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• After hurricane, signs of a mental-health crisis haunt Puerto Rico

  13-11-2017 23:41
  Many Puerto Ricans are reporting intense anxiety and depression for the first time in their lives. Some fear a disaster will strike again. Those who had mental illnesses before the storm, and have been cut off from therapy and medication, have seen their conditions deteriorate.
  
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• Nonprofit restoring 93-year-old Astoria ferry

  13-11-2017 22:07
  ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — An Astoria nonprofit is restoring the historic Tourist No. 2 ferry in hopes it can be used for river excursions. The Astoria Ferry Group plans to move the vessel to a waterfront commercial complex for more public exposure while volunteers prepare it for the Coast Guard certification needed to carry groups […]
  
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• Ex-football player charged with murder in wife’s death

  13-11-2017 21:48
  The suspect, Anthony D. McClanahan, played four years with the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League in the mid-1990s after a collegiate career at Washington State University.
  
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• Half of U.S. adults have high blood pressure, under new guidelines

  13-11-2017 21:40
  ANAHEIM, Calif. — New medical guidelines lower the threshold for high blood pressure, adding 30 million Americans to those who have the condition. That means now nearly half of U.S. adults have it. High pressure has long meant a top reading of at least 140 or a bottom one of 90. That drops to 130 […]
  
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• Half of US adults have high blood pressure in new guidelines

  13-11-2017 21:40
  The upper threshold for high blood pressure has been 140 since 1993, but a major study two years ago found heart risks were much lower in people who aimed for 120. Canada and Australia lowered their cutoff to that; Europe is due to revise its guidance next year.
  
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• Hurricane Harvey’s ‘Biblical’ rainfall over Texas is getting more likely

  13-11-2017 21:07
  A climate scientist said the study confirms what scientists have already thought: "that the most extreme rainfall events will become more likely as the planet warms."
  
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• Harvey’s ‘Biblical’ rainfall is getting more likely

  13-11-2017 21:07
  A climate scientist said the study confirms what scientists have already thought: "that the most extreme rainfall events will become more likely as the planet warms."
  
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• Talk about vintage: Pottery shards show 8,000-year-old wine

  13-11-2017 21:02
  NEW YORK (AP) — Talk about vintage wine: Pieces of broken pottery found in the nation of Georgia provide the earliest known evidence for the origins of today’s winemaking industry. The eight shards, recovered from two sites about 30 miles (50 kilometers) south of Tbilisi, are roughly 8,000 years old. That’s some 600 to 1,000 […]
  
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• Only pay phone near Big Four Ice Caves to be removed

  13-11-2017 20:59
  Falling ice and rock has claimed four lives at the Big Four Ice Cavessince 1998.
  
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• US court hears case involving impersonation of AP journalist

  13-11-2017 20:52
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court heard arguments Monday in a case that developed after an FBI agent pretended to be an Associated Press journalist as part of an investigation into bomb threats at a high school in Washington state. When the ruse became public in 2014, the AP and a press freedom organization […]
  
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• Man stabbed several times in Chinatown International District attack

  13-11-2017 20:39
  The victim is listed in stable condition at Harborview Medical Center, Seattle police said.
  
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• Lawyer calls judge’s move to ban him in Oregon ‘vindictive’

  13-11-2017 20:17
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Utah lawyer who worked on an Oregon refuge case called a judge’s move to ban him from practicing law in federal court in Oregon “vindictive.” Marcus Mumford questioned the authority of Oregon’s chief U.S. District Judge Michael W. Mosman to strip him of his legal authority to practice law in […]
  
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• Watch: Salmon swim across flooded Washington state road

  13-11-2017 19:08
  Almost every year, when rains are heavy, salmon cross the road in the Skokomish Valley on the Olympic Peninsula. This year’s spectacle did not disappoint. Mason County resident Alissa Joy Ewing captured a shoal of salmon churning floodwaters on the shoulder of road Sunday night, and again on Monday morning. Ewing said she watches the […]
  
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• Oregon State professor writes updated ‘Warning to Humanity’

  13-11-2017 18:42
  25 years after the first "World Scientists' Warning to Humanity" implored global leaders to save the planet from environmental disaster, more than 15,000 scientists have signed an updated version of that historic plea, saying "time is running out."
  
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• Police: Man suspected in Milton homicide turns himself in

  13-11-2017 18:29
  Milton police say the death of 25-year-old Wendi Traynor was the result of a domestic dispute.
  
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• Bill Gates gives $50 million to combat Alzheimer’s

  13-11-2017 18:15
  Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said Monday that the donation to the Dementia Discovery Fund is personal and not through his charitable foundation.
  
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• Hanford board says more money needed for cleanup

  13-11-2017 17:59
  RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — The Hanford Advisory Board says more money is needed to clean up the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. The board says Congress needs to give Hanford some $4 billion per year to reach cleanup deadlines. The Tri-City Herald reports Hanford currently receives $2.2 billion to $2.5 billion per year. The board is composed […]
  
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• Salem woman, 19, struck and killed on freeway

  13-11-2017 17:36
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a 19-year-old woman sought by police was struck and killed when she tried to cross Interstate 5 in Salem. Oregon State Police Lt. Mark Duncan says Salem officers were dispatched to a restaurant Sunday on a report that the woman, Sofia Diaz-Piceno, was causing a disturbance. When officers arrived, […]
  
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• Federal court rules in favor of National Park Service over Grand Teton elk hunt

  13-11-2017 16:07
  JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. Court of Appeals decided that the National Park Service does not need to substantively assess the elk hunt every year to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act. The Jackson Hole News and Guide reports the court found last week that a decade-old plan, a 2007 environmental impact […]
  
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• Weather Service warns that windstorm could peak in Seattle during commute home

  13-11-2017 16:05
  A low-pressure system is moving into the region and is expected to slam the coast before reaching the Seattle area, forecasters say.
  
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• Weather Service warns that windstorm could peak about midday in Seattle area

  13-11-2017 16:05
  A low-pressure system is moving into the region and is expected to slam the coast before reaching the Seattle area, forecasters say.
  
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• Sierra Nevada Corp tests Dream Chaser spacecraft

  13-11-2017 15:50
  EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — Sierra Nevada Corp. says its Dream Chaser spacecraft had a successful free-flight drop test in the Mojave Desert during the weekend. The company tweeted photos of the craft gliding to a landing at Edwards Air Force Base on Saturday. In previous tests this year a helicopter carried the […]
  
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• Shuttle-like Dream Chaser spacecraft makes glide test flight

  13-11-2017 15:50
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A test version of the Dream Chaser, a reusable spacecraft that resembles a small space shuttle, made a successful free flight and landing in California after being hoisted by helicopter high over the Mojave Desert, officials of Sierra Nevada Corp. said Monday. The flight Saturday moved the program closer to achieving […]
  
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• Experts meet at UN Geneva to discuss, define ‘killer robots’

  13-11-2017 15:21
  GENEVA (AP) — Government experts, advocacy groups and academics from scores of countries are kicking off a weeklong conference focusing on lethal autonomous weapons systems — colloquially known as “killer robots” — amid rising concerns that human decision-making could be stripped from military action. The Geneva meeting is the first by the group created last […]
  
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• Strangulation is a powerful tool of violence that often leaves no physical mark; officials in Washington state want it noticed, prosecuted

  13-11-2017 15:00
  Because nearly half of all strangulation victims have no visible injuries, the King County medical examiner and a senior deputy prosecutor are training police, medics and emergency-room personnel to recognize and document the symptoms.
  
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• Strangulation is a powerful tool of violence that often leaves no physical mark; officials in King County want it noticed, prosecuted

  13-11-2017 15:00
  Because nearly half of all strangulation victims have no visible injuries, the King County medical examiner and a senior deputy prosecutor are training police, medics and emergency-room personnel to recognize and document the symptoms.
  
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• Shipwreck sunset: Oregon coast’s treasure lets visitors reach back in time

  13-11-2017 15:00
  There’s something about shipwrecks and sunsets.
  
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• Seattle’s next mayor, Jenny Durkan, names full transition team, deputy mayors

  13-11-2017 15:00
  Jenny Durkan, the winner of Seattle's mayoral election, announces the members of her transition committee.
  
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• Salmon-farming operations face protests, occupations in B.C., legislative scrutiny in Washington state

  13-11-2017 15:00
  Atlantic salmon farming in Washington and British Columbia waters faces ongoing scrutiny that is putting the industry in jeopardy.
  
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• Local medical examiner, prosecutor try to raise awareness of strangulation, a powerful tool of violence that often leaves no physical mark

  13-11-2017 15:00
  Because nearly half of all strangulation victims have no visible injuries, the King County medical examiner and a senior deputy prosecutor are training police, medics and emergency-room personnel to recognize and document the symptoms.
  
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• A Seattle-to-Renton ferry? Regional leaders explore watery ways to ease traffic

  13-11-2017 15:00
  Momentum to diversify Puget Sound ferry service is growing. A real-estate company, for instance, is proposing first-of-its-kind service to shuttle people between Renton and Seattle on Lake Washington.
  
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• A close look at black students in South King County reveals rich diversity, and desire for better education

  13-11-2017 14:00
  A new report outlines the diversity of the nearly 19,000 black and African-American students attending school in South Seattle and South King County. And it includes ideas from students and parents about how to improve their schools.
  
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• Climate talks enter 2nd week as report shows emissions rise

  13-11-2017 10:42
  BONN, Germany (AP) — Talks aimed at agreeing the rules countries have to play by in global efforts to curb climate change are going into their second week, with observers hoping that a meeting of ministers Wednesday will provide a political boost. Diplomats, environmentalists and businesses from 195 countries are thrashing out details to implement […]
  
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• Global carbon pollution rises after 3 straight flat years

  13-11-2017 09:57
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Global carbon pollution rose this year after three straight years when levels of the heat-trapping gas didn’t go up at all, scientists reported Monday. Preliminary figures project that worldwide carbon dioxide emissions are up about 2 percent this year, according to an international team of scientists. Most of the increase came from […]
  
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• Vermont holds meeting on phosphorus plan for Memphremagog

  13-11-2017 06:07
  NEWPORT, Vt. (AP) — The Department of Environmental Conservation is holding public meetings to talk about its plans for reducing phosphorus runoff into the Lake Memphremagog Watershed in northern Vermont. One meeting was held last week in Montpelier and another takes place Tuesday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the East Side Restaurant in […]
  
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• Decision due about management of important forage fish

  13-11-2017 06:07
  LINTHICUM, Md. (AP) — Interstate fishing regulators are deciding whether they want to change the way they manage a tiny fish that plays a critical role in the ocean’s food chain. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission is taking up the subject of menhaden on Monday and Tuesday at a meeting in Linthicum, Maryland. The […]
  
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• Tours to view white deer at former NY Army depot to resume

  13-11-2017 06:03
  ROMULUS, N.Y. (AP) — Guided bus tours to view the world’s largest herd of white, white-tailed deer are set to resume in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. Seneca White Deer Tours says the 90-minute tours at the former Seneca Army Depot in Romulus will begin Thursday. It’s the first time in more […]
  
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• Rarely seen ancient shark is a real monster

  13-11-2017 05:20
  That sea-dwelling, serpentine conglomeration of nightmare fuel is the frilled shark, one of the oldest — and in the running for the creepiest — living species on the planet.
  
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• Oregon county asserts greater role in use of federal land

  13-11-2017 02:20
  Oregon’s Crook County, encouraged by Trump administration policies and challenges to federal authority over public lands, has moved to take over thousands of acres.
  
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• Arts and crafts in all shapes and sizes at Best of Northwest show

  13-11-2017 02:06
  The Northwest Art Alliance’s 29th annual Best of the Northwest show concluded a three-day exhibition of over 100 artists selling their works at Magnuson Park on Sunday.
  
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• Bellevue company sued over foreclosures on military homes

  13-11-2017 02:03
  The Department of Justice sues a Bellevue company accused of foreclosing on homes belonging to U.S. military service members
  
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