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• Tribes march in Seattle to back Standing Rock Sioux in pipeline fight

  16-09-2016 23:34
  
  Northwest tribal leaders just returned from the North Dakota protest encampment say they’re giving their support just as tribes from around the U.S. supported their battles for fishing rights in the 1960s.
  
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• Tribes march in Seattle to back Standing Rock Sioux in North Dakota pipeline fight

  16-09-2016 23:34
  
  Northwest tribal leaders say they’re giving their support just as tribes from around the U.S. helped in their battles for fishing rights here in the 1960s. Hours after the march, a court temporarily blocked work on the pipeline.
  
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• Democrats’ state Senate effort focuses on a few key GOP incumbents

  16-09-2016 23:27
  
  Democrats are targeting GOP incumbent state Sen. Barbara Bailey of Oak Harbor in the November election. It’s part of an effort to take control of the Washington Senate — the strongest lever of power for Republicans in the state.
  
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• Snohomish County dismissed from lawsuit by Oso slide victims

  16-09-2016 23:05
  
  The case is still active against the state and the Grandy Lake Forest Association.
  
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• Politics podcast: Discussing homelessness, secure scheduling, McCleary in debut episodes of The Overcast

  16-09-2016 22:29
  
  Reporters Jim Brunner and Daniel Beekman talk to experts about the homelessness crisis, Seattle's proposed secure scheduling law and the latest in the fight for adequate education funding in Washington.
  
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• 4th patient infected with Legionella bacteria in growing outbreak at UW Medical Center

  16-09-2016 21:54
  
  University of Washington Medical Center officials are screening those at high risk for the deadly outbreak.
  
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• Bellevue man allegedly decapitated a duck at a Kirkland park

  16-09-2016 21:24
  
  A 36-year-old Bellevue man has been charged with first-degree animal cruelty for allegedly swinging a duck by its neck and decapitating the bird.
  
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• ‘Block the bunker’ backers vow to keep fighting stalled North Seattle police station

  16-09-2016 19:36
  
  Mayor Ed Murray on Thursday put the plans to build a $149 million North Precinct police station on hold.
  
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• ‘Block the bunker’ activists vow to keep fighting stalled North Seattle police station

  16-09-2016 19:36
  
  Mayor Ed Murray on Thursday put the plans to build a $149 million North Precinct police station on hold, but opponents say “the campaign is not over.”
  
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• State senator: Officials should ‘get out of ivory tower in Seattle’ over plan for heroin sites

  16-09-2016 19:12
  
  State Sen. Mark Miloscia hinted at blocking efforts to open public drug-consumption sites in King County.
  
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• Man who shot niece, 14, over shoes sentenced to 28 years in prison

  16-09-2016 18:38
  
  Si Phu, 25, pleaded guilty last month to first-degree murder for killing Christy Nguyen.
  
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• ‘Every vote counts’ against Trump, says Latino farm owner near Yakima

  16-09-2016 18:24
  
  So strong is his distaste that he likens the candidate to Hitler.
  
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• Money for bone-marrow donors? Company says yes; feds say no

  16-09-2016 17:43
  
  ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Doug Grant says his new company, Hemeos, can save lives. But a proposed change in federal regulations could make his business a criminal enterprise. The goal of Grant’s D.C.-based startup company is to find matches for people who need bone-marrow transplants, particularly in the African-American community, where matches are harder to […]
  
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• Hacker takes over Bremerton Housing Authority site, demands $4,000 ransom

  16-09-2016 17:12
  
  Officials said the authority’s website was replaced with a picture from “South Park” and client data was compromised.
  
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• North Korea rushes to get supplies, shelter to flood victims

  16-09-2016 15:22
  
  ONSONG, North Korea (AP) — North Korean soldiers and relief teams rushed to clear roads and railway tracks, build shelters and provide food and sanitation Friday to tens of thousands of residents in a remote part of the country near the Chinese border that was devastated by heavy downpours and flash floods when a typhoon […]
  
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• Yakima Latinos ‘frustrated, scared’ by Trump’s campaign

  16-09-2016 15:00
  
  Donald Trump’s brash campaign for president has rubbed many Latinos in the Yakima Valley the wrong way. The question is: Will they vote?
  
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• ‘Frustrated, scared’ by Trump’s campaign, Yakima Latinos motivated to vote

  16-09-2016 15:00
  
  Donald Trump’s brash campaign for president has rubbed many Latinos in the Yakima Valley the wrong way. The question is: Will they vote?
  
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• Fear and anger over Trump motivate Yakima Latinos to get out the vote

  16-09-2016 15:00
  
  Donald Trump’s hard-line promises and portrayal of undocumented immigrants as murderers and rapists could make this a turning-point year in Yakima County, where voting by Latinos has been low.
  
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• Columbia City picks up the pace

  16-09-2016 15:00
  
  Sketched Sept. 13, 2016 I’m taking in the view from the outdoor tables of a new Pagliacci Pizza that opened in Columbia City last month. As people walk by, I try to add some to my sketch. A woman seemed a bit lost as she held out her smartphone while crossing the street. A guy […]
  
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• Historic police boat that chased whiskey smugglers is demolished

  16-09-2016 14:45
  
  Patrol No. 1, the 98-year-old wooden vessel that had become Marc Landry’s life passion, was demolished Thursday by the Port of Port Townsend after a lengthy legal tangle. Various owners had spent $300,000 on the vessel.
  
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• NASA astronaut wears spacesuit painted by kids with cancer

  16-09-2016 12:52
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Some childhood cancer patients will chat Friday with an astronaut aboard the International Space Station wearing a hand-painted spacesuit they helped decorate. NASA says astronaut Kate Rubins will wear the suit, dubbed “Courage,” during a 20-minute chat Friday afternoon with patients from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. […]
  
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• AP Exclusive: Deep-sea volcano a hotspot for mysterious life

  16-09-2016 08:26
  
  GEOLOGIST SEAMOUNTS, Hawaii (AP) — The turquoise waters became darker and darker, and squiggly glow-in-dark marine creatures began to glide past in the inky depths like ghosts. The three-man submarine went down, down, down into the abyss and drew within sight of something no human had ever laid eyes on: Cook seamount, a 13,000-foot extinct […]
  
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• Vashon-Maury Island closed for recreational shellfish harvesting

  16-09-2016 07:33
  
  Because of unsafe levels of paralytic shellfish poison (PSP), public-health officials have expanded a closure from Quartermaster Harbor beaches to the whole island.
  
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• 8 people dead after typhoon that hit China, Taiwan

  16-09-2016 07:17
  
  BEIJING (AP) — At least eight people have been reported dead after a powerful typhoon lashed much of southeastern China and Taiwan. China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs on Friday updated the number of deaths to seven as a result of Typhoon Meranti, which struck Fujian province early Thursday. Nine people in China are still missing. […]
  
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• Strange brews: Making beer with Boston river water

  16-09-2016 06:38
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Who wants to drink that dirty water? Some of New England’s leading breweries will compete Oct. 1 to see who can turn the questionable water of Boston’s Charles River into the tastiest suds. Six area breweries have signed on for the first ever “Brew the Charles” challenge, a highlight of HUBweek, a […]
  
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• Lower Green River reopens Friday for coho fishing after run exceeds expectations

  16-09-2016 06:09
  
  Miscalculating coho returns to some Puget Sound areas has become a common occurrence – which is a good thing – and this time a section of the Lower Green River will reopen Friday (Sept. 16). The Green/Duwamish River from the 1st Avenue South Bridge up to I-405 will be open from Friday (Sept. 16) through […]
  
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• EpiPen maker Mylan quietly steers effort to protect its price

  16-09-2016 04:31
  
  A point not mentioned by advocates of adding EpiPens to a federal list of preventive medical services is that a big potential beneficiary of the campaign is Mylan, the pharmaceutical giant behind the device.
  
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• Black Men Uniting event at Seattle’s John Muir Elementary canceled due to security threat

  16-09-2016 03:48
  
  The event was planned for Friday and was designed to present black men in a positive light.
  
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• FBI’s creation of fake news story didn’t violate policy, federal report says

  16-09-2016 03:09
  
  In a report, the Department of Justice’s inspector general found the FBI’s Seattle office didn’t violate policies when it created a fake Associated Press news article and photographs to lure a bomb-threat suspect into downloading software that revealed his location.
  
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• Mayor does about-face, shelves North Precinct police station plan

  16-09-2016 03:04
  
  Seattle Mayor Ed Murray said the city will re-think its $149 million plan to build a new police station on Aurora Avenue North.
  
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• Mayor does about-face, holds up- North Precinct police-station plan

  16-09-2016 03:04
  
  Seattle Mayor Ed Murray said the city will rethink its $149 million plan to build a new police station on Aurora Avenue North.
  
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• Seattle Reign’s Megan Rapinoe kneels during anthem before US match vs. Thailand

  16-09-2016 02:54
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Megan Rapinoe knelt during the national anthem before a U.S. women’s national team match against Thailand on Thursday night. Rapinoe first knelt during the anthem Sept. 4 before a game with her National Women’s Soccer League team, the Seattle Reign. She said she wanted to express solidarity with San Francisco 49ers […]
  
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• Rapinoe kneels during anthem before US match vs. Thailand

  16-09-2016 02:54
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Megan Rapinoe knelt during the national anthem before a U.S. women’s national team match against Thailand on Thursday night. Rapinoe first knelt during the anthem on Sept. 4 before a game with her National Women’s Soccer League team, the Seattle Reign. She said she wanted to express solidarity with San Francisco […]
  
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• New Pronto contract: All-electric bike fleet coming to Seattle?

  16-09-2016 01:46
  
  Seattle intends to award a contract to expand and run the city’s bike-share system to a Quebec-based company that’s proposing an all-electric fleet.
  
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• Family of man strangled by downtown Seattle escalator to get $1 million from King County

  16-09-2016 01:45
  
  The family of a Renton man killed in 2013 when his clothes became ensnared in an escalator at King County Metro’s University Station recently resolved a lawsuit against the county and the company responsible for maintaining the escalator.
  
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• Random tests for pesticides in pot to begin

  16-09-2016 01:29
  
  Washington will start random testing for illegal pesticides in pot, becoming the first state to mandate such tests.
  
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• Ballard’s Matador restaurant to reopen after passing E. coli inspection

  16-09-2016 01:26
  
  The Matador restaurant in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood expects to reopen Saturday morning after it was shuttered by an outbreak of dangerous E. coli food poisoning.
  
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• Driver accused of killing homeless man in tent charged with vehicular homicide, hit-and-run

  16-09-2016 01:18
  
  Prosecutors allege Oscar Gutierrez-de Jesus apparently did not realize his car had left the freeway because were no indications at the crash scene that he had applied his brakes.
  
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