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• Wildfire crews protect communities in west-central Idaho

  12-08-2019 23:56
  SECESH, Idaho (AP) — Fire officials say crews are protecting structures in the small community of Secesh in west-central Idaho from a wildfire that is also threatening several other small communities in the area. Officials say Monday that nearly 650 personnel are assigned to the 3.5-square-mile (9-square-kilometer) wildfire burning in heavy timber that started with […]
  
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• The Seattle Hero Who Directed Cars to Leave the Bus-Only Lane Has a Lots of Rabid Haters

  12-08-2019 23:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeIncredible hulkification of the driver... RapidEye/gettyimages.com
  A person whose Twitter handle is 1176luv and apparently lives in New York City declared on Saturday, August 10, that a woman in Seattle was a hero for forcing cars off the bus-only lane with her body. The video of her doing this went semi-viral (thousands of retweets and likes). We see her directing car after to car on 6th and Olive to leave the bus lane. Some cars, true, go around her and return to the bus lane.
  
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• The Seattle Hero Who Directed Cars to Leave the Bus-Only Lane Has a Lot of Rabid Haters

  12-08-2019 23:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeIncredible hulkification of the driver... RapidEye/gettyimages.com
  A person whose Twitter handle is 1176luv and apparently lives in New York City declared on Saturday, August 10, that a woman in Seattle was a hero for forcing cars off the bus-only lane with her body. The video of her doing this went semi-viral (thousands of retweets and likes). We see her directing car after car on 6th and Olive to leave the bus lane. Some cars, true, go around her and return to the bus lane. Bu
  
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• Washington state Congress members urge Trump to seek release of UW alumnus imprisoned in Iran

  12-08-2019 23:40
  Xiyue Wang, a Princeton University graduate student, was studying Persian history when he was arrested in August 2016 and, after a closed trial, sentenced to 10 years in prison for espionage.
  
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• Wife Wanted in the Fourth Most Beautiful State

  12-08-2019 23:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogA sign I saw on the Olympic Peninsula recently. KHI’m going to tell you about about something I saw on the Olympic Peninsula recently, but first, let's talk about beauty.I grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina and was told many times as a child that my hometown—which was less a town than a collection of trailer parks—was the most beautiful town in the most beautiful state in the country. This was a lie, but my parents, teachers, and all the other
  
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• Dunleavy says he’ll support senior benefits funding

  12-08-2019 23:01
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Mike Dunleavy says he will support funding for a program that provides cash benefits to lower-income older Alaskans. He made the announcement Monday at a Chugiak senior center. In June, Dunleavy vetoed funding for the senior benefits program. That included funding for the fiscal year that started July 1 and […]
  
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• The 44 Best Things To Do in Seattle This Week: August 12-18, 2019

  12-08-2019 23:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffGiuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto, refined for the #MeToo era, continues this week at McCaw Hall. Stephanie Do Rozario
  Our music critics have already chosen the 44 best music shows this week, but now it's our arts and culture critics' turn to recommend the best events in their areas of expertise. Here are their picks in every genre—from the Seattle Walk Report Book Launch to a weekend of stand-up with Michael Che, and from the Seattle Design Festival to the last of C
  
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• 2 paramedics assaulted while helping woman in Portland

  12-08-2019 22:50
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say two paramedics were assaulted while on a call helping a woman with a medical issue in Portland, Oregon. KOIN reports the paramedics were attacked early Monday. One paramedic was pepper-sprayed by someone on a bike and the other was punched in the face. The bike rider left but authorities […]
  
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• Vocalist Bernard Fowler Talks About His Great, No-Budget Album of Radical Rolling Stones Covers

  12-08-2019 21:56 via thestranger.com
  
  Rolling Stones backing vocalist Bernard Fowler discusses how he totally reinvented familiar and obscure Jagger-Richards songs on his Inside Out album.by Dave Segal"I took a big risk. Rolling Stones fans can be a little precious. Thank god the consensus is nothing but love." Cristina Arrigoni
  It takes massive stones to cover the songs of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards in as radically a different manner as Bernard Fowler does on this year's Inside Out album. But few people on earth have more than
  
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• Newark begins giving residents bottled water amid ongoing lead problems

  12-08-2019 21:54
  New Jersey’s largest city began handing out cases of bottled water Monday to residents with lead water service lines, more than two years after it began wrestling with high levels of lead in its tap water. “I understand people’s frustration,” Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, D, said in an interview, adding that he also has a […]
  
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• Enter to win a Deluxe Weekend Getaway for Two to the 6th Annual Orcas Island Film Festival!

  12-08-2019 21:44 via thestranger.com
  
  by Taffy MarlerEntries accepted until 11:59am (PT) on Sunday, August 25, 2019One lucky winner will receive a five night stay at Doe Bay Resort & Retreat, two festival passes good for all films and events, and a ferry ticket to the island!Enter HEREOr buy tickets here
  
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• Jurors indicate they might be deadlocked in trial of couple charged in UW assault

  12-08-2019 21:32
  Jurors in the trial of a couple accused of assaulting protesters on the University of Washington campus on inauguration night 2017, resulting in a near-fatal shooting, indicated Monday that they might be deadlocked after more than a week of deliberations. King County Superior Court Judge Kristin Richardson sent the jury back to continue deliberations after they […]
  
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• Deliberations continue in UW assault case after jury indicated they may be deadlocked

  12-08-2019 21:32
  After indicating Monday morning they might be deadlocked, jurors in the trial of a couple accused of assaulting protesters on the University of Washington campus on inauguration night 2017 —  resulting in a near-fatal shooting — continued to deliberate through the end of the day and said they would return to the task Tuesday, more […]
  
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• US Sen. Jim Risch announces re-election campaign in Idaho

  12-08-2019 21:26
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. Sen. Jim Risch has announced his 2020 re-election campaign in Idaho. The 76-year-old Republican in a statement Monday says socialist agendas in Congress make it his duty to run for re-election and stand up for conservative solutions. Risch has held the office since 2009 and is the chairman of the […]
  
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• The 44 Best Music Shows in Seattle This Week: August 12-18, 2019

  12-08-2019 21:19 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's music critics' picks for the week.by Elaina FriedmanThis week, our music critics have picked everything from rock and roll geezers the Rolling Stones to lo-fi hip-hop artist Homeshake to boogie-rockers King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. Follow the links below for ticket links and music clips for all of their picks, and find even more shows on our complete music calendar. Found something you like and don't want to forget about it later? Click "Save Event" on any of the linked ev
  
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• Should He Finally Meet His "Ex" in Person?

  12-08-2019 20:56 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan Savage
  I am a male 20-year-old college student and I have a dilemma on my hands. In order for you to make an informed response to this question you have to know a little history first.
  Almost 3 and a half years ago I met someone on the Internet whom I immediately befriended because of our knack of conversing for hours. After about a year of talking on and off we started to become more serious in our conversations. This eventually developed into a relationship,
  
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• Man wounded in shooting in Seattle’s South Park neighborhood

  12-08-2019 20:48
  Seattle police found the victim in the 500 block of South Donovan Street around 10:30 p.m. after getting calls about gunshots. 
  
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• Sex misconduct complaints against Calif. doctors up sharply

  12-08-2019 20:46
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The number of complaints against California physicians for sexual misconduct has risen 62% since fall of 2017 — a jump that coincides with the beginning of the #MeToo movement, according to a newspaper investigation published Monday. A Los Angeles Times analysis of California medical board data found complaints of sexual misconduct, […]
  
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• Idaho roadkill study begins along wildlife migration route

  12-08-2019 20:45
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service says $25,000 is being used for a federal-state project in eastern Idaho to identify road-killed animals in a major wildlife migration corridor to determine collision hotspots and potential locations for wildlife crossing structures. The agency says 75% of historical migration routes for elk, bison and pronghorn have […]
  
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• 3 children killed after car hit from behind on Idaho highway

  12-08-2019 20:43
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Three young children are dead after deputies say the car they were in was hit from behind by a suspected intoxicated driver. The Blaine County Sheriff’s Office says the kids, aged 3, 5 and 6 were in the back of a Dodge Neon that was stopped at a temporary traffic light […]
  
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• Freight train derails near Madras, Oregon

  12-08-2019 20:29
  MADRAS, Ore. (AP) — An 80-car freight train struck two large boulders that fell onto the BNSF Railway tracks in a remote area about 20 miles north of Madras, Oregon, causing five locomotives and a rail car to derail, closing the line and bringing out emergency crews. KTVZ reports there were no injuries and all […]
  
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• Car crashes into swimming pool at North Seattle gym

  12-08-2019 20:11
  A car crashed through a window at an LA Fitness on Monday morning and splashed into the swimming pool.
  
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• Anchorage police release name of man killed in fiery crash

  12-08-2019 19:59
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage police have released the name of a man who died in a fiery crash on the city’s south side. Police say 36-year-old Gilbert Naomoff died last week on Arctic Boulevard at west Dowling Road. Police took a call on the crash just before 6 p.m. Friday. They determined that Naomoff’s […]
  
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• Rain slows spread of Stevens County wildfires, triggers flooding

  12-08-2019 19:53
  Thunderstorms dropped heavy rain on two wildfires north of Spokane beginning Saturday afternoon through Sunday morning, slowing the blazes, along with fire personnel, in their tracks. A crew of 64 firefighters spent the night on the line at the Williams Flats fire on the Colville Reservation after flash flooding made the path back to the […]
  
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• Early study results suggest 2 Ebola treatments saving lives

  12-08-2019 19:19
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Two of four experimental Ebola drugs being tested in Congo seem to be saving lives, international health authorities announced Monday. The preliminary findings prompted an early halt to a major study on the drugs and a decision to prioritize their use in the African country, where a yearlong outbreak has killed more […]
  
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• Early study results suggest 2 Ebola drugs saving lives

  12-08-2019 19:19
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Health authorities in Congo have halted an Ebola treatment study early with good news: Two of the four experimental drugs seem to be saving lives. More than 1,800 people have died in the African country’s yearlong outbreak. Health workers are trying to control it with vaccinations, but which experimental treatments are best […]
  
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• 85% containment on last of big wildfires in northern Nevada

  12-08-2019 19:18
  ELKO, Nev. (AP) — Crews battling the last of three big northern Nevada big wildfires that started more than a week ago are nearing full containment of the blaze and have reopened the Harrison Pass Road leading to a wildlife refuge in the Ruby Mountains. Fire officials said Monday the Corta Fire is now 85% […]
  
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• Former Alaska professor wants accusers to use real names

  12-08-2019 18:56
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A retired University of Alaska Anchorage anthropology professor accused of decades of sexual misconduct is contesting the use of pseudonyms by multiple women who are suing him — a move plaintiffs say is nothing more than intimidation. David Yesner, who is named in the federal lawsuit along with the University of […]
  
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• Seattle police criticized for arrest of crying 13-year-old girl who used wrong ‘chalk paint’ during climate-change protest

  12-08-2019 18:51
  A 13-year-old girl and a 25-year-old man were arrested Friday afternoon after they mistakenly used permanent spray paint instead of washable chalk paint to write on a wall at Seattle City Hall during a climate-change protest.
  
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• Yakima coroner hopes to exhume woman’s remains, to find her identity and her killer

  12-08-2019 18:33
  The remains of a woman were found in 1988 on the Yakama Indian Reservation, and though she was believed to have been murdered, no DNA samples were takenl. With the renewed focus on the many missing and murdered indigenous women in Indian Country, Yakima County is pursuing her case again.
  
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• Man killed when motorcycle strikes cow

  12-08-2019 17:47
  MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a man was killed after crashing his motorcycle into a cow. KOIN reports the crash happened early Monday morning in Jackson County in the southwest portion of the state. Police identified the man as 57-year-old Stephen Coolidge from Jacksonville. The cow was also killed. Medford Fire and Oregon Department […]
  
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• Flood watch issued for Denali National Park and nearby areas

  12-08-2019 17:39
  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Heavy rain is forecast for Denali National Park and the National Weather Service has issued has a flood watch for the area. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports the flood watch will begin at 6 a.m. Tuesday and last until noon Wednesday. National Weather Service forecaster Jim Brader says the agency is […]
  
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• Portland cracks down on street racing

  12-08-2019 17:14
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — After making five arrests over the weekend, the Portland Police Bureau says it is determined to send a message to the speed racing community. KOIN reports that officers made 26 traffic stops arrested five suspects for reckless driving, two of whom were also arrested for a drunken driving. PPB said they’ll […]
  
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• Slog AM: Seattle Sweeps Homeless in Park, Adds Concierge Service; Simone Biles Keeps Changing the Game; Hong Kong Protests Cancel 200 Flights

  12-08-2019 17:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Nathalie Graham"Hello, thank you for not being homeless, how may I help you today?"jacoblund/Getty Images
  King County is launching a street-medicine program: It's a way to combat the growing opioid crisis in the county. The medication-assisted treatment will go to homeless shelters and encampments and bring solutions to the most vulnerable populations. While homeless people make up only a fraction of King County's population, they accounted for 16 percent of opioid-related deaths in 2018, acc
  
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• Missing Idaho man found, treated for injuries from ATV crash

  12-08-2019 16:46
  ATHOL, Idaho (AP) — A northern Idaho man who was missing since Thursday night was found Sunday afternoon, pinned by an all-terrain vehicle that had crashed. The Coeur d’Alene Press reports 66-year-old Howard Coates of Athol was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was being treated for injuries that were not life-threatening. A family […]
  
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• Dangerous heat to grip parts of 13 states in South, Midwest

  12-08-2019 16:12
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Forecasters are warning of scorching heat across a wide stretch of the U.S. South and Midwest, where it will feel as high as 117 degrees (47 Celsius) in some spots. Parts of 13 states on Monday will be under heat advisories, from Texas, Louisiana and Florida in the South to Missouri […]
  
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• Tropical storm forms off Mexico, but not a threat to land

  12-08-2019 16:05
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Henriette has formed off of Mexico’s Pacific coast, but forecasters said Monday it’s likely to curve out to sea and weaken before hitting land. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Henriette had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph) Monday morning and was located about 265 miles (430 […]
  
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• Lawsuit: Negligence caused Legionnaires’ outbreak at hotel

  12-08-2019 16:05
  ATLANTA (AP) — A lawsuit alleges “negligence in the operation and maintenance of the water systems” caused a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak at a downtown Atlanta hotel. Lawyers for Germany Greer say they filed the lawsuit Monday in Gwinnett County State Court. Greer says he tested positive for the disease after attending a conference at the […]
  
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• Study: Asian carp could find plenty of food in Lake Michigan

  12-08-2019 15:38
  TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Asian carp are likely to find enough food to spread farther if they establish breeding populations in Lake Michigan, reinforcing the importance of preventing the invasive fish from gaining a foothold, scientists said in a paper released Monday. A study led by University of Michigan researchers found that despite a […]
  
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• 3 mobile homes destroyed by mudslide in Wenatchee

  12-08-2019 15:05
  WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) — Three mobile homes were destroyed in a mudslide after a storm in Wenatchee, Washington. KOMO reports the force of the water sent a massive amount of rock and mud down the hillside Saturday night and into a development of single-wide mobile homes, nearly all the way up to the roof lines. […]
  
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• West Seattle and Burien bus riders: How are your commutes since the viaduct closed? We’d like to know

  12-08-2019 15:00
  Since the closure of the Alaskan Way Viaduct, commuters have faced more traffic through South Lake Union, downtown and Pioneer Square. Bus riders heading to and from West Seattle and Burien, in particular, complain about slow going on First Avenue South, where buses that used the viaduct are now routed. Eventually, those buses will travel […]
  
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• Seattle’s generational divide: Gap between young, old only getting wider

  12-08-2019 15:00
  Since 2007, Seattle's youngest and oldest populations have grown significantly, widening a generational divide here. What effect does that have on our political discourse?
  
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• It’s hard to get drug treatment while homeless. King County wants to change that.

  12-08-2019 15:00
  King County plans to bring more medically-assisted treatment for opioids to homeless tent camps and shelters this fall.
  
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• Ask Education Lab: What protections and rights do Seattle students with mental health issues have?

  12-08-2019 15:00
  Barbara Pastores, who felt like she had run out of options, responded to Education Lab's prompt by asking about what sorts of protections and rights Seattle students struggling with mental health have. The short answer: Not many, at least right now.
  
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• Goals to fight fire with fire often fall short in US West

  12-08-2019 06:08
  KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — The thick scent of smoke hung in the midday air when a trail along the Kings River opened up to an ominous scene: flames in the trees and thick gray smoke shrouding canyon walls. Firefighters were on the job. In fact, they had started the blaze that chewed […]
  
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• Fighting fire with fire underused in US West despite goals

  12-08-2019 06:08
  KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — The thick scent of smoke hung in the midday air when a trail along the Kings River opened up to an ominous scene: flames in the trees and thick gray smoke shrouding canyon walls. Firefighters were on the job. In fact, they had started the blaze that chewed […]
  
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