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• Pentagon: Slow-moving hurricane to make rescues challenging

  13-09-2018 23:38
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The expected high winds and slow movement of Hurricane Florence as it comes ashore will make rescue efforts challenging in the flooded areas, top Pentagon leaders said Thursday as the massive storm edged into the Carolinas. Air Force Gen. Terrence J. O’Shaughnessy, head of U.S. Northern Command, said that while search and […]
  
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• ‘We’re on a long journey’: Washington’s 2018 state test scores still show large gaps between student groups

  13-09-2018 23:20
  Students in Washington showed slight improvement on English exams but still performed poorly in math.
  
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• Washington’s 2018 state test scores still show large gaps between student groups

  13-09-2018 23:20
  Students in Washington showed slight improvement on English exams but still performed poorly in math.
  
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• AP Explains: How storm surges build up, destroy and kill

  13-09-2018 23:14
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Behold the awesome power of water. Already the ocean is swallowing beaches, roads and anything else in the way of Hurricane Florence’s monstrous storm surge. Storm surges aren’t walls of water, like a tsunami, as commonly thought. Caused by a hurricane’s winds pushing relentlessly on the shore, they are more like domes […]
  
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• WSU researchers say BPA alternatives used in plastics may pose health risks

  13-09-2018 21:27
  Alternatives to the chemical bisphenol A, often used in plastic products, were found to cause genetic abnormalities in mice — and may also threaten human reproductive health.
  
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• Thousands of Pacific walruses again herd up on Alaska coast

  13-09-2018 21:12
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is monitoring Pacific walruses resting on Alaska’s northwest coast. Fish and Wildlife Service spokeswoman Andrea Medeiros says people in Point Lay reported hearing walruses Aug. 22. An aerial survey Aug. 30 estimated 25,000 walruses on a barrier island near the village. Walruses over the last […]
  
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• Ailing orca J50 is likely dead, says lead researcher, as NOAA ramps up search

  13-09-2018 20:34
  NOAA has prepared plans to capture J50 if she can be taken from her pod safely or is otherwise stranded or alone. But no one has seen her in days.
  
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• Millions on the East Coast prepare as monster storm approaches

  13-09-2018 20:22
  Residents in states from Virginia to Georgia — especially those who live in flood-prone areas or on the coast — must decide whether to stay or go. Here are some snapshots of a region awaiting the hurricane.
  
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• Seattle man charged with first-degree murder for alleged robbery, knife attack on a homeless man

  13-09-2018 20:03
  A Seattle man potentially facing his third strike as a persistent offender is accused of stabbing 56-year-old Glenn Daniels in the back of his left leg during a robbery at a homeless encampment on Sept. 1. Daniels died moments later from blood loss from the knife wound that pierced his femoral artery.
  
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• Global summit rebukes Trump, cheers on work to aid climate

  13-09-2018 19:11
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Thousands of mayors, climate activists and business leaders from around the world descended Thursday on San Francisco to cheer on efforts to reduce global warming, even after U.S. President Donald J. Trump signaled his disdain for the issue. The Global Climate Action Summit, organized by California Gov. Jerry Brown, included a […]
  
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• California governor: Trump a ‘fool’ on climate legacy

  13-09-2018 19:11
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown started his global climate summit Thursday by saying President Donald Trump will likely be remembered as a liar and a fool when it comes to the environment. Brown, a Democrat, and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg spoke at a news conference on the first full […]
  
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• Thursday is 1 year anniversary of Freeman school shootings

  13-09-2018 17:40
  The Freeman High School shooting near Spokane killed one student and wounded three female students.
  
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• Fatal crash shuts Highway 99 in Shoreline

  13-09-2018 17:27
  The road is expected to remain closed for several hours, the King County Sheriff's Office said.
  
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• National Hurricane Center: Tropical storm-force winds from Florence spread over North Carolina coast

  13-09-2018 16:27
  MIAMI (AP) — National Hurricane Center: Tropical storm-force winds from Florence spread over North Carolina coast.
  
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• Scientists look to map the genes of thousands of animals

  13-09-2018 16:26
  A group of scientists unveiled the first results Thursday of an ambitious effort to map the genes of tens of thousands of animal species, a project they said could help save animals from extinction down the line. The scientists are working with the Genome 10,000 consortium on the Vertebrate Genomes Project, which is seeking to […]
  
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• A newspaper diminished by cutbacks prepares to cover another monster storm

  13-09-2018 15:24
  As Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolinas, the Raleigh newspaper is a shadow of what it was in 1999. As a result of the kind of downsizing and layoffs that have affected newspapers everywhere, its newsroom has shrunk from 250 journalists to just 65.
  
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• Trump turns back to Maria, falsely says Dems inflated toll

  13-09-2018 15:08
  WASHINGTON (AP) — As Hurricane Florence bore down on the U.S. Thursday, President Donald Trump angrily churned up the devastating storm of a year earlier, disputing the official death count from Hurricane Maria and falsely accusing Democrats of inflating the Puerto Rican toll to make him “look as bad as possible.” Public health experts have […]
  
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• Trump rejects Puerto Rico hurricane death toll, blames Dems

  13-09-2018 15:08
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday rejected the official conclusion that nearly 3,000 people died in Puerto Rico from last year’s Hurricane Maria, arguing without evidence that the number was wrong and calling it a plot by Democrats to make him “look as bad as possible.” As Hurricane Florence approached the Carolinas, the […]
  
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• Trump falsely says Democrats inflated Puerto Rico death toll

  13-09-2018 15:08
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday rejected the official conclusion that nearly 3,000 people died in Puerto Rico from last year’s Hurricane Maria, arguing without evidence that the number was wrong and calling it a plot by Democrats to make him “look as bad as possible.” As Hurricane Florence approached the Carolinas, the […]
  
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• Fire in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood damages town houses under construction

  13-09-2018 15:01
  The town house is fully engulfed in flames, according to the fire department.
  
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• Reporter’s DNA ancestry tests ‘caught me off guard’

  13-09-2018 15:00
  How accurate are home DNA tests when it comes to race, ethnicity and heritage? Based on conversations I’d had with scientists, I was skeptical, so I had my own DNA tested by two companies.
  
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• Lynnwood man tried to use a home DNA test to qualify as a minority business owner. He was denied — now he’s suing.

  13-09-2018 15:00
  What the office does: certifies small minority- and women-owned businesses to help them gain government contracts Annual budget: $2.4 millionStaff: 19 full-time employees Total 2017 applications: 381 state, 229 federal
  
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• How do you capture a sick orca? NOAA did it 16 years ago, saving Springer

  13-09-2018 15:00
  Springer, an orphaned northern-resident orca who showed up near Vashon Island in 2002, loved back scratches. But she was also very sick, until scientists captured her and brought her back to health. Can it work with J50?
  
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• Man killed, 6 hospitalized after duplex fire south of Everett

  13-09-2018 14:50
  The victims taken to the hospital were four adults and two children. Their conditions were not immediately known.
  
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• A tech glitch and a bus driver shortage had Seattle parents wondering where their children were

  13-09-2018 14:00
  One technology glitch, a clogged hotline and dozens of delayed buses later, a school-bus driver shortage in Seattle is testing parents' patience.
  
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• Bellingham basketball coach suspected of videotaping players in shower found dead

  13-09-2018 11:15
  Police said that two men from the semiprofessional Bellingham Slam basketball team contacted them because they believed they were being video recorded while showering after a game at Seattle Pacific University.
  
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• Philippines starts massive evacuations as huge typhoon nears

  13-09-2018 09:23
  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine officials have begun evacuating thousands of people in the path of the most powerful typhoon this year, closing schools and readying bulldozers for landslides. Typhoon Mangkhut, considered as the strongest and most massive so far this season, could hit northeastern Cagayan province on Saturday. It was tracked on Thursday about […]
  
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• Tropical storm dumps rain on Hawaii while crossing state

  13-09-2018 08:35
  HONOLULU (AP) — Heavy rain and winds from a tropical storm downed trees, knocked out power and prompted evacuations of several homes on Hawaii’s Maui island but spared the state widespread damage before continuing out to sea. Tropical Storm Olivia crossed the state Wednesday, making landfall on Maui and Lanai islands along the way. Weather […]
  
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• Olivia reduced to tropical depression, more rain for Hawaii

  13-09-2018 08:35
  HONOLULU (AP) — Tropical Storm Olivia was downgraded Thursday to a tropical depression after it crossed Hawaii Wednesday, making landfall on Maui and Lanai islands. Weather forecasters warned downpours would continue, producing additional rainfall of 3 to 5 inches (8 to 13 centimeters) and isolated amounts of 6 to 8 inches (15 to 20 centimeters) […]
  
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• WHAT’S HAPPENING: Hurricane Florence looms over East Coast

  13-09-2018 07:10
  MIAMI (AP) — A big one. A monster. A once-in-a-lifetime storm. Hurricane Florence deserves all the names it’s being called as it threatens to cause historic flooding, blow catastrophic winds and idle for days over the Carolinas and the Mid-Atlantic. Adding to the storm stress is uncertainty about where exactly Florence will make landfall, after […]
  
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• WHAT’S HAPPENING: Florence’s rain bands lash Carolinas

  13-09-2018 07:10
  MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Florence is at the doorstep of North and South Carolina, and she’s not going away anytime soon. Outer bands from the hurricane are now lashing land , at least a full day before the National Hurricane Center expects the slow-moving storm’s eye to blow ashore around the North Carolina-South Carolina line. […]
  
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• For meteorologists, Florence ‘is a horrific nightmare storm’

  13-09-2018 06:59
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Oddly, the closer Hurricane Florence gets to land, the murkier its future gets. Usually when a storm approaches the coast, forecasters can tell with ever-increasing accuracy who will get walloped. Not with Florence. That’s because the weather systems that usually push and pull a storm are disappearing as Florence nears land around […]
  
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• Speedways, makeshift shelters offer rest to storm evacuees

  13-09-2018 06:24
  HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — Some of the Southerners escaping Hurricane Florence have found refuge in makeshift shelters, including campgrounds at three of the nation’s largest motor speedways. But gas shortages and jammed freeways loomed for evacuees seeking safety from the storm. In North Carolina, 1 in 10 gas stations in Wilmington and Raleigh-Durham had no […]
  
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• Storm to be ‘exceptionally bad news’ if it hovers offshore

  13-09-2018 06:19
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Oddly, the closer Hurricane Florence gets to land the murkier its future gets. Usually when a storm approaches the coast, forecasters can tell with ever increasing accuracy where it will hit and who will get walloped. But not Florence. That’s because the weather systems that push and pull a storm disappear as […]
  
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• Tropical bands from Florence begin lashing Carolinas

  13-09-2018 06:11
  WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — The outer bands of wind and rain from a weakened but still lethal Hurricane Florence began lashing North Carolina on Thursday as the monster storm moved in for a prolonged and potentially catastrophic stay along the Southeast coast that could drench the homes of as many as 10 million people. Florence’s […]
  
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• Time nearly up: Fierce Hurricane Florence aims at Southeast

  13-09-2018 06:11
  MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Time is running short to get out of the way of Hurricane Florence, a monster of a storm that has a region of more than 10 million people in its potentially devastating sights as it zeroes in on the Southeastern coast. Forecasters said wind speeds have dropped from a high […]
  
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• Hurricane Florence’s winds and rain begin lashing Carolinas

  13-09-2018 06:11
  MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — The outer bands of wind and rain from Hurricane Florence began lashing North Carolina on Thursday as the monster storm moved in for an extended stay along the Southeastern coast, promising to drench the properties of 10 million people with immense amounts of water. Florence’s top sustained wind speeds dropped […]
  
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• Prison inmate claims he took the rap for 2009 strangling on fishing boat because the actual killer threatened him

  13-09-2018 05:24
  In an unusual evidentiary hearing, a federal judge is weighing whether to vacate the inmate’s manslaughter conviction.
  
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• Hurricane Florence downgraded to a Category 2 storm but is still considered extremely dangerous and life-threatening

  13-09-2018 05:14
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Florence downgraded to a Category 2 storm but is still considered extremely dangerous and life-threatening.
  
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• Delays on I-5 near Tacoma after semi crosses barrier

  13-09-2018 04:20
  The Washington State Department of Transportation said drivers should “expect extended recovery and long delays.”
  
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• Bloodworks Northwest donates to states in path of Hurricane Florence

  13-09-2018 01:00
  Bloodworks Northwest has been asked to send 34 units of blood to states preparing for Hurricane Florence, at a time when the blood bank is already strapped.
  
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• Everett Police seek public help identifying person of interest in shooting death of homeless man

  13-09-2018 00:24
  Everett Police have released video of a person they believe shot and killed a man in July.
  
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• Washington state’s health-care exchange premiums could increase nearly 14 percent

  13-09-2018 00:23
  The increase for the 207,000 customers in the Washington Health Benefit Exchange is about 10 percent less than what the exchange approved for 2018.
  
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• Tacoma school district may sue teachers union after weeklong contract stalemate

  13-09-2018 00:01
  Pleas from Gov. Jay Inslee failed to end the strike that's lasted almost a week. Taking legal action against the teachers union is "certainly an option that’s under consideration," said Dan Voelpel, a spokesman for Tacoma Public Schools.
  
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