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• 1 death from Hawaii storm Lane reported on Kauai

  29-08-2018 23:53
  LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — Officials are reporting the first death associated with a powerful storm that initially threatened Hawaii as a hurricane and later weakened to a tropical depression. Kauai County officials said Wednesday firefighters pulled the body of a 30-year-old man from a Koloa stream. Police identified him as local resident Joshua Bradbury. He […]
  
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• Tentative accord may avert strike at Kent schools; Seattle negotiators meet

  29-08-2018 22:59
  The teachers' union is holding a general membership meeting Wednesday to present the details of the contract to educators and vote on the deal.
  
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• Kent schools restart on time after teachers approve deal; Seattle negotiators meet

  29-08-2018 22:59
  The agreement, which only dealt with salaries, came two weeks after Kent teachers voted to authorize a strike.
  
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• Traffic alert: Hole in I-5 Ship Canal Bridge deck causes a five-mile traffic jam

  29-08-2018 22:43
  Repairs and patching have been underway all year on parts of the landmark two-level bridge, which was built in 1965. More than a quarter-million vehicles pass there per day.
  
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• Ship Canal Bridge hole patched, but I-5 traffic still clogged from Northgate to Sodo

  29-08-2018 22:43
  Repairs and patching have been underway all year on parts of the landmark two-level bridge, which was built in 1965. More than a quarter-million vehicles pass there per day.
  
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• I-5 traffic snarled by hole in Ship Canal Bridge, then a truck crash near I-90

  29-08-2018 22:43
  Repairs and patching have been underway all year on parts of the landmark two-level bridge, which was built in 1965. More than a quarter-million vehicles pass there per day.
  
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• Seattle middle-school student killed, 3 others hurt, in crash near Cle Elum

  29-08-2018 22:28
  The SUV was driven by the victim's father, who apparently was under the influence of a prescription medication.
  
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• South Lake Union house from 1909 has been flattened, and few remain

  29-08-2018 22:13
  The wrecking ball has finally come down on one of the oldest houses still standing in South Lake Union’s Cascade neighborhood.
  
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• Mystery mine: U.S. Navy says origin of device exploded in Puget Sound still unknown

  29-08-2018 20:50
  The mine appeared to be from the World War II era but was not the type used by the American Navy during that period, according to the curator for the U.S. Naval Undersea Museum in Keyport.
  
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• Pluto explorer spots next destination billion miles beyond

  29-08-2018 20:33
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft that explored Pluto has spotted its next target on the outskirts of our solar system. NASA this week revealed pictures taken by New Horizons earlier this month of a tiny icy world known as Ultima Thule (THOO-lee). New Horizons is aiming for a flyby on New Year’s […]
  
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• Dufur track coach sentenced to prison for sex abuse

  29-08-2018 20:24
  DUFUR, Ore. (AP) — A man who worked as a track coach, custodian and bus driver at a Wasco County school has been sentenced to prison on charges he sexually abused two female students. The Dalles Chronicle reports that 27-year-old Ty Lee Wyman had worked at the Dufur School for about a year and was […]
  
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• Second collapse of a Hanford radioactive tunnel is expected. And it could be more severe.

  29-08-2018 20:03
  The 1,700-foot-long tunnel, built in 1964, holds dozens of rail cars loaded with failed or obsolete equipment that is highly contaminated with radioactive waste.
  
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• Heat index in US Northeast tops 100; girl dies in hot car

  29-08-2018 19:23
  NEW YORK (AP) — The dangerously high heat in the Northeastern United States has prompted emergency measures including extra breaks for players wilting at the U.S. Open tennis tournament. In several states, children are being released from school early on Wednesday, and the elderly without air conditioning are urged to go to cooling centers. The […]
  
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• Missing male hiker from Lynnwood found dead in Cascades

  29-08-2018 18:11
  The man's death appears to be accidental, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office.
  
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• Officials say rancher shot, injured wolf in Northeast Washington

  29-08-2018 16:57
  OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington state wildlife officials say a rancher in northeast Washington shot and injured a wolf last week. The Department of Fish and Wildlife said Tuesday that biologists found the collared wolf on Monday injured but mobile. The shooting happened in the range of the Togo wolf pack. The agency earlier said the […]
  
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• In some countries, the odds of getting shot are 1 in a million. In the U.S., it’s 1,000 times higher.

  29-08-2018 16:37
  Wars, mass shootings and terrorist attacks may loom large in our consciousness. But new research makes clear that guns’ worldwide death toll actually is driven by personal despair, interpersonal conflict and carelessness.
  
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• Possible tornadoes leave trail of damage in Wisconsin

  29-08-2018 16:19
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — An 11-year-old boy nearly lost his life in a waterlogged drainage ditch in eastern Wisconsin but was pulled to safety by an eagle-eyed firefighter who spotted his finger poking through a manhole cover, officials said, following another round of storms that pounded Wisconsin and southeastern Minnesota. The damaging storms Tuesday brought heavy […]
  
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• Boy swept in sewer sticks finger out of manhole and is saved

  29-08-2018 16:19
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An 11-year-old boy sucked into a flooded Wisconsin storm sewer was saved when an eagle-eyed firefighter saw the boy’s fingers pop through an opening in a manhole cover. The astonishing rescue Tuesday evening came as storms pounded the southern half of the state and southeastern Minnesota. The Calumet County Sheriff’s Office […]
  
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• Seattle home prices have surpassed Los Angeles, New York and San Diego in the last four years

  29-08-2018 15:00
  Despite the recent cooldown in the market, Seattle is now the third-most expensive city in the country to buy a home, behind San Francisco and San Jose. Just four years ago, Seattle was 10th.
  
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• Hey, GOP, there’s already more evidence to impeach than the last time you did it

  29-08-2018 15:00
  I covered every sorry step of the last time we went down this road of sex, lies and presidential cover-up. The same party that obsessively pursued the rule of law in the impeachment of Bill Clinton won’t say a word about it now.
  
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• National Pro-Choice Group Donates $500K to Gov. Kate Brown

  29-08-2018 13:55
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Gov. Kate Brown’s re-election campaign has received a $500,000 contribution from a national political group. Brown’s most recent campaign filing disclosures shows the contribution from EMILY’s List as her largest contribution to date. The political action committee backs female Democratic candidates who support abortion rights. The EMILY’s List website shows Brown […]
  
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• Pot industry wants to see ‘stoner’ stereotype go up in smoke

  29-08-2018 07:00
  With a multibillion-dollar industry beginning to flower — marijuana is now legal in some form in 30 states — cannabis advocates are pushing to dispel the idea that people who toke up still live in their parents' basements, eating Cheetos and playing video games.
  
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• Legal marijuana industry tries to shake ‘stoner’ stereotypes

  29-08-2018 07:00
  With a multibillion-dollar industry beginning to flower — marijuana is now legal in some form in 30 states — cannabis advocates are pushing to dispel the idea that people who toke up still live in their parents' basements, eating Cheetos and playing video games.
  
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• Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. and his dream

  29-08-2018 05:46
  Faith and community leaders and others marched a symbolic three blocks on Tuesday in Seattle’s Central District in an event called “We Still Have a Dream,” after the famous keynote speech from the 1963 march, given by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. After the march, they rallied outside Mount Zion Baptist Church, where […]
  
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• Magnitude 4.4 earthquake shakes Southern California

  29-08-2018 05:00
  LA VERNE, Calif. (AP) — An earthquake has rattled Southern California, but there are no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck about 7:33 p.m. Tuesday. It was centered about three miles north of the city of La Verne in the San Gabriel Valley, about 25 […]
  
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• Seattle teachers and staff vote to authorize a strike — unless a deal is reached by Sept. 5

  29-08-2018 04:56
  This year's hectic negotiation season comes at the hands of a major shift in the state's model of paying for public education.
  
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• Two Skagit County teachers unions reject contracts, vote to strike

  29-08-2018 04:25
  Two Skagit County districts, La Conner and Mount Vernon, have voted to strike. La Conner teachers take to the pickets on Wednesday.
  
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• Florida reels as red tide rolls on, killing wildlife, tourism, businesses

  29-08-2018 03:18
  As the outbreak nears the year mark, with no sign of easing, it’s no longer a threat to just marine life. Tourism has taken a sharp drop, and business owners report nearly $90 million in losses and have laid off 300 workers.
  
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• Mount Vernon man charged with slaying girlfriend

  29-08-2018 03:07
  Mount Vernon man charged with homicide for slaying and beheading girlfriend, taking child
  
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• Unexploded ‘device’ floating near Brownsville Marina – described as a mine – detonated by Navy

  29-08-2018 01:06
  A 1,500-yard safety zone had been established after the ordnance had been seen drifting 400 yards east of the Brownsville Marina.
  
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• Unexploded ‘device’ floating in Puget Sound off Bainbridge Island

  29-08-2018 01:06
  A 1,500-yard safety zone had been established after the ordnance had been seen drifting 400 yards east of the Brownsville Marina.
  
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• In breakthrough, Seattle’s police union and city reach tentative agreement on a new contract

  29-08-2018 00:17
  If ratified, the contract would provide a major boost to Mayor Jenny Durkan and newly confirmed Police Chief Carmen Best as they seek to steer the Police Department through what they hope will be the final stage of federally mandated reforms to address excessive use of force and biased policing.
  
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