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• Seattle police wary of May Day violence between pro- and anti-Trump groups

  01-05-2017 23:49
  
  Police say a planned rally by a far-right men’s organization called “the Proud Boys” could erupt into violence.
  
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• Strong quake, aftershocks strike British Columbia, southeast Alaska

  01-05-2017 23:41
  
  A series of quakes struck a corner of British Columbia and southeastern Alaska on Monday. There were no reports of injuries.
  
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• Seattle-based Columbia Hospitality buys local hotel- management firm

  01-05-2017 23:16
  
  The management contracts in the deal include Semiahmoo Resort, Cedarbrook Lodge and a new hotel under construction in Tukwila.
  
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• Seattle City Council votes to pursue income tax on high earners

  01-05-2017 22:22
  
  Seattle took its first step Monday toward enacting an income tax. Councilmember Lisa Herbold and others drew up the resolution expressing the city’s intent to adopt a tax targeting high-end households.
  
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• FDA OKs immune-boosting drug for advanced bladder cancer

  01-05-2017 22:21
  
  U.S. regulators have approved a new drug that harnesses the immune system to treat advanced bladder cancer. The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Imfinzi (im-fin-ZEE’) along with a companion diagnostic test for identifying which patients are most likely to benefit from it. Imfinzi, also known as durvalumab, is part of a new generation […]
  
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• Man arrested in October attack on female jogger in Seward Park

  01-05-2017 21:09
  
  The victim told police she was jogging on a path in the park’s lower loop in the early afternoon of Oct. 1 when a stranger grabbed her. She was able to escape, police said.
  
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• Veterans call for end of war during Seattle May Day rally, march

  01-05-2017 20:28
  
  Veterans calling for an end to war held a spirited rally and march Monday morning to launch Seattle’s May Day events.
  
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• Seattle’s May Day marches and rallies focus on immigrants’ rights, peace

  01-05-2017 20:28
  
  Immigrants’ and workers’ rights and cuts to military spending were the focus of a pair of rallies and marches on May Day in Seattle.
  
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• Seattle marches and rallies on May Day focus on immigrants’ rights, peace

  01-05-2017 20:28
  
  Immigrants’ rights and cuts to military spending are the focus of a pair of rallies and marches on May Day in Seattle.
  
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• Former Washington Gov. Mike Lowry, table-pounding liberal, dies at 78

  01-05-2017 19:35
  
  Lowry, a proud, liberal Democrat, was Washington governor from 1993 to ’97 and served in Congress for a decade before that. He died of complications from a stroke.
  
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• Former Washington Gov. Mike Lowry has died at age 78

  01-05-2017 19:35
  
  Lowry, a proud, liberal Democrat, was Washington governor from 1993 to ’97 and served in Congress for a decade before that. He died of complications from a stroke.
  
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• Former Washington Gov. Mike Lowry has died

  01-05-2017 19:35
  
  Lowry, a Democrat, was Washington governor from 1993-97 and served in Congress before that. He was 78.
  
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• Seattle May Day 2017 in photos

  01-05-2017 19:33
  
  Here's a look at how the planned events are unfolding across Seattle.
  
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• Activists plan May Day ‘pop-up’ block party in Seattle to protest youth incarceration

  01-05-2017 18:55
  
  The event will include hip-hop performances, food, live-painting and speakers, according to organizers, who plan to release the location of the event about 3:30 p.m.
  
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• Activists hold May Day ‘pop-up’ block party in Seattle to protest youth incarceration

  01-05-2017 18:55
  
  The May Day event includes hip-hop performances, food, live-painting and speakers, according to organizers.
  
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• 5 new truffle species identified in New Hampshire

  01-05-2017 18:37
  
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — They aren’t the type you’d sprinkle over pasta, but five truffle species recently identified by University of New Hampshire researchers could contain important information about the health of New England forests. While other types of so-called deer truffles have been found across Europe and the western United States, the particular species […]
  
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• Suspense is building: Watch the latest trailer for ‘Twin Peaks’

  01-05-2017 17:47
  
  The "Twin Peaks" reboot premieres Sunday, May 21, on Showtime.
  
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• Live updates from May Day in Seattle: Thousands expected for marches, rallies

  01-05-2017 16:55
  
  Several events are planned throughout the day, including the 18th annual March for Workers and Immigrant Rights, which started at 11 a.m. Follow our reporters and photographers all day for live updates.
  
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• Live updates from May Day in Seattle: Immigrants’ march heads toward downtown

  01-05-2017 16:55
  
  Several events are planned throughout the day, including a downtown march for workers and immigrant rights and a pro-Trump rally at Westlake Park. Follow our reporters and photographers all day for live updates.
  
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• ‘Things do get better’: After a torturous winter, 70-degree temps coming to Seattle

  01-05-2017 16:08
  
  It’s been a long, long time since we’ve seen weather this warm in the Seattle area.
  
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• Justices won’t hear challenge over Alaska polar bear habitat

  01-05-2017 15:49
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from Alaska and oil and gas industry groups protesting the government’s designation of more than 187,000 square miles in the state as critical habitat for threatened polar bears. The justice on Monday left in place an appeals court ruling that said the U.S. Fish and […]
  
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• Quake near Canada border jolts southeast Alaska communities

  01-05-2017 15:45
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A major earthquake in northwest British Columbia shook up communities in nearby Alaska but caused no apparent damage. Kathryn Carl, a teacher in the Alaska village of Klukwan about 40 miles (64 kilometers) from the epicenter, said the magnitude 6.2 quake shook her awake at 4:30 a.m. Carl thought her 80-pound […]
  
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• Magnitude-6.2 earthquake rattles corner of Canada, Alaska

  01-05-2017 15:45
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude-6.2 earthquake has rattled the corner of British Columbia, near the boundary with Alaska. Geophysicist Amy Vaughan says the shallow quake struck around 4:30 a.m. Alaska time about 30 miles northwest of the tiny Alaska town of Mosquito Lake and about 83 miles southwest of […]
  
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• Large earthquake, aftershock rattle corner of Canada, Alaska

  01-05-2017 15:45
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A magnitude-6.2 earthquake rattled the corner of British Columbia near the boundary with southeastern Alaska early Monday, waking people up and setting off a series of aftershocks, including a magnitude-6.3, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Agency geophysicist Amy Vaughan said it’s not completely uncommon for an aftershock to be larger than […]
  
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• ‘We feel like we’re in the lion’s dungeon’: Stress over proposal to upzone Seattle’s Chinatown ID

  01-05-2017 15:30
  
  The upzone drawn up by Mayor Ed Murray would allow even taller buildings in most of Chinatown International District, including Little Saigon, and trigger a new program requiring developers to help create affordable housing.
  
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• High-rises in the Chinatown ID? Fear that development could erase neighborhood’s culture

  01-05-2017 15:30
  
  The upzone drawn up by Mayor Ed Murray would allow even taller buildings in most of Chinatown International District, including Little Saigon, and trigger a new program requiring developers to help create affordable housing.
  
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• What’s with all the cars with over-tinted windows?

  01-05-2017 15:00
  
  Washington law restricts how dark a car’s windows can be tinted, but enforcement isn’t so easy. This week’s Q&A dives into the guidelines after one Skagit County reader raised the issue.
  
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• ‘Lemony Snicket’ back in Seattle with a tale of loss, love — and goldfish

  01-05-2017 15:00
  
  The author also known as Daniel Handler will talk about his latest children’s book, “Goldfish Ghost,” along with his wife who illustrated it, Lisa Brown, at University Book Store in Seattle.
  
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• May Day: Here’s what we know about today’s events in Seattle

  01-05-2017 14:30
  
  Traditionally a day of demonstrations in support of workers’ rights, May Day in recent years has taken a new meaning. Here’s what we know about this year’s events.
  
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• SpaceX launches top-secret spy satellite for US government

  01-05-2017 13:32
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX launched a top-secret spy satellite for the U.S. government Monday morning and then successfully landed the booster for recycling. The unmanned Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from its NASA-leased pad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It was SpaceX’s first mission for the National Reconnaissance Office. No details were […]
  
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• Want to improve Washington schools? Write yourself some snail mail

  01-05-2017 13:01
  
  We distributed postcards to Education Lab newsletter subscribers and asked them to write down an insight they'd like to remember, or action they'd like to take to improve schools. Here's what they wrote -- and we invite you to do the same.
  
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• Oak View Group would seek public funding from Port of Seattle for KeyArena garage

  01-05-2017 09:00
  
  OVG says the unspecified money sought would be under the guise of the garage being a “regional transportation solution’’ to ease congestion in the surrounding area. Both KeyArena groups are seeking public funding to offset costs of building without first securing teams.
  
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• KeyArena renovation groups have different strategies for transportation, parking

  01-05-2017 09:00
  
  Seattle Partners envisions Westlake Center as an arrival/departure point and having mobility hubs to bridge the mile-long distance to the arena. Oak View would have a shorter radius from the venue for parking and plans to build a publicly funded parking garage next to the arena.
  
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• Q&A: Expert says all’s not right for endangered right whales

  01-05-2017 06:22
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Those endangered North Atlantic right whales cavorting in Cape Cod Bay are fun to watch, but their frolicking doesn’t tell the whole story. Charles “Stormy” Mayo, director of right whale ecology at the federally funded Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown, Massachusetts, says ominous signs suggest the global population of 500 animals […]
  
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• Skagit County residents raise concerns over Tesoro refinery project

  01-05-2017 03:44
  
  Skagit County area residents voice concerns over expansion of facilities at the Tesoro refinery in Anacortes, which is planning a major upgrade. An environmental-impact statement suggests little impact.
  
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• New Idaho law on vacation rentals seeks middle ground

  01-05-2017 02:32
  
  Idaho passes a comprehensive law dealing with short-term rentals, allowing them everywhere but letting governments impose regulations, including the collection of state sales and lodging taxes
  
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• Jogger can’t outrun the rain

  01-05-2017 02:22
  
  Clouds and rain are forecast into the middle of the week.
  
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• Amazon won’t magically churn out profits, and that’s OK

  01-05-2017 02:00
  
  Commentary: It’s not Amazon’s fault that Wall Street expects a profit bonanza from the online retailer, but the expectations seem out of hand.
  
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• Court records say couple charged with starving daughter to death debated getting help

  01-05-2017 01:57
  
  Parents charged with starving their child to death debated whether they should take her to the doctor hours before the 5-year-old girl died weighing 24 pounds.
  
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• Portland considers subpoena seeking Uber playbook

  01-05-2017 01:26
  
  City wants to look at the ride-sharing business plan that allowed Uber to dodge city regulators when it was operating without permission
  
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• New charges filed against so-called ‘Spokane spanker’

  01-05-2017 01:16
  
  Man accused of slapping backsides of women along a popular hiking trail is charged with 11 counts of assault with sexual motivation
  
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