saw it, is the sport of hedge fund managers and country club members, and it symbolizes so much of what is wrong with America: Not only is there a long history of golf clubs denyin
  
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• A New Dough Zone Downtown and More Seattle Food News You Can Use: July 5, 2019 Edition

  05-07-2019 22:11 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffThe cult-favorite dumpling emporium Dough Zone soft-opens its new downtown location on Monday, July 8. Jennifer Richard
  Next Monday, downtown will get a dose of juicy soup dumplings courtesy of a new Dough Zone location. Read on to learn more about that and your weekly update of the latest in food news, including a new tapas cafe in Wallingford where you can only speak Spanish and a new family-friendly brewery in Woodinville, plus events for this weekend, like Seatt
  
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• TV is over the moon with specials recounting 1969 landing

  05-07-2019 22:08
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 1969 moon landing turned an achievement seen only in the imagination and sci-fi movies into a most improbable television event, a live broadcast starring Neil Armstrong and a desolate landscape. The astounding images from more than 200,000 miles away mesmerized viewers, a feat TV hopes to replicate leading up to […]
  
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• Wasilla or Juneau? Disagreement over special session locale

  05-07-2019 21:36
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — One of the most powerful Republicans in the Alaska Senate is bucking the Senate president’s call to meet in Juneau on Monday, as legislative factions barrel toward trying to hold special sessions in two different cities, hundreds of miles apart. Senate Majority Leader Mia Costello, in an opinion piece published by […]
  
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• Senate president: ‘No question’ lawmakers meeting in Juneau

  05-07-2019 21:36
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Senate President Cathy Giessel says there’s “no question” lawmakers will meet in Juneau for Monday’s start of the next special session. The location is at odds with the one Gov. Mike Dunleavy picked. He called on lawmakers to meet in Wasilla and recommended they do so at a middle school. […]
  
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• Inbox Jukebox Track of the Day: The Skewed Post-Punk Thriller "Sellout" by Rising Seattle Trio Black Ends

  05-07-2019 21:35 via thestranger.com
  
  Check out Black Ends' weirdly tuned post-punk thriller "Sellout," one of the best songs to come out of Seattle this year.by Dave Segal"Sellout" is one of the best tracks to come out of Seattle this year. María Granados
  Black Ends, “Sellout” (self-released)
  Led by guitarist/vocalist Nicolle Swims, Seattle trio Black Ends recently impressed a large Chop Suey crowd while opening for the Black Tones at the latter's album-release party. Further impressiveness arrives with Black End
  
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• ‘Send bachelors and come heavily armed’: Oregon senator, an Iraq War vet, now faces a hearing for threats

  05-07-2019 21:24
  SALEM, Oregon — An Oregon state senator who once worked in the world’s hot spots as a contractor and soldier now finds himself under fire over threats he made during a Republican revolt over climate legislation. Sen. Brian Boquist, a veteran who served in Iraq, warned Senate President Peter Courtney that if he sent the […]
  
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• Man arrested after body found in Nampa, Idaho

  05-07-2019 21:18
  CALDWELL, Idaho (AP) — Authorities say a man has been arrested following the discovery of a body with multiple gunshot wounds in Caldwell, Idaho. KBOI report s a 58-year-old Nampa man was arrested shortly after the body was found at 9 a.m. Friday.
  
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• Pussies Are Strong and Guys Who Don't Wanna Have Threesomes With Other Guys Aren't Necessarily Homophobes

  05-07-2019 20:34 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Day: Reader Advice Round Upby Dan SavageRecent Savage Love Letters of the Day: He got invited over for sex by a hot woman but there was another dude there so he passed—does that make him a homophobe? She meets guys online and gets to know them via text but she only wants to fuck guys with deep voices—what should tell all the tenors she has to reject? Her husband gets off on forced feminization and that was fine but now he's running around involving strangers
  
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• Last-Minute Plans: 71 Free, Cheap & Easy Things To Do in Seattle This Weekend: July 5-7, 2019

  05-07-2019 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffOver 75 local food trucks, restaurants, and pop-ups will feed you at the two-day Seattle Street Food Festival 2019, which will also include live music and boozy drinks at the KURB Brew + Music Fest.
  Panicking 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 KEXP Rocks the Dock to the Seafair Pirates Landing, and fr
  
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• Field catches fire, shortens fireworks show at Clark County fairgrounds

  05-07-2019 20:00
  The event, intended to tamp down fireworks mayhem by providing a professional display, managed to generate a little accidental conflagration of its own. "It was great 'til the fire started!" was a typical post on Facebook.
  
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• Southern resident orcas spotted in home waters off San Juan Island after unusual absence

  05-07-2019 19:40
  Breaking an unprecedented run of days this summer without frequenting their home waters, J, K and even possibly L pod southern resident orcas were all seen Friday morning on the west side of San Juan Island. This was the first summer since observations have been kept that the whales were not seen at all in […]
  
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• America, Make No Mistake—I WILL Disappoint You

  05-07-2019 19:27 via thestranger.com
  
  by Former Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller ALEX WONG / GETTY IMAGES
  Dear America: On Wednesday, July 17, I’ll publicly testify before the US Congress about my investigation into Russian interference during the 2016 election. I promise I’ll be honest, forthright, and answer all questions to the best of my ability. Here’s something else I promise: I WILL DISAPPOINT YOU.
  Look at it from my perspective: I was hired to do a job, right? Well, I did my job, and now you want me to ret
  
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• Dementia tied to hormone-blocking prostate cancer treatment

  05-07-2019 19:20
  CHICAGO (AP) — Alzheimer’s disease may be a risk for older prostate cancer patients given hormone-blocking treatment, a large, U.S. government-funded analysis found. Previous evidence has been mixed on whether the treatment might be linked with mental decline. But experts say the new results stand out because they’re from a respected national cancer database and […]
  
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• Man charged in shooting says he was stabbed with screwdriver

  05-07-2019 19:18
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A 22-year-old man charged with wounding an Anchorage teenager told police he fired shots when the boy stabbed him with a screwdriver. KTVA-television reports John-Rexie Lagman is charged with felony assault in the shooting of a 16-year-old boy Tuesday night at Williwaw Elementary School. Online court records do not list Lagman’s […]
  
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• Trump promises order aimed at lower prescription drug prices

  05-07-2019 19:04
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is promising an executive order that he says is intended to enable the U.S. government to pay lower prices for prescription drugs. Trump says his administration soon would announce a “favored-nations clause,” where the amount paid by the government for a particular drug would not exceed the lowest amount […]
  
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• Come to the Ballard Locks for free, summery outdoor concerts

  05-07-2019 19:00
  The Seattle Civic Band entertained a crowd with this concert on the Fourth of July at Ballard Locks. But there'll be more free music performances at the Locks between now and Labor Day.
  
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• Come to Ballard Locks for free, summery outdoor concerts like this one

  05-07-2019 19:00
  The Seattle Civic Band entertained a crowd with this concert on the Fourth of July at Ballard Locks. But there'll be more free concert opportunities at the Locks between now and Labor Day.
  
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• Alaska’s largest city sets high-temperature record

  05-07-2019 18:13
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s largest city and two other state locations reached record high temperatures on Independence Day. The National Weather Service says Anchorage on Thursday afternoon reached 90 degrees (32.22 Celsius). Meteorologist Bob Clay says the previous record for Anchorage was 85 degrees (29.44 Celsius) on June 14, 1969. Kenai and King Salmon […]
  
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• Alaskans put away jackets, get out sunscreen amid heat wave

  05-07-2019 18:13
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaskans who routinely pack knit caps and fleece jackets in summer on Friday were swapping them for sunscreen and parasols amid a prolonged heat wave. Residents of Anchorage and other south-central cities completed a fifth week of above-normal temperatures, including a record high 90 degrees (32.22 Celsius) on Thursday in the […]
  
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• San Francisco: More homeless living in vehicles

  05-07-2019 18:02
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Most homeless people in San Francisco sleep in parks and on sidewalks but a growing number are living out of their vehicles, helping fuel an overall 17% increase in homelessness in the last two years, according to a report released Friday. San Francisco tallied about 8,000 homeless in its one-night count […]
  
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• San Francisco: More homeless are living in vehicles

  05-07-2019 18:02
  San Francisco identified nearly 600 passenger vehicles, RVs or vans that appeared to be inhabited, according to it's one-night count. San Francisco plans to open a "safe site" for vehicles by the end of the year.
  
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• Slog AM: King County Is Getting Younger, It Rained on Trump's Military Parade, Ice Cream-Licker Could Face 20 Years in Prison

  05-07-2019 17:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Nathalie GrahamPersonally, my favorite part of the Revolutionary War was the solo-wheel battalion.ALEX EDELMAN/GETTY IMAGES
  Washington is getting older, King County is getting younger: It's the techies! An infusion of young people in the last 10 years or so is keeping our county young while the rest of the state (besides Whitman County, where Washington State University is) and the rest of the country age. King County is one of only six counties out of the 100 most populous in the country whe
  
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• Truck driver arrested after motorcyclist killed in head-on collision near Lake Stevens

  05-07-2019 16:52
  The driver of the truck, a 44-year-old man, was booked into the Snohomish County Jail on suspicion of vehicular homicide.
  
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• Oregon FFA gets state money for enrollment, programs

  05-07-2019 16:50
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon FFA, an agricultural education and leadership organization, will receive funding from the state this biennium for the first time in eight years. The East Oregonian reports that a measure approved by the Legislature appropriates $1.43 million to the Oregon Department of Education for FFA to provide financing for enrollment, […]
  
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• Authorities say Portland residence fire is suspicious

  05-07-2019 16:39
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two people jumped out of their third-story window to escape a fire in Portland, Oregon, that officials are now calling “suspicious.” KOIN reports the fire started shortly before 4 a.m. Friday. Ten people were inside the residence when the fire broke out. The two people who jumped out of their windows […]
  
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• Fireworks may be to blame for deadly Highline house fire; Renton-area woman in critical condition after fireworks-related fire

  05-07-2019 15:55
  A fire near near Seattle's Highline neighborhood left one man dead Thursday night and two homes engulfed in flames. Separately, a man in his 30s suffered burns and was airlifted from fireworks stands at the Muckleshoot Reservation.
  
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• Fireworks may be to blame for deadly Highline house fire; 3 hurt at Muckleshoot fireworks stand

  05-07-2019 15:55
  A fire near near Seattle's Highline neighborhood left one man dead Thursday night and two homes engulfed in flames. Separately, a man in his 30s suffered burns and was airlifted from fireworks stands at the Muckleshoot Reservation.
  
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• Chicken Dinner Road? PETA finds rural Idaho name distasteful, asks for change

  05-07-2019 15:11
  A leader of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants the road name changed to "one that celebrates chickens as individuals, not as beings to kill, chop up, and label as 'dinner.'" That may not go over so well.
  
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• Animal-rights group ruffled by rural Idaho’s Chicken Dinner Road

  05-07-2019 15:11
  A leader of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants the road name changed to "one that celebrates chickens as individuals, not as beings to kill, chop up, and label as 'dinner.'" That may not go over so well.
  
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• King is one of few counties getting younger as nation ages, census data shows

  05-07-2019 15:00
  A huge influx of millennials basically offset the county's growing population of older people, bringing down the median age.
  
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• ‘It’s time to wake up and see Amazon is not kidding around’: The best comments this week on seattletimes.com

  05-07-2019 15:00
  New Bellevue offices for Amazon. New football uniforms for the Huskies. And maybe a new K-Pop star? There sure was a lot to talk about in Seattle Times articles this week. Here are some comments that caught our eyes.
  
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• In the Dark Part 3: After she’d spent 25 years searching for answers, a reporter called

  05-07-2019 15:00
  Nearly 17 years had passed since investigators had made a major discovery in the killings of Vianne Falcon’s daughter and grandson. But even as she sought answers year after year, they never told her. Then a reporter called.
  
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• German official says CO2 charge should benefit the poor

  05-07-2019 12:26
  BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s environment minister said Friday that a proposed charge on carbon emissions should benefit people on low incomes and those who use less fossil fuel, amid concern that measures aimed at curbing climate change could stoke social unrest. The German government is debating whether to put a price on carbon to help […]
  
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• Workers begin refurbishing columns at Alaska State Capitol

  05-07-2019 06:11
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Workers have started refurbishing marble columns outside the Alaska State Capitol building in Juneau, officials said. The columns will be sanded, restored and weather-treated, The Juneau Empire reported Wednesday. The project is expected to be finished by October, said Jessica Geary, executive director for the Legislative Affairs Agency. The cost of […]
  
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• Idaho man faces charge related to discovery of mother’s body

  05-07-2019 06:05
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The son of an Idaho woman whose body was discovered wrapped in plastic has been arrested and could face additional charges. KTVB-TV reported Wednesday that 65-year-old William Randall Rhoton faces a felony charge of failure to report a death. Prosecutors say they have not been able to rule out foul play […]
  
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• Gas Works packed with crowd celebrating Fourth of July

  05-07-2019 04:08
  Seattle celebrates Independence Day.
  
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• Seattle naturalization ceremony creates 500 new Americans, underscores immigration tensions

  05-07-2019 03:14
  For the 35th time, new citizens were sworn in at a Seattle ceremony held on the Fourth of July, a visual representation of the American melting pot.
  
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