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• Remains of missing Grays Harbor County girl recovered; case now a homicide investigation

  10-05-2018 22:34
  Lindsey Baum, 10, disappeared at about 9:30 p.m. on June 26, 2009, while walking home from a friend’s house. Despite extensive searches in the hours and days after she vanished, no sign of her was ever found.
  
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• ‘A monster is still out there’: Homicide investigation opened after remains ID’d as Grays Harbor County girl who disappeared in 2009

  10-05-2018 22:34
  Lindsey Baum, 10, disappeared at about 9:30 p.m. on June 26, 2009, while walking home from a friend’s house. Despite extensive searches in the hours and days after she vanished, no sign of her was ever found.
  
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• ‘A monster is still out there’: Authorities open homicide investigation after Grays Harbor County girl went missing in 2009

  10-05-2018 22:34
  Lindsey Baum, 10, disappeared at about 9:30 p.m. on June 26, 2009, while walking home from a friend’s house. Despite extensive searches in the hours and days after she vanished, no sign of her was ever found.
  
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• Human remains found near spot where Washington family’s SUV plunged off cliff

  10-05-2018 22:11
  MENDOCINO, Calif. — A Northern California resident found a pair of jeans and human remains inside a girl’s shoe on a beach near the spot where a woman drove her Woodland, Washington, family off a cliff in March, authorities said Thursday. DNA tests will be conducted on the remains to try to identify who they […]
  
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• Say goodbye to La Nina, maybe hello to a more normal summer

  10-05-2018 21:01
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. scientists say this winter’s brief La Nina has evaporated, meaning an increased likelihood of a more normal summer. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday that the central Pacific has returned to normal after a weak-to-moderate natural cooling that happens every few years during the presence of La Nina, the […]
  
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• Suspect arrested in 1986 death of Tacoma girl, police say

  10-05-2018 20:36
  Police say the unidentified suspect is believed responsible for the death of Jennifer Bastian. Police plan to hold a news conference to discuss the case, although the date and time has not been finalized.
  
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• Trump nominates ex-deputy Washington state AG Brian Moran for U.S. attorney

  10-05-2018 19:37
  President Trump has nominated Seattle lawyer Brian Moran, a former chief deputy in the state Attorney General’s Office, as the next U.S. attorney for Western Washington. Moran works for the business-law firm Orrick, where he has advised Fortune 100 companies, banks and tech firms facing investigations by state attorneys general and other regulatory agencies, according […]
  
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• Pruitt to hear economic arguments in enforcing Clean Air Act

  10-05-2018 18:30
  Federal law and U.S. Supreme Court decisions require the EPA to focus on public health — not costs — in setting limits for smog, soot and other pollutants under the Clean Air Act. But the EPA will now ask its advisory committees to consider how enforcement affects the economy, and will seek input from state and local government, tribes and others.
  
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• Pruitt to change Clean Air Act enforcement, seek out and allow economic arguments

  10-05-2018 18:30
  Federal law and U.S. Supreme Court decisions require the EPA to focus on public health — not costs — in setting limits for smog, soot and other pollutants under the Clean Air Act. But the EPA will now ask its advisory committees to consider how enforcement affects the economy, and will seek input from state and local government, tribes and others.
  
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• Mother’s Day presents gone wrong? Please share your stories with us

  10-05-2018 16:54
  Mothers and children, what are some of the worst Mother's Day gifts you've given or received? Let us know and we might publish some of your responses.
  
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• Mother’s Day presents gone wrong? Do share, please

  10-05-2018 16:54
  Mothers and children, what are some of the worst Mother's Day gifts you've given or received? Let us know and we might publish some of your responses.
  
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• Health officials find 7 probable cases of hepatitis C after outbreak at Puyallup hospital

  10-05-2018 16:48
  Officials say the cases might be linked to a nurse who worked at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup.
  
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• Juuling: If you don’t know what it is, ask your kids

  10-05-2018 16:18
  As teens' use of Juul e-cigarette devices has exploded, parents, principals and police struggle with underage use, worried the novelty of the e-cigarettes that look like USB drives and their fruity nicotine will create a new generation of addicted smokers.
  
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• David Goodall, 104, just took his own life, after making a powerful statement about assisted death

  10-05-2018 15:44
  On his final day, before he went to a Swiss clinic to die, David Goodall spoke about his 104 years of life — and his scheduled death. The Australian scientist, who had traveled to Switzerland to end his life because euthanasia isn’t legal in his homeland, answered questions about his well-publicized plans for an assisted […]
  
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• King County sues big oil companies for downplaying global warming

  10-05-2018 15:00
  King County is pressing for damages against the oil companies for the impacts of climate change. This is part of a broader wave of lawsuits alleging that fossil-fuel producers knew the risks of global warming, but discounted them.
  
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• Family turmoil overshadows homecoming for victim of vicious attack

  10-05-2018 15:00
  A week ago, DaShawn Horne left the hospital after three months recovering from a traumatic brain injury after what police call a racially motivated attack. His homecoming has been marred by a family dispute over the nearly $125,000 raised for his care in a GoFundMe campaign.
  
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• DaShawn Horne was brutally beaten in a hate crime months ago. Now, his homecoming is marred by family turmoil

  10-05-2018 15:00
  DaShawn Horne left the hospital after three months recovering from a traumatic brain injury after what police call a racially motivated attack. His homecoming is marred by a family dispute over $125,000 raised for his care in a GoFundMe campaign.
  
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• Academia’s #MeToo moment: Women accuse professors of sexual misconduct

  10-05-2018 13:38
  Higher education runs on relationships built outside the classroom. Veteran professors hold private meetings during office hours, lead teams in laboratories and mingle at wine-and-cheese receptions. They aim to connect with students and junior faculty, provide academic guidance, develop confidence and trust. Too often, women say, men who hold these positions of privilege and power […]
  
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• Pentagon revised Obama-era report to remove risks from climate change

  10-05-2018 13:30
  WASHINGTON — Internal changes to a draft Defense Department report de-emphasized the threats climate change poses to military bases and installations, muting or removing references to climate-driven changes in the Arctic and potential risks from rising seas, an unpublished draft obtained by The Washington Post reveals. The earlier version of the document, dated December 2016, […]
  
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• Soldier needed an ear transplant; doctors ‘grew’ a new one in her arm

  10-05-2018 13:12
  Two years ago, Army Pvt. Shamika Burrage almost died when she was ejected from her car during a crash in Texas. Afterward, when she woke up in the hospital, she wasn’t whole. Her entire left ear was gone. But the now-21-year-old is on the path to recovery. And due to a procedure hailed as the […]
  
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• UN to hold additional climate meeting ahead of Poland summit

  10-05-2018 10:54
  BERLIN (AP) — The United Nations says an additional round of global climate talks is being scheduled for September ahead of the annual ministerial summit at the end of the year. Diplomats currently meeting in Bonn, Germany, have been struggling to draft a text they can put before ministers at the summit in Poland in […]
  
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• Talks on climate rules inch on, despite lack of leadership

  10-05-2018 10:54
  BERLIN (AP) — Diplomats from some 190 countries have wrapped up two weeks of talks on drafting a rulebook for combating climate change, with observers Thursday noting some progress but also a lack of the kind of leadership that helped bring about the 2015 Paris accord. The pact’s signatories have set themselves a December deadline […]
  
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• Scientists: Explosive eruption risk rises for Hawaii volcano

  10-05-2018 08:05
  Scientists say the risks of an explosive summit eruption will rise in coming weeks as magma drains down the flank of the Hawaiian volcano toward the area where it began erupting lava in a residential neighborhood. A summit explosion could also release ash, steam and sulfur dioxide emissions.
  
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• Scientists: Explosive eruption possible at Hawaii volcano

  10-05-2018 08:05
  PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano could soon send boulders and ash shooting out of its summit crater in the kind of explosive eruption last displayed nearly a century ago. Scientists said Wednesday the risks of an explosive summit eruption will rise in coming weeks as magma drains down the flank of the volcano […]
  
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• Hawaii volcano park to close amid explosion concerns

  10-05-2018 08:05
  PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano could soon send boulders and ash shooting out of its summit crater in the kind of explosive eruption last displayed nearly a century ago. Scientists said Wednesday the risks of an explosive summit eruption will rise in coming weeks as magma drains down the flank of the volcano […]
  
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• Hawaii volcano could spew boulders the size of refrigerators

  10-05-2018 08:05
  Scientists say the risks of an explosive summit eruption will rise in coming weeks as magma drains down the flank of the Hawaiian volcano toward the area where it began erupting lava in a residential neighborhood. A summit explosion could also release ash, steam and sulfur dioxide emissions.
  
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• APNewsBreak: Pennsylvania funds clean air with VW settlement

  10-05-2018 07:00
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s governor said Thursday the state will use a $118 million settlement with Volkswagen over the company’s cheating on emissions tests to cut air pollution in the state. Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf told The Associated Press that he is setting up Driving PA Forward , a program to distribute grants and […]
  
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• Crew clearing garbage finds human remains near Snohomish County’s Highway 522

  10-05-2018 04:56
  The circumstances that led to the person's death remain unknown.
  
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• ‘It was straight up trauma’: Parent recalls chaotic scene at West Seattle Stadium after man fatally shot nearby

  10-05-2018 03:05
  Seattle police believe the man who was shot and killed outside the West Seattle Stadium Tuesday evening, during a children’s track meet, was possibly targeted by the gunman. Homicide and gang-unit detectives continue to investigate the shooting in the parking lot, gathering information on the suspect and how he or she escaped the area while dozens […]
  
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• Anne V. Coates, admired editor of acclaimed movies, dies at 92

  10-05-2018 02:58
  Anne V. Coates is responsible for one of the most celebrated editing moments in world cinema, critics agree.
  
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• Lawyers for Golden State Killer suspect fight to keep documents sealed

  10-05-2018 02:52
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Defense attorneys for the man suspected of being the Golden State Killer argued that prosecutors’ search and arrest warrants should not be released publicly. The Associated Press and other news outlets have filed a motion to unseal the information related to the April arrest of Joseph DeAngelo, a 72-year-old former police officer. […]
  
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• Mayor Durkan not satisfied with Seattle head-tax plan, still at work on deal

  10-05-2018 02:37
  Mayor Jenny Durkan remains open to some sort of tax but says the measure should include an end date and wants to get big-business leaders on board.
  
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• California, Florida stem cell clinics target of US lawsuit

  10-05-2018 01:58
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal prosecutors in California and Florida sued on Wednesday to stop two companies from providing stem cell treatments, alleging the clinics marketed their procedures as remedies for ailments including cancer and heart disease without proof of safety and efficacy. The firms put consumers at risk by promising benefits from treatments and […]
  
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• Amazon paid $250 million in Washington state and local taxes in 2017, source says

  10-05-2018 01:55
  The rare disclosure of tax data comes as the company fights back against a Seattle City Council proposal that would tax big companies based on their number of employees.
  
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• King County needs to spend $400 million a year to solve homeless crisis, new report says

  10-05-2018 01:32
  An independent report on King County’s homelessness crisis by the consulting firm McKinsey & Company finds that squeezing efficiencies out of the current system isn’t enough to solve it; 14,000 units of affordable housing are needed, at least.
  
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• Thirdhand smoke is widespread and may be dangerous, mounting evidence shows

  10-05-2018 01:31
  Research has shown such potentially hazardous residue can be absorbed through the skin, ingested and inhaled months, even years, after the smoke has dissipated.
  
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• Neighborhood upzones for affordable housing: Q&A on proposal with Seattle mayor’s adviser

  10-05-2018 00:58
  The Seattle Times sat down with Sara Maxana to ask some basic questions about legislation that would upzone 27 urban villages and some other areas while imposing new requirements on developers to help create affordable housing.
  
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• Tim Eyman loans $100,000 to initiative effort that would reinstate $30 car tabs

  10-05-2018 00:43
  Tim Eyman has loaned $100,000 of his own money to his latest initiative to cut car-tab taxes, and pledged $400,000 more. Eyman hopes to be repaid through supporters’ donations, a strategy he has used before.
  
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• Join the discussion on Seattle’s head-tax debate with Times reporters on Facebook Live

  10-05-2018 00:14
  We want you to join the conversation on Seattle's head-tax debate. Join our panel of reporters for a discussion on Facebook Live Thursday at 2 p.m.
  
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• Woman dies from head injury in First Avenue crosswalk crash

  10-05-2018 00:11
  Tracie Lyon, a 56-year-old New Hampshire resident visiting Seattle, was the pedestrian who died from a head injury after a pickup truck  struck her May 1 near Pike Place Market. Lyon’s identity and cause of death were confirmed Tuesday night by the King County Medical Examiner’s office. She was walking east on Pine Street across […]
  
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