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• Long-running Texas evolution debate has big classroom impact

  01-02-2017 23:33
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Board of Education on Wednesday voted preliminarily to ease — but not completely eliminate — state high school science curriculum requirements that experts argue cast doubt on the theory of evolution. How evolution is taught in America’s second-largest state has been a point of contention for years, and the […]
  
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• Seattle police resorting to force less often, but racial disparity consistent, report shows

  01-02-2017 22:55
  
  The Seattle Police Department’s latest use-of-force data, which includes officer-involved shootings, show a continuing decline since 2011, when the Department of Justice found that Seattle officers too quickly resorted to force.
  
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• Seattle police resorting to force less often, but racial disparities persist, report shows

  01-02-2017 22:55
  
  The Seattle Police Department’s latest use-of-force data, which includes officer-involved shootings, show a continuing decline since 2011, when the Department of Justice found that Seattle officers too quickly resorted to force.
  
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• Texas votes to change science lessons challenging evolution

  01-02-2017 22:24
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Board of Education has preliminarily voted to ease — but not completely eliminate — state high school science curriculum requirements that experts argued cast doubt on the theory of evolution. The Republican-controlled board on Wednesday modified language that had asked biology students to consider “all sides” of scientific theory. […]
  
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• Massive lava stream exploding into ocean in Hawaii

  01-02-2017 22:09
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — A dramatic “firehose” stream of lava is shooting out of a sea cliff on Hawaii Island, splashing into the Pacific Ocean below and exploding upon impact. The massive Kilauea flow is coming from a lava tube at the Kamokuna ocean entry on the southeast side of the Big Island. A USGS geologist […]
  
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• Rep. Jayapal, other Democrats demand answers on Trump refugee order

  01-02-2017 21:54
  
  Rep. Pramila Jayapal is helping lead a charge from fellow Democrats condemning President Trump’s refugee crackdown — and demanding a briefing from Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly.
  
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• Jayapal, other Democrats demand answers on Trump refugee order

  01-02-2017 21:54
  
  Rep. Pramila Jayapal is helping lead a charge from fellow Democrats condemning President Trump’s refugee crackdown — and demanding a briefing from Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly.
  
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• Civilian oversight part of Seattle police-accountability reforms proposed by Mayor Murray

  01-02-2017 21:26
  
  The proposed legislation represents an important step in the city’s effort to comply with a 2012 federal consent decree requiring the Seattle Police Department to curb excessive force and biased policing.
  
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• Whoosh! Swish! Meet Bat Bot, the new flying batlike drone

  01-02-2017 20:12
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Holy drone, Batman! Mechanical masterminds have spawned the Bat Bot, a soaring, sweeping and diving robot that may eventually fly circles around other drones. Because it mimics the unique and more flexible way bats fly, this 3-ounce prototype could do a better and safer job getting into disaster sites and scoping out […]
  
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• Wash. state senator tries to explain how he’ll juggle Trump job — but gets stuck in D.C.

  01-02-2017 19:36
  
  Doug Ericksen was scheduled to discuss how he’ll manage his twin roles as state senator and a member of President Trump’s transition team. But Ericksen couldn’t get back to Olympia in time for his own news conference.
  
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• State senator tries to explain how he’ll juggle Trump job — but gets stuck in D.C.

  01-02-2017 19:36
  
  Doug Ericksen was scheduled to discuss how he’ll manage his twin roles as state senator and a member of President Trump’s transition team. But Ericksen couldn’t get back to Olympia in time for his own news conference.
  
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• Body of missing kayaker found off Kitsap Peninsula

  01-02-2017 19:18
  
  The 64-year-old man was wearing a wet suit and life jacket when he was found.
  
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• Protesters call for Seattle’s billions to be pulled from Wells Fargo over Dakota Access Pipeline

  01-02-2017 17:47
  
  A Seattle City Council will hear a proposal to pull $3 billion in money from Wells Fargo Bank.
  
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• ‘Divestment is our goal’: Seattle City Council to vote on pulling $3 billion from Wells Fargo over Dakota Access Pipeline

  01-02-2017 17:47
  
  The Seattle City Council is being urged to pull $3 billion from Wells Fargo for its role as a Dakota Access Pipeline lender.
  
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• ‘Banned in the U.S.A.’: KEXP responds to Trump with music

  01-02-2017 17:41
  
  While many across the country roil over President Trump’s refugee ban — with protests from attorneys general to street demonstrators — Seattle’s KEXP responds with music from Syria, Iraq and other affected countries.
  
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• Seattle candidates already on hunt for ‘democracy vouchers’

  01-02-2017 15:30
  
  Before this month, Seattle’s “democracy vouchers” were just an idea. Now candidates are knocking on doors to gather them up.
  
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• More than 21,000 Washington residents are from countries named in Trump’s ban

  01-02-2017 15:30
  
  More than 21,000 Washington residents were born in one of the seven countries — Somalia, Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Syria, Libya and Yemen — affected by President Trump’s temporary travel ban.
  
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• More than 21,000 Washington residents are from countries banned by Trump

  01-02-2017 15:30
  
  More than 21,000 Washington residents were born in one of the seven countries — Somalia, Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Syria, Libya and Yemen — affected by President Trump’s temporary travel ban.
  
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• After tuition cut, Washington college students lobby for a freeze

  01-02-2017 15:02
  
  Washington student government leaders want the state Legislature to freeze tuition and expand financial aid to college students.
  
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• Tech innovations help Washington’s blind lieutenant governor oversee Legislature

  01-02-2017 15:00
  
  As it prepared for the incoming lieutenant governor, the Washington Senate installed a Braille system to help Cyrus Habib navigate the chamber. But with a tumultuous legislative session ahead, Habib will likely face bigger challenges.
  
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• Harvard scholars: Travel ban deprives US of best, brightest

  01-02-2017 07:02
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Harvard Medical School professor Thomas Michel was so excited about recruiting Iranian researcher Soheil Saravi, he put Saravi’s name on the door of his Boston lab when his new hire got his visa. Then President Donald Trump’s travel ban took effect, blocking Saravi from entering the U.S. “It’s interesting. This is a […]
  
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• Seattle U. student leader resigns to help others lacking legal status, like him

  01-02-2017 05:41
  
  The president of Seattle University’s student government, a 21-year-old who as a child was brought into the U.S. illegally, is stepping down in the aftermath of the national election.
  
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• Seattle U. student leader resigns to help others lacking legal status

  01-02-2017 05:41
  
  The president of Seattle University’s student government, a 21-year-old who as a child was brought into the U.S. illegally, has decided to resign because of the stress he’s faced in the aftermath of the national election.
  
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• Seattle moves ahead with new rules for homeless-camp cleanup

  01-02-2017 05:05
  
  Seattle is proposing new rules for cleaning up homeless encampments and evicting their occupants.
  
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• SAM lobby welcomes ‘Middle Fork’ sculpture

  01-02-2017 04:59
  
  The exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum opens Feb. 10.
  
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• UW prez is right to stand up for free speech … even for right-wing nut-jobs

  01-02-2017 04:41
  
  The UW president is being assailed for standing up for the free-speech rights of some right-wingers. But she’s got it right — this would be a terrible time in our history to start backing down from the First Amendment.
  
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• Tribe: False report of easement issued for Dakota pipeline

  01-02-2017 04:19
  
  Misinformation spread Tuesday about an easement being granted for the final section of the Dakota Access Pipeline. No easement has been approved.
  
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• Che Taylor’s mother cries watching video of son’s fatal shooting by Seattle police

  01-02-2017 03:07
  
  Officers Michael Spaulding and Scott Miller have said they fired when they saw Taylor, 46, reach toward what they believed was a handgun they had earlier seen in a holster on his hip.
  
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• Che Taylor’s mother breaks down while viewing video of her son’s fatal shooting by Seattle police

  01-02-2017 03:07
  
  Officers Michael Spaulding and Scott Miller have said they fired when saw Taylor, 46, reach toward what they believed was a handgun they had earlier seen in a holster on his hip.
  
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• Seattle could pull billions out of Wells Fargo Bank over Dakota Access Pipeline investment

  01-02-2017 02:15
  
  A Seattle City Council proposal to pull billions in city funds out of Wells Fargo to protest the bank’s role as a lender to the Dakota Access Pipeline will be heard by a council committee.
  
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• Divest from Dakota Access Pipeline? City funds targeted

  01-02-2017 02:15
  
  A Seattle City Council proposal to pull billions of dollars in city funds out of Wells Fargo to protest the bank’s role as a lender to the Dakota Access Pipeline will be heard by a council committee Wednesday morning.
  
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• Third suspect, 16, arrested in connection with fatal hit-and-run in Sammamish

  01-02-2017 02:14
  
  Investigators believe she and two other females were in an SUV at Beaver Lake Park last week that struck and killed a 22-year-old man, who was later identified as the son of a Seattle police officer.
  
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• Washington Democrats decry immigration order

  01-02-2017 01:56
  
  Democratic members of the Washington state Legislature have sent a letter to President Donald Trump decrying his recent executive order on immigration.
  
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• Police: Edmonds woman declares, ‘I am a serial killer!’ and stabs date in the chest

  01-02-2017 01:51
  
  Lynnwood police say an Edmonds woman claimed she was an aspiring serial killer, following her arrest Sunday for allegedly stabbing a 29-year-old man in the chest.
  
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• 3 House members from Washington sign on to extend ‘Dreamer’ protections

  01-02-2017 01:11
  
  After President Trump promised to repeal President Obama’s executive order protecting so-called Dreamers from deportation, the future of the program is uncertain. A bipartisan bill from three Washington members of Congress would extend the program’s protections.
  
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• Patient who escaped from Western State Hospital pleads not guilty to murder

  01-02-2017 00:31
  
  Anthony Garver escaped from Western State Hospital last April and was recaptured days later in Spokane.
  
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