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• 1 wounded in police shooting in Renton

  31-05-2017 23:52
  
  The shooting Wednesday afternoon was reported at 128th Avenue Southeast and Southeast 163rd Street.
  
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• A guide to global warming, Paris pact and the US role

  31-05-2017 22:50
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — If President Donald Trump pulls the United States out of the international agreement to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, what could that mean for the rapidly heating Earth? Here’s a guide to what’s in the Paris agreement, what’s going on with global warming, and what might happen if the rest of the world […]
  
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• U.S. education budget would move nation in wrong direction

  31-05-2017 22:02
  
  The proposed federal education budget for the next fiscal year shows where the administration wants tax dollars for education to go in the future — toward private schools.
  
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• Leaked birth-control rule would broaden employers’ religious exemptions

  31-05-2017 21:31
  
  Women's groups are threatening to take the Trump administration to court after a leaked, draft regulation revealed a plan to let employers opt out of providing birth control at no extra cost to women, for the employer's religious and moral reasons.
  
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• Man charged with making bomb threat to Whatcom County casino

  31-05-2017 21:12
  
  The 45-year-old man is accused of calling the Silver Reef Casino and leaving a voicemail asking if employees wanted him to blow up the building.
  
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• Diet drinks excluded as Seattle soda-tax moves toward final City Council vote

  31-05-2017 21:10
  
  Under a new version of the city’s proposal, diet drinks would not be taxed, in addition to other changes. A final vote by the full council likely will be scheduled for Monday.
  
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• SpaceX taking recycling all the way to orbit with cargo ship

  31-05-2017 20:36
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX is taking recycling to a whole new realm — all the way to orbit. On this week’s supply run to the International Space Station, SpaceX will launch a Dragon capsule that’s already traveled there. The milestone comes just two months after the launch of its first reused rocket booster […]
  
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• King County’s homeless count rises above 11,600 people

  31-05-2017 20:32
  
  This year’s count of people experiencing homelessness found about 900 more unsheltered people than in 2016.
  
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• Thief steals good Samaritans wallets as they helped search for man in Puyallup River

  31-05-2017 20:27
  
  The thief hit while two people went into the Puyallup River to try to help a 46-year-old man who had fallen into the water while fishing.
  
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• 7 tons of African pangolin scales seized in Hong Kong

  31-05-2017 19:51
  
  A conservation group says the seizure of seven tons of pangolin scales in Hong Kong this week indicates that the heavily poached creature "could soon vanish for good" if urgent steps are not taken to protect it.
  
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• Suspect in hit-and-run that killed Quinault tribal member to appear in court

  31-05-2017 19:44
  
  Grays Harbor County Prosecutor Katie Svoboda said she expects to file felony homicide charges against the suspect on Wednesday, but added that hate-crime elements in any charges are unlikely.
  
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• Suspect in hit-and-run that killed Quinault tribal member charged with manslaughter, vehicular assault

  31-05-2017 19:44
  
  James D. Walker, 31, was ordered held on $750,000 bail in connection with the deadly crash.
  
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• 2 arrested in connection with suspicious death of Everett-area woman

  31-05-2017 18:32
  
  Detectives said they made the arrests after learning that the victim had caught a man attempting to burglarize the home, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office.
  
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• Did your child rack up charges on Amazon gaming apps? Refunds on the way

  31-05-2017 17:38
  
  Amazon has started offering refunds to consumers for unauthorized in-app purchases made before May 2016.
  
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• NASA spacecraft will aim straight for sun next year

  31-05-2017 17:04
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft will aim straight for the sun next year. The space agency announced the red-hot mission Wednesday at the University of Chicago. Scheduled to launch in summer 2018, the Solar Probe Plus will fly within 4 million miles of the sun’s surface — right into the solar atmosphere. […]
  
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• European Commission leader blasts Trump on climate plans

  31-05-2017 16:32
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission president on Wednesday said that it was the “duty of Europe” to stand up to the U.S. if President Donald Trump decides to pull his country out of the Paris climate change accord. Jean-Claude Juncker said that “the Americans can’t just get out of the agreement,” adding that “it […]
  
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• EU official: EU, China to reaffirm support for climate pact

  31-05-2017 16:32
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and China will reaffirm their commitment to the Paris climate change accord this week regardless of whether U.S. President Donald Trump pulls out of the pact, a senior EU official said Wednesday. The official told reporters that the EU and China will also “spell out” how they plan to […]
  
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• Thunderstorm snaps Seattle’s 13-day dry spell, but sun will return soon

  31-05-2017 16:08
  
  But don’t worry, another warm and dry weekend awaits in the forecast, with 80-degree temps coming next week, the weather service says.
  
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• Oregon ACLU puts principle over politics — and gets booed

  31-05-2017 15:30
  
  How much do liberals love the First Amendment? Enough to join in the fight for an ‘alt-right,’ pro-Trump rally? The Oregon chapter of the ACLU in Portland suddenly finds itself testing how much its supporters really believe in free speech.
  
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• Iran cancels project for sending human into space

  31-05-2017 15:25
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s semi-official ILNA news agency is reporting that the country’s space organization is cancelling a project to explore sending humans into space. Iran sent a monkey into space in January 2013 and it had announced a goal of sending a person by 2018. But Wednesday’s report quotes Mohammad Homayoun Sadr, deputy […]
  
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• Trump resisting pressure from Europe, pope on climate deal

  31-05-2017 15:03
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is expected to withdraw the United States from a landmark global climate agreement, a White House official said Wednesday, though Trump and aides were looking for “caveats in the language” related to the exit and had not made a final decision. Leaving the deal would fulfill a central campaign […]
  
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• Where the homeless died: Opiates, illness, homicides fuel rise in deaths on King County streets

  31-05-2017 15:00
  
  With 48 deaths recorded at the end of April, King County is more than halfway toward the total number of homeless deaths in all of 2016. Officials say illness and opiates are partially to blame for the increasing number.
  
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• Student voices: Don’t take a diversity course for my sake, do it for your own

  31-05-2017 13:00
  
  Diversity courses are not for punishing white students or providing them with a list of do’s and don’ts. They can provide all students with a language for describing their experiences and finding community.
  
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• Suspect in fatal attack aboard Portland light-rail train appears in court

  31-05-2017 04:08
  
  Jeremy Christian made his first appearance on murder, assault and other charges in connection with the knife attack last week on a Portland light-rail train.
  
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• ‘I call it patriotism!’: Suspect in fatal attack aboard Portland light-rail train appears in court

  31-05-2017 04:08
  
  Jeremy Christian made his first appearance on murder, assault and other charges in connection with the knife attack on a Portland light-rail train.
  
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• Rep. Jessyn Farrell to resign from Legislature to focus on Seattle mayor’s race

  31-05-2017 03:03
  
  State Rep. Jessyn Farrell, a Seattle Democrat, will leave her seat in the Legislature to focus on her run for mayor. Another candidate, former U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan, was endorsed by the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce’s political organization.
  
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• Former Washington Gov. Mike Lowry remembered as proud liberal, quietly generous

  31-05-2017 02:39
  
  Hundreds, including Gov. Jay Inslee and a host of other current and former elected officials, gathered for the memorial at the Renton church where Lowry was a congregant and where he volunteered for tasks from raking leaves to washing laundry for homeless men.
  
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• Man arrested in Grays Harbor County fatal hit-and-run; deputies say they don’t see race as factor

  31-05-2017 01:40
  
  The Quinault Indian Nation is standing by its contention that the driver of a pickup was screaming racial slurs and war whoops when he ran over the two tribal members Saturday, killing one.
  
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• Man arrested in Grays Harbor County fatal hit-and-run, after deputies said they didn’t see race as a factor

  31-05-2017 01:40
  
  The Quinault Indian Nation is standing by its contention that the driver of a pickup was screaming racial slurs and war whoops when he ran over the two tribal members Saturday, killing one.
  
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• Ferries make ReachNow cars think they’re being stolen

  31-05-2017 01:00
  
  Three ReachNow rental cars malfunctioned on Washington State Ferries over Memorial Day weekend, with a security function locking the cars and leaving them unable to drive off the ferries after they docked. Two of the cars had to be towed, causing ferry delays.
  
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• Back to the sea: Volunteers help turtle find its way home

  31-05-2017 00:43
  
  HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Volunteers have helped a disoriented 400-pound (180-kilogram) sea turtle make its way back to the ocean off the South Carolina coast. Hilton Head Island Sea Turtle Protection Project volunteers on Tuesday followed a set of tracks from the surf nearly a mile (1.5 kilometers) behind the sand dunes to […]
  
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• U.N. chief urges action on climate change as Trump debates

  31-05-2017 00:17
  
  NEW YORK  — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made an impassioned appeal Tuesday for the world to intensify action to combat climate change and implement the Paris Agreement to limit carbon emissions as President Donald Trump debates whether the U.S. will withdraw from the accord. Gutteres never mentioned the American leader by name in his speech […]
  
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• Sound Transit can afford car-tab tax cut

  31-05-2017 00:15
  
  Sound Transit would still get an increase under my bill, but not at the cost of forcing taxpayers to get rid of their cars or cut back on their grocery budgets.
  
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• Sound Transit: Pause and address I-90 concerns

  31-05-2017 00:12
  
  Cities in the path of Sound Transit should take note of how the agency and the state are treating Mercer Island in negotiations over Interstate 90. After years of dithering, a mobility analysis was presented right before construction starts, leaving the city no time to respond.
  
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