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• Man driving stolen Yellow Cab crashes after police chase on I-5 near Northgate

  16-01-2019 23:37
  The cab was stolen after police responded to reports of a robbery and shots fired north of Lynnwood, authorities said.
  
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• Authorities: Man attacks Sikh at Oregon store

  16-01-2019 23:33
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon man has been charged with a hate crime, assault and other charges after he allegedly attacked a Sikh who was working at a convenience store. Andrew Ramsey, 24, of Salem targeted Harwinder Dodd because of Ramsey’s perception of the employee’s religion, according to a court document. It wasn’t immediately […]
  
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• US lawmaker opposes drilling permit work during shutdown

  16-01-2019 22:46
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The oil and gas industry should not be spared the pain of the partial government shutdown, according to the chairman of the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee. Rep. Raul Grijalva (gri-HAWL-vah) on Tuesday sent a letter to Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt objecting to the department changing plans to allow employees […]
  
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• Resource chairman: Halt drilling permit work during shutdown

  16-01-2019 22:46
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The chairman of the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee is calling on the Interior Department to halt work on oil and gas development permits and leases in Alaska and elsewhere during the partial government shutdown. A letter from Rep. Raul Grijalva (gri-HAWL-vah) to Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt objects to the […]
  
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• Son suspected in mother’s death found hiding in woman’s home

  16-01-2019 22:38
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A man suspected of killing his mother and hiding in her home has been arrested in Alaska’s second-largest city. Fairbanks police announced Thursday that 34-year-old George Rosa is being held on suspicion of first-degree murder in the death of 70-year-old Molly Rosa. He was scheduled to be arraigned Thursday afternoon. Online […]
  
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• Idaho governor receives oil and gas chairman’s resignation

  16-01-2019 22:29
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little has received Idaho Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Chairman Kevin Dickey’s resignation after a potential conflict of interest. “Today I asked for and accepted the resignation of the Idaho Oil and Gas Conservation Commission chairman,” Little said in a statement Tuesday to the Idaho Statesman . Little […]
  
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• Medical tech in Hepatitis C outbreak challenges sentence

  16-01-2019 21:50
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A traveling hospital technician who was sentenced to 39 years in prison for infecting patients in multiple states with hepatitis C through tainted syringes has asked a federal judge to vacate his sentence, saying his lawyer was ineffective in representing him. David Kwiatkowski, 39, was a cardiac technologist in 18 hospitals […]
  
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• Check out WSDOT’s Viadoom nerve center: 900 cameras, 112 TVs and 5 humans, helping to keep traffic moving

  16-01-2019 21:37
  As Seattle-area residents change their daily habits to try to keep the region's arteries flowing through the Highway 99 shutdown, the nerve center of the entire system sits in an unassuming office building in a leafy Shoreline office park.
  
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• Chief Justice Mary Fairhurst again being treated for cancer

  16-01-2019 21:17
  Fairhurst made the announcement Wednesday toward the end of her State of the Judiciary address to a joint session of the state Legislature.
  
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• Robot recreates the walk of a 290-million-year-old creature

  16-01-2019 20:55
  WASHINGTON (AP) — How did the earliest land animals move? Scientists have used a nearly 300-million-year old fossil skeleton and preserved ancient footprints to create a moving robot model of prehistoric life. Evolutionary biologist John Nyakatura at Humboldt University in Berlin has spent years studying a 290-million-year-old fossil dug up in central Germany’s Bromacker quarry […]
  
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• Alaska House hopes for staff workaround while unorganized

  16-01-2019 20:46
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska House members hope to find a workaround to keep staff on the job while they try to organize a majority. The Legislature’s human resources manager, Skiff Lobaugh, last week warned that House session staff would not be authorized to work beginning Wednesday if the House remained unorganized. He said a […]
  
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• Alaska governor proposes dividend back pay over 3 years

  16-01-2019 20:46
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Wednesday proposed paying residents $3,678 over three years to make up for years that oil-wealth fund checks were capped. The money would be paid on top of whatever the annual dividend otherwise would be for this year, 2020 and 2021. Under Dunleavy’s proposal, the money would […]
  
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• ‘Add the Words’ demonstrators gather at Idaho Statehouse

  16-01-2019 20:42
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Roughly 200 demonstrators have gathered inside the Statehouse to get Idaho lawmakers to pass legislation to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people from employment and housing discrimination. The demonstrators on Wednesday carried signs describing past instances of discrimination they or someone else has experienced. They want lawmakers to add the […]
  
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• Cool beans? Far from it: Global warming is helping to wipe out coffee in the wild

  16-01-2019 20:36
  More than half of the world's coffee species are at risk of vanishing in the wild because of climate change and deforestation, new research has found.
  
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• Idaho woman has 50-pound tumor removed

  16-01-2019 20:33
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho woman who thought she was gaining weight because of menopause discovered she actually had a 50-pound tumor that had been growing inside her for decades. Boise television station KTVB reports Brenda Cridland of Meridian chalked up her weight gain to aging, but when her health started to quickly decline […]
  
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• Idaho wolf control board seeks $200,000 to kill wolves

  16-01-2019 20:14
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A $200,000 budget request by Gov. Brad Little for an Idaho board that manages money to pay a federal and state agency to kill wolves that attack livestock and big game is sufficient for fiscal year 2020, a board member told lawmakers Wednesday. “We’re fine with the $200,000 this year,” Wolf […]
  
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• The best Rx for teens addicted to vaping? No one knows

  16-01-2019 20:06
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s top health authorities agree: Teen vaping is an epidemic that now affects some 3.6 million underage users of Juul and other e-cigarettes. But no one seems to know the best way to help teenagers who may be addicted to nicotine. E-cigarettes are now the top high-risk substance used by teenagers, […]
  
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• Teach kids about climate change? This state might require it

  16-01-2019 18:05
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A legislative proposal in Connecticut would mandate instruction on climate change in public schools statewide, beginning in elementary school. Connecticut already has adopted science standards that call for teaching of climate change, but if the bill passes it is believed that it would be the country’s first to write such a […]
  
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• Only 1 candidate applies for Idaho county prosecutor job

  16-01-2019 18:02
  BLACKFOOT, Idaho (AP) — Officials say only one person has applied to be appointed as Bingham County prosecutor, and the deadline for applications is looming. The Idaho State Journal reports the current prosecutor, Cleve Colson, has been appointed magistrate judge. That means The Bingham County Republican Party is expected to submit three nominees for the […]
  
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• Former deputy accused of sexual abuse

  16-01-2019 17:46
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A former Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputy is being held without bail after being accused of raping a woman and sexually abusing a minor while working for a Salem security company that previously contracted with Salem-Keizer Public Schools. The Statesman Journal reports that 28-year-old Jorge Ulises Serrano of Woodburn, Oregon, was arrested […]
  
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• Idaho courts facing court reporter shortage, seek pay boost

  16-01-2019 17:44
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An official with the Idaho courts system says the state is facing a shortage of court reporters and needs $340,500 to boost salaries for its 45 court reporter positions. Administrative Director of the Courts Sara Thomas told the budget setting Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on Wednesday that some district courts haven’t been […]
  
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• Man sentenced for misconduct with high school students

  16-01-2019 17:37
  BEND, Ore. (AP) — A man who committed sexual misconduct with minor students he coached at a central Oregon high school will spend the next year in jail. The Bulletin reports that Dylan Todd Sullivan of Forest Grove, Oregon, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Deschutes County Circuit Court to one count each of harassment and coercion. […]
  
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• Man fires gun as he’s approached by Anchorage police

  16-01-2019 17:35
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage police say a man fired a gun as he was pursued by officers. The man could not be found after an extensive late-night search. Anchorage television station KTVA reports police on Tuesday night received a report of shots fired in the 1100 block of Gambell Street. Shortly after 9 p.m., […]
  
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• Battles expected in many states over abortion-related bills

  16-01-2019 16:51
  Both sides in the nation's abortion debate are fired up and pursuing state-level legislation this year. Here are the states and the status of efforts.
  
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• 2nd suit filed over pain meds given to near-death patients

  16-01-2019 16:43
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A second wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against an Ohio doctor accused of ordering that near-death hospital patients get potentially fatal doses of pain medicine without their families’ knowledge, an attorney said Wednesday. The Columbus-area Mount Carmel Health System announced this week that an intensive care doctor ordered pain medicine […]
  
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• $30 flat car-tab fee will be on Washington legislators’ agenda, could be on November ballot

  16-01-2019 16:00
  A Tim Eyman-written measure to make Washington state car tabs cost just $30 could be on your ballot this November. It could have far-reaching effects.
  
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• $30 flat car-tab fee will be on November ballot in Washington — again

  16-01-2019 16:00
  A Tim Eyman-written measure to make Washington state car tabs cost just $30 will be on your ballot this November. It could have far-reaching effects.
  
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• German official says neighbors closely watching coal debate

  16-01-2019 15:43
  BERLIN (AP) — A senior German official says neighboring countries are closely watching Germany’s political debate on phasing out the use of coal. Brandenburg governor Dietmar Woidke said Wednesday that “it’s really important to create positive examples” of countries taking decisions to curb climate change. A panel of experts, including Woidke, has been discussing how […]
  
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• 51-year-old man shot to death in White Center; police seeking suspect

  16-01-2019 15:42
  The shooting, in an unincorporated area south of Seattle, was reported by an anonymous caller around 2:30 a.m., and the victim, a 51-year-old man, was pronounced dead at the scene.
  
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• Washington lieutenant governor skips Inslee’s speech over gun fears

  16-01-2019 15:14
  Cyrus Habib said there was no specific threat of violence but that House policy, which allows concealed weapons to be carried, worried him. The Senate bans concealed weapons, and both chambers forbid the open carrying of firearms.
  
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• Washington state lawmakers attempt again to raise the minimum legal age for tobacco sales

  16-01-2019 15:00
  HB 1074 would raise the minimum legal age of sale of tobacco and vapor products, including electronic cigarettes such as Juul, from 18 to 21.
  
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• ‘Nonessential’: The federal shutdown’s most unique victim is one of the Northwest’s best-kept secrets

  16-01-2019 15:00
  This local labor of love for 61 years, run mostly by volunteers, has been forced to go completely dark due to the partial federal government shutdown.
  
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• Looking back decades, businesswoman accuses beloved Tukwila teacher of sexual harassment

  16-01-2019 15:00
  Steve Escame was the most inspiring teacher and coach some Foster High students ever had. But one Des Moines woman, motivated by seeing Bill Cosby led away in handcuffs, has come forward to accuse the retired 80-year-old of pursuing her romantically while she was a freshman and sophomore.
  
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• Developers must provide alternatives to driving alone, Seattle City Council decides

  16-01-2019 15:00
  The City Council, seeking to lower single-occupancy-vehicle trips from outside the city center, has voted to require developers of medium to large-sized buildings outside the downtown core to take on some responsibility.
  
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• Anacortes man cured of hepatitis C after willingly receiving a heart from infected donor

  16-01-2019 15:00
  An Anacortes man is the first organ-transplant recipient in the Pacific Northwest to willingly get a heart transplant from a donor with hepatitis C and then be cured. This development could mean more options for people awaiting new organs.
  
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• Prosecutor: Drug maker pushed OxyContin despite danger signs

  16-01-2019 14:55
  BOSTON (AP) — A member of the family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma told people at the prescription opioid painkiller’s launch party in the 1990s that it would be “followed by a blizzard of prescriptions that will bury the competition,” according to court documents filed Tuesday. The details were made public in a case […]
  
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• Live updates from the post-viaduct commute: Will Wednesday be smooth sailing?

  16-01-2019 14:50
  We're posting live updates during the third commuting day since the Alaskan Way Viaduct was permanently shut down. Seattle Times journalists will provide coverage from various spots in the city.
  
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• Live updates from the post-viaduct commute: More smooth sailing on Day 3 of the Seattle Squeeze

  16-01-2019 14:50
  We're posting live updates during the third commuting day since the Alaskan Way Viaduct was permanently shut down. Seattle Times journalists will provide coverage from various spots in the city.
  
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• German village evacuated amid avalanche risk

  16-01-2019 14:07
  BERLIN (AP) — Officials have ordered residents of a village in southern Germany to leave their homes immediately due to “acute” avalanche risk. Authorities said Wednesday that villagers of Raiten, near the Austrian border, should take important documents and medicines with them, and inform neighbors who may be unaware of the warning. Heavy snowfall over […]
  
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• After months of listening, Seattle schools have a draft plan for the next few years. You can still weigh in on it.

  16-01-2019 14:00
  Education advocates of color say they like what they see so far, but to be successful, it will require a significant culture change at all levels of Seattle Public Schools.
  
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• World’s permafrost gets warmer; Siberia rises the most

  16-01-2019 13:59
  BERLIN (AP) — Scientists say the world’s permafrost is getting warmer, with temperatures increasing by an average of 0.3 degrees Celsius (0.54 Fahrenheit) over a decade. A study published Wednesday found the biggest rise in Siberia, where frozen soil temperatures rose by 0.9 degrees Celsius (1.62 Fahrenheit) between 2007 and 2016. Researchers working on the […]
  
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• Woman’s body found after truck pulled from river

  16-01-2019 11:46
  CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — The body of a 66-year-old Brownsville woman was found more than a week after her pickup truck went into the Willamette River near Corvallis. The Benton County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Suzanne Durheim’s body was recovered Tuesday afternoon about a mile downstream from where the truck was located. Durheim disappeared on her […]
  
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• Northridge earthquake shattered Los Angeles 25 years ago

  16-01-2019 07:42
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Twenty-five years ago this week, a violent, pre-dawn earthquake shook Los Angeles from its sleep, and sunrise revealed widespread devastation, with dozens killed and $25 billion in damage. A look back at the damage, deaths and developments in seismic safety since the disaster: ___ THE QUAKE Most Read StoriesNetflix raising prices […]
  
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• AP PHOTOS: 1994 LA quake caused widespread devastation

  16-01-2019 07:38
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Twenty-five years ago this week, a hidden fault under Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley neighborhoods unleashed a magnitude 6.7 earthquake that killed dozens, shattered buildings, broke water mains and ignited fires. The ground shook horizontally and vertically for up to 10 seconds, most strongly in an area 30 miles (48 kilometers) […]
  
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• AP WAS THERE: Southern California’s deadly 1994 earthquake

  16-01-2019 07:34
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — This week marks 25 years since a deadly earthquake struck Southern California’s densely populated San Fernando Valley. The state said at least 57 died in the magnitude 6.7 Northridge quake, but a study issued the following year put the death toll at 72, including heart attacks. About 9,000 people were injured, […]
  
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• Alaska university’s teaching programs lose accreditation

  16-01-2019 06:06
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A national oversight organization has revoked the accreditation of teaching degree programs at the University of Alaska Anchorage. The Anchorage Daily News reports the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation notified the university Friday, throwing the viability of teaching into jeopardy for about 250 students enrolled in the programs. The […]
  
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• Juneau has no plans to reintroduce fluoride in tap water

  16-01-2019 06:03
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Juneau does not have any plans to put fluoride in its drinking water again after Alaska’s capital stopped the practice more than a decade ago. Fluoridation has received renewed scrutiny after a recent study examined dental health in Juneau, finding dental costs increased for families with children under 6 years old […]
  
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• Juneau has no plans to add fluoride to water following study

  16-01-2019 06:03
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Juneau officials say there are no plans to resume fluoridating the drinking water in Alaska’s capital after the city stopped the practice more than a decade ago. The Juneau Empire reports fluoridation has received renewed scrutiny after a recent study examined dental health in Juneau, finding dental costs increased for families […]
  
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• Oregon man dies at minimum-security prison in Salem

  16-01-2019 06:00
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say an inmate at a minimum-security prison in Oregon has died. The Statesman Journal reports 42-year-old Jeffery Foret died Monday morning at the Santiam Correctional Institution in Salem. The State Medical Examiner’s Office has not yet determined his cause of death. According to court documents, Foret, of Salem, was convicted […]
  
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• Third Seattle middle-school student dies from injuries sustained in summer car crash

  16-01-2019 01:22
  Leo Maddox Schneider, 13, and three other boys were in a car that overturned on Highway 970 near Cle Elum on Aug. 27. The driver of the car has been charged with vehicular homicide and vehicular assault.
  
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