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• Scientists discover a cure for the deadliest strain of tuberculosis

  14-08-2019 23:56
  On Wednesday, the FDA effectively endorsed a new drug regimen that has shown a 90% success rate against a deadly plague: extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis. Usually, the World Health Organization adopts FDA approvals, meaning the treatment could soon come into use worldwide.
  
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• Council member wants to stop donors like Amazon from using PACs to influence Seattle elections

  14-08-2019 23:47
  The proposal is backed by national reformers who want to challenge the idea that the 2010 Supreme Court case called Citizens United, which opened the door to unlimited independent spending by PACs, also opened the door to unlimited donations to those PACs.
  
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• Gunman wounds at least 6 Philadelphia police; 2 others freed

  14-08-2019 23:16
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — At least one gunman opened fire on police Wednesday as they were serving a drug warrant in Philadelphia, wounding six officers and triggering a standoff that extended into the night, authorities said. Two other officers were trapped inside the house for about five hours after the shooting broke out but were freed […]
  
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• Stock Market in Argentina Crashes After Right Loses Power. Is This Also Happening with Trump?

  14-08-2019 22:50 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeWho will be here in 2020? BruceWilley/gettyimages.com
  Stock markets are not about economics. They are about sentiments. This lesson was taught repeatedly by the greatest economist of the 20th century, John Maynard Keynes, who was also a speculator. The question is not how the economy is doing, but how do speculators feel about the market? Or, more precisely, how do they feel other speculators feel about the future of the economy? And so we have a huge stock market crash in Argen
  
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• The Recession Cometh. Maybe?

  14-08-2019 22:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Don't panic. Plan.by The StrangerDon't panic. Plan.Bartolome Ozonas / GETTY IMAGES
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  Germany’s economy is contracting and a bond stat called the “yield curve” has inverted, causing economists to warn of an impending recession. Dan Savage, Katie Herzog, and Rich Smith, who steps in as host while Eli Sanders is out on vacation, have lived through a few of these economic downturns. They’ll give you some "tips and tricks
  
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• Idaho officials reviewing Endangered Species Act changes

  14-08-2019 22:04
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho officials are looking into how the Trump administration’s move to weaken how it applies the Endangered Species Act could affect federally protected species in Idaho. Scott Pugrud, Idaho Office of Species Conservation administrator, said his office is reviewing the regulatory changes. “We’ve got all our staff kind of digging in […]
  
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• Both orca babies are alive, and all 3 southern resident pods have been spotted in Canadian waters

  14-08-2019 21:51
  Researchers with the Center for Whale Research, which tracks the southern resident population, photographed both babies, alive and seemingly well.
  
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• Both orca babies alive, all three southern resident pods seen in Canadian waters

  14-08-2019 21:51
  Researchers documented this week that both babies in the southern resident killer whale pods are alive. That was welcome news for the population of endangered orcas that dropped to just 73 this month, with three adults missing and presumed dead: J17, K25 and L84. The southern resident population has been in steady decline and is the […]
  
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• Both orca babies alive, all 3 southern resident pods seen in Canadian waters

  14-08-2019 21:51
  Researchers with the Center for Whale Research, which tracks the southern resident population, photographed both babies, alive and seemingly well.
  
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• 2 found dead in gravel pit used for shooting were killed

  14-08-2019 21:45
  ESTACADA, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say an Estacada couple found dead Monday in the Mount Hood National Forest were killed. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports 42-year-old Stacy Rickerd and 43-year-old Jeremy Merchant died of homicidal violence. Their bodies were found in a gravel pit used for recreational shooting. Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Sgt. Marcus Mendoza declined […]
  
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• God, Money, and Expletive-Laden Insults in The Righteous Gemstones

  14-08-2019 21:44 via thestranger.com
  The new Danny McBride show doesn’t go far enough.by Ned LannamannIt may be best to focus on all the things The Righteous Gemstones is and not worry about the things it’s not.It is the latest HBO comedy series from longtime collaborators Danny McBride, Jody Hill, and David Gordon Green, whose track record for television includes the brilliant Eastbound & Down and the sporadically funny, occasionally grueling Vice Principals.
  Gemstones follows a family of Christian evangelists who
  
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• Inbox Jukebox Track of the Day: The Cocteau Twins-like "World's Fair" by Seattle Dream-Pop Group Medejin

  14-08-2019 21:35 via thestranger.com
  
  Track of the day is the Cocteau Twins-like sigh of a song, "World's Fair," by Seattle dream-pop group Medejin.by Dave SegalThe ethereal thing. Eric Luck
  Medejin, “World’s Fair” (self-released)
  Led by vocalist/guitarist Jenn Taranto, Seattle quartet Medejin have been creating beautiful, ethereal rock for over a decade. Their more recent recordings have leaned toward the Angel Olsen/Weyes Blood/Shana Cleveland school of poetic songcraft that delicately probes intimate emotional t
  
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• Idaho closes investigation into sickened farmworkers

  14-08-2019 21:05
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An investigation into what sickened several farmworkers in an Idaho hop field earlier this year has closed without a conclusive answer. The Idaho Statesman reported Wednesday that state agriculture investigators determined a fungicide applied on a nearby onion field might have been the cause, but they were unable to prove it. […]
  
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• Vaping companies sue to delay US review of e-cigarettes

  14-08-2019 21:04
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A vaping industry group sued the U.S. government on Wednesday to delay an upcoming review of thousands of e-cigarettes on the market. The legal challenge by the Vapor Technology Association is the latest hurdle in the Food and Drug Administration’s yearslong effort to regulate the multibillion-dollar vaping industry, which includes makers and […]
  
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• Vaping companies sue to delay US e-cigarette review

  14-08-2019 21:04
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A vaping industry group sued the U.S. government on Wednesday to delay an upcoming review of thousands of e-cigarettes on the market. The legal challenge by the Vapor Technology Association is the latest hurdle in the Food and Drug Administration’s yearslong effort to regulate the multibillion-dollar vaping industry, which includes makers and […]
  
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• Feds: Capital One suspect may have hacked 30-plus companies

  14-08-2019 20:58
  Paige Thompson, of Seattle, was arrested last month after the FBI said she obtained personal information from more than 100 million Capital One credit applications.
  
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• Mother, son found dead outside Des Moines residence in apparent murder-suicide, police say

  14-08-2019 20:31
  A mother and son were found dead with gunshot wounds outside a Des Moines residence Wednesday morning in what police are investigating as a murder-suicide, according to authorities. The shootings may have occurred more than 24 hours before the bodies were found outside a residence near Fourth Avenue South and South 213th Street Wednesday morning, said Commander Mike […]
  
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• FDA approves TB pill that cures more hard-to treat patients

  14-08-2019 20:14
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — U.S. regulators have approved a new tuberculosis medicine that shortens and improves treatment for the hardest-to-treat cases, a worsening problem in many poor countries. It’s the first TB drug developed by a nonprofit group, the TB Alliance, which was formed to come up with better treatments. The Food and Drug Administration […]
  
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• Planned Parenthood sets exit from family planning program

  14-08-2019 20:01
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Raising the stakes in a standoff over women’s health, Planned Parenthood said Wednesday it will leave the federal family planning program within days unless a court puts a hold on Trump administration rules that bar clinics from referring patients for abortions. Spokeswoman Erica Sackin told The Associated Press that Planned Parenthood clinics […]
  
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• Tofurky asks court to halt enforcement of meat-labeling law

  14-08-2019 19:50
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A plant-based food producer has asked a federal court to temporarily stop Arkansas from enforcing a law that bans labeling vegetarian and vegan products as meat and advertising them as such while litigation is underway. Hood River, Oregon-based Tofurky Co. told courts Wednesday that complying with the law would have […]
  
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• LOCAL MIDDLE SCHOOL VANDALIZED

  14-08-2019 19:50 via thestranger.com
  
  by Nathalie GrahamThink of the children!!! Nathalie Graham[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Seattle Might Try to Block Amazon from Spending in City Elections

  14-08-2019 19:34 via thestranger.com
  
  Seattle might kick Amazon and its $250,000 donations out of Seattle politics.by Lester BlackThe Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission considered Lorena Gonzalez's proposal on Tuesday evening. Lester Black
  Corporate spending has skyrocketed in Seattle’s elections in recent years, with corporations giving millions of dollars to independent expenditure committees that face no spending or fundraising limits. But Seattle City Council member Lorena Gonzalez might have a way to stop this influx
  
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• Are These Tits Yours?

  14-08-2019 18:43 via thestranger.com
  
  Sticker Patrol: Lost Birds, Tech Bros, Thiddiesby Jasmyne Keimig"Lost Bird"
  That resolution quality, though. Jasmyne KeimigI recently had a day off and made a point to go to Il Corvo for lunch. While waiting in line, I noticed this sticker on a pipe near the entrance, but forgot to take a picture. After wolfing down three plates of pasta, focaccia, and a most scrumptious kale salad with a friend, I snaked my way back into the line to capture this image. What kind of bird do you think it is? Who
  
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• Menopause Has Not Turned Out the Way I Expected

  14-08-2019 18:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Lesley HazletonThough it inspires an almost Kierkegaardian level of fear and trembling in many women, menopause is cool. And more than cool, it's freeing.ALEXANDRA CITRIN
  "Hot flash!" I announced as I reached for something to fan myself with. The conversation over the coffee-shop counter stopped dead. The other customers had that get-me-out-of-here look, and the barista turned bright red, like he was having an even hotter flash himself.
  I fanned away, shamelessly. And intrigued. Call it my mo
  
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• Survivors retell the story of Quake Lake 60 years later

  14-08-2019 18:06
  EARTHQUAKE LAKE, Mont. (AP) — Anita Painter Thon remembers the dinner she ate the night everything changed. She and her twin sister — they’d just turned 12 — wanted hot dogs, but they couldn’t convince their parents. Instead, it was steak and potatoes, cooked over a campfire in a campground next to the Madison River. […]
  
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• Opinion: New Oregon death penalty rules affect old cases

  14-08-2019 17:30
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A recent opinion from the Oregon Department of Justice that a former death row inmate cannot be sentenced to death upon retrial because of a new law curbing the use of the death penalty has the state’s prosecutors working to determine how many murder cases might be affected. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports […]
  
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• Experts call for steps to stem increases in Legionnaires’

  14-08-2019 17:30
  NEW YORK (AP) — Top U.S. science experts are calling for stronger policies to combat the growing Legionnaires’ disease problem. In a report released Wednesday, the experts said annual cases of Legionnaires’ jumped more than fivefold from 2000 to 2017, and that as many as 70,000 Americans get the disease every year. Legionnaires’ is caused […]
  
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• Federal study planned on raising Boise River dam

  14-08-2019 17:16
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Federal officials plan to create an environmental study that will look at raising one of three Boise River dams to capture more water for irrigation and flood control. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is taking comments through Sept. 9 and holding three meetings involving the proposed project to raise Anderson Ranch […]
  
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• Slog AM: Ballard Post Office Patron Attacked With Pitchfork, Amazon's Tech Can Detect Fear, Will We All Die From This Black Hole?

  14-08-2019 17:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Nathalie GrahamScientists have noticed some weird shit happening with the black hole in our galaxy. EVENT HORIZON TELESCOPE COLLABORATION ET AL.
  Pitchforked at the post office: Last week, a woman was attacked during a routine visit to the Ballard post office. A man who was just released from jail attacked her with a pitchfork. She was in her car when the suspect approached her with the weapon, aiming it at her leg, chest, and neck, trying to skewer her like some kind of human kabob. Bystander
  
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• Yellowstone visitation in July exceeds 936,000

  14-08-2019 16:22
  YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park recorded 936,062 visits last month as the busy summer tourist season ramped up. The July visitation was down by about 4,500 from July 2018 when over 940,500 people visited the park. The park in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho typically sees its most visitors during the summer […]
  
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• 2 dead, 3 injured in overnight shooting in Tacoma

  14-08-2019 15:56
  Two people were killed and three others wounded by gunfire in Tacoma on Tuesday night, according to police. Tacoma Police Department spokeswoman Loretta Cool said dispatchers received numerous 911 calls just before midnight from people who reported hearing multiple gunshots near the 2100 block of East 38th Street, near Swan Creek Park south of the Emerald […]
  
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• Flooded Mississippi a threat as hurricane season heats up

  14-08-2019 15:43
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The river that drains much of the flood-soaked United States is still running far higher than normal, menacing New Orleans in multiple ways just as the hurricane season intensifies. For months now, a massive volume of water has been pushing against the levees keeping a city mostly below sea level from […]
  
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• State files brief challenging order in murder case

  14-08-2019 15:20
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Department of Justice is appealing a federal judge’s ruling that ordered the release or a new trial for Frank Gable, convicted of murder for the 1989 stabbing death of Oregon’s prison chief Michael Francke. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that lawyers argue a federal judge was wrong because no new “trustworthy […]
  
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• Library of spider silk could hold secrets for new materials

  14-08-2019 15:08
  NEW YORK (AP) — With two pairs of fine-tipped tweezers and the hands of a surgeon, Cheryl Hayashi began dissecting the body of a silver garden spider under her microscope. In just a few minutes she found what she was seeking: hundreds of silk glands, the organs spiders use to make their webs. Some looked […]
  
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• Airbnb settles discrimination suit brought by black women

  14-08-2019 15:01
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Airbnb has settled a lawsuit brought by several Oregon women who said the site allowed vacation rental owners to discriminate against customers based on race. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports African American plaintiffs Pat Harrington, Carlotta Franklin and Ebony Price alleged that by requiring and disclosing users’ full names and photographs, Airbnb allowed […]
  
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• Seattle considers bill to protect abused renters from paying for domestic-violence damage

  14-08-2019 15:00
  Domestic violence is expensive, particularly for the people experiencing the abuse.  It’s not uncommon for landlords to bill  survivors of domestic violence pay for property damage caused by their abusers, advocates say. Holes punched in walls, broken windows in rental units – costs from this kind of damage can mount until they’re in collections, or turn into […]
  
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• Seattle as museum: Tourists can still see wild salmon at the Ballard Locks, on video

  14-08-2019 15:00
  Fish runs have declined so much through Seattle that video display screens were put up this summer above the famed salmon-viewing windows at the Locks in Ballard. So tourists can at least see some digital fish.
  
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• Not so rapid ride: Bus commuters vent about their slow trips through Pioneer Square

  14-08-2019 15:00
  Bus trips that typically required 35 to 45 minutes have sometimes swelled to 60 to 80 minutes on 12 King County Metro routes serving West Seattle, White Center and Burien.
  
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• Not so rapid ride: Bus commuters vent about their slow trips on First Avenue

  14-08-2019 15:00
  Bus trips that typically required 35 to 45 minutes have sometimes swelled to 60 to 80 minutes on 12 Metro routes serving West Seattle, White Center and Burien.
  
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• How did your neighborhood vote in Seattle’s primary? See where council candidates did best, worst

  14-08-2019 15:00
  A large field of Seattle City Council candidates was narrowed to 14 after this month's primary election. Check out our district maps to see how your neighborhood voted.
  
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• How did your neighborhood vote in Seattle primary? See where council candidates did best, worst

  14-08-2019 15:00
  A large field of Seattle City Council candidates was narrowed to 14 after this month's primary election. Check out our district maps to see how your neighborhood voted.
  
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