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• Man who sued Ed Murray, alleging sex abuse, died from accidental overdose

  23-04-2018 22:21
  Delvonn Heckard had been in recovery for addiction to cocaine and other illicit drugs when he sued Ed Murray, alleging the Seattle mayor had repeatedly paid him for sex in the late 1980s when he was a teenager.
  
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• New NASA boss gets ‘hearty congratulations’ from space

  23-04-2018 22:03
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s new boss is already getting cheers from space. Immediately after being sworn into office Monday by Vice President Mike Pence, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine took a call from the three U.S. astronauts at the International Space Station, who offered “hearty congratulations.” The Oklahoma congressman became the 13th administrator of […]
  
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• Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee to Bill Maher: ‘We’ve got the best weed’

  23-04-2018 21:10
  Governor Jay Inslee called Washington state's pot the best in the country in an interview with Bill Maher on his HBO show Friday night.
  
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• Source of E. coli-contaminated romaine lettuce still a mystery, FDA says

  23-04-2018 20:00
  U.S. officials said Monday they still haven't pinpointed the source of a nationwide outbreak of dangerous E. coli infections from romaine lettuce.
  
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• At least 3 tornadoes confirmed from Alabama, Florida storms

  23-04-2018 19:52
  FOLEY, Ala. (AP) — The National Weather Service confirms at least three tornadoes in Alabama from Sunday storms, and is surveying other parts of southern Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. A storm with estimated winds of 80 mph (130 kph) overturned five recreational vehicles at the Anchors Aweigh RV Resort near Foley after 3 p.m. […]
  
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• Body of Monroe woman recovered from Snohomish County waterway

  23-04-2018 19:20
  The victim was previously identified as Jazmine Weitlauf, 22, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office.
  
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• Veteran who survived blast receives unusual penis transplant

  23-04-2018 19:03
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A veteran who lost his genitals from a blast in Afghanistan has received the world’s most extensive penis transplant, and doctors said Monday he is recovering well and expected to leave the hospital this week. Saying they wanted to address “an unspoken injury of war,” Johns Hopkins University surgeons rebuilt the man’s […]
  
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• U.S. veteran who survived blast receives penis transplant

  23-04-2018 19:03
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Baltimore hospital says a wounded U.S. veteran has received the world’s most extensive penis transplant. Doctors at Johns Hopkins University say the transplant included the scrotum and part of the abdominal wall. They say the patient had the highly experimental transplant last month in a 14-hour operation. They say he is […]
  
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• One of the most worrisome predictions about climate change may be coming true

  23-04-2018 18:56
  Part of a former NASA climate scientist's dire scenario — of water from melting glaciers upending the circulation of the oceans — appears to be confirmed by a new oceanographic study.
  
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• Mother, child hit by car in Renton school zone; child critically hurt

  23-04-2018 17:52
  The child was listed in critical condition and the mother is in serious condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
  
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• Child critically hurt, adult serious after being struck near Renton school

  23-04-2018 17:52
  The child was listed in critical condition and the adult in serious condition at Harborview Medical Center.
  
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• Sunday morning fire destroys Spokane landmark eatery

  23-04-2018 17:21
  SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Fire has destroyed a landmark restaurant in Spokane. The fire early Sunday morning destroyed Shogun, a sushi and hibachi restaurant east of downtown. Firefighters attempted to enter the building and attack the fire from inside, but were unable to because of heavy smoke and flames. Multiple engines poured fire on the […]
  
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• New Mexico nuke repository defends plant safety plans

  23-04-2018 16:48
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A U.S. Department of Energy official says new procedures in place would have detected a drum filled with radioactive materials that ruptured earlier this month at Idaho’s Radioactive Waste Management Complex The Albuquerque Journal reports Todd Shrader, manager of Waste Isolation Pilot Plant’s Department of Energy field office in Carlsbad, said […]
  
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• Google touts $1.8 billion investment in Oregon data center

  23-04-2018 16:37
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Google has issued a report highlighting the economic contributions of its six U.S. data centers, including its original facility in The Dalles. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the Silicon Valley company said Monday it has invested $10.5 billion building data centers across the country since 2006, when it opened its Oregon location along […]
  
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• Fire destroys house in Everett

  23-04-2018 16:16
  EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A house caught fire in Everett, destroying the inside of the home that had recently been vacated. KOMO reports the fire was reported by neighbors around 2:30 a.m. Monday. Nobody was hurt, although firefighters arrived to find flames shooting from multiple sides of the building. Investigators are looking into the cause. […]
  
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• Meteorologists: High temps in Seattle area will near — or break — all-time records this week

  23-04-2018 16:12
  The Seattle area's forecast calls for a whopping 81 degrees on Thursday. Only 10 times since 1945 has the area had a streak of three or more days of 70 degrees-plus in April.
  
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• ‘It’s pretty rare for us’: Get ready for an odds-defying stretch of 70-degree-plus days in the Seattle area

  23-04-2018 16:12
  Only 10 times since 1945 has the Seattle area had a streak of three or more days of 70 degrees-plus in April.
  
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• This tiny house village allows drugs. Should it have been put in a high drug-traffic area?

  23-04-2018 15:00
  Seattle is experimenting with a tiny house village that allows drug use, but some in the nearby neighborhood don’t like being experimented on.
  
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• New children’s book dives deep into the Salish Sea

  23-04-2018 15:00
  There’s a new book for children about the ecology of the Salish Sea — and a campaign to put it in the hands of every Washington fifth- and sixth-grader.
  
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• Inspection finds ailing goats and sheep at Redmond research lab

  23-04-2018 15:00
  Pi Bioscientific in Redmond was also cited for problems in 2016. Activists seek photos taken by inspectors, but the U.S. Department of Agriculture cites invasion of privacy and possible embarrassment as reasons for keeping any pictures secret.
  
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• In King County’s fragmented homelessness system, calls for a change

  23-04-2018 15:00
  All Home, King County’s coordinating agency for homelessness, begins a two-day discussion about “gaps in accountability” for the crisis.
  
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• As Seattle struggles with bike lanes, Vancouver, B.C., has won the battle

  23-04-2018 15:00
  Seattle’s leaders are working to build a network of connected bike lanes, but every inch of pavement is contested and tensions run high. In Vancouver, which already has such a network, cycling numbers are up. Driving numbers are down. And the opposition has largely melted away.
  
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• Police: Synthetic marijuana brownies at high school sicken 4

  23-04-2018 13:12
  SPRINGDALE, Md. (AP) — Maryland police say four high school students have reported feeling sick after they ate brownies that may have contained synthetic marijuana. News outlets report one of the students at the Charles H. Flowers High School was hospitalized and three others were assessed. Prince George’s County Police Cpl. Lamar Robinson says police […]
  
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• Authorities: Spiked marijuana brownies sicken high schoolers

  23-04-2018 13:12
  SPRINGDALE, Md. (AP) — Maryland police say six students at two high schools have reported feeling sick after eating spiked brownies last week. News outlets report one of the students at the Charles H. Flowers High School was hospitalized and three others were assessed after eating brownies that may have contained synthetic marijuana. Prince George’s […]
  
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• Bloomberg gives $4.5M to UN climate body, softening US cuts

  23-04-2018 11:15
  BERLIN (AP) — Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is donating $4.5 million to the United Nations body that oversees climate change negotiations. Bloomberg, who has long championed the fight against global warming, will make up the shortfall in the agency’s budget caused by U.S. funding cuts. Congress cut funding for the Bonn, Germany-based […]
  
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• Michigan water activist, 6 others win environmental prize

  23-04-2018 06:18
  FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A woman who played a key role in exposing the lead-tainted water disaster in Flint, Michigan, is among seven people from around the world to be awarded a Goldman Environmental Prize for grassroots environmental activism. LeeAnne Walters was repeatedly rebuffed by Gov. Rick Snyder’s administration, even as she confronted regulators with […]
  
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• Etched deep into Seattle’s soul, Kusak Cut Glass Works nears end

  23-04-2018 05:00
  The market has changed, Chuck Kusak says, and hand engraving is a dying breed. Since the building has been sold, Kusak Cut Class Works will have to close.
  
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• Pooch rescued from Oregon shelter now works as Washington K-9 dog

  23-04-2018 04:26
  A shelter rescue dog named Sawyer is now the bane of drug criminals in the Tri-Cities area after joining the Benton County Sheriff’s Office as a drug-detection K-9 officer.
  
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• Eugene, Oregon, may adopt buffer zone between marijuana shops

  23-04-2018 04:05
  The proliferation of pot shops in downtown Eugene, Oregon, has the city council pondering a buffer zone between marijuana merchants.
  
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• Washington state fired boss who tried to stop McNeil Island workers from boozing, slacking off, lawsuit says

  23-04-2018 04:02
  Jon Hardy says he was hired to address problems among maintenance employees on McNeil Island, but when he started to fix things, he was fired, a new lawsuit claims.
  
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• Alaska murder trial to start for ex-Arizona legislator

  23-04-2018 03:59
  The trial for a former Arizona lawmaker accused of shooting a man to death on a hunting trip is set to open in Juneau.
  
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• Ballard shooting victim reportedly brother of ex-Husky star Budda Baker

  23-04-2018 03:55
  Detectives are looking for witnesses and a suspect in an early-morning shooting in Ballard that reports say left the 29-year-old brother of NFL player Budda Baker dead.
  
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• Gifted outdoors writer Ruth Kirk dies at 92

  23-04-2018 03:42
  Author and naturalist Ruth Kirk, who died Thursday at age 92, wrote numerous authoritative guides to the West’s natural wonders.
  
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