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• Woman stabbed in North Seattle; police arrest suspect

  26-09-2018 22:22
  The 55-year-old woman was taken to Harborview Medical Center, and is in stable condition.
  
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• Countries pledge billions to fight tuberculosis worldwide

  26-09-2018 22:16
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The World Health Organization says governments have agreed to contribute $13 billion a year by 2022 to prevent and treat tuberculosis, a communicable disease that claimed at least 1.3 million lives last year. The agency said Wednesday that countries at a high-level meeting on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly […]
  
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• After fits and starts, Cantwell agreed to debate Hutchison — or did she?

  26-09-2018 22:13
  Cantwell announced late Tuesday that she would attend an Oct. 8 debate at PLU — but there's no event planned for that date.
  
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• Washington state Uber drivers to get payout in data-breach settlement

  26-09-2018 22:05
  The settlement is part of a 50-state resolution over the data breach, which became public late last year.
  
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• Salmonella that’s sickened 7 people traced to Issaquah Costco, King County says

  26-09-2018 22:02
  Health department investigators visited the store's deli four times over the course of about six weeks starting in early August this year, each time recording "inconsistent" hand washing and "improper" cleaning of surfaces that touched food.
  
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• Flash floods trap people in homes, vehicles in north Alabama

  26-09-2018 21:49
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Flash floods trapped people in homes and vehicles in north Alabama on Wednesday, and forecasters said the threat could last another day. Torrents of rain from a cold front moving through the state caused water to quickly cover roads and low-lying areas near Birmingham. Video and photos showed homes surrounded by […]
  
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• APNewsBreak: 80,000 people died of flu last winter in US

  26-09-2018 21:34
  Flu experts knew it was a very bad season. The tally was nearly twice as much as what health officials previously considered a bad year, said a Vanderbilt University vaccine expert.
  
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• I-5 will add a fifth express lane to serve future Eastside-South Lake Union bus routes

  26-09-2018 21:20
  The question of how to get buses through clogged Mercer Street and into their new I-5 interchange remains a mystery. Agencies have four years to figure that out.
  
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• I-5 will add a 5th express lane to serve future Eastside-South Lake Union bus routes

  26-09-2018 21:20
  The question of how to get buses through clogged Mercer Street and into their new I-5 interchange remains a mystery. Agencies have four years to figure that out.
  
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• Seattle police gang detectives arrest 15-year-old in connection with nonfatal shooting in Northgate

  26-09-2018 21:19
  A 17-year-old boy was shot in the stomach on Sept. 19 but was expected to survive. He told officers he may have been targeted because he was involved in selling marijuana.
  
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• Boeing saved $227M from state tax incentives last year while it cut 6,000 jobs

  26-09-2018 21:00
  Boeing disclosed that Washington state’s aerospace industry tax incentives saved the company $227 million in 2017. The figures indicate that after subtracting the incentives, Boeing paid about $27 million in B&O tax, the major portion of its state and local tax bill.
  
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• Police: Body found in car trunk ‘likely’ missing woman, 89

  26-09-2018 20:57
  Marcine Herinck was reported missing on Sept. 19 from her home in northeast Portland, Ore.
  
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• Controversial tiny house village for homelessness in North Seattle to close

  26-09-2018 20:54
  This was the first sanctioned village in Seattle that doesn't require sobriety; it's also the first to be shut down.
  
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• Oregon officials: 23 drug overdoses in Lane County since weekend

  26-09-2018 19:58
  Police believe an extremely pure type of heroin or heroin laced with fentanyl is circulating in Oregon's Eugene-Springfield area.
  
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• Kirk reforms as tropical storm, gaining strength

  26-09-2018 19:37
  MIAMI (AP) — Kirk has reformed as a tropical storm in the eastern Caribbean, and forecasters say it’s gaining strength. The system was downgraded to a tropical depression earlier this week. But the National Hurricane Center says it has reorganized and is moving. At 11 a.m. EDT, the center of Kirk was located about 360 […]
  
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• Kirk, reformed as tropical storm, gains strength

  26-09-2018 19:37
  MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters say Tropical Storm Kirk is gaining strength in the eastern Caribbean. The system was downgraded to a tropical depression earlier this week. But the National Hurricane Center says it has since reorganized, At 5 p.m. EDT, the center of Kirk was located about 260 miles (415 kilometers) east of Barbados. It […]
  
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• UN chief blasts lack of ‘strong leadership’ on climate

  26-09-2018 18:53
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — United Nations secretary-general blames lack of leadership for the world’s failure to take tough decisions needed to stop runaway climate change. Antonio Guterres bluntly told leaders in New York Wednesday that unless current emission trends of greenhouse gases are reversed by 2020, it will be impossible to meet the goal of […]
  
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• Yakima officer on desk duty amid probe into kicking of teen at fair

  26-09-2018 18:49
  Officer Ian Cole kicked the 17-year-old in the backside, sending him to the ground after he pepper-sprayed the boy.
  
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• Report says fishing rule might put whales at greater risk

  26-09-2018 18:31
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A report by federal scientists about a critically endangered whale says some regulations intended to protect them aren’t working and might have unintended consequences for the animals. The report is a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration technical memo and it concerns the North Atlantic right whale. The right whale is one […]
  
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• Barack Obama takes swipe at Trump’s attitude on environment

  26-09-2018 17:59
  OSLO, Norway (AP) — Former U.S. President Barack Obama took a swipe at President Donald Trump’s attitude to the environment Wednesday, saying the world needs “political and social commitment” to achieve sustainability. “Unfortunately we have a U.S administration that deals differently around these issues,” he said to laughter from the audience as he addressed business […]
  
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• Barack Obama takes swipe at President Trump over environment

  26-09-2018 17:59
  OSLO, Norway (AP) — Former U.S. President Barack Obama took a swipe at President Trump’s attitude to the environment Wednesday, saying the world needs “political and social commitment” to achieve sustainability. “Unfortunately we have a U.S administration that deals differently around these issues,” he said to laughter from the audience as he addressed business leaders […]
  
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• Fierce gales close schools on 3 Greek islands, halt ferries

  26-09-2018 17:51
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Gale force winds predicted for parts of Greece, some exceeding 100 kilometers per hour (62 mph), have prompted authorities to halt ferry services and shut down schools on three islands. The storm named Xenofon sent temperatures dropping from nearly 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) on Monday to 18 degrees C […]
  
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• Man injured in Burien shooting that police say is ‘not random’

  26-09-2018 16:01
  The man suffered non-life-threatening injuries and is cooperating with police. A sheriff's spokesman said it was not yet known if the incident was gang-related, but also reassured people that crime is actually down, not up, in the Burien area.
  
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• Man injured in Burien shooting; police investigate

  26-09-2018 16:01
  The man was taken to Highline Hospital by his brother, where he's being treated for non-life threatening injuries.
  
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• When a million bucks ‘is nothing’: Bidding opens to try to save historic house

  26-09-2018 15:00
  A historical house on Beacon Hill is on the market, and a $1 million offer to save it from the bulldozer was reportedly rejected as far too low. How much will it take for Seattle to save a piece of its past?
  
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• Seattle bike commuting hits 10-year low, census data show

  26-09-2018 15:00
  Last year, just 2.8 percent of workers who live in Seattle biked to work as a primary mode of transportation. The raw number of bike commuters is down, too.
  
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• 1 death reported as cold snap hits parts of Romania

  26-09-2018 13:52
  BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Suddenly subzero temperatures have hit parts of Romania, and one hiker has died after being caught out by the cold snap. Weather forecasters said temperatures plunged to minus 3.8 Celsius (31.5 Fahrenheit) in the central city of Miercurea Ciuc early Wednesday. Colder weather is forecast for Thursday. Authorities said a 22-year-old […]
  
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• Doctor at Bremerton clinic gets 9 months in jail for assault

  26-09-2018 11:25
  PORT ORCHARD, Wash. (AP) — A Bremerton doctor who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting five female patients during exams at a clinic has been sentenced to nine months in jail. The Kitsap Sun reports that 49-year-old Darren Michael Chotiner received the maximum sentence in Kitsap County Superior Court Monday. Chotiner was initially charged in 2015 […]
  
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• Bremerton doctor gets 9 months in jail for sexually assaulting patients

  26-09-2018 11:25
  Darren Michael Chotiner, 49, received the maximum sentence in Kitsap County Superior Court on Monday.
  
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• ‘It was like he was in your car with you’: Popular Seattle DJ Norm Gregory dies at 74

  26-09-2018 09:00
  NormGregory was a popular radio personality who harked back to the era before downloaded music, when disc jockeys had large followings of listeners.
  
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• New Florence flooding forecasts are good news for S Carolina

  26-09-2018 06:23
  Twelve days after the hurricane arrived on the coast, and more than a week after it blew north and dissipated, rivers swollen by its relentless rains are still flooding homes and businesses in their paths as they make their way to the sea.
  
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• Florence flooding slowly envelops South Carolina homes

  26-09-2018 06:23
  GEORGETOWN, S.C. (AP) — A week ago, firefighters in Conway went to a neighborhood and told surprised residents their houses would flood from Hurricane Florence even though they had never had water in them before. On Monday and Tuesday, those same firefighters checked on those same neighborhoods with maps that detailed each of the nearly […]
  
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• Students march to City Hall to protest shuffling of teachers among Seattle schools

  26-09-2018 04:49
  Students at Nova High School say teacher displacements in Seattle schools will deal a severe blow to alternative schools that serve small, concentrated populations of vulnerable students.
  
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• 100 Seattle students protest teacher displacement at City Hall

  26-09-2018 04:49
  Students at Nova High School say teacher displacements in Seattle schools will deal a severe blow to alternative schools that serve small, concentrated populations of vulnerable students.
  
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• Man found bleeding by Seattle police died from stab wound to the chest

  26-09-2018 02:54
  Seattle police officers were responding to a fight when they received a 911 call about a man bleeding nearby. The 37-year-old died from a stab wound to the chest and his death has been ruled a homicide.
  
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• Seattle-based Dope Magazine sold for $11M to High Times

  26-09-2018 02:52
  Dope, which has built a large readership among younger cannabis users, has been acquired by High Times, the grand-daddy of weed magazines.
  
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• Governments to discuss tackling tuberculosis at UN summit

  26-09-2018 02:51
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Governments from around the world will gather Wednesday to discuss the persistent scourge of tuberculosis, which last year claimed more lives than any other communicable disease. About 1.3 million people worldwide died of TB in 2017. A further 300,000 people with both HIV and TB died in last year, according to […]
  
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• Skyway homicide victim identified; detectives ask for public’s help identifying killer

  26-09-2018 02:35
  Amarah Riley, 22, was driving south on Rainier Avenue South when someone in a southbound car fired into her vehicle, striking her in the head. King County Sheriff's detectives have said they believe she was targeted.
  
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• Sex offender accused of attacking woman in Seattle’s Sodo neighborhood

  26-09-2018 02:16
  Timothy William Bradford, a 66-year-old convicted rapist and a Level 3 sex offender, was last released from prison in June. He's being held on investigation of rape.
  
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• Martin Pang, who set fire that killed 4 Seattle firefighters, to be released from prison

  26-09-2018 01:43
  Martin Pang set a warehouse on fire in 1995 with hopes of collecting insurance money. He later pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree manslaughter. This week, he’ll be released.
  
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• Man who set warehouse fire that killed 4 Seattle firefighters to be released from prison

  26-09-2018 01:43
  Martin Pang set a warehouse on fire in 1995 with hopes of collecting insurance money. He later pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree manslaughter. This week, he’ll be released.
  
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• Man fatally shot by deputy in Oak Harbor identified

  26-09-2018 00:42
  Police said they shot the man on Sunday after he failed to follow commands.
  
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