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• Shoreline Prudes Cover Up Nippleless Mannequin at the Library

  06-08-2019 23:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Gregory ScruggsFree the niplesness.O. / Typonexus
  The city-county border is just a line on a map, but somehow crossing from Seattle into the rest of King County turns up the prude-o-meter. While by no means as serious as the vitriol that drag performers have faced in south King County at Drag Queen Story Hour, yet another King County library has found that pushing the envelope in even the slightest way can invite head-scratching complaints.
  The scandalous item in question is a female mannequi
  
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• Suspect in Idaho shooting death makes first court appearance

  06-08-2019 23:40
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho man charged with killing a man who dated his mother has appeared in court. News organizations reported 24-year-old Carlos Alonzo Sandoval had his first court hearing Monday in the shooting death of 45-year-old Antoine Jones. Sandoval is charged with first-degree murder, felony aggravated battery and felony use of a […]
  
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• Feds clarify change on opioid meds for government workers

  06-08-2019 23:39
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is clarifying a policy change that will limit the prescribing of opioid painkillers to federal workers. The Labor Department issued a statement Tuesday saying the limitations will apply to employees injured on the job and covered under the government’s workers’ compensation program. Last week at a White House briefing a […]
  
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• Where to Vote in Person Today If You Can't Find Your Goddamn Ballot

  06-08-2019 22:54 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher FrizzelleThis is where you need to go: Fifth Avenue between James and Jefferson. CF
  I swear I'm not a hoarder. But I turned my apartment upside down this morning looking for my ballot. Hundreds of unread New Yorkers, thousands of bills from Comcast, a blizzard of election-related mailers—I found all kinds of things except my ballot. "No problem," I thought. "I'll just walk to King Street Station on my lunch break, and vote in person, like I've done before."
  Except King Stree
  
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• FDA says Novartis withheld data problem before drug approval

  06-08-2019 22:52
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — U.S. regulators want to know why Novartis didn’t disclose a problem with testing data until after the Swiss drugmaker’s $2.1 million gene therapy was approved. The Food and Drug Administration said the manipulated data involves testing of the therapy on animals, not on patients. The FDA on Tuesday said it’s confident […]
  
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• Alabama ‘regrettably’ expects injunction on its abortion ban

  06-08-2019 22:42
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama said in a court filing Monday that U.S. Supreme Court precedent “regrettably requires” a federal judge to block the state’s near-total ban on abortions from taking effect while a legal challenge plays out. Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office gave that response after abortion clinics asked a judge for a preliminary […]
  
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• Woman who kicked baby’s stroller convicted of bias crime

  06-08-2019 22:27
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A woman who kicked a baby’s stroller has been convicted of a bias crime and sentenced to 30 days in jail and probation for one year. The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office says 53-year-old Joy Marchenko was convicted of second-degree intimidation Monday after she said she kicked a baby’s stroller because […]
  
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• Should She Have To Dump Her Girlfriend Just Because Her Husband Knocked Up His?

  06-08-2019 22:20 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan SavageI've been a longtime reader (since I was a teenager) and this is the first time I've reached out for advice.
  There is so much to unpack, but I'll try to do it in as little space as possible. My husband and I met in Baptist Bible college and got married when we were both twenty. We lost our virginities to each other and never had any sort of sexual exploration besides each other. We both de-converted soon after marriage, and opened our marriage to explore
  
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• Toni Morrison Is Dead

  06-08-2019 22:07 via thestranger.com
  She died leaving absolutely no peers, only students.by Jasmyne Keimig View this post on InstagramA post shared by The Atlantic (@theatlantic) on Aug 6, 2019 at 9:14am PDT
  Toni Morrison's boundaries seemed to extend beyond death. Beyond life, too. But Monday evening, her publisher, Knopf, confirmed Morrison passed away in a Bronx hospital. She was 88.Morrison was the author of 11 novels (including Sula, The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, Tar Baby, Beloved, and Jazz), five children's books, literary
  
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• Police fatally shoot man in Grants Pass

  06-08-2019 21:54
  GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Police shot and killed a man on Tuesday at the offices of the Oregon State Police in a southwestern Oregon town, authorities said. The Grants Pass Department of Public Safety said in a statement that several state troopers received minor injuries during the incident. Details on what happened were not […]
  
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• Inslee's Gun Plan Targets White Supremacy, Not Everyday Violence

  06-08-2019 21:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogWashington Gov. Jay Inslee wants to make it harder for people to get guns.Scott Olson/Getty Images
  Washington Governor and Presidential hopeful Jay Inslee released a 10-point proposal to address gun violence after dozens of people were shot and 31 killed in two mass killings over the weekend.Inslee, who has largely focused on climate change over the campaign, says that if elected, he will make it harder for people to get guns. This means closing loopholes in laws requiring backgro
  
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• Wilderness advocates question Idaho Fish and Game airstrip

  06-08-2019 21:25
  LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — Wilderness advocates and fans are upset over an Idaho Fish and Game airstrip built in the middle of the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness Area but have little recourse to fight it. The agency recently flew in a small 55-horsepower, 4,000-pound backhoe to build an airstrip at its Mitchell Ranch […]
  
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• What Do the "Moms for Seattle" Believe?

  06-08-2019 21:17 via thestranger.com
  
  They're law and order moms.by Rich Smith"Haha put the homeless in FEMA tents haha." wundervisuals / GETTY IMAGES*extremely Law & Order voice* In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups. The police who investigate crime and the Moms who Photoshop mailers to spread fear about homeless people. Over the weekend, after boasting of potential positive coverage, various news outlets revealed their stories.The Seattle Times, KUOW, KIRO and
  
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• Drama-filled special session ends with unresolved questions

  06-08-2019 20:57
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The special Alaska legislative session that began cloaked in drama is ending quietly. Tuesday marks the 30-day session limit. No floor sessions were planned to mark the official end, which comes more than a week after lawmakers finished their work on issues Gov. Mike Dunleavy asked them to consider. The Legislature […]
  
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• Egan Orion Claims “No PAC Money,” Despite Receiving $123,000 in PAC Help

  06-08-2019 20:10 via thestranger.com
  
  Egan Orion is campaigning on his no PAC support pledge, despite getting over $100,000 in corporate PAC help.by Lester BlackWhat about Orion's $123,000 in corporate PAC support? Eli Sanders
  If you’re walking around Capitol Hill right now you may come across a new Egan Orion campaign poster advertising a bold “NO CORPORATE PAC MONEY” claim. The strategy being the poster is obvious. What Seattle voter doesn’t like a big, ambiguous “no corporate” vow? It’s e
  
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• Where to Go for Root Beer Float Day

  06-08-2019 19:50 via thestranger.com
  Eight Places To Go For Root Beer Float Day in Seattleby Stranger Things To Do StaffIs there a more alchemical concoction on earth than the root beer float? Simultaneously creamy, frothy, and fizzy, it's much more than the sum of its parts. Today, August 6, is Root Beer Float Day, so we've compiled eight places to slurp unique versions of the foamy, bubbly beverage through a straw—and some are discounted or free!Cookie Counter
  Looking for a plant-based or dairy-free option? This vegan ice c
  
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• Eight Places To Go For Root Beer Float Day in Seattle

  06-08-2019 19:50 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffNot your average root beer float: Hearth in Kirkland finishes off their fizzy concoction with toasted meringue. Hearth via Instagram
  Is there a more alchemical concoction on earth than the root beer float? Simultaneously creamy, frothy, and fizzy, it's much more than the sum of its parts. Today, August 6, is Root Beer Float Day, so we've compiled eight places to slurp unique versions of the foamy, bubbly beverage through a straw—and some are discounted or free
  
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• Boom in overdose-reversing drug is tied to fewer drug deaths

  06-08-2019 19:27
  NEW YORK (AP) — Prescriptions of the overdose-reversing drug naloxone are soaring, and experts say that could be a reason overdose deaths have stopped rising for the first time in nearly three decades. The number of naloxone prescriptions dispensed by U.S. retail pharmacies doubled from 2017 to last year, rising from 271,000 to 557,000, health […]
  
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• Attorneys seek plea agreement in cruise ship death case

  06-08-2019 19:26
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Attorneys for a Utah man accused of killing his wife on a cruise to Alaska in 2017 have filed a notice of intent to change his plea. Kenneth Manzanares was charged with murder in the death of his wife, Kristy. He pleaded not guilty to the charge. His attorneys, in a […]
  
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• New Savage Lovecast: A Medical Cause for Excess Horniness?

  06-08-2019 18:57 via thestranger.com
  
  Episode #667 — August 6, 2019by The StrangerIs it common for straight men to be "secretly into dick?" Because that's what this woman's boyfriend is. Also, a transwoman got together with a guy in a dungeon. But she forgot to tell him that she is trans. Her lover told her it would be wise to reveal this detail early on. Should she? Must she?
  On the Magnum, a middle-aged woman is too damn horny. Dan brings on the ever-helpful Dr. Debby Herbenick to see if there's a medical cause or source of
  
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• Pedestrian dies after being pinned under rolled-over car in South Seattle

  06-08-2019 18:47
  A pedestrian is dead after getting pinned under a car that was involved in a rollover crash at a busy South Seattle intersection early Tuesday morning. Medics responded to the intersection of South Alaska Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Way South after receiving reports of a vehicle hitting a pedestrian and rolling onto its […]
  
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• Barack Obama, Beyonce, others react to Toni Morrison’s death

  06-08-2019 18:46
  NEW YORK (AP) — Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, who transformed modern literature, has died. Highlights of reaction to her death: ___ “Toni Morrison was a national treasure. Her writing was not just beautiful but meaningful_a challenge to our conscience and a call to greater empathy. She was as good a storyteller, as captivating, in person […]
  
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• Dispatches from Seattle Ballot Boxes

  06-08-2019 18:15 via thestranger.com
  
  What Seattleites are saying as they vote.by Nathalie GrahamThe go-to hotspot this week is ANY BALLOT BOX across King County. Nathalie Graham
  Seattle, who the heck is voting? It sure isn't all of you since around 82 percent of registered voters haven't cast a ballot yet. And, judging from these initial reports, my generation is slacking.
  So I went out to three of the ballot boxes in three of the most competitive districts in this year's election. Yes, there are ballot boxes all over King County.
  
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• Spokane County Sheriff’s Office will soon be able to watch schools’ live security cameras without warrant

  06-08-2019 17:08
  The Spokane County Sheriff's Office could have access to live camera feeds for 10 school districts' security systems for emergencies such as shootings as soon as this school year.
  
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• Slog AM: It's Primary Day, Seattle; Toni Morrison Dies at 88; The Water Wars Are Coming

  06-08-2019 17:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Nathalie GrahamWashing hands with liquid gold in 2019. SbytovaMN/Getty Images
  Today is the day: It's primary day, Seattle! Do you know where your ballot is? Is it on its way to get counted already? If not, please fix that. The returns so far are... dismally low. This is an important election! Vote!You have until 8 p.m. today.Toni Morrison has shuffled off this mortal coil: The much-beloved author (of Beloved, among other masterpieces) is dead at age 88. Morrison was a force. She became the fi
  
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• Court reinstates Sarah Palin suit against New York Times

  06-08-2019 17:00
  NEW YORK (AP) — A defamation lawsuit Sarah Palin brought against The New York Times was restored by a federal appeals court Tuesday, giving the onetime Republican vice presidential nominee an opportunity to prove her claims that the newspaper falsely accused her of inciting a mass shooting that severely wounded a congresswoman. The 2nd U.S. […]
  
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• Growing program puts air quality specialists on wildfires

  06-08-2019 16:01
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Among the hundreds of firefighters, aircraft and engines dispatched to fight a recent wildfire in northern Arizona were two women whose focus wasn’t on flames. Their concern was smoke. Because of the health hazards from wildfires spewing smoke into the atmosphere, Congress earlier this year said all top-tier federal teams battling […]
  
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• World mourns the death of Nobel laureate Toni Morrison

  06-08-2019 15:41
  NEW YORK (AP) — Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, a pioneer and reigning giant of modern literature whose imaginative power in “Beloved,” ”Song of Solomon” and other works transformed American letters by dramatizing the pursuit of freedom within the boundaries of race, has died at age 88. Publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced that Morrison died Monday […]
  
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• Kent police officer shoots teenage driver

  06-08-2019 15:10
  A teenage driver is reported to be in the hospital after being shot multiple times by a Kent police officer during a traffic stop around midnight Tuesday. The shooting occurred near the intersection of Central Ave North and East Pioneer Street in Kent, according to KIRO. The teenager was in stable condition at Harborview Medical […]
  
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• Kent police officer shoots 15-year-old driver during traffic stop

  06-08-2019 15:10
  A 15-year-old driver who was pulled over for having expired car tabs was shot twice by a Kent police officer shortly after midnight Tuesday morning. The teen was taken to Harborview Medical Center, where police reported he was in stable condition and being treated for two gunshot wounds, one in his right arm and one […]
  
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• Where are the salmon and the orcas? Tribe, scientists grapple with unprecedented disappearance in Washington waters

  06-08-2019 15:00
  Southern-resident orcas haven't been seen in their summer home waters in the Salish Sea for a month. The unprecedented absence signals something else is missing: the chinook salmon the whales eat.
  
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• UW professor Ann Nelson remembered as brilliant physicist, advocate for diversity in science

  06-08-2019 15:00
  Ann Nelson loved a challenge. From becoming an accomplished physicist in a field dominated by men to summiting mountains, Dr. Nelson spent her life focused on the next goal — and on giving others a hand along the way. She was backpacking with her husband and two friends in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness area in […]
  
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• Seattle politics stand at crossroads as voting revs up in Tuesday primary

  06-08-2019 15:00
  Who will come out ahead in the Seattle City Council primary election? A vote drop Tuesday evening could reveal the shape of politics in the city for the next four years.
  
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• Man pleads guilty to clean water act violation

  06-08-2019 14:55
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Portland man has pleaded guilty in federal court for violating the Clean Water Act related to the Willamette River in Portland. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon says 59-year-old Robert La Rue Webb pleaded guilty Monday to negligently discharging harmful quantities of oil into a U.S. waterway. […]
  
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• Ex-Eugene church leader faces new sex abuse charges

  06-08-2019 14:20
  EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A former Eugene church music ministry leader charged in a federal child pornography case is facing new charges related to the alleged sexual abuse of a child. The Register-Guard reports a warrant was issued last month for the arrest of Edward Samuel Thompson in the new Eugene police case. He is […]
  
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• Philippines declares dengue outbreak an epidemic

  06-08-2019 12:20
  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines’ Department of Health has declared the country’s outbreak of dengue to be a national epidemic. The agency says Health Secretary Francisco Duque III made the declaration Tuesday to improve the response to the outbreak by allowing local governments to draw on a special Quick Response Fund. It says the […]
  
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• Philippines declares dengue outbreak a national epidemic

  06-08-2019 12:20
  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines’ Department of Health on Tuesday declared the country’s outbreak of dengue to be a national epidemic. The agency said Health Secretary Francisco Duque III made the declaration to improve the response to the outbreak by allowing local governments to draw on a special Quick Response Fund. It said the […]
  
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• Louisiana launching medical marijuana after years of waiting

  06-08-2019 07:55
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana is becoming the first Deep South state to dispense medical marijuana on Tuesday, four years after state lawmakers agreed to give patients access to therapeutic cannabis. Nine pharmacies are licensed to dispense medical marijuana across Louisiana and most are expected to open this week. Louisiana joins more than 30 […]
  
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• 32 years after poisoning, cleanup launched at arsenic site

  06-08-2019 07:23
  KENT, N.Y. (AP) — In the weeks after they moved from New York City to their dream home in the leafy countryside, Norman and Alicia Berns grew ill with nausea, numbness and crushing fatigue. She tried to restore her health by drinking plenty of water, but that turned out to be the worst thing she […]
  
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• Appeal in lawsuit over John Steinbeck works heads to court

  06-08-2019 07:07
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Another chapter is set to play out this week in a decades-old family dispute over control of the classic works by author John Steinbeck. A three-judge panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will be in Alaska’s largest city on Tuesday to hear arguments in an appeal by the […]
  
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• Some want wolf hunting ban in part of Denali National Park

  06-08-2019 06:34
  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A group of Alaska advocates is petitioning for an end to wolf hunting in part of Denali National Park National Park, a report said. The group of more than 60 concerned residents and advocates is concerned about a decrease in the number of wolf sightings, The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported Monday. […]
  
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• Alaska national park wolf hunting boundary dispute continues

  06-08-2019 06:34
  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A group of Alaska advocates is petitioning for an end to wolf hunting in a national park boundary area. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported Monday that the group is concerned about a decrease in the number of wolf sightings in part of Denali National Park. The group sent petitions about the […]
  
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• Former Oregon teacher convicted of child pornography charges

  06-08-2019 06:30
  ALOHA, Ore. (AP) — A former Oregon high school teacher has been convicted on child pornography charges. KATU-TV reported Monday that Geoffrey Germano was found guilty July 31 on seven counts of first-degree encouraging child sexual abuse. Authorities say an IP address at Germano’s home in Hillsboro was used to download and share a large […]
  
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• Yellowstone confirms fire tower was destroyed by lightning

  06-08-2019 04:44
  YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park officials have confirmed that a lightning strike sparked a fire that destroyed a historic lookout tower during a severe thunderstorm. Park staff have cleaned up the site and repaired a radio repeater at the burned-out Mount Holmes Fire Lookout, but there are no plans to restore […]
  
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• ‘A slippery slope’: Eastside web firm waffles on hosting online forum linked to El Paso shooter

  06-08-2019 04:44
  Local web entrepreneur and free-speech advocate Rob Monster, who has hosted websites for neo-Nazis and other violence-touting extremists, said Monday he is undecided whether to host the controversial online forum 8chan that's beenlinked to one of this weekend's mass shootings.But he defended the idea of doing so.
  
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• GOP State Senator Phil Fortunato gears up for governor run

  06-08-2019 03:30
  Washington state Sen. Phil Fortunato, R-Auburn, has announced a run for governor, as Democrats waiting to see whether Gov. Jay Inslee, currently in a longshot presidential bid, declares to run for a third term.
  
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• Slog PM: China Is a "Currency Manipulator," Mercer Island Is Visited by a Cougar, Seattle Art Workers Union Gets Powerful Supporters

  06-08-2019 03:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Chase Burns"What's good, Mercer Island?" Moose Henderson
  Seattle City Council and Mayor Durkan support the Art Workers Union (AWU): The Council and Mayor Durkan issued their support Monday afternoon, according to a press release. One of AWU's bargaining members, John Edens, said, “Now we hope Frye management hears City Council’s support and lives up to their progressive mission by promptly meeting in good faith at the bargaining table, to establish a contract with the AWU. Because
  
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• Condo shoppers across King County enjoy a summer of plenty

  06-08-2019 02:55
  Median condo prices across the county are down 3.4% year over year, to $400,000 in July. Meanwhile the median King County home sold for $680,000, down 2.7 percent over 12 months.
  
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• Trump Blames Usual Suspects After Mass Shootings

  06-08-2019 02:17 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogIn addition to a bunch of ridiculousness, he did say one thing that was right.Alex Wong/Getty
  Each time there's a mass shooting in the U.S., pundits and politicians race to weigh in on the cause. The positions they take often mirror their politics. Those on the left blame white supremacy, toxic masculinity, and easy access to guns. Those on the right blame mental health, video games, immigration, and the decline of religion and community, all while ignoring the fact that guns are
  
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• Class action lawsuit filed against UCLA gynecologist

  06-08-2019 01:51
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two women said in a federal class action lawsuit they were sexually assaulted by a former gynecologist who worked for the University of California, Los Angeles. The lawsuit states Dr. James Heaps sexually assaulted the women and made sexually inappropriate comments during their appointments. The suit also alleges that UCLA failed […]
  
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