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• Organoids aren’t brains; how are they making brain waves?

  29-08-2019 23:11
  LA JOLLA, Calif. — Two hundred and fifty miles over Alysson Muotri’s head, a thousand tiny spheres of brain cells were sailing through space. The clusters, brain organoids, had been grown a few weeks earlier in the biologist’s lab at the University of California, San Diego. He and his colleagues altered human skin cells into […]
  
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• Festivals to Check Out for Labor Day Weekend

  29-08-2019 22:53 via thestranger.com
  A weekend guide to summer festivals.by Stranger Things To Do StaffCheers to the three-day weekend! If you're not hopping on a plane for Labor Day, there are myriad ways to make the most of those extra 24 hours in and around Seattle, whether you're looking for family time or party time. We've rounded up festivals happening in every genre, from Bumbershoot to a Sunflower Festival to a Blackberry Festival.ARTS6th Ave Sidewalk SaleShop for foodstuff, home goods, clothing, and more along Tacoma's Six
  
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• 32 Festivals to Check Out in the Seattle Area This Weekend: Aug 30-Sept 2, 2019

  29-08-2019 22:48 via thestranger.com
  A weekend guide to summer festivals.by Elaina FriedmanCheers to the three-day weekend! If you're not hopping on a plane for Labor Day, there are myriad ways to make the most of those extra 24 hours in and around Seattle, whether you're looking for family time or party time. We've rounded up festivals happening in every genre, from Bumbershoot to a Sunflower Festival to a Blackberry Festival. Find them all below, and check out our complete festivals and outside calendars to plan ahead for weekend
  
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• Motorcyclist dies after riding into cable; family sues

  29-08-2019 22:23
  ALBANY, Ore. (AP) — The family of an Oregon man who died after he rode his motorcycle into a steel cable strung across a road has filed a $2.3 million lawsuit against the owners of an Albany area farm. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the lawsuit, filed by the family of Russel Davidson II, faults the farm […]
  
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• Sick migrants undergoing treatment can now be deported

  29-08-2019 22:22
  LOS ANGELES — Maria Isabel Bueso was 7 years old when she came to the United States from Guatemala at the invitation of doctors who were conducting a clinical trial for the treatment of her rare, disfiguring genetic disease. The trial was short on participants, and thanks to her enrollment, the Food and Drug Administration […]
  
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• Non-Vegan NY Times Columnist Makes Great Case for Ending Mockery of Vegans

  29-08-2019 22:15 via thestranger.com
  
  "The vegans are right. The vegans were always right," says New York Times columnist Farhad Manjoo.by Dave SegalStop hating on the vegans! Hug them tight like a bag of fresh veggies!iStock / Getty Images Plus
  In yesterday's New York Times, "barely... vegetarian/pescatarian" columnist Farhad Manjoo made an excellent case for ending the common practice of mocking vegans and their ethos. (I can already sense you hardcore carnivores prepping your hoary defenses of meat-eating and gloating about devou
  
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• Atmospheric battle will determine where Dorian hits Florida

  29-08-2019 22:01
  It’s a battle of mammoth meteorological forces, and at stake is where Hurricane Dorian strikes the United States. Four days before the system is expected to come ashore, Dorian could hit practically anywhere in Florida because the weather forces that will determine its path have not yet had their showdown, meteorologists said. As of Thursday, […]
  
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• Uganda says a traveling Congolese girl has Ebola

  29-08-2019 21:33
  KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A 9-year-old Congolese girl tested positive for Ebola in Uganda on Thursday after traveling from Congo, where an outbreak of the highly infectious disease has killed nearly 2,000 people. The child, who is now in isolation at a hospital in the Ugandan border district of Kasese, traveled from Congo with her […]
  
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• Hiker on Pacific Crest Trail dies after being hit by tree

  29-08-2019 21:19
  STEVENSON, Wash. (AP) — A hiker from Germany died after he was hit by a falling tree on the Pacific Crest Trail. The Skamania County Sheriff’s office said Thursday it received a cell phone call at about 4 p.m. Tuesday from a group of hikers on the PCT, northwest of Trout Lake, Washington. The group […]
  
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• Man charged in fatal University District stabbing prosecutors call ‘unprovoked attack’

  29-08-2019 21:09
  A man suspected of fatally stabbing a 20-year-old man in the University District earlier this month has been charged with murder, with prosecutors describing the crime as an “unprovoked attack.” Nathan Hunter Patterson, 21, was charged Monday with second-degree murder in King County Superior Court, according to charging documents. He is being held in King County […]
  
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• Carnival Row Is the Steampunk Faerie Mystery Romance (Some of) You Have Been Waiting For

  29-08-2019 21:01 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ned Lannamann Jan Thijs/Amazon Prime VideoAmazon is reportedly spending more than a billion dollars on their upcoming Lord of the Rings show, but they must have saved a hefty chunk of change to pay for Carnival Row, a sumptuous steampunk mystery/fantasy/allegory that’s as jumbled and baffling as that mashed-up description sounds. Based on a movie script that’s been knocking around Hollywood since 2005, the eight-episode series—hitting Amazon Prime on August 30—is now s
  
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• Concerns arise over Hawaii prosecutor son’s job

  29-08-2019 20:41
  HONOLULU (AP) — The top prosecutor on the Hawaiian island where protesters were arrested for blocking construction of a giant telescope says it’s not a conflict of interest that his son works for a partner of the embattled project. Hawaii County Prosecuting Attorney Mitch Roth’s son works at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Those who work […]
  
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• Geeky Events This Weekend (No PAX Badge Necessary)

  29-08-2019 20:36 via thestranger.com
  No PAX Badge Required for These Aug 30–Sept 2 PAX Parties, Game Nights, Concerts, and Performances.by Stranger Things To Do StaffAs is the case every year, only a small number of tickets remain for Seattle's massive Labor Day weekend gaming convention PAX West. If you missed out on tickets, don't be sad. There are tons of after-parties that don’t require a PAX badge, as well as other nerdy performances and events happening this weekend that we’re betting you’ll be interes
  
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• Coast Guardsman charged with murder of seaman in Alaska

  29-08-2019 20:28
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A Coast Guardsman is charged with murdering a 19-year-old seaman who was found dead along the shore of an Alaska island. The Coast Guard says 19-year-old Ethan Tucker was charged Wednesday with seven violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Charges include murder and involuntary manslaughter in the death of […]
  
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• Your Guide to PAX West 2019 After-Parties & Other Nerdy Events This Weekend in Seattle

  29-08-2019 20:27 via thestranger.com
  No PAX Badge Required for These Aug 30–Sept 2 PAX Parties, Game Nights, Concerts, and Performances.by Stranger Things To Do StaffAs is the case every year, only a small number of tickets remain for Seattle's massive Labor Day weekend gaming convention PAX West. If you missed out on tickets, don't be sad. There are tons of after-parties that don’t require a PAX badge, as well as other nerdy performances and events happening this weekend that we’re betting you’ll be interes
  
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• Juul devices cited in seizure reports that started FDA probe

  29-08-2019 20:23
  An investigation by U.S. health authorities into whether e-cigarettes can cause seizures was triggered by a handful of people who reportedly used Juul devices, according to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) documents. The three seizure reports came through the FDA’s online safety portal, and the agency wasn’t able to formally verify that they were tied […]
  
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• Source: OxyContin maker seeks to resolve all lawsuits

  29-08-2019 20:22
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A settlement being pursued by the maker of OxyContin aims to resolve all claims against the company filed in both state and federal court. The proposal also provides a formula for dividing settlement money among states and local governments. A person familiar with the talks but not authorized to discuss them […]
  
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• Opioid settlement would use a formula to split the money

  29-08-2019 20:22
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The multibillion-dollar settlement that the maker of OxyContin is negotiating to settle a crush of lawsuits over the nation’s opioid crisis contains formulas for dividing up the money among state and local governments across the country, The Associated Press has learned. The formulas would take into account the number of people […]
  
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• BC-US-MED–Same-Sex-Genes, DISREGARD, US

  29-08-2019 20:10
  EDITORS: Disregard BC-US-MED–Same-Sex-Genes, sent at 2:10 p.m. EDT. It duplicates a story under the same keyword, last sent at 2:22 p.m. EDT. The AP
  
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• New genetic links to same-sex sexuality found in huge study

  29-08-2019 20:05
  CHICAGO (AP) — The largest study of its kind found new evidence that genes contribute to same-sex sexual behavior, but it echoes research that says there are no specific genes that make people gay. The genome-wide research on DNA from nearly half a million U.S. and U.K. adults identified five genetic variants not previously linked […]
  
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• Idaho artifacts suggest Pacific entry for first Americans

  29-08-2019 20:04
  NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists say they’ve found artifacts in Idaho that indicate people were living there around 16,000 years ago, providing new evidence that the first Americans entered their new home by following the Pacific coast. The discovery also points to Japan as a possible origin or influence for the migration, said study leader […]
  
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• Report: US Native American health agency at crossroads

  29-08-2019 20:03
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Emergency rooms shut down for months. Hospital policies put patients at risk for opioid abuse and overdoses. A longtime pediatrician was charged with sexually abusing children. The federal agency that administers health care for Native Americans has long been plagued with problems that have kept it from improving health care delivery […]
  
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• Introducing EverOut

  29-08-2019 19:43 via everout.com
  What Is EverOut? Learn More Here!by Stranger Things To Do Staff
  
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• I Forced a Stoned Bot to Read 1,000 Cannabis Press Releases and Write This Column

  29-08-2019 19:34 via thestranger.com
  Uh, maybe get high for this one.by Josh Jardine[COLUMNIST’S NOTE: As a cannabis columnist, I receive endless press releases, e-mails, and marketing materials relating to new cannabis and hemp products, projects, events, conferences, and expos.I gathered 1,000 of these pieces and forced a stoned bot to read them and then write the following press releases—because if there’s anything independent newspapers have, it’s a sizable budget for advanced AI computers that analyze c
  
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• Judge sides with Idaho students removed from cheer team

  29-08-2019 19:27
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal judge has sided with a group of Idaho students who were removed from their high school cheerleading team after staging a protest of their coach. The Idaho Statesman reported Wednesday that Judge David Nye ruled that the nine Burley High School cheerleaders had proved they were dismissed for reserving […]
  
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• Marshawn Lynch goes BMX Mode, leads riders through downtown Seattle

  29-08-2019 19:25
  Yes, that was really Marshawn Lynch riding his BMX bike through downtown Seattle with hundreds of others in tow Wednesday evening. The former Seahawks running back was in BMX mode riding his signature "Beast Mode Ripper."
  
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• Prosecutors modify charges against teens in murder case

  29-08-2019 19:18
  POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Prosecutors have added conspiracy charges against two California teens facing trial in connection with the stabbing death of an Idaho woman. The Idaho State Journal reports Bannock County prosecutors presented the amended criminal complaints during a hearing on Wednesday, adding conspiracy to the existing murder charges. Prosecutors say 18-year-old Dustin Garrett […]
  
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• Coming Down the Stream: A Fall TV Preview

  29-08-2019 19:05 via thestranger.com
  
  by Erik HenriksenWu-Tang: An American Saga. CRAIG BLANKENHORN / HULU
  WU-TANG: AN AMERICAN SAGA
  (Premiering Wed Sept 4, Hulu)Wu-Tang: An American Saga—which includes Method Man and RZA on its list of executive producers—tells the momentous story of a group of young Black men grappling with their decisions to either pursue an unlikely music career or continue their lucrative-albeit-dangerous adventures in crime. Set in Staten Island at the height of the crack epidemic, the series empha
  
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• Mumps sickens hundreds of detained migrants in 19 states

  29-08-2019 19:02
  Mumps has swept through 57 immigration detention facilities in 19 states since September, according to the first U.S. government report on the outbreaks in the overloaded immigration system. The virus sickened 898 adult migrants and 33 detention center staffers, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in its report Thursday. New cases continue as […]
  
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• Why are the children hairy all over? Drug mix-up leads to ‘werewolf syndrome’

  29-08-2019 18:08
  The Spanish dermatology association said that the unwanted hair should start to fall out about three months after the children stop taking the anti-baldness drug that had been mistakenly given to them. But the mother of a 26-month-old girl told El Mundo said that hasn't yet helped.
  
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• Magnitude 6.3 earthquake rumbles 150 miles off Oregon coast

  29-08-2019 17:53
  COOS BAY, Ore. — An underwater earthquake with an initial 6.3 magnitude has struck off the Oregon coast. The U.S. Geological Survey said Thursday no tsunami is expected from the temblor, which happened just after 8 a.m. about 150 miles from land. It was at a depth of about 7 miles underwater. There were no […]
  
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• Anti-smoking advocates bemoan “faltering” pace of FDA action

  29-08-2019 17:26
  WASHINGTON (AP) — It seemed like a new era in the half-century battle against the deadly toll of tobacco: U.S. health officials for the first time would begin regulating cigarettes, chew and other products responsible for a half-million American deaths annually. “The decades-long effort to protect our children from the harmful effects of smoking has […]
  
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• Slog AM: EPA Will Ease Methane Regulations; Watch Porn, Save the Planet; Spain Has Werewolf Babies

  29-08-2019 17:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Nathalie GrahamPornHub for president.JLGUTIERREZ/GETTY IMAGES
  Lost hikers found: These two men went hiking in Snohomish County. They had food for five days. They were expected home on August 23 and, when their families hadn't heard from them, they were reported missing. For five days, the two were without food. One hiker said he didn't think he would make it another day.EPA continues its trend of not protecting the environment: Reports this morning show that the Environmental Protection Agenc
  
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• Warsaw sewage plant malfunction contaminates Vistula river

  29-08-2019 15:51
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish authorities on Thursday were warning residents in cities along the Vistula river that runs into the Baltic Sea of a “crisis” situation after Warsaw’s new sewage collection plant malfunctioned. The health minister and local authorities said they have been closely monitoring the levels of contamination north of the Polish capital, […]
  
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• ‘This ain’t your mother’s marijuana,’ surgeon general says

  29-08-2019 15:49
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials issued a national warning Thursday against marijuana use by adolescents and pregnant women, as more states legalize the increasingly potent drug for medicinal and recreational use. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Surgeon General Jerome Adams made the announcement, with Azar calling marijuana “a dangerous drug.” Officials […]
  
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• 3 people escape overnight house fire in Sammamish

  29-08-2019 15:47
  Three people escaped a fire early Thursday that devastated a home in Sammamish. The fire is believed to have started in the garage around 1:30 a.m.
  
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• Sasha Obama set to begin college career at University of Michigan

  29-08-2019 15:12
  ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Former President Barack Obama’s younger daughter, Sasha, is poised to begin her college career at the University of Michigan next week. Sasha, whose legal name is Natasha, was seen by students attending summer freshman orientation and again this week accompanied by men believed to be Secret Service agents. “I was walking […]
  
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• Turtle-patrol group finds two-headed hatchling

  29-08-2019 15:09
  HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — A group that monitors sea turtles in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, has reported finding a two-headed Loggerhead hatchling. News outlets report Sea Turtle Patrol Hilton Head Island says the hatchling was found alive Tuesday and released into the ocean. The group’s leader, marine biologist Amber Kuehn, says a genetic […]
  
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• S Carolina turtle patrol group finds two-headed hatchling

  29-08-2019 15:09
  HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — A group that monitors sea turtles in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, has reported finding a two-headed Loggerhead hatchling. News outlets report Sea Turtle Patrol Hilton Head Island says the hatchling was found alive Tuesday and released into the ocean. The group’s leader, marine biologist Amber Kuehn, says a […]
  
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• How to avoid the worst Labor Day weekend traffic on I-90, I-5 and U.S. 2

  29-08-2019 15:00
  Travelers should prepare for congestion on Interstate 90 and Interstate 5, and expected longer-than-usual wait times at ferry docks and the border crossing between the United States and Canada.
  
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• How to avoid the worst Labor Day weekend traffic on I-90, I-5 and Highway 2

  29-08-2019 15:00
  Travelers should prepare for congestion on Interstate 90 and Interstate 5, and expected longer-than-usual wait times at ferry docks and the border crossing between the United States and Canada.
  
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• Police: Garbage truck ran over woman in sleeping bag

  29-08-2019 14:30
  EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Police say a woman in a sleeping bag who was killed in a Eugene parking lot Monday was run over by a garbage truck. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports investigators are still working to identify the woman, police spokeswoman Melinda McLaughlin said Wednesday. The driver, who works for recycling and garbage collection company […]
  
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• US proposing easing rules on climate-changing oil emissions

  29-08-2019 13:32
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed revoking Obama-era regulations on climate-changing methane leaks from many oil facilities, a move that environmental groups said was meant to renounce the agency’s overall legal authority to regulate the gas in the fight against global warming. EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said the proposed rule followed […]
  
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• Mysterious vaping lung injuries may have flown under regulatory radar

  29-08-2019 11:31
  As patients in hospitals across the country combat a mysterious illness linked to e-cigarettes, federal and state investigators are frantically trying to trace the outbreaks to specific vaping products that, until recently, were virtually unregulated.
  
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• Attacks by US extremists lead to push for anti-terror laws

  29-08-2019 06:20
  SALEM, Oregon (AP) — A white man opens fire at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, targeting Mexicans and killing 22 people. Another man kills 11 Jewish worshippers at a synagogue in Pittsburgh. The two mass shootings and a presidential tweet put a spotlight on the idea of “domestic terrorism,” adding momentum to a debate […]
  
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• Alaska official: Ruling mandates yearly union enrollment

  29-08-2019 06:08
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A U.S. Supreme Court ruling requires members of state public employee unions to annually reaffirm or reject their membership, according to Alaska’s attorney general. Several state union officials believe the state will establish an annual opt-in system and at least one said the move would result in a legal challenge, The […]
  
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• Alaska AG says court ruling requires yearly union enrollment

  29-08-2019 06:08
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s attorney general says a U.S. Supreme Court ruling requires members of state public employee unions to annually reaffirm or reject their membership. The Anchorage Daily News reported Tuesday that several state union officials believe the state will establish an annual opt-in system, while at least one says the move would […]
  
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• More ATV drivers head to Alaska salmon spawning area

  29-08-2019 06:07
  KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — All-terrain vehicle drivers are increasingly heading to a critical Alaska salmon spawning area and face the threat of being fined, wildlife officials said. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has warned residents and visitors who have been illegally driving motorized vehicles without permits in Anton Larsen Bay on Kodiak Island […]
  
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