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• Capitol Hill Block Party 2019 Must-See: Cuco

  19-07-2019 23:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Chase BurnsCuco Courtesy CHBP
  It's hard not to sway to the bilingual dream pop of Cuco. His lo-fi lullabies are infectious; "Lo Que Siento," his most popular single, has more than 51 million streams on Spotify. But while his music is decidedly chill, this Hawthorne, California–based solo artist has been down a tumultuous path producing his first album, Para Mi, out July 26. Last October, Cuco and his band were involved in a terrible car accident that wiped out most of the album's materi
  
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• 1 killed, 4 injured when Alaska flight aborted on takeoff

  19-07-2019 23:41
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Authorities say one person was killed and four others were injured Friday morning when a floatplane’s takeoff was aborted with seven people on board. The incident occurred at the mouth of Tutka Bay south of Homer. The Coast Guard says there were three adults and four children aboard the plane. Homer […]
  
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• A bad year for right whales: 2 more found dead off Canada

  19-07-2019 23:26
  The Canadian government says two more rare North Atlantic right whales have been found dead in the country’s waters, worsening a disastrous year for the marine mammals. Fisheries and Oceans Canada says the causes of the animals’ deaths aren’t yet known. Officials say a necropsy will take place for one of the animals Sunday in […]
  
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• Where to Go for National Ice Cream Day This Sunday: The 25 Best Places in Seattle

  19-07-2019 23:25 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffThe artisan ice creamery Salt and Straw is just one of many places you can celebrate Ice Cream Day this weekend. Salt and Straw via Facebook
  This Sunday, July 21, is National Ice Cream Day, and, while we understand that you may view it as a fake holiday and an excuse to sell more ice cream, we also know that ice cream is delicious and it's the perfect weather for it. So we're using this day as an excuse to remind you that, on our Things To Do calendar, there are com
  
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• Tennessee must mediate with prisoners over hepatitis C drugs

  19-07-2019 23:06
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered the state of Tennessee to mediate with a group of prisoners who are demanding treatment for their hepatitis C infections. The order by Chief U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw came after a four-day trial that included emotional testimony from a mother whose son died of […]
  
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• Our Favorite Online Vendors Coming to This Weekend's Northwest Thrift-Con

  19-07-2019 23:02 via thestranger.com
  by Jordan Michelman View this post on Instagram 1993 #northernexposure available at the Jolly Chimp Booth @nwthriftcon July 21st! #tacoma #seattle #roslynwashington #cicelyalaska #alloverprint #vintagetshirt
  A post shared by @ jollychimpcollectibles on Jun 27, 2019 at 11:19am PDT
  This coming Sunday, July 21, the city of Tacoma will play host to Northwest Thrift-Con, a vintage and streetwear clothing expo in the downtown’s historic Court House Square. Sporting over 40 vendors and featuring
  
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• A New Sushi Spot and More Seattle Food News You Can Use: July 19, 2019 Edition

  19-07-2019 22:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffThe upscale sushi restaurant Matsu has moved into the former space of Girin in Pioneer Square. Matsu via Facebook
  This week, Belltown's Local 360 debuts a new all-vegan venture, a new sushi restaurant brings seafood towers and a raw bar to Pioneer Square, and Locust Cider opens its latest taproom in West Seattle. Plus, bid adieu to Capitol Hill institution Poppy and learn about an upcoming Pokémon pop-up bar, a rolled ice cream shop, and other food developmen
  
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• Idaho music event canceled amid immigration enforcement fear

  19-07-2019 22:46
  JEROME, Idaho (AP) — A music festival in southern Idaho has been canceled because organizers say they feared potential raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. The music festival called the El Tour de Idaho de Los Inquietos was supposed to take place in Jerome on Saturday. Event organizers with the Colombia Event Center posted […]
  
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• Pocket-sized shark squirts glowing clouds from pockets

  19-07-2019 22:35
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A pocket-sized pocket shark found in the Gulf of Mexico has turned out to be a new species. And the mysterious pouches that it’s named for, up near its front fins? Scientists say they squirt little glowing clouds into the ocean. Researchers from around the Gulf and in New York have […]
  
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• Elevated Trains Will Make Seattle a More Beautiful Place to Live (And Save You a Billion Dollars)

  19-07-2019 22:17 via thestranger.com
  
  Elevated trains elevate the experience of traversing the city from a mere daily routine to an aesthetic pleasure.by Bill SavageSeattle, open your mind to elevated trains. BS
  Word has reached us in here Flyover Country that Seattle is having another argument about mass transit.Sound Transit plans to extend rail to West Seattle, but the Mole People are insisting on tunnels, while folks with higher aspirations—and a willingness to face economic reality—argue for an elevated train, which
  
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• Officers shoot armed, suicidal man in southern Oregon

  19-07-2019 21:58
  MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — Police say law enforcement officers shot and killed a man who was armed and suicidal in southern Oregon. The Medford Police Department says three Oregon State Police troopers and two Jackson County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the call Thursday night. Police say the first trooper arrived at 8:46 p.m. and saw […]
  
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• Reader Advice Roundup: Dan Blew So Many Answers This Week!

  19-07-2019 21:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Day: Reader Advice Roundupby Dan SavageRecent Savage Love Letters of the Day: Is it ever a good idea to take a motherfucker back? Was putting his cock in a cage that one night five years ago a bad idea? He and his minister wife want to a find a third for a poly relationship—not a bad idea, of course, but for them a tricky one. My dumb friend won't cut his awful, greedy, grasping ex out of his life—any ideas for helping him out? And, as always, this week's Sa
  
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• Where to Go for National Ice Cream Day This Sunday

  19-07-2019 21:28 via thestranger.com
  Sunday, July 21 is the holiday—but these places are open all summer.by Stranger Things To Do StaffThis Sunday, July 21, is National Ice Cream Day, and, while we understand that you may view it as a fake holiday and an excuse to sell more ice cream, we also know that ice cream is delicious and it's the perfect weather for it. So we're using this day as an excuse to remind you that, on our Things To Do calendar, there are comprehensive listings of Seattle ice cream shops, complete with recom
  
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• Telescope standoff on Hawaii mountain goes into 5th day

  19-07-2019 21:11
  HONOLULU (AP) — Hundreds of protesters trying to stop the construction of a giant telescope on land some consider sacred continue to gather at the base of Hawaii’s tallest mountain. Protest leader Kaho’okahi Kanuha says Friday is shaping up to be another calm day. He says protesters have been bracing for law enforcement to show […]
  
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• Sanders supports protesters as telescope standoff continues

  19-07-2019 21:11
  HONOLULU (AP) — Hundreds of protesters trying to stop the construction of a giant telescope on land some consider sacred continue to gather at the base of Hawaii’s tallest mountain on Friday, as Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders expressed his support for the demonstration. Protest leader Kaho’okahi Kanuha said protesters have been bracing for law […]
  
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• State home care workers in Oregon protest late pay

  19-07-2019 21:06
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Hundreds of state home care workers in Oregon reported receiving late paychecks from the Department of Human Services, sometimes leaving employees in a state of financial uncertainty. Nearly 50 home care workers rallied outside DHS headquarters in Salem this week to demand the agency address what they say is a systemic […]
  
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• Just South of Seattle, Progressives Fight to Flip a Conservative City Council and Their Trump-Loving Mayor

  19-07-2019 20:55 via thestranger.com
  
  This group want to ensure the council better reflects the city they govern.by Rich Smith(L-R) Senayet Negusse, Mohamed Ali Egal, and Damiana Merryweather want to ensure the council better reflects the city it governs. Not shown: Takele Gobena, who missed picture day due to a medical emergency.
  Last December Senayet Negusse attended a vigilto honor the life of SeaTac City Council Member Amina Ahmed, who had died in a car crash only a month after her appointment to the seat. Ahmed was considered t
  
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• Just South of Seattle, a Fight to Flip a Conservative City Council and Their Trump-Loving Mayor

  19-07-2019 20:55 via thestranger.com
  
  This group want to ensure the council better reflects the city they govern.by Rich Smith(L-R) Senayet Negusse, Mohamed Ali Egal, and Damiana Merryweather want to ensure the council better reflects the city it governs. Not shown: Takele Gobena, who missed picture day due to a medical emergency.
  Last December Senayet Negusse attended a vigilto honor the life of SeaTac City Council Member Amina Ahmed, who had died in a car crash only a month after her appointment to the seat. Ahmed was considered t
  
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• Police officer resigns after arrest on suspicion of DUI

  19-07-2019 20:52
  SEATTLE (AP) — A police officer in Washington state has resigned after he was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving. KOMO-TV reported Friday that a Lewis County deputy pulled over a speeding car near Morton on July 3. Lewis County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Dusty Breen says the deputy recognized the driver as a Morton police […]
  
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• Morton police officer resigns after arrest on suspicion of DUI

  19-07-2019 20:52
  The officer, Christopher Fulton, had quit a job as a Lewis County deputy after a previous DUI arrest in 2014.
  
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• Idaho governor wants more cuts to state regulations

  19-07-2019 20:51
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little and other top Republican elected officials said Friday that pruning thousands of pages of administrative rules could become standard practice each year. Little, House Speaker Scott Bedke and Senate President Pro Tem Brent Hill, all Republicans, said at a news conference in the governor’s ceremonial office that […]
  
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• Last-Minute Plans: 91 Free, Cheap & Easy Things To Do in Seattle This Weekend: July 19-21, 2019

  19-07-2019 20:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffBite of Seattle, "Seattle's original and largest food and beverage showcase," will last all through the weekend at Seattle Center. Courtesy of Bite of Seattle
  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 free community events at the Capitol Hill Block Party to the 24-hour Mueller Report Live, and from
  
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• Plan to slow Western wildfires would clear strips of land

  19-07-2019 20:07
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Trump administration is proposing an ambitious plan to slow Western wildfires by bulldozing, mowing or revegetating large swaths of land along 11,000 miles (17,700 kilometers) of terrain in the West. The plan that was announced this summer and presented at public open houses, including one in Salt Lake City […]
  
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• Federal judge upholds a Trump alternative to ‘Obamacare’

  19-07-2019 19:58
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge is upholding the Trump administration’s expansion of cheaper short-term health insurance plans as an alternative to the Affordable Care Act’s costlier comprehensive insurance. U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Leon in Washington, D.C., found that the potential downside of expanding short-term plans is “minimal” and “benefits are undeniable” for […]
  
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• Traffic alert: Weekend closures planned for northbound Highway 99 tunnel, Highway 18

  19-07-2019 19:15
  Before you head out this weekend, here are some road and lane closures you might want to know about.
  
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• Movie Review: The Art of Self-Defense, and the Allure of Toxic Masculinity

  19-07-2019 19:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Erik Henriksen Bleeker Street
  The current cultural discourse has, of late, become filled with stories of aimless, lonely young men who, feeling they're being ignored and left behind, find direction and a kind of community through toxic and bizarre means. It’s part of what has fed the growth of hypermasculine extremist groups like the Proud Boys and Patriot Prayer.
  For Casey (Jesse Eisenberg), the weedy accountant shuffling through his beige existence in writer/director Riley Stearns&rsq
  
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• Appeals court upholds Trump move to drop mine pollution rule

  19-07-2019 19:00
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A U.S. appeals court panel sided with the Trump administration Friday in a mining pollution dispute, ruling that state and federal programs already in place ensure that companies take financial responsibility for future cleanups. The ruling came after the administration was sued by environmental groups for dropping an Obama-era proposal that […]
  
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• Idaho Land Board subcommittee eyes spending $240 million

  19-07-2019 18:55
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little convened the first meeting of a committee tasked with recommending what kind of assets the state should buy with $240 million. That amount of money has commercial businesses, timber companies and farmers worried about unfair competition from the state. Little was joined by Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, […]
  
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• Q&A: Newly public data maps opioid crisis across US

  19-07-2019 18:38
  The release of a massive trove of data from lawsuits over the nation’s opioid crisis provides the most detailed accounting to date of the role played by the major pharmaceutical companies and distributors. In legal cases across the country, they have defended themselves as being little more than bystanders — dispensing government-approved drugs at the […]
  
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• 2020 Dems grapple with how to pay for ‘Medicare for All’

  19-07-2019 18:32
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidates trying to appeal to progressive voters with a call for “Medicare for All” are wrestling with the thorny question of how to pay for such a dramatic overhaul of the U.S. health care system. Bernie Sanders, the chief proponent of Medicare for All, says such a remodel could cost […]
  
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• Bullet from accidental shooting hits Alaska man’s head, bounces off

  19-07-2019 18:00
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Anchorage man escaped serious injury when a bullet fired from an apartment above him penetrated his ceiling and hit him in the head. Anchorage police say the man in the lower apartment on Wednesday night was seated on his couch, holding his toddler. The bullet bounced off the man’s skull. […]
  
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• Slog AM: Wildfire Almost Reaches Hanford Nuclear Site; Mostly Women Died in Japanese Arson Attack; Rand Paul Dodges Interview, Promotes Fox News

  19-07-2019 17:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Nathalie GrahamA small, angry little man. Tasos Katopodi/Getty Images
  T-Mobile's CEO is making fat stacks: John Legere earned four times what he earned in 2017 in 2018. He's number one on the list of highest-paid Pacific Northwest CEOs. That figure, $66.5 million, is even more than double last year's list-winner, Mark Okerstrom of Expedia, who earned $30.7 million. Legere is the sixth highest-paid CEO in the country, sandwiched between Oracle ($108.2 million) and Disney ($65.6 million). But,
  
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• Governors warn residents to take steps to beat the heat

  19-07-2019 16:55
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state parks are keeping their pools open longer to help people deal with a hot spell. Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the extended hours will begin Friday and continue through Sunday at more than 30 parks statewide. Temperatures are expected to climb into the 90s around much of the state […]
  
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• Events fall as mercury rises; moon commemoration called off

  19-07-2019 16:55
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City officials have canceled an outdoor festival featuring soccer star Megan Rapinoe, musician John Legend and “Daily Show” host Trevor Noah because of the heat forecast for the weekend. OZY Fest had been scheduled for Saturday and Sunday in Central Park. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Friday it has […]
  
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• East Coast governors warn residents to take steps to beat the heat

  19-07-2019 16:55
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state parks are keeping their pools open longer to help people deal with a hot spell. Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the extended hours will begin Friday and continue through Sunday at more than 30 parks statewide. Temperatures are expected to climb into the 90s around much of the state […]
  
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• Giant Hawaii telescope to focus on big unknowns of universe

  19-07-2019 16:32
  HONOLULU (AP) — Is there life on planets outside our solar system? How did stars and galaxies form in the earliest years of the universe? How do black holes shape galaxies? Scientists are expected to explore those and other fundamental questions about the universe when they peer deep into the night sky using a new […]
  
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• ‘We pay for congestion one way or the other’: Some of the best comments this week on seattletimes.com

  19-07-2019 15:00
  "People outside my family helped me when I was a kid. The least I can do is help a kid myself." "Political cronyism is a thing. ... But what happens when the hand-picked cronies are truly the best people for the job?" Seattle Times commenters grappled with some serious stuff this week. Here are a few comments that caught our eyes.
  
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• Seattle City Council primary election at a glance: District 4 and District 5

  19-07-2019 15:00
  More than 50 candidates are competing for the Seattle City Council’s seven district seats this summer, and ballots are out this week. Primary-election day is Aug. 6, and only two candidates from each district will advance to the Nov. 5 general election. Related: Meet the candidates running for City Council in 2019 Here’s a quick look at […]
  
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• Interest groups are pouring money into Seattle’s City Council elections using no-limit PACs

  19-07-2019 15:00
  Outside money is on the rise in Seattle City Council elections ahead of next month's primary. Union and business interests are choosing which candidates to back with their cash.
  
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• No charges filed for man who confessed to killing, recanted

  19-07-2019 14:45
  OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A man who police say confessed to killing a Tenino mother a decade ago will not face any charges at this time. The Olympian reports Eric Lee Roberts was released from federal custody after the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives decided not to pursue illegal firearms charges. Roberts was […]
  
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• No charges filed for man who confessed to killing neighbor, then recanted

  19-07-2019 14:45
  OLYMPIA — A man who police say confessed to killing a Tenino woman a decade ago will not face any charges at this time. Eric Lee Roberts was released from federal custody after the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives decided not to pursue illegal-firearms charges, The Olympian reports. Roberts was arrested last week […]
  
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• Man indicted on 11 counts after double fatal hit-and-run

  19-07-2019 14:20
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A 20-year-old Portland man is facing 11 criminal charges from a hit-and-run that killed two women. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Antonio Montgomery was indicted Thursday on two counts of manslaughter, two counts of assault, five counts of failure to perform duties of a driver and one each of recklessly endangering another and […]
  
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• DMV worker accused of using driver info to steal from cars

  19-07-2019 14:15
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicles Services worker and her boyfriend have been indicted in an alleged scheme to steal from dozens of cars in the metro area over at least two years using driver’s license information. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports 37-year-old Valerie Applegate of Happy Valley also is accused of accepting […]
  
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