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• Can apps like Waze steer you clear of disaster? Maybe not

  17-09-2018 23:42
  Navigation apps like Waze are trying to help motorists avoid hurricane flooding. But can people really rely on their smartphones to steer themselves out of a disaster zone? Amid heavy rain from Florence, some smartphone or in-car map directions in recent days have sent people in North Carolina onto flooded roads and others closed to […]
  
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• The Viaduct will close, the tunnel will open: What do you want to know about the Highway 99 project?

  17-09-2018 21:50
  As agencies prepare for this major change in the transportation network, we want to hear from you: What do you want to know about the project and how traffic will move through downtown Seattle?
  
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• Permanent closure of Alaskan Way Viaduct delayed until January

  17-09-2018 21:45
  The new timeline, announced Monday, stretches the $2.2 billion megaproject a full three years beyond the original schedule. Several reasons are behind this delay.
  
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• Shan Tianfang, a superstar of Chinese storytelling, dies at 83

  17-09-2018 21:26
  Shan Tianfang, a prominent storyteller whose energetic oral renditions of classical Chinese novels and historical events propelled the ancient pingshu tradition into the modern age for generations of Chinese, has died. He was 83.
  
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• Toppled trees, swift water, have killed many during Florence

  17-09-2018 21:08
  Several of the people who died in recent days were swept up in stormwaters. Here's a look at Florence's victims.
  
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• Grizzly’s unusually aggressive behavior in Wyoming a puzzle

  17-09-2018 21:07
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wildlife officials are puzzled why a grizzly bear that killed a hunting guide and injured his client was behaving so aggressively. The grizzly attacked the men Friday and charged five Wyoming Game and Fish Department employees Sunday in the wilderness east of Grand Teton National Park. Two game officers opened fire, […]
  
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• Grizzly’s rare aggressive attack kills 1, puzzles officials

  17-09-2018 21:07
  The attack Friday in the wilderness east of Grand Teton National Park happened in an area where Wyoming officials are trying to persuade a judge to allow grizzlies to be legally hunted for the first time in decades.
  
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• Past NASA chiefs gather for space agency’s 60th anniversary

  17-09-2018 20:29
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — NASA chiefs going back 30 years have come together to mark the space agency’s 60th anniversary. Five former NASA administrators joined current boss Jim Bridenstine in Orlando on Monday. It was the largest gathering ever of NASA heads and included every administrator since 1989. The conference was arranged by the American […]
  
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• Watchdog: EPA asbestos protection for schoolchildren lagging

  17-09-2018 20:11
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is shifting money away from a congressionally mandated program meant to get harmful asbestos out of schools, even though the threat of contamination remains, the agency’s internal watchdog said on Monday. Asbestos, which builders used for decades as insulation and as a fire-resistant material, can cause lung diseases, […]
  
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• North Carolina says it’s opened a major route into city of Wilmington, previously cut off by Florence’s floods

  17-09-2018 19:46
  WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina says it’s opened a major route into city of Wilmington, previously cut off by Florence’s floods.
  
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• Scientists thought they had created the perfect tree. But it became a nightmare.

  17-09-2018 19:30
  The U.S. Agriculture Department scientists who gave us the Bradford pear thought they were improving our world. Instead, they left an environmental time bomb that has now exploded.
  
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• The rivers keep rising, but some in flood zones won’t leave

  17-09-2018 18:50
  As the days drag on, Hurricane Florence has taken a deceptive turn: The violent winds have subsided and the pounding rain has eased, lulling many in the storm's path into thinking the worst is over— even as rivers continue to rise.
  
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• In Carolinas, a question as the rivers rise: Stay or go?

  17-09-2018 18:50
  As the days drag on, Hurricane Florence has taken a deceptive turn: The violent winds have subsided and the pounding rain has eased, lulling many in the storm's path into thinking the worst is over— even as rivers continue to rise.
  
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• Tacoma firefighters battle blaze in scrap-metal yard

  17-09-2018 18:48
  A large cloud of dark smoke could be seen rising from the Tacoma Tideflats as the sun began to rise Monday.
  
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• Noxious Tacoma scrap-metal fire under control; nearby air quality has improved

  17-09-2018 18:48
  A large cloud of dark smoke could be seen rising from the Tacoma Tideflats as the sun began to rise Monday.
  
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• WSU making good progress is reducing budget deficit

  17-09-2018 18:12
  Washington State University officials used a combination of spending cuts and greater-than-expected revenue growth to cut the deficit. The plan is to balance the operating budget by the end of fiscal year 2020.
  
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• WSU making good progress in reducing budget deficit

  17-09-2018 18:12
  Washington State University officials used a combination of spending cuts and greater-than-expected revenue growth to cut the deficit. The plan is to balance the operating budget by the end of fiscal year 2020.
  
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• 1 person dead after officer-involved shooting in Walla Walla

  17-09-2018 17:07
  WALLA WALLA — Police say one person is dead after an officer-involved shooting in Walla Walla. KEPR-TV reports three Walla Police Department officers were placed on administrative leave after the fatal officer-involved shooting Sunday night. The Walla Walla Police Department says the officers were responding to a report of a suicidal person armed with a […]
  
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• Survey finds 2M US teens are vaping marijuana

  17-09-2018 17:01
  E-cigarettes typically contain nicotine, but results published Monday mean 2.1 million middle- and high-school students have used them to get high on marijuana.
  
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• 2 million US teens are vaping marijuana

  17-09-2018 17:01
  E-cigarettes typically contain nicotine, but results published Monday mean 2.1 million middle- and high-school students have used them to get high on marijuana.
  
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• SpaceX to announce private moon flight passenger

  17-09-2018 17:00
  HAWTHORNE, Calif. (AP) — SpaceX is on the verge of announcing the name of person who would be the first private passenger on a trip around the moon. The identity of the traveler will be revealed at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, during an event Monday evening. SpaceX gave no details of the flight but […]
  
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• SpaceX close to announcing 1st private moon flight passenger

  17-09-2018 17:00
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — SpaceX is on the verge of announcing the name of person who would be the first private passenger on a trip around the moon. The identity of the traveler will be revealed at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, during an event Monday evening. SpaceX gave no details of the flight but […]
  
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• Strike ending for last Washington teachers still picketing

  17-09-2018 16:55
  Tumwater teachers were the last of the Washington state educators on the picket lines and school was expected to start for the district's 6,800 children on Tuesday. Classes resumed in Tacoma on Monday after a 10-day strike.
  
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• Deal reached in Tumwater, last of 13 Washington school districts that had teacher strikes

  17-09-2018 16:55
  Tumwater teachers were the last of the Washington state educators on the picket lines and school was expected to start for the district's 6,800 children on Tuesday. Classes resumed in Tacoma on Monday after a 10-day strike.
  
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• Panic at Tacoma’s Chuck E. Cheese after man accidentally shoots himself in the leg

  17-09-2018 16:14
  Tacoma police say the shooter had a concealed-carry permit for the weapon, though firearms are banned at the restaurant.
  
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• Man accidentally shoots himself at Chuck E. Cheese in Tacoma

  17-09-2018 16:14
  Tacoma police say the shooter had a concealed-carry permit for the weapon, though firearms are banned at the restaurant.
  
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• ‘When is it OK for the police to kill someone you love?’, BLM’s McKesson pivots from ‘awareness’ to the ‘fix’

  17-09-2018 15:00
  Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson is scheduled to be in town Friday to talk about his work and his new book, “On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope.”
  
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• What would it cost to house and provide treatment for Seattle’s homeless?

  17-09-2018 15:00
  And what would it cost to actually help everyone?
  
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• Trying to make good on someone else’s promise: new group helps 10 Seattle kids pay for college

  17-09-2018 15:00
  A Detroit businessman pledged $100,000 in scholarships to 10 local teens who wrote essays about what each would do to improve the image of African-American males. The money never came. Now a group of black Seattle-area professionals is coming together to restore faith.
  
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• Seattle kids’ scholarship money falls through — and local black community steps in to help

  17-09-2018 15:00
  A Detroit businessman pledged $100,000 in scholarships to 10 local teens who wrote essays about what each would do to improve the image of African-American males. The money never came. Now a group of black Seattle-area professionals is coming together to restore faith.
  
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• Philippines halts risky mining in mountains hit by typhoon

  17-09-2018 09:30
  ITOGON, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines will deploy soldiers and police to stop illegal mining in six mountainous northern provinces in a drastic decision to prevent tragedies like the landslides set off by a typhoon that have buried dozens of poor people, including small-scale miners. Environmental Secretary Roy Cimatu announced the ban on unauthorized mining […]
  
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• Hope fades in Philippines for dozens trapped in landslides

  17-09-2018 09:30
  ITOGON, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine mayor said Monday that it’s unlikely any of the dozens of people thought buried in a huge landslide set off by Typhoon Mangkhut will be found alive, though rescuers were still digging through the massive mound of mud and debris covering a chapel where they had sheltered. Mayor Victorio […]
  
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• Hope fades in Philippines for dozens buried in landslides

  17-09-2018 09:30
  ITOGON, Philippines (AP) — Dozens of people believed buried in a landslide unleashed by Typhoon Mangkhut in the Philippines probably did not survive, a mayor said Monday, although rescuers kept digging through mud and debris covering a chapel where they had taken shelter. Of the 40 to 50 miners and their families believed inside the […]
  
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• Death tolls often rise weeks after storm hits

  17-09-2018 07:04
  More than six months after Hurricane Irma’s catastrophic rampage across the Caribbean and the southeastern United States, the number of deaths attributed to the storm increased to 129 — more than twice the amount reported at the end of the storm. It took years for Hurricane Katrina’s death toll to become fully known. That number […]
  
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• WHAT’S HAPPENING: Rain, floods still in Florence’s forecast

  17-09-2018 07:00
  MIAMI (AP) — The forecast for Florence has not changed, unfortunately: It’s still raining, and rivers are still rising. All roads in and out of a North Carolina city of 120,000 people are underwater. Residents of inland communities who thought they were safe from the storm have to find high ground because of expected flooding. […]
  
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• Road access cut off to N. Carolina city after Florence

  17-09-2018 06:33
  WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Authorities are looking at going by air and water to get food into a North Carolina city that was cut off from road access by Florence’s floodwaters. The major highways into the Wilmington area, Interstate 40 and U.S. 74, were not accessible Sunday, officials said. “There is no access to Wilmington,” […]
  
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• Swollen rivers near record levels as Florence looms

  17-09-2018 06:14
  WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — With Wilmington cut off from the rest of North Carolina by still-rising floodwaters from Florence, officials plan to airlift food and water to a city of nearly 120,000 people as rescuers elsewhere pull inland residents from homes threatened by swollen rivers. The spreading disaster claimed additional lives Sunday, with at least […]
  
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• Florence flooding spreads as storm heads northeast

  17-09-2018 06:14
  WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — With Wilmington cut off from the rest of North Carolina by still-rising floodwaters from Florence, officials plan to airlift food and water to the city of nearly 120,000 people as rescuers elsewhere pull inland residents from homes swamped by swollen rivers. The deadly storm was still dumping rain and had top […]
  
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• Doctors group recommends support for transgender children

  17-09-2018 06:05
  A doctors group took a stand in support of transgender children Monday, offering advice in what it called “a rapidly evolving” field. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommended support for kids who change their names or hairstyles to affirm their chosen gender identity. The group said children are more likely to have better physical and […]
  
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• Angry at plight of southern-resident orcas, speakers rebuke NOAA in public meetings

  17-09-2018 04:40
  Attendees criticized NOAA for coordinating the now-canceled rescue effort of the orca J50 with SeaWorld, the entertainment park that had for decades profited from capturing the animals for use in its aquariums.
  
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• Tall ships head out after Lake Washington visit

  17-09-2018 02:49
  The tall ships Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain were in Kirkland last week. They’re in Olympia through Monday and then will head down the Washington coast and on to Oregon and California, making stops along the way.
  
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• Aspirin late in life? Healthy people may not need it

  17-09-2018 01:48
  There is good evidence for people with known cardiovascular problems to take aspirin. But it had been unclear whether healthy people older than 70 would derive the same benefit.
  
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• New Mexico observatory closed for security reasons to reopen

  17-09-2018 01:09
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An observatory in the mountains of southern New Mexico that had been closed since early September because of an undisclosed security concern is scheduled to reopen on Monday, officials managing the facility said. The Sunspot Solar Observatory no longer faces a security threat to staff, the Association of Universities for Research […]
  
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