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• Kirkland police fatally shoot man reportedly threatening 18-month-old toddler

  13-07-2019 23:02
  Kirkland police say an officer shot and killed a man who was threatening to harm or kill a toddler he was holding early Saturday morning in a wooded area near Interstate 405. Officers found the man with an 18-month-old while responding to reports of a disturbance near Dania Furniture on 116th Street in Kirkland shortly […]
  
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• Tacoma Police: armed man throwing incendiary devices shot outside ICE detention center

  13-07-2019 19:01
  Tacoma Police reported an officer-involved shooting early Saturday with a man who, according to police, was armed and throwing incendiary devices at the Northwest Detention Center, the holding facility in Tacoma for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Around 4 a.m., officers responded to an employee’s report of a man armed with a rifle and throwing […]
  
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• Tacoma Police: armed man attacking ICE detention center shot, killed

  13-07-2019 19:01
  Tacoma Police reported an officer-involved shooting early Saturday with a man who, according to police, was armed and throwing incendiary devices at the Northwest Detention Center, the holding facility in Tacoma for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Around 4 a.m., officers responded to an employee’s report of a man armed with a rifle and throwing […]
  
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• Armed man attacking Tacoma’s ICE detention center killed in officer-involved shooting

  13-07-2019 19:01
  Tacoma police said they shot at an armed man early Saturday who was attacking the Northwest Detention Center, the holding facility in Tacoma for federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The man died at the scene. Around 4 a.m., officers responded to an ICE employee’s report of a man armed with a rifle and throwing home-made […]
  
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• Fossil of bone-crushing mammal a first in the US Northwest

  13-07-2019 17:52
  BEND, Ore. (AP) — Scientists say a fossil jaw bone misidentified for 50 years turns out to belong to a bone-crushing mammal and is the first to be found in the Northwest. Scientists tell the Bend Bulletin in a story on Friday that the 40-million-year-old fossil discovered at the John Day Fossil Beds in eastern […]
  
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• “We have her back; not the way we wanted”: Body near Toppenish confirmed as Rosenda Strong

  13-07-2019 17:51
  Cissy Strong Reyes last saw her younger sister, Rosenda Sophia Strong, on Oct. 2. An acquaintance came to their home in Wapato and picked Rosenda up for the short drive to Legends Casino. She never saw her again. Their brother, Christopher Strong, soon filed a missing persons report. The family has been searching for her […]
  
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• Strong 4.7 magnitude tremor shakes western Greece

  13-07-2019 17:47
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Scientists say a strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.7 has struck western Greece. Athens’ Geodynamics Institute reports that the tremor struck at 6:08 p.m. (1508 GMT) Saturday about 30 kilometers (19 miles) northwest of the city of Agrinio at a depth of 28 kilometers (17 miles). No damage or […]
  
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• Earthquakes shake up Yucca Mountain nuke dump talk in Nevada

  13-07-2019 17:39
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Recent California earthquakes that rattled Las Vegas have shaken up arguments on both sides of a stalled federal plan to entomb nuclear waste beneath a long-studied site in southern Nevada. Wyoming Republican Sen. John Barrasso said this week his legislation to jump-start the process to open the Yucca Mountain project is […]
  
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• Kodiak spaceport to host rocket launch

  13-07-2019 17:25
  KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Aerospace Corp. says it is planning a rocket launch test this month at the spaceport on Kodiak Island. The Kodiak Daily Mirror reports that road, waterway and air closures have been scheduled for July 15 to July 19, and July 22 to July 27. The corporation referred questions about […]
  
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• Russia launches major new telescope into space after delays

  13-07-2019 17:18
  MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian Proton-M rocket successfully delivered a cutting-edge space telescope into orbit Saturday after days of launch delays, Russia’s space agency said. Roscosmos said the telescope, named Spektr-RG, was delivered into a parking orbit before a final burn Saturday that kicked the spacecraft out of Earth’s orbit and on to its final […]
  
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• Record warm water blamed for salmon deaths

  13-07-2019 17:16
  BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — Record high temperatures in Alaska are believed to be the cause of salmon deaths in western Alaska. Water temperatures near Bethel broke into the low 70s earlier this week, the highest river temperature ever recorded there, Bethel-based KYUK reported . Those conditions were part of a heat wave that swept the […]
  
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• Police seek witnesses in double-fatal motorcycle crash

  13-07-2019 16:45
  SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) — Authorities investigating a motorcycle crash in western Oregon that killed two people are asking for information from anyone who witnessed the crash. The Springfield Police Department in a news release says officers responded early Saturday morning to a report of a single motorcycle crash and that two riders had sustained serious […]
  
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• Summer crowds at Yellowstone mean delays, limited parking

  13-07-2019 16:01
  YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — More than 780,000 people visited Yellowstone National Park in June as the park continues to grapple with large summer crowds. The National Park Service says Yellowstone has recorded about 1,360,000 million visitors so far in 2019. That’s down slightly from last year but still well above historical levels. The […]
  
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• Culture Camp teaches the ancestral ways

  13-07-2019 16:01
  KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — The horizon was clear and ships passing through Nichols Passage near to Annette Island’s Port Chester could catch a glimpse of the Ketchikan Indian Community and Metlakatla’s Nüüm Na Waalt Culture Camp on their fifth day along the shoreline and in the woods camping, weaving cedar, making jewelry, playing Native flute, […]
  
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• Anchorage man climbs Flattop on 90th birthday

  13-07-2019 16:01
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage was hidden behind a veil of blue-gray smoke as George Wooliver took in the view of a lifetime from atop Flattop Mountain. Rather than gazing toward the smoke-shrouded city, the 90-year-old birthday boy was instead staring proudly at the three generations of Woolivers who accompanied him on the arduous climb […]
  
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• OHSU heart transplant deaths spiked before program shut down

  13-07-2019 15:50
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — In 2017, the year before every cardiologist in the Oregon Health & Science University Hospital heart transplant program quit, the program experienced an alarming number of patient deaths. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the hospital eventually lost twice the number of people analysts expected. Since then, OHSU has dropped to among the worst […]
  
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• Belltown condo building is a hive of Airbnb guests

  13-07-2019 15:01
  Short-term rentals take two-thirds of the units in the nearly century-old condo building, providing some surprising insights for the debate about Airbnb's effect on housing in Seattle.
  
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• The head doctor at Monroe prison was fired over alleged negligent care. Now seven inmate deaths are under investigation.

  13-07-2019 15:00
  In a statement sent through her lawyer, the doctor said she is appealing the "wrongful dismissal" and hopes the Department of Corrections "will do the right thing" and reinstate her.
  
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• Picking up the pieces of Apollo 11: Jettisoning parts was a necessary step in the mission to the moon. Decades later, some have been found.

  13-07-2019 15:00
  Artifacts of the Apollo missions to the moon have been retrieved from Earth's ocean depths.
  
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• Mental-health detentions have surged in King County, with homeless people more likely to return

  13-07-2019 15:00
  Detentions of people in mental-health crises have surged in King County, with many people repeatedly cycling through the involuntary treatment system and with homeless people particularly likely to be detained again.
  
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• Homes for sale in Medina are unusually plentiful and ‘accessible’ these days

  13-07-2019 15:00
  Medina, the small city on the shores of Lake Washington, is best known as an enclave for the ultrawealthy.
  
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• After years of tweaks, there are still winners and losers in Washington’s new school-funding plan, analysis finds

  13-07-2019 15:00
  Lawmakers have poured billions of dollars into the state's K-12 budget. But a new analysis suggests not all that new money trickled into school districts enrolling some of the most disadvantaged students.
  
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• Salem considers ordinance to limit homeless sidewalk camping

  13-07-2019 14:46
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The City of Salem is reconsidering an ordinance to restrict sleeping or lying on city sidewalks from dawn to dusk, two years after city councilors rejected a similar proposal amid public outcry. The Statesman Journal reports the ordinance would also restrict the homeless’ ability to set up campsites on sidewalks all […]
  
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• Apollo 11 at 50: Celebrating first steps on another world

  13-07-2019 13:23
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A half-century ago, in the middle of a mean year of war, famine, violence in the streets and the widening of the generation gap, men from planet Earth stepped onto another world for the first time, uniting people around the globe in a way not seen before or since. Hundreds […]
  
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• Apollo 11’s ‘amiable strangers’ Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins

  13-07-2019 12:57
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Mission commander Neil Armstrong was the flying ace, Buzz Aldrin the scholar. Michael Collins was a crack test pilot, too, but also a wordsmith who described the trio as “amiable strangers.” Apollo 11’s astronauts had six months to gel as a crew and prepare for humanity’s greatest space feat. The […]
  
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• Armstrong’s famous “one small step” quote — explained

  13-07-2019 12:55
  What did Neil Armstrong really say when he took his first step on the moon? Millions on Earth who listened to him on TV or radio heard this : “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” But after returning from space, Armstrong said that wasn’t what he had planned to say. […]
  
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• ‘One small step’ and other notable quotes on moon landing

  13-07-2019 12:52
  Notable quotes on the Apollo 11 moon landing: “I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before the decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth.” — President John F. Kennedy in special State of the Union message on May 25, 1961. “Twelve, 11, 10, 9, […]
  
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• AP Was There: Man walks on the moon

  13-07-2019 12:50
  SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) — This story was first published after NASA astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon on July 20, 1969. The Associated Press is republishing a version of the story to mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. ___ Two Americans landed on the moon and […]
  
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• Murder victim’s brother raises money for cold cases

  13-07-2019 09:05
  IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Brent and Carol Dodge sat in the audience in March as the Idaho Falls Police Department announced they had made an arrest on a case that had taken years to solve. The arrest was not for the 1996 murder of Angie Dodge — Brent’s sister and Carol’s daughter — but […]
  
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• Tropical storm, river flooding hammer Gulf environment

  13-07-2019 06:28
  Tropical Storm Barry could affect the environment of the Gulf coast and Lower Mississippi Valley in numerous ways, from accelerating runoff of farmland nutrients to toppling trees and damaging wildlife habitat and fisheries, scientists say. But the extent of the damage — and whether it will be at least partially offset by benefits such as […]
  
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• $20,000 per student? Seattle schools spending surges, but this parent can’t feel it

  13-07-2019 04:00
  Spending on Seattle public schools has soared, up 39 percent compared to three years ago. But you'd never know it listening to the doom and gloom School Board, and at least this parent can't feel it in the schools. Where's all the money going?
  
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• Slog PM: Facebook Faces Big Boy Fines, Barry Is Coming, Who Planted Cannabis at the Vermont Statehouse?

  13-07-2019 03:29 via thestranger.com
  
  by Chase BurnsWho's down to plant pot at capitol buildings all over this great green nation?! GETTY IMAGES
  The FTC is ready to regulate Facebook: Finally. The Federal Trade Commission has reportedly fined Facebook a historic $5 billion fine for its privacy missteps. The fine is the largest in the FTC's history (by an order of magnitude!!!). Now would be a good time for Washington state to lay down fines—again—for Facebook's continued lack of transparency around their sales of local p
  
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• Follow the tracks in Pike Place Market

  13-07-2019 03:19
  Used as fundraisers, 480 bronze hoofprints have been sold that lead to Billie the Piggy Bank in the Pike Place MarketFront. About 20 MarketFront hoofprints are still available for $5,000 apiece. On Western Avenue, hoofprints are available for $2,500 each. Each hoofprint accommodates up to three lines of type. For information on how to purchase […]
  
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• Elderly Seattle man who shot his wife, then himself, was a retired attorney

  13-07-2019 02:59
  The bodies of an elderly couple were discovered when a staff member at the Parkshore retirement community in Seattle's Madison Park neighborhood went to check on them.
  
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• Friday earthquakes on a crustal fault show it’s not only the ‘Big One’ we should fear

  13-07-2019 02:57
  Washington’s major crustal faults can generate quakes as big as magnitude 7 to 7.5. While that’s far less powerful than a magnitude 9 subduction zone megaquake, a quake of that size near any city in the state would be devastating.
  
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• Larry Gossett Accused of Using Facebook at Work, SPD Nearly Fired Brendan Kolding, Major! Campaign! Endorsements! and More City Council Election News

  13-07-2019 02:52 via thestranger.com
  
  by Lester Black Lester Black
  Kolding allegedly lied while working at SPD: District 1 candidate Brendan Kolding quit his job at the Seattle Police Department just as an internal investigations unit was about to recommend firing him for lying to the department, according to the Seattle Times. Kolding quit the department last March, before the police chief could take any action on the investigation’s findings and after he had announced his city council campaign in January, according to the Ti
  
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• Vancouver B.C.'s Necking Brings Grit and Fun to Seattle on Saturday

  13-07-2019 01:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jasmyne KeimigNecking is playing at Victory Lounge on Saturday Courtesy of Mint Records/Kerria Gray
  Are you looking for something to do on Saturday? Interested in catching the sets of some great Pacific Northwestern bands while enjoying a beer in a dark room? Me too! And on Saturday night, Necking will be headlining at Victory Lounge, a perfect opportunity to end the warm summer evening listening to good music.The Vancouver BC-based band is riding the high of latest album Cut Your Teeth, whic
  
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• Where to Go to Register to Vote on Election Day

  13-07-2019 01:07 via thestranger.com
  
  Tell the masses!by Nathalie Graham!!!The primary is on Aug. 6!!! DAVID BECKER/GETTY IMAGES
  Washington state elections got a bit of a makeover on July 1. This year, for the first time, Washington residents will be able to register to vote on Election Day. Vote-by-mail voters have until 8 days before the election to update their registration. But, you can register and vote on the same day in-person! That could be a big deal for King County homeless people.The Seattle Times wrote an article earlier
  
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• Inbox Jukebox Track of the Day: The Haughty Boast Rap of "Tag" by Ethiopian-Danish MC/Model Isabella

  13-07-2019 00:40 via thestranger.com
  
  Rarely does braggadocio sound so lackadaisical and sultry as it does on "Tag," the new single by Ethiopian-Danish vocalist/model Isabella.by Dave SegalBars like a diamond-encrusted stiletto heel casually digging into your temples. Rowan Papier
  Isabella, "Tag" (Godstarborn Inc.)
  It's not every day I like a track by a 21-year-old Ethiopian-Danish model, but "Tag" by LA singer/MC Isabella slaps... very nonchalantly and effectively. Her third single—which appears on her debut album, 12 Angels
  
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• Chevron spills 800,000 gallons of oil, water in California

  13-07-2019 00:33
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California authorities said Friday that crews are beginning to clean up a massive oil spill that dumped nearly 800,000 gallons of oil and water into a Kern County canyon, making it larger — if less devastating — than the state’s last two major oil spills. The seep, which has been flowing […]
  
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• Appeals court gives Trump a win in sanctuary city case

  13-07-2019 00:03
  SEATTLE (AP) — A federal appeals court gave President Donald Trump a rare legal win in his efforts to crack down on “sanctuary cities” Friday, upholding the Justice Department’s decision to give preferential treatment in awarding community policing grants to cities that cooperate with immigration authorities. The 2-1 opinion overturned a nationwide injunction issued by […]
  
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