<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Washington - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/rss/1000/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest news about Washington with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening in your region!]]></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 22:03:00 +0100</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Delaware poultry processor to pay $420K for contamination]]></title><description><![CDATA[DOVER, Del. (AP) &mdash; A Delaware poultry processing company accused of contaminating surface and groundwater through the illegal disposal of wastewater and sludge has agreed to pay a $420,000 penalty and upgrade its wastewater system. The agreement and a proposed consent decree between state environmental officials and Mountaire Farms was filed in federal court on [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/delaware-poultry-processor-to-pay-420k-for-contamination/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 22:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/delaware-poultry-processor-to-pay-420k-for-contamination/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bill to raise tobacco age has unlikely allies: Altria, Juul]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; Congress is moving to pass the biggest new sales restrictions on tobacco products in more than a decade, with support from two unlikely backers: Marlboro-cigarette maker Altria and vaping giant Juul Labs. The legislation would raise the minimum age to purchase all tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, from 18 to 21 nationwide, [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/bill-to-raise-tobacco-age-has-unlikely-allies-altria-juul/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 21:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/bill-to-raise-tobacco-age-has-unlikely-allies-altria-juul/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[State hospital temporarily suspends civil commitments]]></title><description><![CDATA[SALEM, Ore. (AP) &mdash; The Oregon State Hospital has suspended all civil admissions until Dec. 27 to prioritize patients ordered by courts to receive competency restoration treatment. The Bulletin reports the pause on civil commitments was announced in a Monday letter to the hospital&rsquo;s statewide partners. It is effective immediately. According to hospital spokeswoman Rebeka [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/state-hospital-temporarily-suspends-civil-commitments/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 21:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/state-hospital-temporarily-suspends-civil-commitments/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[3 workers injured in fire at high-rise construction site in downtown Seattle]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three construction workers were injured in a fire on the ninth floor of a downtown Seattle high-rise Tuesday, according to the Seattle Fire Department. The fire in the 1200 block of Second Avenue was classified on dispatch logs as electrical, and Seattle Fire said that it occurred in a vault room of the under-construction building. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/3-workers-injured-in-fire-at-high-rise-construction-site-in-downtown-seattle/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 21:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/3-workers-injured-in-fire-at-high-rise-construction-site-in-downtown-seattle/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some popular tax breaks renewed in big govt funding bill]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; A raft of expired and expiring tax breaks, including deductions for mortgage insurance premiums, college tuition and large medical bills, would be renewed under a massive government-wide funding bill approved by the Democratic-controlled House. The action comes a few days before the second anniversary of passage of President Donald Trump&rsquo;s massive 2017 [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/some-popular-tax-breaks-renewed-in-big-govt-funding-bill/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 21:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/some-popular-tax-breaks-renewed-in-big-govt-funding-bill/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Audit: Portland leaders fell short on tax-funded programs]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; A city auditor&rsquo;s report released Tuesday says Portland leaders failed to fully deliver on promises they made to voters as they implemented arts, cannabis, affordable housing, and street repair programs funded by voter-approved taxes and bond measures. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the audit focused on measures and taxes passed in 2016: the [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/audit-portland-leaders-fell-short-on-tax-funded-programs/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 20:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/audit-portland-leaders-fell-short-on-tax-funded-programs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ada County won’t appeal ruling in public records lawsuit]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho (AP) &mdash; Ada County Commissioners won&rsquo;t appeal a judge&rsquo;s ruling that they violated Idaho&rsquo;s Public Records Act after largely rejecting records requests from four Boise-area journalists. The board of commissioners voted 2-1 on Monday not to appeal the ruling from 4th District Judge Deborah Bail. The ruling, issued Friday, was a win for [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ada-county-wont-appeal-ruling-in-public-records-lawsuit/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 20:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ada-county-wont-appeal-ruling-in-public-records-lawsuit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson sues Trump administration over courthouse immigration arrests]]></title><description><![CDATA[The AG, in his 53rd lawsuit against the Trump administration, says that such arrests violate individuals' constitutional right to access courthouses and states' right to operate their justice systems without federal interference.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/washington-state-attorney-general-bob-ferguson-sues-trump-administration-over-courthouse-immigration-arrests/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 20:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/washington-state-attorney-general-bob-ferguson-sues-trump-administration-over-courthouse-immigration-arrests/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US permits sale of cigarettes with 95% less nicotine]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; U.S. health officials on Tuesday endorsed a type of cigarette that could help ease the addictive grip of smoking by delivering very low levels of nicotine. The Food and Drug Administration will allow 22nd Century Group to begin selling the first low-nicotine cigarettes reviewed by federal health regulators. The products contain roughly [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/us-permits-sale-of-cigarettes-with-95-less-nicotine/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 20:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/us-permits-sale-of-cigarettes-with-95-less-nicotine/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A tweet gave a journalist a seizure. His case brings new meaning to the idea of ‘online assault.’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Journalist Kurt Eichenwald suffered a severe seizure in 2016 when he opened a tweet with a strobe GIF from someone who apparently knew he had epilepsy. Now, the Epilepsy Foundation has announced criminal complaints against a legion of copycats.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/a-tweet-gave-a-journalist-a-seizure-his-case-brings-new-meaning-to-the-idea-of-online-assault/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 20:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/a-tweet-gave-a-journalist-a-seizure-his-case-brings-new-meaning-to-the-idea-of-online-assault/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police: Marijuana Christmas gifts sniffed out at airport]]></title><description><![CDATA[NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) &mdash; A man who may have been dreaming of a &ldquo;green&rdquo; Christmas found himself inside the gray walls of a Tennessee jail. According to court documents, state police caught Somphone Temmeraj, 57, with more than 80 pounds (36 kilograms) of marijuana disguised as Christmas gifts at Nashville International Airport on Monday, news [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/police-marijuana-christmas-gifts-sniffed-out-at-airport/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 20:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/police-marijuana-christmas-gifts-sniffed-out-at-airport/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Troopers: Alaska fatal shooting occurred over car dispute]]></title><description><![CDATA[FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) &mdash; A Fairbanks man killed last week was shot after unsuccessfully attempting to retrieve a stolen vehicle, according to a criminal complaint filed by Alaska State Troopers. Brian Talbott, 43, is charged with first- and second-degree murder in the death Friday of Clayton Nelson, 46, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported. Talbott is [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/troopers-alaska-fatal-shooting-occurred-over-car-dispute/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 19:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/troopers-alaska-fatal-shooting-occurred-over-car-dispute/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most US opioid overdose deaths accidental, 4% are suicide]]></title><description><![CDATA[Accidental overdoses cause 90% of all U.S. opioid-related deaths while suicides account for far fewer of these fatalities than previously thought, a new analysis published Tuesday suggests. Rising use of heroin and illicit, highly potent synthetic opioids including fentanyl has likely contributed to the unintentional death rate, which surged nine-fold between 2000 and 2017, the [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/most-us-opioid-overdose-deaths-accidental-4-are-suicide/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 19:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/most-us-opioid-overdose-deaths-accidental-4-are-suicide/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opponent of Newberg marijuana facility formally objects]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEWBERG, Ore. (AP) &mdash; The main opponent of a controversial proposed hemp and marijuana processing facility near Newberg, Oregon, is filing an appeal. The owners of the 22.7-acre property want to grow 5-10 acres of hemp on the property, grow up to 10,000 square feet of marijuana indoors, and process both in separate buildings. Laura [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/opponent-of-newberg-marijuana-facility-formally-objects/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 18:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/opponent-of-newberg-marijuana-facility-formally-objects/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dental patients advised to get tested for HIV, hepatitis]]></title><description><![CDATA[KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) &mdash; Some patients treated by a Tennessee dentist have been advised to get tested for HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C. The Tennessee Department of Health issued the recommendation after finding that Knoxville dentist Clarence &ldquo;Buzz&rdquo; Nabers did not ensure proper sterilization of dental equipment, news outlets reported. The recommendation was included [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/dental-patients-advised-to-get-tested-for-hiv-hepatitis/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 18:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/dental-patients-advised-to-get-tested-for-hiv-hepatitis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Michigan sues opioid distributors, likens to drug dealers]]></title><description><![CDATA[LANSING, Mich. (AP) &mdash; Michigan on Tuesday sued four companies over the deadly painkiller epidemic, becoming what state Attorney General Dana Nessel said is the first state to sue major opioid distributors under a drug dealer liability law. The suit, filed in Wayne County, names AmericsourceBergen, Cardinal Health, McKesson and Walgreens, which have been sued [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/michigan-sues-opioid-distributors-likens-to-drug-dealers/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 18:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/michigan-sues-opioid-distributors-likens-to-drug-dealers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congress votes to compensate Spokane Tribe millions for lands flooded by Grand Coulee Dam]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Spokane Tribe will receive $6 million a year for 10 years, and $8 million a year after that, from revenues of the Bonneville Power Administration, which sells electricity generated by Grand Coulee and other federal dams in the Northwest.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/congress-votes-to-compensate-spokane-tribe-millions-for-lands-flooded-by-grand-coulee-dam/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 17:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/congress-votes-to-compensate-spokane-tribe-millions-for-lands-flooded-by-grand-coulee-dam/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alaska Roadless Rule public comment scheduled to end Tuesday]]></title><description><![CDATA[JUNEAU Alaska (AP) &mdash; The public comment period for the draft environmental impact statement on the Alaska Roadless Rule has nearly come to an end. The comment period is scheduled to close Tuesday at midnight, The Juneau Empire reported. Comments can be submitted on the U.S. Forest Service website and mailed or hand delivered to [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-roadless-rule-public-comment-scheduled-to-end-tuesday/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 16:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-roadless-rule-public-comment-scheduled-to-end-tuesday/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[4 dead as suspected twisters, other storms batter the South]]></title><description><![CDATA[ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) &mdash; A swarm of tornadoes and storms that left a trail of destruction across the Southeast killed four people, injured a dozen more and left victims to bundle up against the cold as they picked up pieces of their homes Tuesday. The death toll from the violent weather rose to four Tuesday [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/4-dead-as-suspected-twisters-other-storms-batter-the-south/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 15:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/4-dead-as-suspected-twisters-other-storms-batter-the-south/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[3 dead as suspected twisters, other storms batter the South]]></title><description><![CDATA[ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) &mdash; A daylong swarm of tornadoes that left a trail of destruction across the Southeast killed three people, injured a dozen more and left victims to bundle up against the cold as they picked up pieces of their homes Tuesday. It wasn&rsquo;t clear exactly how many twisters skipped across the region after [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/3-dead-as-suspected-twisters-other-storms-batter-the-south/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 15:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/3-dead-as-suspected-twisters-other-storms-batter-the-south/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UPS plans $110M facility expansion at Anchorage airport]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; UPS Inc. plans to construct a new flight operations building and warehouse for $110 million at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, officials said. The expansion by the global package delivery company would span about 1.3 million square feet (120,770 square meters), KTVA-TV reported Monday. The Atlanta-based company needs extra space in [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ups-plans-110m-facility-expansion-at-anchorage-airport/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 15:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ups-plans-110m-facility-expansion-at-anchorage-airport/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian brothers plead guilty to Bitcoin scheme]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; Two Canadian brothers pleaded guilty Monday to duping an Oregonian woman out of over $140,000 worth of bitcoin currency. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Jagroop Singh Khatkar surrendered to federal authorities for the negotiated plea agreement and appeared with his brother, Karanjit Singh Khatkhar, before U.S. District Judge Michael H. Simon in federal [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/canadian-brothers-plead-guilty-to-bitcoin-scheme/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 15:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/canadian-brothers-plead-guilty-to-bitcoin-scheme/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. proposes new rules to increase organ transplants]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; The U.S. government proposed new rules Tuesday to increase organ transplants &mdash; steps to make it easier for the living to donate and to make sure that organs from the deceased don&rsquo;t go to waste. The proposals come after President Donald Trump in July ordered a revamping of the nation&rsquo;s care for [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/us-proposes-new-rules-to-increase-organ-transplants/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 15:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/us-proposes-new-rules-to-increase-organ-transplants/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Monroe inmate died after prison failed to provide him with cancer treatment for over a year, report finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[An ombuds report states an Monroe prison inmate was alerted to a lump in his breast in March 2018 but that it wasn't looked at by Department of Corrections medical officials for six months, when doctors identified an invasive cancer and recommended immediate surgery, chemotherapy and diagnostic tests. The report said months passed while nothing was done.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/monroe-inmate-died-after-prison-failed-to-provide-him-with-cancer-treatment-for-over-a-year-report-finds/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/monroe-inmate-died-after-prison-failed-to-provide-him-with-cancer-treatment-for-over-a-year-report-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Monroe inmate died after jail failed to provide him with cancer treatment for over a year, report finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[An ombuds report states an Monroe prison inmate was alerted to a lump in his breast in March 2018 but that it wasn't looked at by Department of Corrections medical officials for six months, when doctors identified an invasive cancer and recommended immediate surgery, chemotherapy and diagnostic tests. The report said months passed while nothing was done.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/monroe-inmate-died-after-jail-failed-to-provide-him-with-cancer-treatment-for-over-a-year-report-finds/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/monroe-inmate-died-after-jail-failed-to-provide-him-with-cancer-treatment-for-over-a-year-report-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ciara surprises Georgia students using STEM to remix songs]]></title><description><![CDATA[NORCROSS, Ga. (AP) &mdash; Recording artist Ciara returned to the city where she launched her career to surprise students at an Atlanta-area STEM high school Monday. The R&amp;B artist sat in on a class at Paul Duke Stem High, a Norcross school which focuses on science, technology, engineering and math education. Students there have been [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ciara-surprises-georgia-students-using-stem-to-remix-songs/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 12:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ciara-surprises-georgia-students-using-stem-to-remix-songs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe postpones launch of planet-studying mission]]></title><description><![CDATA[SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) &mdash; European space officials on Tuesday postponed the launch of a three-year mission to study planets in other solar systems less than an hour before it was due to blast off. The European Space Agency announced that the launch from Kourou, French Guiana, of the Characterising ExOPlanets Satellite, or CHEOPS, [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/europe-postpones-launch-of-planet-studying-mission/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/europe-postpones-launch-of-planet-studying-mission/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe postpones launch of planet mission, seeks Soyuz fix]]></title><description><![CDATA[SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) &mdash; European space officials on Tuesday postponed the launch of a three-year mission to study planets in other solar systems shortly before it was due to blast off. The European Space Agency announced that the launch from Kourou, French Guiana, of the Characterising ExOPlanets Satellite (CHEOPS) mission would be delayed [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/europe-postpones-launch-of-planet-mission-seeks-soyuz-fix/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/europe-postpones-launch-of-planet-mission-seeks-soyuz-fix/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[State: Artifact found in 1973 may be more than 3K years old]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONROE, N.C. (AP) &mdash; An item found in North Carolina in 1973 may be thousands of years old, according to the state&rsquo;s office of archaeology. The 7-inch carved artifact found by a Monroe landowner is suspected to be a grooved adz, a tool used for smoothing or trimming wood, The Charlotte Observer reports. It could [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/state-artifact-found-in-1973-may-be-more-than-3k-years-old/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 09:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/state-artifact-found-in-1973-may-be-more-than-3k-years-old/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[North Carolina: Artifact found in 1973 may be more than 3K years old]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONROE, N.C. (AP) &mdash; An item found in North Carolina in 1973 may be thousands of years old, according to the state&rsquo;s office of archaeology. The 7-inch carved artifact found by a Monroe landowner is suspected to be a grooved adz, a tool used for smoothing or trimming wood, The Charlotte Observer reports. It could [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/north-carolina-artifact-found-in-1973-may-be-more-than-3k-years-old/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 09:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/north-carolina-artifact-found-in-1973-may-be-more-than-3k-years-old/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists seeking cause of huge freshwater mussel die-off]]></title><description><![CDATA[KYLES FORD, Tenn. (AP) &mdash; On a recent late fall afternoon at Kyles Ford, the white branches of sycamore trees overhung the banks of the Clinch River, leaves slowly turning yellow. Green walnuts covered the ground. The shallow water ran fast and cold over the rocky bottom, but it was littered with the white shells [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/scientists-seeking-cause-of-huge-freshwater-mussel-die-off/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 07:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/scientists-seeking-cause-of-huge-freshwater-mussel-die-off/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Driver arrested, 11 people injured after van crashes into Burien clothing store Monday night]]></title><description><![CDATA[A 2-year-old, the child&rsquo;s 41-year-old grandfather and a man in his 30s were critically injured in the crash at the Burien Ross Dress for Less, said sheriff&rsquo;s spokesman Sgt. Ryan Abbott.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/driver-arrested-11-people-injured-after-van-crashes-into-burien-clothing-store-monday-night/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 06:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/driver-arrested-11-people-injured-after-van-crashes-into-burien-clothing-store-monday-night/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[13 people injured when van crashes into Burien clothing store]]></title><description><![CDATA[A 2-year-old, the child&rsquo;s 41-year-old grandfather and a man in his 30s were critically injured in the crash at the Burien Ross Dress for Less, said sheriff&rsquo;s spokesman Sgt. Ryan Abbott.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/13-people-injured-when-van-crashes-into-burien-clothing-store/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 06:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/13-people-injured-when-van-crashes-into-burien-clothing-store/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[11 people injured when van crashes into Burien clothing store]]></title><description><![CDATA[A 2-year-old, the child&rsquo;s 41-year-old grandfather and a man in his 30s were critically injured in the crash at the Burien Ross Dress for Less, said sheriff&rsquo;s spokesman Sgt. Ryan Abbott.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/11-people-injured-when-van-crashes-into-burien-clothing-store/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 06:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/11-people-injured-when-van-crashes-into-burien-clothing-store/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 people injured after van crashes into Burien clothing store]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ten people were injured, four critically, after a van crashed into a Ross Dress for Less store in Burien Monday night, according to the King County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office. The crash occurred around 9:30 p.m. in the 15700 block of First Avenue South. Two adults and two children are being taken to&nbsp;Harborview Medical Center with critical [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/10-people-injured-after-van-crashes-into-burien-clothing-store/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 06:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/10-people-injured-after-van-crashes-into-burien-clothing-store/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 people injured after car crashes into Burien clothing store]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ten people were injured, four critically, after a car crashed into a Ross Dress for Less store in Burien Monday night, according to the King County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office. The crash occurred around 9:30 p.m. in the 15700 block of First Avenue South. Two adults and two children are being taken to&nbsp;Harborview Medical Center with critical [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/10-people-injured-after-car-crashes-into-burien-clothing-store/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 06:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/10-people-injured-after-car-crashes-into-burien-clothing-store/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Supreme Court won’t hear a case on a ‘constitutional right to camp.’ Here’s what that means for homelessness in Washington]]></title><description><![CDATA[Officials in several Washington cities reacted to the decision with concern.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/the-supreme-court-wont-hear-a-case-on-a-constitutional-right-to-camp-heres-what-that-means-for-homelessness-in-washington/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 03:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/the-supreme-court-wont-hear-a-case-on-a-constitutional-right-to-camp-heres-what-that-means-for-homelessness-in-washington/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Renton businesses fear Boeing 737 MAX assembly-line halt will ‘impact the community in a huge way’]]></title><description><![CDATA[For decades, Boeing was the backbone of Renton&rsquo;s local economy, though that&rsquo;s become less so as the city's population has grown and the number of Boeing jobs has shrunk.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/renton-businesses-fear-boeing-737-max-assembly-line-halt-will-impact-the-community-in-a-huge-way/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 03:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/renton-businesses-fear-boeing-737-max-assembly-line-halt-will-impact-the-community-in-a-huge-way/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Renton, local businesses worry about Boeing 737 MAX assembly line stoppage]]></title><description><![CDATA[For decades, Boeing was the backbone of Renton&rsquo;s local economy, though that&rsquo;s become less so as the city's population has grown and the number of Boeing jobs has shrunk.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/in-renton-local-businesses-worry-about-boeing-737-max-assembly-line-stoppage/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 03:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/in-renton-local-businesses-worry-about-boeing-737-max-assembly-line-stoppage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feds say they’ll grant $790M for Federal Way light-rail extension]]></title><description><![CDATA[The dollars to build light-rail from Angle Lake Station in SeaTac to Federal Way are nearly in the bag, after the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) gave notice of its intent to grant $790 million, plus a $629 million low-interest loan. Both the grant and loan have been negotiated since 2016, when voters approved the Sound [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/feds-say-theyll-grant-790m-for-federal-way-light-rail-extension/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 03:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/feds-say-theyll-grant-790m-for-federal-way-light-rail-extension/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SpaceX launches communications satellite to bring connectivity to Asia-Pacific region]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Boeing-built satellite will connect previously unserved or underserved areas with affordable, high-speed broadband, connectivity that is expected to stimulate economic growth in that region of the globe.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/spacex-launches-communications-satellite-to-bring-connectivity-to-asia-pacific-region/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 02:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/spacex-launches-communications-satellite-to-bring-connectivity-to-asia-pacific-region/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattle City Council gives green light to regional homelessness authority]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Seattle City Council voted 5-1 in favor of creating the new authority.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-city-council-gives-green-light-to-regional-homelessness-authority/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 02:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-city-council-gives-green-light-to-regional-homelessness-authority/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police chase in Lake City ends in death of stolen car’s passenger, officers say]]></title><description><![CDATA[A woman driver was injured and her male passenger died Monday when she crashed into a garbage truck in Lake City while allegedly attempting to flee Seattle police in what officers say was a stolen car. Seattle police spokesman Detective Mark Jamieson said officers typically would not engage in a pursuit over a stolen car [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/police-chase-in-lake-city-ends-in-death-of-stolen-cars-passenger-officers-say/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 02:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/police-chase-in-lake-city-ends-in-death-of-stolen-cars-passenger-officers-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Epilepsy Foundation was targeted in mass strobe cyberattack]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cyberattacks intended to trigger harmful seizures in those with epilepsy have become more common in recent years, particularly after a Texas author was targeted in 2016.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/epilepsy-foundation-was-targeted-in-mass-strobe-cyberattack/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 01:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/epilepsy-foundation-was-targeted-in-mass-strobe-cyberattack/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man shot, killed by Renton police last week identified]]></title><description><![CDATA[A man shot and killed by a Renton police sergeant Thursday has been identified as 43-year-old Anthony Tovar, according to the King County Medical Examiner&rsquo;s Office. Tovar died of multiple gunshot wounds, the office said Monday. The Port of Seattle Police Department is still investigating the sergeant&rsquo;s fatal shooting of Tovar, and no additional information [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-shot-killed-by-renton-police-last-week-identified/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 01:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-shot-killed-by-renton-police-last-week-identified/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Review: No criminal charges for officer involved in shooting]]></title><description><![CDATA[JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) &mdash; A Juneau police officer was legally justified when he shot a man in August, a review by the state Office of Special Prosecutions has determined. In a letter to the Juneau police chief summarizing the analysis, Jack McKenna, chief assistant attorney general in the Office of Special Prosecutions, said the state [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/review-no-criminal-charges-for-officer-involved-in-shooting/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 01:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/review-no-criminal-charges-for-officer-involved-in-shooting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bend-La Pine Schools sued over black student’s suicide]]></title><description><![CDATA[BEND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; A 14-year-old black student at Summit High School in Bend was bullied and racially harassed to the point that he died by suicide in 2017, according to a lawsuit recently filed in Deschutes County Circuit Court. The Bulletin reports the family of Deshaun Adderly is seeking $400,000 for wrongful death and [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/bend-la-pine-schools-sued-over-black-students-suicide/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 01:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/bend-la-pine-schools-sued-over-black-students-suicide/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sailing on a Sunday, sunny or not, on Lake Union]]></title><description><![CDATA[Boat rides during the Center for Wooden Boat's free Sunday Public Sail last around an hour and happen from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.Sundays on Lake Union. (The center will be closed from Dec. 23 to Jan. 3.)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/sailing-on-a-sunday-sunny-or-not-on-lake-union/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 00:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/sailing-on-a-sunday-sunny-or-not-on-lake-union/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mexico says 2 more anchors may have come from Cortes’ ships]]></title><description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY (AP) &mdash; Two more 16th century anchors have been found at the spot where conquistador Hern&aacute;n Cort&eacute;s is believed to have scuttled his ships, experts said Monday. Mexico&rsquo;s National Institute of Anthropology and History said that while the anchors cannot be positively identified as belonging to Cort&eacute;s&rsquo; fleet, they appear to match the [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/mexico-says-2-more-anchors-may-have-come-from-cortes-ships/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 23:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/mexico-says-2-more-anchors-may-have-come-from-cortes-ships/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Homeless agency director resigns after dancer strips at Seattle homelessness conference]]></title><description><![CDATA[The director of King County&rsquo;s coordinating agency for homelessness, All Home, has resigned after an annual homelessness conference last week during which a dancer gave lap dances and kissed attendees. A county spokesperson told The Seattle Times in an email Monday that when officials at the county&rsquo;s Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) found [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/homeless-agency-director-resigns-after-dancer-strips-at-seattle-homelessness-conference/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 23:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/homeless-agency-director-resigns-after-dancer-strips-at-seattle-homelessness-conference/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oklahoma appeals judge’s $465 million order in opioid case]]></title><description><![CDATA[NORMAN, Okla. (AP) &mdash; A judge didn&rsquo;t order Johnson &amp; Johnson to pay enough when he said the company must pay $465 million to address Oklahoma&rsquo;s opioid crisis, the state said in an appeal filed Monday. Attorney General Mike Hunter&rsquo;s office argues the award is only enough to pay for one year of the state&rsquo;s [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/oklahoma-appeals-judges-465-million-order-in-opioid-case/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 23:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/oklahoma-appeals-judges-465-million-order-in-opioid-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feral pigs, already roaming the South, now have Northern states worried]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wild pigs, widely considered the most destructive invasive species in the United States, have roamed parts of North America for centuries. Their stronghold is the American South, but now a population in Canada is growing unchecked and causing concern in the northern U.S.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/feral-pigs-already-roaming-the-south-now-have-northern-states-worried/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 22:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/feral-pigs-already-roaming-the-south-now-have-northern-states-worried/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Highway 99 tunnel contractor will appeal last week’s court loss over Bertha’s breakdown]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seattle Tunnel Partners has argued that a 110-foot-long steel pipe, which the tunnel-digging machine hit on Dec. 3, 2013, caused the breakdown. Washington state disagrees.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/highway-99-tunnel-contractor-will-appeal-last-weeks-court-loss-over-berthas-breakdown/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 22:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/highway-99-tunnel-contractor-will-appeal-last-weeks-court-loss-over-berthas-breakdown/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Portion of Idaho family’s cyanide-trap lawsuit dismissed]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho (AP) &mdash; A portion of a lawsuit brought by an Idaho family against the U.S. government after a boy and his dog tripped a cyanide-spraying, predator-killing trap near their home has been dismissed. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill dismissed all personal injury claims Friday related to cyanide exposure to Mark and Theresa [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/portion-of-idaho-familys-cyanide-trap-lawsuit-dismissed/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 22:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/portion-of-idaho-familys-cyanide-trap-lawsuit-dismissed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man found guilty of murder in security guard’s death]]></title><description><![CDATA[EUGENE, Ore. (AP) &mdash; A man accused of fatally shooting a security guard outside of a west Eugene tavern last year has been found guilty. The Register-Guard reported Monday that a Lane County jury found 31-year-old Thomas Copeland guilty on all counts including murder, unlawful use of a weapon and two counts of unlawful possession [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-found-guilty-of-murder-in-security-guards-death/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 22:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-found-guilty-of-murder-in-security-guards-death/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Sea-Tac program allows non-ticketed visitors to go beyond security checkpoint]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before 9/11, it was a normal practice to meet arriving friends and family at the gate. Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is allowing non-ticketed visitors beyond security again with the SEA Visitor Pass program.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/new-sea-tac-program-allows-non-ticketed-visitors-to-go-beyond-security-checkpoint/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 22:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/new-sea-tac-program-allows-non-ticketed-visitors-to-go-beyond-security-checkpoint/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Sea-Tac program allows non-ticketed passengers to go beyond security checkpoint to enjoy airport’s amenities]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before 9/11, it used to be a normal practice to meet friends and family at the gate. Now, Seattle Tacoma International Airport is bringing non-ticketed passengers beyond security again with the SEA Visitor Pass program.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/new-sea-tac-program-allows-non-ticketed-passengers-to-go-beyond-security-checkpoint-to-enjoy-airports-amenities/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 22:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/new-sea-tac-program-allows-non-ticketed-passengers-to-go-beyond-security-checkpoint-to-enjoy-airports-amenities/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Sea-Tac program allows non-ticketed passengers to go beyond security checkpoint]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before 9/11, it was a normal practice to meet arriving friends and family at the gate. Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is allowing non-ticketed passengers beyond security again with the SEA Visitor Pass program.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/new-sea-tac-program-allows-non-ticketed-passengers-to-go-beyond-security-checkpoint/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 22:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/new-sea-tac-program-allows-non-ticketed-passengers-to-go-beyond-security-checkpoint/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deadline extended: There’s still time to get insurance through the Washington Health Benefit Exchange]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's not too late to sign up for health insurance through the state.&nbsp;The original deadline to select a plan through the Washington Health Benefit Exchange was 11:59 p.m. Dec. 15, but it has been pushed back to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 30. The extension was announced Monday morning.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/deadline-extended-theres-still-time-to-get-insurance-through-the-washington-health-benefit-exchange/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 22:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/deadline-extended-theres-still-time-to-get-insurance-through-the-washington-health-benefit-exchange/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dozens potentially exposed to toxic mercury in Houston spill]]></title><description><![CDATA[CHICAGO (AP) &mdash; Dozens of people in Houston potentially were exposed to the toxic metal mercury after it was spilled outside a Walmart, a Sonic Drive-In and a gas station, officials said. Federal and local investigators were trying to determine if the spills were intentional. Fire Chief Sam Pena said up to 60 people were [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/dozens-potentially-exposed-to-toxic-mercury-in-houston-spill/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 21:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/dozens-potentially-exposed-to-toxic-mercury-in-houston-spill/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tour bus driver dies in Grant County after rear-ending school bus in dense fog]]></title><description><![CDATA[The school bus was stopped in the roadway after having already been hit once. It was a very foggy morning.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/tour-bus-driver-dies-in-grant-county-after-rear-ending-school-bus-in-dense-fog/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 21:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/tour-bus-driver-dies-in-grant-county-after-rear-ending-school-bus-in-dense-fog/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anchorage police investigate fatal shooting at gas station]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; A man was shot and killed Monday morning at a gas station on the east side of Anchorage. Police shortly after 10 a.m. received a call of shots fired at a Holiday Station on Mountain View Drive across the street from Mountain View Lions Community Park. Officers found a man with [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/anchorage-police-investigate-fatal-shooting-at-gas-station/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 21:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/anchorage-police-investigate-fatal-shooting-at-gas-station/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blowout turned an Ohio gas well into a methane ‘super-emitter’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Using satellite data, scientists have confirmed that a 2018 blowout turned a natural gas well in eastern Ohio into a &ldquo;super-emitter,&rdquo; leaking more methane in 20 days than all but three European nations emit over an entire year. Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, escaped from the well at a rate twice as fast as the [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/blowout-turned-an-ohio-gas-well-into-a-methane-super-emitter/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 21:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/blowout-turned-an-ohio-gas-well-into-a-methane-super-emitter/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EPA watchdog: Health monitoring after Harvey was lacking]]></title><description><![CDATA[AUSTIN, Texas (AP) &mdash; A federal watchdog says Texas officials wouldn&rsquo;t cooperate with a report released Monday that cast doubt on public health assurances made during Hurricane Harvey, when the powerful Category 4 storm unleashed an environmental assault on the country&rsquo;s largest petrochemical corridor. Pollution data-gathering in the days and weeks after Harvey made landfall [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/epa-watchdog-health-monitoring-after-harvey-was-lacking/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 21:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/epa-watchdog-health-monitoring-after-harvey-was-lacking/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Probe: Medicaid funds still go to suspect senior care homes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Medicaid funding has continued to flow to dozens of senior care-home operators in four states cited for stealing workers&rsquo; wages or breaking other labor laws, an investigation by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting has found. Earlier this fall, Medicaid funding went to at least 45 care homes previously cited for labor violations in [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/probe-medicaid-funds-still-go-to-suspect-senior-care-homes/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 21:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/probe-medicaid-funds-still-go-to-suspect-senior-care-homes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Auditor: Former finance director stole $6.9 million from Pierce County housing agency]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's believed to be the largest theft ever from a public agency in the state.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/auditor-former-finance-director-stole-69-million-from-pierce-county-housing-agency/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 21:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/auditor-former-finance-director-stole-69-million-from-pierce-county-housing-agency/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Northwest killer whales are shrinking in size — and so are their prey, chinook salmon, new research shows]]></title><description><![CDATA[A study done with drone photography revealed that younger killer whales are up to half a meter shorter than their older, healtheir peers. Chinook salmon, meanwhile, measure up to 9% shorter than in the past.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/northwest-killer-whales-are-shrinking-in-size-and-so-are-their-prey-chinook-salmon-new-research-shows/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 21:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/northwest-killer-whales-are-shrinking-in-size-and-so-are-their-prey-chinook-salmon-new-research-shows/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Child sexual abuse substantiated against ex-Oklahoma priest]]></title><description><![CDATA[OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) &mdash; The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City said Monday it has substantiated an allegation of child sexual abuse against another priest. The archdiocese said in a news release that Father Papa-Rao Pasala admitted to &ldquo;inappropriate though not-yet criminal advances&rdquo; with a 17-year-old in 2001 when he was temporarily assigned to a church in [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/child-sexual-abuse-substantiated-against-ex-oklahoma-priest/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 20:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/child-sexual-abuse-substantiated-against-ex-oklahoma-priest/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kristine Reeves, D-Federal Way, resigns from state Legislature, eyes possible congressional run]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 2016, Reeves became the first black woman elected to the state house in 18 years. She was reelected two years later.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/kristine-reeves-d-federal-way-resigns-from-state-legislature-eyes-possible-congressional-run/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 20:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/kristine-reeves-d-federal-way-resigns-from-state-legislature-eyes-possible-congressional-run/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kristine Reeves, D-Federal Way, resigns from state Legislature]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 2016, Reeves became the first black woman elected to the state house in 18 years. She was reelected two years later.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/kristine-reeves-d-federal-way-resigns-from-state-legislature/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 20:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/kristine-reeves-d-federal-way-resigns-from-state-legislature/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former university employee arrested on assault charge]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; A former University of Portland employee has been accused of assaulting a current staff member. Authorities say Patrick Ell , 52, attacked the university&rsquo;s Associate Vice President of Student Development, Matthew Rygg, in an altercation off-campus Friday night. Police said the incident happened around 9:30 p.m. in a residential area. Ell [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/former-university-employee-arrested-on-assault-charge/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 19:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/former-university-employee-arrested-on-assault-charge/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kenmore Middle School closed Monday after rumors about guns at school]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kenmore Middle School officials closed the campus Monday out of "an abundance of caution" after rumors surfaced over the weekend about guns at the school, said Sgt. Ryan Abbott, a spokesman for the King County Sheriff's Office.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/kenmore-middle-school-closed-monday-after-rumors-about-guns-at-school/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 19:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/kenmore-middle-school-closed-monday-after-rumors-about-guns-at-school/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australia could see its hottest day on record this week, fueling bush-fire crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[A scorching heat wave is progressing from west to east across the continent, breaking numerous all-time records as it does so. On Monday, Brisbane tied its record for the hottest December day, at 106.2 degrees (41.2 Celsius).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/australia-could-see-its-hottest-day-on-record-this-week-fueling-bush-fire-crisis/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 18:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/australia-could-see-its-hottest-day-on-record-this-week-fueling-bush-fire-crisis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2019]]></title><description><![CDATA[A sharecropper&rsquo;s son who rose through the seats of power to become one of the nation&rsquo;s most influential voices. A Republican who went on to lead the U.S. Supreme Court&rsquo;s liberal wing. A lauded writer who brought to light stories overshadowed by prejudice. This year saw the deaths of people who shifted culture through prose, [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/final-goodbye-recalling-influential-people-who-died-in-2019/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 18:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/final-goodbye-recalling-influential-people-who-died-in-2019/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man found shot, fatally wounded in Fairbanks parking lot]]></title><description><![CDATA[FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) &mdash; A man found with gunshot wounds in the parking lot of a Fairbanks store has died. The man&rsquo;s name was not immediately released. Alaska State Troopers shortly before 11 a.m. Friday received a report of a shooting on Aeronca Avenue west of Fairbanks International Airport. Responding officers found a man with [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-found-shot-fatally-wounded-in-fairbanks-parking-lot/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 18:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-found-shot-fatally-wounded-in-fairbanks-parking-lot/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Puyallup to pay millions to skateboarder badly hurt when hit by pickup in crosswalk]]></title><description><![CDATA[The skateboarder argued that Puyallup did not safely install a crosswalk into Bradley Lake Park.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/puyallup-to-pay-millions-to-skateboarder-badly-hurt-when-hit-by-pickup-in-crosswalk/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 18:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/puyallup-to-pay-millions-to-skateboarder-badly-hurt-when-hit-by-pickup-in-crosswalk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Monday Morning Brief: Possible Boeing Renton shutdown, tough start to flu season]]></title><description><![CDATA[Note to readers: We experienced technical difficulty this morning with the software we use to produce Morning Brief. Here it is, and if you&rsquo;d like to sign up for Morning Brief every day, you can do that here. Boeing Renton shutdown likely: Boeing&rsquo;s board is weighing a proposal from top management to shut down 737 [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/monday-morning-brief-possible-boeing-renton-shutdown-tough-start-to-flu-season/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 16:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/monday-morning-brief-possible-boeing-renton-shutdown-tough-start-to-flu-season/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Holiday skiing is on as ‘hefty snow’ set to fall in the mountains later this week]]></title><description><![CDATA[Get the sleds out, and check your boot bindings and traction tires, because it&rsquo;s looking like a snowy holiday season up in the mountain passes. A &ldquo;pretty active system&rdquo; is poised to move into the Puget Sound region midweek, bringing widespread rain into the lowlands and more than a foot of snow at higher elevations, [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/holiday-skiing-is-on-as-hefty-snow-set-to-fall-in-the-mountains-later-this-week/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 16:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/holiday-skiing-is-on-as-hefty-snow-set-to-fall-in-the-mountains-later-this-week/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Hefty snow’ expected to fall in the mountains this week]]></title><description><![CDATA[Get the sleds out, and check your boot bindings and traction tires, because it&rsquo;s looking like a snowy holiday season up in the mountain passes. A &ldquo;pretty active system&rdquo; is poised to move into the Puget Sound region midweek, bringing widespread rain into the lowlands and more than a foot of snow at higher elevations, [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/hefty-snow-expected-to-fall-in-the-mountains-this-week/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 16:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/hefty-snow-expected-to-fall-in-the-mountains-this-week/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court lets stand ruling that protects homeless people who sleep on sidewalks]]></title><description><![CDATA[The outcome is a significant victory for homeless activists and a setback for city officials in California and other Western states who argued that the appeals court ruling undercut their authority to regulate encampments on the sidewalks.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/supreme-court-lets-stand-ruling-that-protects-homeless-people-who-sleep-on-sidewalks/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 16:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/supreme-court-lets-stand-ruling-that-protects-homeless-people-who-sleep-on-sidewalks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court won’t revive homeless camping ban in Idaho]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; The Supreme Court will not review an appellate decision that makes it harder for cities to keep homeless people from sleeping on the streets. The justices on Monday did not comment as they left in place a ruling that struck down a Boise, Idaho, ordinance. The ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/supreme-court-wont-revive-homeless-camping-ban-in-idaho/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 15:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/supreme-court-wont-revive-homeless-camping-ban-in-idaho/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alaska pays $500K to woman for failure to warn of attacker]]></title><description><![CDATA[PALMER, Alaska (AP) &mdash; The Alaska Department of Public Safety will pay $500,000 to a woman who was assaulted after authorities failed to warn her a man who previously attacked her had fled house arrest. The payment settles a lawsuit filed by 43-year-old Shawna Robb of Wasilla, The Anchorage Daily News reported. Jordan King, 27, [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-pays-500k-to-woman-for-failure-to-warn-of-attacker/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 15:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-pays-500k-to-woman-for-failure-to-warn-of-attacker/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The feminism I believe in makes the world larger, not smaller]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gender-critical radical feminists oppose greater rights and support for people who are transgender, but this diminishes choice and opportunities for all.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/the-feminism-i-believe-in-makes-the-world-larger-not-smaller/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/the-feminism-i-believe-in-makes-the-world-larger-not-smaller/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flu is affecting more people than usual, in Washington and around the country]]></title><description><![CDATA[This flu season is taking off sooner than usual, with more cases than have typically been reported by this point in the year. This trend holds true for Washington state and the country as a whole, but the numbers are worse in Washington than in most other states.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/flu-is-affecting-more-people-than-usual-in-washington-and-around-the-country/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/flu-is-affecting-more-people-than-usual-in-washington-and-around-the-country/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flu cases are showing up earlier this year compared to recent years]]></title><description><![CDATA[This flu season is taking off sooner than usual, with more cases than have typically been reported by this point in the year. This trend holds true for Washington state and the country as a whole, but the numbers are worse in Washington than in most other states.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/flu-cases-are-showing-up-earlier-this-year-compared-to-recent-years/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/flu-cases-are-showing-up-earlier-this-year-compared-to-recent-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Crazy bad idea’: Top Washington official reacts to ‘alarming’ rise in children in state care sent to hotels]]></title><description><![CDATA[The number of nights kids in state care spent in hotels or state offices increased by more than 1000 percent in four years. Surprisingly, the problem is not driven by a shortage of foster homes.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/crazy-bad-idea-top-washington-official-reacts-to-alarming-rise-in-children-in-state-care-sent-to-hotels/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/crazy-bad-idea-top-washington-official-reacts-to-alarming-rise-in-children-in-state-care-sent-to-hotels/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After senior center closed because of mold, Redmond is without its ‘nice gathering place’]]></title><description><![CDATA[REDMOND &mdash; The Redmond Senior Center was a bustling hub for residents 50 and over &mdash; or as some like to say, &ldquo;50 and better.&rdquo;&nbsp;Along with daily lunch, tables for puzzles and meeting rooms for socializing, the center offered something different each day: Driftwood sculpture classes on Wednesdays, gentle yoga on Thursdays, Mexican-train dominoes on [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/after-senior-center-closed-because-of-mold-redmond-is-without-its-nice-gathering-place/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/after-senior-center-closed-because-of-mold-redmond-is-without-its-nice-gathering-place/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[75 years ago they fought the Germans, frostbite and Hitler’s desperate gamble to change the tide of World War II]]></title><description><![CDATA[They were young men when they enlisted. They had no way of knowing they'd become part of history for fighting in the Battle of the Bulge.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/75-years-ago-they-fought-the-germans-frostbite-and-hitlers-desperate-gamble-to-change-the-tide-of-world-war-ii/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/75-years-ago-they-fought-the-germans-frostbite-and-hitlers-desperate-gamble-to-change-the-tide-of-world-war-ii/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Washington state inspires federal bill to make it easier to help homeless students and their families]]></title><description><![CDATA[Inspired by early experiments in this state on how to keep homeless students in stable housing and schools, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., has introduced a bill to incentivize such partnerships across the country.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/washington-state-inspires-federal-bill-to-make-it-easier-to-help-homeless-students-and-their-families/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/washington-state-inspires-federal-bill-to-make-it-easier-to-help-homeless-students-and-their-families/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UN AIDS agency fires whistleblower after misconduct probe]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO (AP) &mdash; The United Nations&rsquo; AIDS agency has fired two staffers for financial and sexual misconduct, including a whistleblower whose allegations of being sexually assaulted sparked months of turmoil at the organization. Last March, Martina Brostrom publicly accused a senior UNAIDS director of forcibly kissing her and trying to drag her out of a [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/un-aids-agency-fires-whistleblower-after-misconduct-probe/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 13:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/un-aids-agency-fires-whistleblower-after-misconduct-probe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Germany set to agree higher CO2 price for transport, heating]]></title><description><![CDATA[BERLIN (AP) &mdash; Germany&rsquo;s two houses of parliament are poised to more than double the starting price for carbon dioxide emissions from the transport and heating industries when the charge is introduced in 2021. German news agency dpa reported Monday that a deal was reached after overnight talks to get a package of measures for [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/germany-set-to-agree-higher-co2-price-for-transport-heating/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 13:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/germany-set-to-agree-higher-co2-price-for-transport-heating/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patients rally in Ecuador for legal use of medical cannabis]]></title><description><![CDATA[QUITO, Ecuador (AP) &mdash; Unrelenting pain in her hips and weeks of insomnia left Nelly Valbuena desperate for relief from her metastatic breast cancer. The university professor found freedom from her disease&rsquo;s cruel side effects in an unexpected remedy: CBD, a compound extracted from the cannabis plant. Now Valbuena is pushing Ecuador&rsquo;s government to put [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/patients-rally-in-ecuador-for-legal-use-of-medical-cannabis/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 06:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/patients-rally-in-ecuador-for-legal-use-of-medical-cannabis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moderate earthquake felt in Alaska’s biggest city]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Residents of Anchorage and the Matsu Valley felt a light earthquake that hit the Cook Inlet region Sunday night, the Alaska Earthquake Center said. The magnitude 4.1 earthquake hit at 6:30 p.m. and had an epicenter that was 22 miles (36 kilometers) northwest of Anchorage, the state&rsquo;s biggest city. The earthquake [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/moderate-earthquake-felt-in-alaskas-biggest-city/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 05:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/moderate-earthquake-felt-in-alaskas-biggest-city/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[1 dead, 2 injured in 3-vehicle Shoreline crash]]></title><description><![CDATA[A man was killed and two other people were injured in a three-vehicle crash in Shoreline that occurred shortly after 5 p.m.&nbsp; Sunday, according to authorities. The crash occurred on Northeast 175th Street, at the underpass beneath Interstate 5, according to the King County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office. The man who died at the scene was in [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/1-dead-2-injured-in-3-vehicle-shoreline-crash/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 03:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/1-dead-2-injured-in-3-vehicle-shoreline-crash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[George Laurer, Who Developed the Bar Code, Is Dead at 94]]></title><description><![CDATA[George J. Laurer, whose design of the vertically striped bar code sped supermarket checkout lines, parcel deliveries and assembly lines and even transformed humans, including airline passengers and hospital patients, into traceable inventory items, died Dec. 5 at his home in Wendell, North Carolina, near Raleigh. He was 94. His death was confirmed by his [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/george-laurer-who-developed-the-bar-code-is-dead-at-94/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 00:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/george-laurer-who-developed-the-bar-code-is-dead-at-94/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dry conditions fuel salmon die-off on Oregon coast]]></title><description><![CDATA[ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) &mdash; Fishing for fall chinook is now banned in multiple rivers on Oregon&rsquo;s north coast because extremely dry conditions have fueled a widespread die-off of the species. After two months of low rainfall, hundreds of adult fish on multiple coastal streams are dying from an unusual outbreak of a naturally occurring parasite [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/dry-conditions-fuel-salmon-die-off-on-oregon-coast/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2019 21:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/dry-conditions-fuel-salmon-die-off-on-oregon-coast/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spokane to vote on noise-emitting devices to deter loiterers in city’s downtown]]></title><description><![CDATA[SPOKANE &mdash; The Spokane City Council will vote Monday on a law that would ban devices that emit a high-pitched sound to discourage loiterers in the city&rsquo;s downtown. City Councilwoman Kate Burke, who crafted the proposal, told the Spokesman Review that the devices are inherently discriminatory because they are used mostly against homeless people and [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/spokane-to-vote-on-noise-emitting-devices-to-deter-loiterers-in-citys-downtown/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2019 19:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/spokane-to-vote-on-noise-emitting-devices-to-deter-loiterers-in-citys-downtown/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spokane to vote on noise-emitting devices to deter loiterers]]></title><description><![CDATA[SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) &mdash; The Spokane City Council will vote Monday on a law that would ban devices that emit a high-pitched sound to discourage loiterers in the city&rsquo;s downtown. City Councilwoman Kate Burke, who crafted the proposal, told the Spokesman Review that the devices are inherently discriminatory because they are used mostly against homeless [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/spokane-to-vote-on-noise-emitting-devices-to-deter-loiterers/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2019 19:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/spokane-to-vote-on-noise-emitting-devices-to-deter-loiterers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AP EXPLAINS: How Madrid talks fell short on climate ambition]]></title><description><![CDATA[MADRID (AP) &mdash; This year&rsquo;s U.N. climate negotiations in Madrid, the longest in 25 nearly annual such gatherings, ended Sunday with major polluters resisting calls to ramp up efforts to keep global warming at bay. Faced with the tough task of reconciling the demands of scientists, protesters on the streets and governments back home, the [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ap-explains-how-madrid-talks-fell-short-on-climate-ambition/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2019 19:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ap-explains-how-madrid-talks-fell-short-on-climate-ambition/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian couple gets $9 million jury verdict in Oregon bike wreck on freeway]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. &mdash; A jury has awarded more than $9 million in damages to a man and woman from Vancouver, British Columbia, who were struck by an 18-wheeler truck while riding their bikes along Interstate 84 in the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon. The eight-member jury found Exel Inc. &mdash; more commonly known as the [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/canadian-couple-gets-9-million-jury-verdict-in-oregon-bike-wreck-on-freeway/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2019 18:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/canadian-couple-gets-9-million-jury-verdict-in-oregon-bike-wreck-on-freeway/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian couple gets $9 million jury verdict in bike wreck]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; A jury has awarded more than $9 million in damages to a man and woman from Vancouver, British Columbia, who were struck by an 18-wheeler truck while riding their bikes along Interstate 84 in the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon. The eight-member jury found Exel Inc. &mdash; more commonly known as [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/canadian-couple-gets-9-million-jury-verdict-in-bike-wreck/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2019 18:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/canadian-couple-gets-9-million-jury-verdict-in-bike-wreck/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anti-union group seeks names, birthdates of hundreds of thousands of government workers]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anti-union organization is seeking public record information about hundreds of thousands of state and local public employees as part of its ongoing efforts to convince union government workers they should drop their memberships and stop paying dues. Workers for government agencies as well as public colleges and universities are being notified by their human [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/anti-union-group-seeks-names-birthdates-of-hundreds-of-thousands-of-government-workers/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2019 17:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/anti-union-group-seeks-names-birthdates-of-hundreds-of-thousands-of-government-workers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anti-union group seeks names, birth dates of hundreds of thousands of government workers]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anti-union organization is seeking public record information about hundreds of thousands of state and local public employees as part of its ongoing efforts to convince union government workers they should drop their memberships and stop paying dues. Workers for government agencies as well as public colleges and universities are being notified by their human [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/anti-union-group-seeks-names-birth-dates-of-hundreds-of-thousands-of-government-workers/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2019 17:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/anti-union-group-seeks-names-birth-dates-of-hundreds-of-thousands-of-government-workers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We are here to ski across the Arctic Ocean’: Dispatches from Mike Horn’s and Børge Ousland’s North Pole trek]]></title><description><![CDATA[The dispatches give a real-time take on the emotions, perils and odd sensations of the journey. "Some of the ice blocks we were walking on moved around like an inflatable mattress floating on water."]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/we-are-here-to-ski-across-the-arctic-ocean-dispatches-from-mike-horns-and-brge-ouslands-north-pole-trek/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/we-are-here-to-ski-across-the-arctic-ocean-dispatches-from-mike-horns-and-brge-ouslands-north-pole-trek/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Videos of the Year 2019: Watch the stories]]></title><description><![CDATA[https://projects.seattletimes.com/2019/videos-of-the-year/]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/videos-of-the-year-2019-watch-the-stories/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/videos-of-the-year-2019-watch-the-stories/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Videos of the Year 2019: Telling the deeper stories]]></title><description><![CDATA[We invite you to dig in with us and view our 2019 Videos of the Year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/videos-of-the-year-2019-telling-the-deeper-stories/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/videos-of-the-year-2019-telling-the-deeper-stories/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Majority of voters paying Sound Transit’s car-tab taxes opposed I-976]]></title><description><![CDATA[Inside the Sound Transit taxing district, which covers parts of King, Pierce and Snohomish counties, a majority of voters rejected I-976.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/majority-of-voters-paying-sound-transits-car-tab-taxes-opposed-i-976/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/majority-of-voters-paying-sound-transits-car-tab-taxes-opposed-i-976/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As climate change melts Alaska’s permafrost, roads sink, bridges tilt and greenhouse gases release]]></title><description><![CDATA[The accelerating melt is a global concern: Permafrost, which mostly lies in the northern reaches of the planet, is a vast carbon storehouse of frozen plants and animals that release greenhouse gases as they warm and decompose.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/as-climate-change-melts-alaskas-permafrost-roads-sink-bridges-tilt-and-greenhouse-gases-release/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/as-climate-change-melts-alaskas-permafrost-roads-sink-bridges-tilt-and-greenhouse-gases-release/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Analysis but no specific fixes yet in Seattle’s report for judge on police accountability]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seattle&rsquo;s police-accountability system needs refinement, not wholesale change, says a consultant report filed by the city to a federal judge Friday that echoes concerns raised by the judge and community members but that offers no specific solutions. The submission may or may not satisfy U.S. District Judge James Robart, who&rsquo;s&nbsp;been waiting for several months to [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/analysis-but-no-specific-fixes-yet-in-seattles-report-for-judge-on-police-accountability/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/analysis-but-no-specific-fixes-yet-in-seattles-report-for-judge-on-police-accountability/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two Pasco officers who were stabbed shoot suspect]]></title><description><![CDATA[PASCO &mdash; Two officers were hospitalized Saturday night after they were stabbed while investigating a crime, the Pasco Police Department said. Sgt. Scott Warren told KEPR TV that the officers were investigating about 8:30 p.m. in the area of the 2000 block of North 18th Drive when a suspect pulled out a weapon and stabbed [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/two-pasco-officers-who-were-stabbed-shoot-suspect/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2019 06:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/two-pasco-officers-who-were-stabbed-shoot-suspect/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pasco officers kill suspect who stabbed them with knife]]></title><description><![CDATA[PASCO, Wa. (AP) &mdash; Two Pasco police officers shot and killed an 18-year-old man Saturday night who authorities say stabbed them, KEPR TV reported. The Franklin County Coroners Office &lsquo;identified the man as Alejandro Betancourt-Mendoza. The officers were stabbed while investigating a crime, the Pasco Police Department said. Sgt. Scott Warren told KEPR TV that [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/pasco-officers-kill-suspect-who-stabbed-them-with-knife/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2019 06:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/pasco-officers-kill-suspect-who-stabbed-them-with-knife/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With his ‘youthful perspective,’ Pete Buttigieg rolls into Seattle for a weekend of fundraisers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many waiting in line to enter the event said they will consider voting for&nbsp;Pete Buttigieg in Washington's March primary because they like his "centrist" values, because they believe a Democrat like him will have the best chance to defeat President Donald Trump, or for both reasons.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/with-his-youthful-perspective-pete-buttigieg-rolls-into-seattle-for-a-weekend-of-fundraisers/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2019 06:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/with-his-youthful-perspective-pete-buttigieg-rolls-into-seattle-for-a-weekend-of-fundraisers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With his ‘youthful perspective,’ Buttigieg rolls into Seattle for a weekend of fundraisers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many waiting in line to enter the event said they will consider voting for&nbsp;Pete Buttigieg in Washington's March primary because they like his "centrist" values, because they believe a Democrat like him will have the best chance to defeat President Donald Trump, or for both reasons.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/with-his-youthful-perspective-buttigieg-rolls-into-seattle-for-a-weekend-of-fundraisers/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2019 06:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/with-his-youthful-perspective-buttigieg-rolls-into-seattle-for-a-weekend-of-fundraisers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pete Buttigieg rolls into Seattle, pitching a presidency that will make ‘your blood pressure actually go down’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many waiting in line to enter the event said they will consider voting for&nbsp;Pete Buttigieg in Washington's March primary because they like his "centrist" values, because they believe a Democrat like him will have the best chance to defeat President Donald Trump, or for both reasons.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/pete-buttigieg-rolls-into-seattle-pitching-a-presidency-that-will-make-your-blood-pressure-actually-go-down/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2019 06:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/pete-buttigieg-rolls-into-seattle-pitching-a-presidency-that-will-make-your-blood-pressure-actually-go-down/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Powerful Alaska Native corporation to leave federation]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; A powerful Alaska Native corporation is withdrawing from the Alaska Federation of Natives at the end of this year, KTOO Public Media reported. Arctic Slope Regional Corp. Director of Communications Ty Hardt wrote in a statement issued Friday that the organization&rsquo;s board of directors voted unanimously to end its membership in [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/powerful-alaska-native-corporation-to-leave-federation/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2019 02:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/powerful-alaska-native-corporation-to-leave-federation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Firefighters swim to rescue trapped couple near Poulsbo after vehicle hurtles into bay]]></title><description><![CDATA[Firefighters swam into Liberty Bay south of Poulsbo on Saturday morning to rescue a couple trapped upside-down in their vehicle. First responders received the call at 8:35 a.m. When they arrived at the scene, just south of the Poulsbo Yacht Club off of Fjord Drive Northeast, they found the vehicle almost completely submerged in the [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/firefighters-swim-to-rescue-trapped-couple-near-poulsbo-after-vehicle-hurtles-into-bay/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2019 00:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/firefighters-swim-to-rescue-trapped-couple-near-poulsbo-after-vehicle-hurtles-into-bay/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[19-year-old stabbed multiple times by ex-girlfriend in his home, police say]]></title><description><![CDATA[Police arrested a former girlfriend of a Lake Forest Park 19-year-old who was taken to Harborview Medical Center early Saturday with life-threatening stab wounds to his chest. Police said they believe the woman, also 19, sneaked into the home where her ex-boyfriend lives with his parents and attacked him in his bedroom. His parents called [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/19-year-old-stabbed-multiple-times-by-ex-girlfriend-in-his-home-police-say/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2019 00:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/19-year-old-stabbed-multiple-times-by-ex-girlfriend-in-his-home-police-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dozens displaced by Kent apartment building fire]]></title><description><![CDATA[Authorities evacuated the 90-unit Woodland Estates building, 89 units of which were occupied.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/dozens-displaced-by-kent-apartment-building-fire/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 22:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/dozens-displaced-by-kent-apartment-building-fire/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oregon Supreme Court upholds district attorney suspension]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; The Oregon Supreme Court upheld a decision to suspend a district attorney for lying to investigators. Wasco County District Attorney Eric Nisley will be suspended from practicing law for two months beginning in February, the court ruled Thursday. The ruling upholds Oregon&rsquo;s Disciplinary Board finding last year that Nisley lied to [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/oregon-supreme-court-upholds-district-attorney-suspension/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 21:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/oregon-supreme-court-upholds-district-attorney-suspension/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Woman, a Banana and a $120,000 Question About What a Life Is Worth]]></title><description><![CDATA[KEY WEST, Fla. &mdash; It was a photo of a photo, and it was too good to resist: an image of a buzz-haired woman using her cellphone to capture a bruised banana stuck to the wall with a piece of duct tape at Art Basel in Miami Beach. The news of Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan&rsquo;s [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/a-woman-a-banana-and-a-120000-question-about-what-a-life-is-worth/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 21:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/a-woman-a-banana-and-a-120000-question-about-what-a-life-is-worth/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[State releases Fairbanks air quality improvement plan]]></title><description><![CDATA[FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) &mdash; An Alaska conservation department has submitted its required final air quality improvement plan to the Environmental Protection Agency to reach compliance with the Clean Air Act. KTVF-TV reported Friday that the state Department of Environmental Conservation released the Serious State Implementation Plan for Fairbanks North Star Borough allowing the public to [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/state-releases-fairbanks-air-quality-improvement-plan/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 18:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/state-releases-fairbanks-air-quality-improvement-plan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Dakota upholds death sentence in 2000 torture killing]]></title><description><![CDATA[PIERRE, S.D. (AP) &mdash; The South Dakota Supreme Court upheld the sentence of the state&rsquo;s only death row inmate, an Alaska man who pleaded guilty to taking part in a 2000 torture killing. The justices said the arguments from Briley Piper, 39, of Anchorage, were &ldquo;untimely&rdquo; and didn&rsquo;t contest his guilt, the Rapid City Journal [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/south-dakota-upholds-death-sentence-in-2000-torture-killing/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 17:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/south-dakota-upholds-death-sentence-in-2000-torture-killing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oil company sues former employee, Anchorage officer for $7M]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; An oil company in Alaska has sued a former employee, an Anchorage police officer and others alleging they embezzled more than $7 million. Alaska Public Media reported Friday that ConocoPhillips lawyers filed the lawsuit Thursday against former senior drilling and wells planner Forrest Wright, Officer Nathan Keays and close relatives. The [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/oil-company-sues-former-employee-anchorage-officer-for-7m/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 17:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/oil-company-sues-former-employee-anchorage-officer-for-7m/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ketchikan teenager sets state weightlifting record]]></title><description><![CDATA[KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Jaredval Caguiat had nothing more than a power bar for breakfast on Saturday. He was running late. &ldquo;I was in a hurry,&rdquo; he said with a grin. Caguiat could be all smiles now, of course. Most Read StoriesAfter dancer strips at Seattle conference on homelessness, agency director suspendedExtra! Extra! Pike Place [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ketchikan-teenager-sets-state-weightlifting-record/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 16:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ketchikan-teenager-sets-state-weightlifting-record/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Volunteers wanted for Project Homeless Caonnect]]></title><description><![CDATA[SOLDOTNA, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Project Homeless Connect 2020 has just about everything it needs to be a success, but it&rsquo;s missing volunteers. Organizers for the project met on Tuesday at the Independent Living Center on Kalifornsky Beach Road to discuss what is still needed for the event in terms of supplies, services and volunteers. During [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/volunteers-wanted-for-project-homeless-caonnect/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 15:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/volunteers-wanted-for-project-homeless-caonnect/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DA: Eugene officer justified in fatal shooting of man]]></title><description><![CDATA[EUGENE, Ore. (AP) &mdash; Lane County District Attorney Patty Perlow announced Friday that a Eugene police officer will not face criminal charges for fatally shooting a man during a physical altercation that she said left the officer &ldquo;fighting for his life.&rdquo; The Register-Guard reports Officer Samuel Tykol shot Eliborio Rodrigues Jr., 40, on Nov. 30 [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/da-eugene-officer-justified-in-fatal-shooting-of-man/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 15:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/da-eugene-officer-justified-in-fatal-shooting-of-man/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It’s nice to have a friend’: As an Eastside boy’s confidence grows, a mentor finds unexpected rewards]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jorge Cuevas-Jimenez has another adult he can count on thanks to a mentorship program at Youth Eastside Services, a nonprofit helped by reader donations to The Seattle Times Fund For the Needy. The number of lives changed over the years? More than 1,000 Eastside students have taken part.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/its-nice-to-have-a-friend-as-an-eastside-boys-confidence-grows-a-mentor-finds-unexpected-rewards/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/its-nice-to-have-a-friend-as-an-eastside-boys-confidence-grows-a-mentor-finds-unexpected-rewards/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How a CPA gave an Eastside boy found another adult to count on]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jorge Cuevas-Jimenez has another adult he can count on thanks to a mentorship program at a nonprofit helped by your donations to The Seattle Times Fund For the Needy. The number of lives changed over the years? More than 1,000 Eastside kids have taken part. "It&rsquo;s nice to have a friend," Jorge says.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/how-a-cpa-gave-an-eastside-boy-found-another-adult-to-count-on/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/how-a-cpa-gave-an-eastside-boy-found-another-adult-to-count-on/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As an Eastside boy’s confidence grows, a mentor finds unexpected rewards]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jorge Cuevas-Jimenez has another adult he can count on thanks to a mentorship program at a nonprofit helped by your donations to The Seattle Times Fund For the Needy. The number of lives changed over the years? More than 1,000 Eastside kids have taken part.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/as-an-eastside-boys-confidence-grows-a-mentor-finds-unexpected-rewards/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/as-an-eastside-boys-confidence-grows-a-mentor-finds-unexpected-rewards/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A year into her succession plan, Harriet Bullitt prepares for Sleeping Lady to ‘thrive beyond my lifetime’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Leavenworth's Sleeping Lady has always been linked to its community through its owner, environmental champion Harriet Bullitt. Now, with a change in ownership, it is financially, too.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/a-year-into-her-succession-plan-harriet-bullitt-prepares-for-sleeping-lady-to-thrive-beyond-my-lifetime/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/a-year-into-her-succession-plan-harriet-bullitt-prepares-for-sleeping-lady-to-thrive-beyond-my-lifetime/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US finally giving boot to official foot measurement]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; Change is afoot for the official measuring stick used to size up big places in America. The reason? There are actually two different definitions of the 12-inch measurement known as a foot. Some land surveyors use what&rsquo;s known as the U.S. survey foot. Others use the definition that&rsquo;s more accepted by the [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/us-finally-giving-boot-to-official-foot-measurement/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 14:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/us-finally-giving-boot-to-official-foot-measurement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Researchers visit Idaho to see if dogs can detect avian flu]]></title><description><![CDATA[HAGERMAN, Idaho (AP) &mdash; Dogs, known for their keen sense of smell, can detect things like illicit drugs, invasive species and even if someone is having a stroke. Now a team of researchers from Colorado State University are looking at whether canines may also be able to sense the presence of avian influenza. Boise State [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/researchers-visit-idaho-to-see-if-dogs-can-detect-avian-flu/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 09:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/researchers-visit-idaho-to-see-if-dogs-can-detect-avian-flu/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To Prevent Deadly Infections, FDA Approves the First Disposable ‘Scope’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Following a series of deadly outbreaks in hospitals around the country, the Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first fully disposable version of the medical device implicated in the infections. Reusable versions of the device &mdash; a long, snakelike tube with a fiber-optic camera at one end, called a duodenoscope &mdash; are inserted [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/to-prevent-deadly-infections-fda-approves-the-first-disposable-scope/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 03:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/to-prevent-deadly-infections-fda-approves-the-first-disposable-scope/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police arrest man they say stole Christmas trees from farm outside Puyallup]]></title><description><![CDATA[Federal Way police busted a Christmas crime operation Friday, nabbing a man they said stole&nbsp;dozens of Christmas trees from a farm near Puyallup, as well as a truck and trailers. About 78 trees vanished from the Snowshoe Evergreen Christmas Tree Farm off Highway 162 sometime between Saturday night and Monday morning, according to the Pierce [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/police-arrest-man-they-say-stole-christmas-trees-from-farm-outside-puyallup/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 01:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/police-arrest-man-they-say-stole-christmas-trees-from-farm-outside-puyallup/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police arrest man they believe stole Christmas trees from farm outside Puyallup]]></title><description><![CDATA[Federal Way Police busted a Christmas crime operation Friday, nabbing a man they said stole&nbsp;a truck, trailers and dozens of Christmas trees from a farm near Puyallup likely in hopes of selling them for a profit. About 78 trees vanished from the Snowshoe Evergreen Christmas Tree Farm off state Route 162 sometime between Saturday night [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/police-arrest-man-they-believe-stole-christmas-trees-from-farm-outside-puyallup/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 01:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/police-arrest-man-they-believe-stole-christmas-trees-from-farm-outside-puyallup/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grinch strikes Christmas tree farm outside Puyallup]]></title><description><![CDATA[Authorities are asking the public to help solve a Christmas crime after 78 trees were stolen from a Christmas tree farm near Puyallup under the cover of darkness. The trees vanished from the Snowshoe Evergreen Christmas Tree Farm off state Route 162 sometime between Saturday night and Monday morning, according to the Pierce County Sheriff&rsquo;s [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/grinch-strikes-christmas-tree-farm-outside-puyallup/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 01:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/grinch-strikes-christmas-tree-farm-outside-puyallup/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cue the Grinch music: About 78 Christmas trees cut down and dragged from family farm near Puyallup]]></title><description><![CDATA[Federal Way police busted a Christmas crime operation Friday, nabbing a man they said stole&nbsp;dozens of Christmas trees from a farm near Puyallup, as well as a truck and trailers. About 78 trees vanished from the Snowshoe Evergreen Christmas Tree Farm off Highway 162 sometime between Saturday night and Monday morning, according to the Pierce [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/cue-the-grinch-music-about-78-christmas-trees-cut-down-and-dragged-from-family-farm-near-puyallup/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 01:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/cue-the-grinch-music-about-78-christmas-trees-cut-down-and-dragged-from-family-farm-near-puyallup/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stony River man charged in man’s 2018 death]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; More than a year after a Stony River man died in what was believed to be a suicide, another man has been arrested and charged with his death. Jason Bobby of Stony River is charged with second degree murder, manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and evidence tampering in the May 2018 death [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/stony-river-man-charged-in-mans-2018-death/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 01:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/stony-river-man-charged-in-mans-2018-death/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret is out: 105-year-old woman left $10M to Washington’s community colleges]]></title><description><![CDATA[Eva Gordon was a private woman and a savvy investor. Her gift goes to 17 Washington community colleges.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/the-secret-is-out-105-year-old-woman-left-10m-to-washingtons-community-colleges/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 01:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/the-secret-is-out-105-year-old-woman-left-10m-to-washingtons-community-colleges/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[$10 million gift from 105-year-old heads to Washington’s community colleges]]></title><description><![CDATA[Eva Gordon was a private woman and a savvy investor. Her gift goes to 17 Washington community colleges.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/10-million-gift-from-105-year-old-heads-to-washingtons-community-colleges/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 01:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/10-million-gift-from-105-year-old-heads-to-washingtons-community-colleges/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extra! Extra! Pike Place Market newsstand to close after 40 years.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Owner Lee Lauckhart has decided to close the landmark newsstand which once sold 180 different newspapers and 2,000 magazines. Says Lauckhart, "people under 30 don't read printed material."]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/extra-extra-pike-place-market-newsstand-to-close-after-40-years/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 01:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/extra-extra-pike-place-market-newsstand-to-close-after-40-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even ‘Hammering Man’ gets cold feet as winter approaches]]></title><description><![CDATA[The attachments were discovered last week. They'll stay up for the cold weather and be removed after the holidays.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/even-hammering-man-gets-cold-feet-as-winter-approaches/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 01:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/even-hammering-man-gets-cold-feet-as-winter-approaches/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Entrance to King County Courthouse to reopen amid security concerns, emergency funding]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Third Avenue entrance was closed two weeks ago in the wake of a violent, unprovoked attack on a defense attorney and a Metro bus driver. The Metropolitan King County Council approved $600,000 in emergency funding and some of that money will allow for two sheriff's deputies to be on the street during business hours.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/entrance-to-king-county-courthouse-to-reopen-amid-security-concerns-emergency-funding/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 00:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/entrance-to-king-county-courthouse-to-reopen-amid-security-concerns-emergency-funding/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idaho Press Club wins public record case against Ada County]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho (AP) &mdash; The Idaho Press Club and four Boise-area journalists have won a lawsuit they filed against Ada County officials under Idaho Public Records Act. In Friday&rsquo;s ruling, 4th District Judge Deborah Bail wrote that the county&rsquo;s approach to the public records requests it had received from the journalists was so far removed [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/idaho-press-club-wins-public-record-case-against-ada-county/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 00:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/idaho-press-club-wins-public-record-case-against-ada-county/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Large hospital system says it was hit by ransomware attack]]></title><description><![CDATA[EDISON, N.J. (AP) &mdash; New Jersey&rsquo;s largest hospital system said Friday that a ransomware attack last week disrupted its computer network and that it paid a ransom to stop it. Hackensack Meridian Health did not say in its statement how much it paid to regain control over its systems but said it holds insurance coverage [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/large-hospital-system-says-it-was-hit-by-ransomware-attack/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 00:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/large-hospital-system-says-it-was-hit-by-ransomware-attack/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elisabeth Sifton, Editor and Tamer of Literary Lions, Dies at 80]]></title><description><![CDATA[Elisabeth Sifton, a widely respected book editor and publisher who burnished manuscripts by many of the 20th century&rsquo;s literary lions, died on Friday at her home in Manhattan. She was 80. Her son Sam Sifton, the food editor of The New York Times and a columnist for The New York Times Magazine, said the cause [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/elisabeth-sifton-editor-and-tamer-of-literary-lions-dies-at-80/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 00:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/elisabeth-sifton-editor-and-tamer-of-literary-lions-dies-at-80/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Audit: Medical system board was ‘deeply compromised’]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) &mdash; The University of Maryland Medical System paid $500,000 to buy the self-published books of Baltimore&rsquo;s now disgraced ex-mayor, but there&rsquo;s no evidence any system executives ever read them or that a process was in place to determine their fair market value, an audit released Friday said. The audit comes amid a [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/audit-medical-system-board-was-deeply-compromised/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 00:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/audit-medical-system-board-was-deeply-compromised/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US approves fish oil-based drug for cutting heart risks]]></title><description><![CDATA[TRENTON, N.J. (AP) &mdash; U.S. regulators on Friday approved expanded use of a fish oil-based drug for preventing serious heart complications in high-risk patients already taking cholesterol-lowering pills. Vascepa was approved years ago for people with sky-high triglycerides, a type of fat in blood. The Food and Drug Administration allowed its use in a far [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/us-approves-fish-oil-based-drug-for-cutting-heart-risks/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 23:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/us-approves-fish-oil-based-drug-for-cutting-heart-risks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Car-tab initiative feud continues as judge allows Eyman to join legal case]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tim Eyman says the Attorney General's Office is botching the defense of his Initiative 976. State Solicitor General Noah Purcell says the office rejected Eyman's suggestions because "they were terrible arguments."]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/car-tab-initiative-feud-continues-as-judge-allows-eyman-to-join-legal-case/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 23:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/car-tab-initiative-feud-continues-as-judge-allows-eyman-to-join-legal-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virginia man convicted in $3 million romance fraud scheme]]></title><description><![CDATA[KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) &mdash; A Virginia man was convicted Friday in federal court in Missouri for his role in a scheme that defrauded lonely women across the country out of nearly $3 million. Henry N. Asomani, 34, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Ghana who lived in Dumfries, Virginia, was found guilty of six counts [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/virginia-man-convicted-in-3-million-romance-fraud-scheme/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 23:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/virginia-man-convicted-in-3-million-romance-fraud-scheme/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattle research nonprofit shutters TB vaccine effort, lays off scientists]]></title><description><![CDATA[The financially troubled, 26-year-old Infectious Disease Research Institute cut back programs, leaving researchers to find new homes for work on infectious diseases like tuberculosis and leprosy. Thirty-three of the institute&rsquo;s 108 employees, who are mainly researchers, were let go.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-research-nonprofit-shutters-tb-vaccine-effort-lays-off-scientists/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 22:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-research-nonprofit-shutters-tb-vaccine-effort-lays-off-scientists/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opponents warn of staff exodus as US breaks up lands bureau]]></title><description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS (AP) &mdash; Opponents of the Trump administration&rsquo;s plan to break up the Washington, D.C., headquarters of the country&rsquo;s public lands bureau are warning of a brain drain, saying many staffers who are being reassigned are opting to quit rather than move out West. U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt defended the move Friday. Opponents [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/opponents-warn-of-staff-exodus-as-us-breaks-up-lands-bureau/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 22:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/opponents-warn-of-staff-exodus-as-us-breaks-up-lands-bureau/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nikiski man dies in crash on Kenai Spur Highway]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; A 25-year-old Nikiski man died and another individual sustained life-threatening injuries in a collision on the Kenai Spur Highway. Alaska State Troopers say Alexander Henry was heading north shortly before 8 a.m. Friday when his Ford Fiesta crossed the center line and struck a pickup truck. Troopers say Henry died at [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/nikiski-man-dies-in-crash-on-kenai-spur-highway/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 22:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/nikiski-man-dies-in-crash-on-kenai-spur-highway/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guns surrendered from home of Shoreline teen who allegedly brought ammo to school]]></title><description><![CDATA[The firearms, registered to the 14-year-old's parents and stored in safes inside the home, were the same caliber as ammunition found in the possession of two students this week.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/guns-surrendered-from-home-of-shoreline-teen-who-allegedly-brought-ammo-to-school/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 22:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/guns-surrendered-from-home-of-shoreline-teen-who-allegedly-brought-ammo-to-school/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Danny Aiello, actor who excelled as blue-collar heavies and hotheads, dies at 86]]></title><description><![CDATA[Danny Aiello, a late-blooming actor who memorably portrayed blue-collar heavies and hotheads in films such as &ldquo;The Godfather: Part II,&rdquo; &ldquo;The Purple Rose of Cairo&rdquo; and &ldquo;Do the Right Thing,&rdquo; and who played against type as a middle-aged mama&rsquo;s boy in &ldquo;Moonstruck,&rdquo; died Dec. 12 at a hospital in New Jersey. He was 86. His [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/danny-aiello-actor-who-excelled-as-blue-collar-heavies-and-hotheads-dies-at-86/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 21:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/danny-aiello-actor-who-excelled-as-blue-collar-heavies-and-hotheads-dies-at-86/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Documents: Mining company writing own environmental report]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho (AP) &mdash; Documents show the U.S. Forest Service allowing a Canadian company to write a key environmental report on its proposed open-pit gold mines in central Idaho after the Trump administration became involved. The documents obtained by conservation group Earthworks show British Columbia-based Midas Gold&rsquo;s lobbying efforts after initial rebuffs from the Forest [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/documents-mining-company-writing-own-environmental-report/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 21:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/documents-mining-company-writing-own-environmental-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Redmond is growing and Medina is taxing after last month’s Eastside election results]]></title><description><![CDATA[&#65279; Last month&rsquo;s elections, in Seattle&rsquo;s Eastside suburbs, saw women and renters win a majority on Redmond City Council, recounts in Bothell and Mercer Island, approval for tax hikes in wealthy Medina, and debates across the area about how to not become exactly &ldquo;like Seattle.&rdquo; On Episode 118 of The Overcast, The Seattle Times news [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/redmond-is-growing-and-medina-is-taxing-after-last-months-eastside-election-results/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 20:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/redmond-is-growing-and-medina-is-taxing-after-last-months-eastside-election-results/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contractor ordered to pay Washington state over tunnel-boring machine Bertha’s big stall]]></title><description><![CDATA[The lawsuit stemmed from a dispute over delays caused when tunnel-boring machine Bertha stalled in 2013.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/contractor-ordered-to-pay-washington-state-over-tunnel-boring-machine-berthas-big-stall/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 20:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/contractor-ordered-to-pay-washington-state-over-tunnel-boring-machine-berthas-big-stall/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contractor ordered to pay Washington state $57M over tunnel-boring machine Bertha’s big stall]]></title><description><![CDATA[The lawsuit stemmed from a dispute over delays caused when tunnel-boring machine Bertha stalled in 2013.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/contractor-ordered-to-pay-washington-state-57m-over-tunnel-boring-machine-berthas-big-stall/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 20:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/contractor-ordered-to-pay-washington-state-57m-over-tunnel-boring-machine-berthas-big-stall/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In surprise decision, US approves muscular dystrophy drug]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; U.S. health regulators approved a second drug for a debilitating form of muscular dystrophy, a surprise decision after the medication was rejected for safety concerns just four months ago. The ruling marks the second time the Food and Drug Administration has granted preliminary approval for the disease based on early results and [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/in-surprise-decision-us-approves-muscular-dystrophy-drug/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 20:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/in-surprise-decision-us-approves-muscular-dystrophy-drug/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Louisiana State University president heading to Oregon job]]></title><description><![CDATA[BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) &mdash; Louisiana State University is looking for a new system chief, after President F. King Alexander was appointed Friday to lead Oregon State University. Oregon State&rsquo;s Board of Trustees unanimously agreed to hire Alexander in a special meeting, confirming that Alexander was leaving the LSU job he&rsquo;s held for more than [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/louisiana-state-university-president-heading-to-oregon-job/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 19:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/louisiana-state-university-president-heading-to-oregon-job/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[World’s highest weather stations reveal intense sunshine may be melting ice on Mount Everest]]></title><description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO &mdash; Data from a network of newly-installed weather stations atop Mount Everest shows that the mountain experiences some of the most intense sunlight on the planet. As alpine mountaineers are all too aware, the sun can be brutally fierce atop snow-capped peaks. Preliminary data from the weather stations on Mount Everest suggests this [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/worlds-highest-weather-stations-reveal-intense-sunshine-may-be-melting-ice-on-mount-everest/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 19:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/worlds-highest-weather-stations-reveal-intense-sunshine-may-be-melting-ice-on-mount-everest/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattle Public Library sets start date for eliminating overdue fines]]></title><description><![CDATA[Starting early next year, SPL will eliminate daily fees for overdue materials and will forgive all existing balances.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-public-library-sets-start-date-for-eliminating-overdue-fines/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 19:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-public-library-sets-start-date-for-eliminating-overdue-fines/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feds will audit oversight of money flowing to Seattle transportation projects]]></title><description><![CDATA[The scale and significance of the review remains unclear. In past years, Seattle has received federal grants for the Lander Street Overpass, Mercer Street and other projects.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/feds-will-audit-oversight-of-money-flowing-to-seattle-transportation-projects/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 18:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/feds-will-audit-oversight-of-money-flowing-to-seattle-transportation-projects/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The health-care promises we cannot keep]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;We want to give loved ones who are sick or dying everything we think they want &mdash; but we can&rsquo;t,&rdquo; said Barbara Karnes, an end-of-life educator and hospice nurse based in Vancouver, Wash. Events can render these promises impossible. &ldquo;We have to figure out a way to forgive ourselves.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/the-health-care-promises-we-cannot-keep/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 17:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/the-health-care-promises-we-cannot-keep/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idaho universities, college announce in-state tuition freeze]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho (AP) &mdash; Idaho students won&rsquo;t see a tuition increase if they attend one of the state&rsquo;s four-year colleges or universities next year. The presidents of the University of Idaho, Boise State University, Idaho State University and Lewis-Clark State College announced the tuition and fee freeze in Boise on Thursday. It&rsquo;s the first statewide [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/idaho-universities-college-announce-in-state-tuition-freeze/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 17:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/idaho-universities-college-announce-in-state-tuition-freeze/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man found guilty in shooting of Salem police officer]]></title><description><![CDATA[SALEM, Ore. (AP) &mdash; A Salem, Oregon, man was found guilty Thursday of shooting a veteran Salem police officer four times during a nighttime traffic stop on April 14. The Statesman-Journal reports that Jaime Lee Jimenez, 39, was found guilty of premeditated, attempted aggravated murder following a stipulated facts trial before Marion County Judge Thomas [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-found-guilty-in-shooting-of-salem-police-officer/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 17:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-found-guilty-in-shooting-of-salem-police-officer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[13-year-old boy arrested in killing of student near her N.Y. campus]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK &mdash; A 13-year-old boy was arrested and charged Friday in connection with the killing of Tessa Majors, an 18-year-old Barnard College student who was fatally stabbed while walking through a park near campus, law enforcement officials said. The boy was charged with murder, robbery and criminal possession of a weapon, one official said. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/13-year-old-boy-arrested-in-killing-of-student-near-her-ny-campus/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 17:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/13-year-old-boy-arrested-in-killing-of-student-near-her-ny-campus/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blue-collar character actor Danny Aiello has died at age 86]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; Danny Aiello, the blue-collar character actor whose long career playing tough guys included roles in &ldquo;Fort Apache, the Bronx,&rdquo; &ldquo;Moonstruck&rdquo; and &ldquo;Once Upon a Time in America&rdquo; and his Oscar-nominated performance as a pizza man in Spike Lee&rsquo;s &ldquo;Do the Right Thing,&rdquo; has died. He was 86. Aiello (pronounced eye-YEL-o) died [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/blue-collar-character-actor-danny-aiello-has-died-at-age-86/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 16:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/blue-collar-character-actor-danny-aiello-has-died-at-age-86/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Breast cancer risk from menopause hormones may last decades]]></title><description><![CDATA[SAN ANTONIO (AP) &mdash; Women who use certain types of hormones after menopause still have an increased risk of developing breast cancer nearly two decades after they stop taking the pills, long-term results from a big federal study suggest. Although the risk is very small, doctors say a new generation of women entering menopause now [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/breast-cancer-risk-from-menopause-hormones-may-last-decades/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 16:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/breast-cancer-risk-from-menopause-hormones-may-last-decades/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alaska airport police seize $133K in alcohol in 6 months]]></title><description><![CDATA[FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Authorities at an Alaska airport seized more than $133,000 in illegal alcohol and more than 140 grams of drugs in the past six months, officials said. The Fairbanks Airport Police and Fire Department seized 59 gallons (223 liters) of illegal alcohol and 5 ounces (144 grams) of illegal drugs, KTVF-TV reported. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-airport-police-seize-133k-in-alcohol-in-6-months/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 16:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-airport-police-seize-133k-in-alcohol-in-6-months/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[L.A. officer faces felony charge after allegedly fondling a dead woman’s breasts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two Los Angeles police officers responded to a report of a possible dead body inside a home and found a deceased woman. When one left the room, the other officer deactivated his body camera. Unbeknown to him, though, the camera continued recording. The footage it captured allegedly showed the unnamed officer fondling the dead woman&rsquo;s [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/la-officer-faces-felony-charge-after-allegedly-fondling-a-dead-womans-breasts/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 15:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/la-officer-faces-felony-charge-after-allegedly-fondling-a-dead-womans-breasts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alaska proposes copying prisoner mail to stop drug smuggling]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Alaska prison officials have proposed giving inmates copies of their incoming mail rather than originals to crack down on smuggling, officials said. The state Department of Corrections asked lawmakers to approve a $400,000 budget increase for the program, Alaska&rsquo;s Energy Desk reported Thursday. All inmate mail except confidential letters from attorneys [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-proposes-copying-prisoner-mail-to-stop-drug-smuggling/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 15:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-proposes-copying-prisoner-mail-to-stop-drug-smuggling/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teen pool death leads to new rules at Hillsboro facility]]></title><description><![CDATA[HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) &mdash; The Hillsboro Parks and Recreation Department is changing protocols at the Shute Park Aquatic &amp; Recreation Center after a teenager was found dead under a pool cover there last month. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports on Nov. 20, Nabila Maazouz, a 14-year-old student at the Oregon Episcopal School who swam for the Liberty [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/teen-pool-death-leads-to-new-rules-at-hillsboro-facility/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 15:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/teen-pool-death-leads-to-new-rules-at-hillsboro-facility/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music promoter Boyd Grafmyre, who brought Led Zeppelin, The Doors and other acts to Seattle in the ’60s, dies at 79]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 1969, he booked a property in Woodinville for the three-day Seattle Pop Festival, which drew more than 50,000 people to see artists including Chuck Berry, Santana, the Byrds, Ike &amp; Tina Turner and Ten Years After.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/music-promoter-boyd-grafmyre-who-brought-led-zeppelin-the-doors-and-other-acts-to-seattle-in-the-60s-dies-at-79/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/music-promoter-boyd-grafmyre-who-brought-led-zeppelin-the-doors-and-other-acts-to-seattle-in-the-60s-dies-at-79/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Metro’s Ride2 shuttle service to West Seattle water taxi and Eastgate Park-and-Ride to end this month]]></title><description><![CDATA[Both routes were designed for commuters, operating Monday through Friday from 6-10 a.m. and 4-8 p.m. Service will cease Dec. 20.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/metros-ride2-shuttle-service-to-west-seattle-water-taxi-and-eastgate-park-and-ride-to-end-this-month/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/metros-ride2-shuttle-service-to-west-seattle-water-taxi-and-eastgate-park-and-ride-to-end-this-month/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Board OKs possible release of killer in double murder]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; The Oregon parole board on Thursday signaled support for the eventual release of one of the men convicted in the notorious double murder of a central Oregon couple during a home invasion robbery over three decades ago. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision concluded Mark Wilson, 50, [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/board-oks-possible-release-of-killer-in-double-murder/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 14:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/board-oks-possible-release-of-killer-in-double-murder/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obama says Paris climate deal is still the way forward]]></title><description><![CDATA[KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) &mdash; Former U.S. President Barack Obama said Friday the Paris Agreement on climate change may fall short of expectations but is still the way forward to achieve progress and encourage businesses to invest in clean energy. Nearly 200 nations pledged to cut greenhouse emissions and help poor countries cope with the [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/obama-says-paris-climate-deal-is-still-the-way-forward/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 12:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/obama-says-paris-climate-deal-is-still-the-way-forward/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Climate talks head into overtime with key issues unresolved]]></title><description><![CDATA[MADRID (AP) &mdash; Officials from almost 200 countries hunkered down for another night of talks late Friday as a U.N. climate meeting in Madrid went into overtime without agreement on key issues. Chile, which is chairing the talks, said negotiators would continue working on two fronts trying to get deals on aid for poor countries [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/climate-talks-head-into-overtime-with-key-issues-unresolved/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 12:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/climate-talks-head-into-overtime-with-key-issues-unresolved/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flu Season Is Here, and It’s Targeting Your Kids]]></title><description><![CDATA[(Bloomberg) &mdash; The flu is out in force.&nbsp;And so far this season, it&rsquo;s been hitting children the hardest. Influenza is a wily virus&mdash;it&rsquo;s almost impossible to predict where and how it will strike as it circumnavigates the globe. There are, however, some patterns that routinely occur, allowing investigators and public health agencies to sometimes anticipate [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/flu-season-is-here-and-its-targeting-your-kids/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/flu-season-is-here-and-its-targeting-your-kids/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flu season is here, and it’s coming for your kids]]></title><description><![CDATA[The flu is out in force.&nbsp;And so far this season, it&rsquo;s been hitting children the hardest. Influenza is a wily virus &mdash; it&rsquo;s almost impossible to predict where and how it will strike as it circumnavigates the globe. There are, however, some patterns that routinely occur, allowing investigators and public health agencies to sometimes anticipate [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/flu-season-is-here-and-its-coming-for-your-kids/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/flu-season-is-here-and-its-coming-for-your-kids/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tramadol is an odd, unpredictable opioid, scientists say]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scientists who&rsquo;ve studied the curious chemistry of the opioid tramadol use an array of adjectives to describe it: &ldquo;unpredictable,&rdquo; &ldquo;messy,&rdquo; &ldquo;crazy.&rdquo; Tramadol is unlike most other opioids in that it must pass through the liver to be metabolized into its most potent form. At the same time, it releases another type of drug that acts [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/tramadol-is-an-odd-unpredictable-opioid-scientists-say/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 07:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/tramadol-is-an-odd-unpredictable-opioid-scientists-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another opioid crisis is raging through the developing world]]></title><description><![CDATA[KAPURTHALA, India (AP) &mdash; Reports rolled in with escalating urgency &mdash; pills seized by the truckload, pills swallowed by schoolchildren, pills in the pockets of dead terrorists. These pills, the world has been told, are safer than the OxyContins, the Vicodins, the fentanyls that have wreaked so much devastation. But now they are the root [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/another-opioid-crisis-is-raging-through-the-developing-world/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 07:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/another-opioid-crisis-is-raging-through-the-developing-world/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forest thinning to stop wildfires as strong as weakest link]]></title><description><![CDATA[SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS, Calif. (AP) &mdash; Buzzing chainsaws are interrupted by the frequent crash of breaking branches as crews fell towering trees and clear tangled brush in the densely forested Santa Cruz Mountains south of San Francisco. Their goal: To protect communities such as Redwood Estates, where giant redwoods loom over the houses of tech [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/forest-thinning-to-stop-wildfires-as-strong-as-weakest-link/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 07:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/forest-thinning-to-stop-wildfires-as-strong-as-weakest-link/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[`Safer opioid’ has sparked a crisis in vulnerable countries]]></title><description><![CDATA[KAPURTHALA, India (AP) &mdash; Reports rolled in with escalating urgency &mdash; pills seized by the truckload, pills swallowed by schoolchildren, pills in the pockets of dead terrorists. These pills, the world has been told, are safer than the OxyContins, the Vicodins, the fentanyls that have wreaked so much devastation. But now they are the root [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/safer-opioid-has-sparked-a-crisis-in-vulnerable-countries/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 07:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/safer-opioid-has-sparked-a-crisis-in-vulnerable-countries/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How tramadol, touted as safer opioid, became a 3rd world peril]]></title><description><![CDATA[The world was told tramadol is safer than the OxyContins, the Vicodins, the fentanyls that have wreaked so much devastation. But tramadol is at the root of what the United Nations named &ldquo;the other opioid crisis&rdquo; &mdash; an epidemic creating international havoc.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/how-tramadol-touted-as-safer-opioid-became-a-3rd-world-peril/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 07:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/how-tramadol-touted-as-safer-opioid-became-a-3rd-world-peril/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Mexico zoo cares for endangered Mexican gray wolves]]></title><description><![CDATA[ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) &mdash; Albuquerque&rsquo;s zoo is celebrating the survival of one of three Mexican gray wolf pups born at the facility this year. ABQ BioPark officials say the pup has grown over the last several months and is becoming more curious and confident. The births of the pups in May marked the first time [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/new-mexico-zoo-cares-for-endangered-mexican-gray-wolves/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 06:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/new-mexico-zoo-cares-for-endangered-mexican-gray-wolves/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Millions in military aid at center of impeachment have not reached Ukraine]]></title><description><![CDATA[The continued delay undermines a key argument against impeachment from President Donald Trump&rsquo;s Republican allies and a new legal memo from the White House Office of Management and Budget. A federal judge has ordered documentation regarding the aid holdup.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/millions-in-military-aid-at-center-of-impeachment-have-not-reached-ukraine/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 05:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/millions-in-military-aid-at-center-of-impeachment-have-not-reached-ukraine/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After volcano eruption in New Zealand, 6 bodies are retrieved in risky mission]]></title><description><![CDATA[WHAKATANE, New Zealand &mdash; A military team in New Zealand on Friday morning recovered the bodies of six people killed in a volcanic eruption Monday on White Island and was searching for two others, undertaking the daring mission even as the threat of another eruption loomed. As of 11:30 a.m. local time, the six bodies [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/after-volcano-eruption-in-new-zealand-6-bodies-are-retrieved-in-risky-mission/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 04:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/after-volcano-eruption-in-new-zealand-6-bodies-are-retrieved-in-risky-mission/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Native artists set up holiday market in West Seattle]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center&rsquo;s annual holiday Native Gift Fair &amp; Art Market continues Friday-Sunday, Dec. 13-15, at 4705 W. Marginal Way S.W. in West Seattle. More information: www.duwamishtribe.org/events]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/native-artists-set-up-holiday-market-in-west-seattle/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 03:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/native-artists-set-up-holiday-market-in-west-seattle/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leschi Elementary will be closed Friday after dozens are sickened with norovirus]]></title><description><![CDATA[While the school is closed, custodians will disinfect the building, following recommendations from King County's public health department.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/leschi-elementary-will-be-closed-friday-after-dozens-are-sickened-with-norovirus/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 02:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/leschi-elementary-will-be-closed-friday-after-dozens-are-sickened-with-norovirus/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leschi Elementary closed Friday after more than 100 students and staff come down with norovirus]]></title><description><![CDATA[While the school is closed, custodians will disinfect the building, following recommendations from King County's public health department.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/leschi-elementary-closed-friday-after-more-than-100-students-and-staff-come-down-with-norovirus/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 02:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/leschi-elementary-closed-friday-after-more-than-100-students-and-staff-come-down-with-norovirus/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man shot, killed by Renton Police sergeant responding to liquor violation]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Renton Police sergeant shot and killed a man Thursday afternoon, after he said the man committed a liquor violation and pulled out what appeared to be a shotgun when the sergeant approached, according to the department. The man was shot around 3:45 p.m. near 116th Avenue Southeast and Southeast 168th Street. A patrol sergeant [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-shot-killed-by-renton-police-sergeant-responding-to-liquor-violation/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 02:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-shot-killed-by-renton-police-sergeant-responding-to-liquor-violation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man shot by Renton police officer taken to Harborview Medical Center]]></title><description><![CDATA[A man shot at least once by a Renton police officer Thursday afternoon has been taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, according to the department. The man was shot around 3:45 p.m. near 116th Avenue Southeast and Southeast 168th Street. Renton Police Department spokeswoman Sandra Havlik said the man had been &ldquo;uncooperative&rdquo; and had [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-shot-by-renton-police-officer-taken-to-harborview-medical-center/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 02:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-shot-by-renton-police-officer-taken-to-harborview-medical-center/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Planned Parenthood: Alaska law restricts abortion access]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands has sued over an Alaska law it says limits who can provide abortions. The lawsuit, filed Thursday, alleges a state law and Board of Nursing policy bar advanced practice clinicians from providing early abortion and miscarriage care that they are qualified [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/planned-parenthood-alaska-law-restricts-abortion-access/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 02:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/planned-parenthood-alaska-law-restricts-abortion-access/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scooters would be allowed in bike lanes, but not on sidewalks, under Seattle proposal]]></title><description><![CDATA[The review offers a first look at how Seattle plans to regulate scooters, but is vague in some areas as final rules and regulations are still to come.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/scooters-would-be-allowed-in-bike-lanes-but-not-on-sidewalks-under-seattle-proposal/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 01:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/scooters-would-be-allowed-in-bike-lanes-but-not-on-sidewalks-under-seattle-proposal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 weeks and 2 recounts later, Bothell City Council race has a winner]]></title><description><![CDATA[The race was the last one in King County to name a winning candidate from November's general election.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/5-weeks-and-2-recounts-later-bothell-city-council-race-has-a-winner/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 01:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/5-weeks-and-2-recounts-later-bothell-city-council-race-has-a-winner/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Seattle homicide victim found dead from gunshot wounds in RV identified]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Seattle Fire Department responded to what was initially believed to be an overdose, but discovered the victim had been dead for hours and called Seattle police. Officers determined Loc Ngoc Dinh, 51, had been shot.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/south-seattle-homicide-victim-found-dead-from-gunshot-wounds-in-rv-identified/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 01:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/south-seattle-homicide-victim-found-dead-from-gunshot-wounds-in-rv-identified/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[California considers requiring zero emission truck sales]]></title><description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) &mdash; The country&rsquo;s most populous state could become the first to require a portion of new truck sales be electric or &ldquo;zero emission&rdquo; vehicles as California grapples with how to clean up its worst-in-the nation air quality. Home to the two largest ports in the country in Los Angeles and Long Beach, [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/california-considers-requiring-zero-emission-truck-sales/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 01:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/california-considers-requiring-zero-emission-truck-sales/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Investigators say pilot in fatal Alaska crash was drunk]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; The pilot of an airplane in a fatal Alaska crash had six times the legal limit of alcohol in his system for flying, according to federal investigators. The revelations were in a report by the National Transportation Safety Board, the Anchorage Daily News reported. Charles Weimer, 31, and three others died [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/investigators-say-pilot-in-fatal-alaska-crash-was-drunk/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 00:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/investigators-say-pilot-in-fatal-alaska-crash-was-drunk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ferguson, Inslee seek ban on sale of assault weapons in Washington]]></title><description><![CDATA[Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Attorney General Bob Ferguson say they want to make mass shootings less likely in the state by banning the sale of high-capacity gun magazines and so-called assault weapons. Both measures contain exceptions for law enforcement, military personnel and recreational shooting ranges, and would allow people to keep high-capacity magazines and [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ferguson-inslee-seek-ban-on-sale-of-assault-weapons-in-washington/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 23:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ferguson-inslee-seek-ban-on-sale-of-assault-weapons-in-washington/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ferguson, Inslee seek ban on sale of assault-weapons]]></title><description><![CDATA[SEATTLE (AP) &mdash; Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Attorney General Bob Ferguson say they want to make mass shootings less likely in the state by banning the sale of high-capacity gun magazines and assault weapons. The Democrats on Thursday announced plans for legislation that would limit magazine capacities to 10 rounds and that would ban [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ferguson-inslee-seek-ban-on-sale-of-assault-weapons/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 23:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ferguson-inslee-seek-ban-on-sale-of-assault-weapons/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democrats, DeVos clash in fiery hearing that turned personal]]></title><description><![CDATA[House Democrats clashed with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos in a Thursday hearing that nearly spun out of control when one lawmaker called DeVos &ldquo;the most unpopular person in our government&rdquo; and said she&rsquo;s &ldquo;out to destroy public education.&rdquo; DeVos was facing the House&rsquo;s education committee to explain her overhaul of a federal program that erases [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/democrats-devos-clash-in-fiery-hearing-that-turned-personal/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 23:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/democrats-devos-clash-in-fiery-hearing-that-turned-personal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More people signing up for health insurance in California]]></title><description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) &mdash; More than 130,000 people have purchased health insurance through California&rsquo;s state-run marketplace for the first time, a 16% increase from last year now that the state is offering more money to help people pay their monthly premiums and will begin taxing people next year who refuse to buy insurance. Covered California [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/more-people-signing-up-for-health-insurance-in-california/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 23:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/more-people-signing-up-for-health-insurance-in-california/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Case of a Man With Two Sets of DNA Raises More Questions]]></title><description><![CDATA[A recent article about a highly unconventional experiment involving a man who had received a bone-marrow transplant has raised some questions for readers of The New York Times. Four years after the lifesaving procedure, all the DNA in the patient&rsquo;s semen had been replaced by that of his donor. This came as a surprise to [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/the-case-of-a-man-with-two-sets-of-dna-raises-more-questions/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 23:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/the-case-of-a-man-with-two-sets-of-dna-raises-more-questions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattle City Council committee moves regional homelessness authority deal forward, but demands later changes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seattle City Council members moved forward a controversial regional homelessness authority deal Thursday, but also demanded changes of their own. A full vote of the council on the deal is expected Monday. Work on the regional homelessness authority began more than a year ago after consultants faulted the city and county&rsquo;s fragmented homeless-services system for [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-city-council-committee-moves-regional-homelessness-authority-deal-forward-but-demands-later-changes/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 22:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-city-council-committee-moves-regional-homelessness-authority-deal-forward-but-demands-later-changes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattle City Council committee moves regional homelessness authority deal forward, but demand later changes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seattle City Council members moved forward a controversial regional homelessness authority deal Thursday, but also demanded changes of their own. A full vote of the council on the deal is expected Monday. Work on the regional homelessness authority began more than a year ago after consultants faulted the city and county&rsquo;s fragmented homeless-services system for [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-city-council-committee-moves-regional-homelessness-authority-deal-forward-but-demand-later-changes/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 22:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-city-council-committee-moves-regional-homelessness-authority-deal-forward-but-demand-later-changes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boeing’s crew capsule declared ready for 1st space flight]]></title><description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) &mdash; Boeing&rsquo;s Starliner crew capsule finally has a launch date for its first test flight to the International Space Station. After an intensive review Thursday, NASA and Boeing managers agreed to a Dec. 20 liftoff. &ldquo;Hopefully, we should all be getting an early Christmas present this year,&rdquo; said Phil McAlister, director [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/boeings-crew-capsule-declared-ready-for-1st-space-flight/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 22:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/boeings-crew-capsule-declared-ready-for-1st-space-flight/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dozens out sick at Vancouver schools, Seattle school closed]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) &mdash; Dozens of students are out sick at several Vancouver Public Schools elementary schools, prompting cleaning, disinfecting and a letter to parents warning them of the symptoms of the stomach flu. The Columbian reports at Harry S. Truman Elementary School, 72 of the school&rsquo;s approximately 520 students were out Wednesday, 61 on [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/dozens-out-sick-at-vancouver-schools-seattle-school-closed/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 22:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/dozens-out-sick-at-vancouver-schools-seattle-school-closed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dozens out sick at 3 Vancouver elementary schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER, Wash. &mdash; Dozens of students are out sick at several Vancouver Public Schools elementary schools, prompting cleaning, disinfecting and a letter to parents warning them of the symptoms of the stomach flu. The Columbian reports at Harry S. Truman Elementary School, 72 of the school&rsquo;s roughly 520 students were out Wednesday, 61 on Tuesday [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/dozens-out-sick-at-3-vancouver-elementary-schools/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 22:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/dozens-out-sick-at-3-vancouver-elementary-schools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[House Democrats pass broad prescription-drug price bill as election marker]]></title><description><![CDATA[House Democrats passed Speaker Nancy Pelosi&rsquo;s sweeping legislation Thursday to lower the cost of prescription drugs on a largely party line vote. The measure will almost certainly not become law but moves the Democrats a step closer to a longtime goal to negotiate drug prices in Medicare and also helps address voters&rsquo; concerns over rising [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/house-democrats-pass-broad-prescription-drug-price-bill-as-election-marker/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 21:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/house-democrats-pass-broad-prescription-drug-price-bill-as-election-marker/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alaska island volcano erupts, sends ash cloud to Bering Sea]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; A short eruption of a volcano in Alaska&rsquo;s Aleutian Islands sent an ash cloud soaring into the sky Thursday near a lightly populated area. Shishaldin Volcano erupted for about three minutes at 7:10 a.m., the Alaska Volcano Observatory announced. It produced an ash cloud that reached up to 25,000 feet (7,620 [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-island-volcano-erupts-sends-ash-cloud-to-bering-sea/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 21:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-island-volcano-erupts-sends-ash-cloud-to-bering-sea/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vaping illness death count surpasses 50 in US]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; The death toll in the vaping illness outbreak has topped 50, U.S. health officials said Thursday. The 52 deaths in 26 states are among the 2,409 hospitalized cases that have been reported across the nation this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Hospitalized cases have been most common [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/vaping-illness-death-count-surpasses-50-in-us/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 20:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/vaping-illness-death-count-surpasses-50-in-us/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jersey City shooting was ‘domestic terrorism,’ officials say]]></title><description><![CDATA[The deadly rampage that ended with one police officer slain and three bystanders killed at a kosher market in New Jersey is now being treated as an act of domestic terrorism, authorities said Thursday. Investigators believe the two attackers were &ldquo;fueled both by anti-Semitism and anti-law enforcement beliefs,&rdquo; New Jersey&rsquo;s attorney general, Gurbir S. Grewal, [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/jersey-city-shooting-was-domestic-terrorism-officials-say/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 20:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/jersey-city-shooting-was-domestic-terrorism-officials-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Court won’t halt lawsuits against doctor in murder case]]></title><description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) &mdash; An Ohio hospital doctor who pleaded not guilty to murder in 25 patient&rsquo;s deaths has been unsuccessful in his latest bid to pause more than a dozen related lawsuits while the criminal case is pending. A state appeals court dismissed the appeals from William Husel and his former employer, the Columbus-area [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/court-wont-halt-lawsuits-against-doctor-in-murder-case/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 20:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/court-wont-halt-lawsuits-against-doctor-in-murder-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science Says: Diet plays big role in how huge whales can get]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; Whales are big, but why aren&rsquo;t they bigger? A new study says it&rsquo;s basically about how many calories they can take in. That&rsquo;s the conclusion of researchers who used small boats to chase down 300 whales of various species around the world. They reached out with a long pole to attach [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/science-says-diet-plays-big-role-in-how-huge-whales-can-get/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 20:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/science-says-diet-plays-big-role-in-how-huge-whales-can-get/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diet plays big role in how huge whales can get, new study says]]></title><description><![CDATA[The study results suggest body size is controlled by how whales capture prey and how much food is available, researchers reported in the journal Science.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/diet-plays-big-role-in-how-huge-whales-can-get-new-study-says/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 20:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/diet-plays-big-role-in-how-huge-whales-can-get-new-study-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After 2 previous mistrials, Seattle brothers found guilty in 2016 shooting at Jungle homeless encampment]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two Seattle brothers were found guilty Thursday of fatally shooting two people and injuring three others during a 2016 robbery at&nbsp;&ldquo;the Caves,&rdquo; a former homeless encampment within the sprawling, 150-acre Jungle &mdash; a case that had previously resulted in two mistrials. A jury deliberated for 1&frac12; days before convicting James and Jerome Taafulisia, now 21 [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/after-2-previous-mistrials-seattle-brothers-found-guilty-in-2016-shooting-at-jungle-homeless-encampment/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 19:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/after-2-previous-mistrials-seattle-brothers-found-guilty-in-2016-shooting-at-jungle-homeless-encampment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After 2  mistrials, Seattle brothers found guilty in 2016 shooting at Jungle homeless encampment]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two Seattle brothers were found guilty Thursday of fatally shooting two people and wounding three others during a January 2016 robbery at&nbsp;&ldquo;the Caves,&rdquo; a former homeless encampment within the sprawling, 150-acre Jungle &mdash; a case that previously resulted in two mistrials. A jury deliberated for 1&frac12; days before convicting James and Jerome Taafulisia, now 21 [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/after-2-mistrials-seattle-brothers-found-guilty-in-2016-shooting-at-jungle-homeless-encampment/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 19:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/after-2-mistrials-seattle-brothers-found-guilty-in-2016-shooting-at-jungle-homeless-encampment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[County sheriff wants Idaho prison to take back state inmates]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho (AP) &mdash; The Ada County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office is asking a judge to hold the Idaho Department of Correction in contempt for failing to quickly remove state inmates from the county jail. Sheriff Steve Bartlett said this week that county taxpayers are paying for inmates who have been sentenced to prison but continue to [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/county-sheriff-wants-idaho-prison-to-take-back-state-inmates/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 19:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/county-sheriff-wants-idaho-prison-to-take-back-state-inmates/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alaska man charged with biting off part of friend’s nose]]></title><description><![CDATA[FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) &mdash; An Alaska man suspected of biting off part of the nose of a friend has been charged with felony assault. Zachary Atchley, 27, of Fairbanks, was arrested Tuesday, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported. He is represented by the Alaska Public Defender Agency, which does not comment on pending case and which [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-man-charged-with-biting-off-part-of-friends-nose/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 18:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-man-charged-with-biting-off-part-of-friends-nose/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After dancer strips at Seattle conference on homelessness, agency director suspended]]></title><description><![CDATA[Attendees at a Seattle conference on homelessness were "surprised" when a lunchtime cultural presentation turned out to be a drag strip show. The conference organizer, the director of King County's homeless coordinating agency, is now on paid leave.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/after-dancer-strips-at-seattle-conference-on-homelessness-agency-director-suspended/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 18:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/after-dancer-strips-at-seattle-conference-on-homelessness-agency-director-suspended/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yellowstone opens its winter tourist season on Sunday]]></title><description><![CDATA[YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) &mdash; Yellowstone National Park will open its gates to tourists riding snowcoaches and snowmobiles on Sunday. Beginning at 8 a.m., visitors will be able to travel the park&rsquo;s interior roads on commercially-guided snowmobiles and snowcoaches from the North, West, and South Entrances. Visitors who have proper permits can also take [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/yellowstone-opens-its-winter-tourist-season-on-sunday/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 17:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/yellowstone-opens-its-winter-tourist-season-on-sunday/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report outlines  sexual abuse at Portland private school]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; A report says at least nine former teachers and other staffers at a private school in Portland, Oregon, sexually abused, groped or had sex with students in the last four decades. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that those were the findings of a year-long internal investigation commissioned by the board of trustees at [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/report-outlines-sexual-abuse-at-portland-private-school/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 17:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/report-outlines-sexual-abuse-at-portland-private-school/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Person shot, killed in Hillsboro]]></title><description><![CDATA[HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) &mdash; Authorities say one person died at a hospital Wednesday night after being shot at a MAX station parking lot in Hillsboro, Oregon. KOIN reports that shots were fired in the parking lot of the Quatama MAX station. A man with gunshot wounds was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/person-shot-killed-in-hillsboro/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 16:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/person-shot-killed-in-hillsboro/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alaska city and police officer agree to $325K settlement]]></title><description><![CDATA[SITKA, Alaska (AP) &mdash; An Alaska city has agreed to pay a former detective $325,000 to settle a lawsuit in which he claimed to have been punished for speaking out about problems in the police department, officials said. Officer Ryan Silva&rsquo;s lawsuit against the City and Borough of Sitka also said he was penalized for [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-city-and-police-officer-agree-to-325k-settlement/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 16:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-city-and-police-officer-agree-to-325k-settlement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bones found in home renovation may be Revolutionary soldiers]]></title><description><![CDATA[RIDGEFIELD, Conn. (AP) &mdash; Human skeletal remains possibly belonging to Revolutionary War soldiers have been discovered under an 18th-century house being renovated in Connecticut, according to a published report. The Connecticut Office of State Archaeology was notified by the medical examiner&rsquo;s office of bones found under the basement of the Ridgefield home onDec. 2, The [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/bones-found-in-home-renovation-may-be-revolutionary-soldiers/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 16:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/bones-found-in-home-renovation-may-be-revolutionary-soldiers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alaska city councilor, former mayor resigns after 32 years]]></title><description><![CDATA[KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) &mdash; An Alaska city councilor and former mayor has resigned his council seat 32 years after he first joined the board. Lew Williams III submitted a letter of resignation to Ketchikan City Mayor Bob Sivertsen Monday, The Ketchikan Daily News reported. Williams was first elected to the council in 1987 and served [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-city-councilor-former-mayor-resigns-after-32-years/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 16:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-city-councilor-former-mayor-resigns-after-32-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heavy snow is about to hit the mountain passes. Here’s what to know before you go.]]></title><description><![CDATA[With finals week wrapping up at some universities and holiday travelers planning treks across the state, we've compiled weather predictions and safety advice for driving over the snowy passes.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/heavy-snow-is-about-to-hit-the-mountain-passes-heres-what-to-know-before-you-go/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 16:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/heavy-snow-is-about-to-hit-the-mountain-passes-heres-what-to-know-before-you-go/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report outlines decades of sexual abuse at private school]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; At least nine former teachers and other staffers at a Portland private school sexually abused or groped students in the last 40 years, according to a year-long internal investigation commissioned by the school&rsquo;s board of trustees. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the explosive report listed complaints or allegations of abuse against another 12 [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/report-outlines-decades-of-sexual-abuse-at-private-school/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 15:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/report-outlines-decades-of-sexual-abuse-at-private-school/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[PhRMA files suit against state’s prescription drug laws]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; A drug company trade group has filed a legal challenge to Oregon laws designed to curb prescription prices. Oregon Public Broadcasting reported Wednesday that the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America filed suit in Eugene against two bills that passed the Oregon Legislature with bipartisan support. The trade group is challenging [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/phrma-files-suit-against-states-prescription-drug-laws/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 15:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/phrma-files-suit-against-states-prescription-drug-laws/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[College freshman fatally stabbed near New York City campus]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK &mdash; An 18-year-old Barnard freshman has been fatally stabbed in a park in Manhattan, sending shock waves through the college and wider Columbia University community. &ldquo;With broken hearts, we share tragic news about the death of one of our students,&rdquo; Barnard President Sian Leah Beilock said late Wednesday in a letter to the [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/college-freshman-fatally-stabbed-near-new-york-city-campus/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 15:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/college-freshman-fatally-stabbed-near-new-york-city-campus/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where do most die-hard Seattle Seahawks fans live? Not in the city, market data shows.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The love for the Seahawks runs deeper in South King County than anywhere else. But what about in the city of Seattle? Not so much.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/where-do-most-die-hard-seattle-seahawks-fans-live-not-in-the-city-market-data-shows/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/where-do-most-die-hard-seattle-seahawks-fans-live-not-in-the-city-market-data-shows/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spending on Seattle elections doubled, led by Amazon. Now council member wants to ‘get big money out of politics’]]></title><description><![CDATA[PACs spent $4 million for and against general-election candidates in Seattle's seven council races. That's six times more than such PACs spent on Seattle's general-election candidates in 2015, when all nine of the council's seats were up for grabs.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/spending-on-seattle-elections-doubled-led-by-amazon-now-council-member-wants-to-get-big-money-out-of-politics/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/spending-on-seattle-elections-doubled-led-by-amazon-now-council-member-wants-to-get-big-money-out-of-politics/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Someone in your corner’: One-on-one coaches help Washington foster kids make the leap to adulthood]]></title><description><![CDATA[Treehouse, a Seattle-based nonprofit supported by The Seattle Times Fund For The Needy, advises young adults who have been in foster care on those challenges of early adulthood: pursuing a degree, finding a living wage, landing a decent place to live.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/someone-in-your-corner-one-on-one-coaches-help-washington-foster-kids-make-the-leap-to-adulthood/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/someone-in-your-corner-one-on-one-coaches-help-washington-foster-kids-make-the-leap-to-adulthood/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump mocks 16-year-old Greta Thunberg a day after she is named Time’s Person of the Year]]></title><description><![CDATA["So ridiculous," President Donald Trump tweeted. "Greta must work on her Anger Management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend! Chill Greta, Chill!"]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/trump-mocks-16-year-old-greta-thunberg-a-day-after-she-is-named-times-person-of-the-year/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 14:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/trump-mocks-16-year-old-greta-thunberg-a-day-after-she-is-named-times-person-of-the-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[President Trump mocks 16-year-old Greta Thunberg a day after she is named Time’s Person of the Year]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &ndash; President Donald Trump mocked Greta Thunberg, the Swedish 16-year-old climate activist, calling her distinction as Time magazine&rsquo;s Person of the Year &ldquo;ridiculous&rdquo; Thursday and suggesting that she work on anger-management issues and go to a movie with a friend. Trump&rsquo;s advice, in a morning tweet, came a day after Thunberg, who has mobilized [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/president-trump-mocks-16-year-old-greta-thunberg-a-day-after-she-is-named-times-person-of-the-year/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 14:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/president-trump-mocks-16-year-old-greta-thunberg-a-day-after-she-is-named-times-person-of-the-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revamping reading: Join conversation with and for educators about the science of reading]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Ed Lab is following up on our reporting on the science of reading with an online conversation forum. Ask questions for reading experts and share your own experiences.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/revamping-reading-join-conversation-with-and-for-educators-about-the-science-of-reading/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/revamping-reading-join-conversation-with-and-for-educators-about-the-science-of-reading/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revamping reading: Join conversation with and for educators about reading science]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Ed Lab is following up on our reporting on the science of reading with an online conversation forum. Ask questions for reading experts and share your own experiences.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/revamping-reading-join-conversation-with-and-for-educators-about-reading-science/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/revamping-reading-join-conversation-with-and-for-educators-about-reading-science/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UN chief warns against ‘survival of the richest’ on climate]]></title><description><![CDATA[MADRID (AP) &mdash; United Nations Secretary-General Ant&oacute;nio Guterres warned Thursday that failure to tackle climate change could result in economic disaster that would allow only the &ldquo;survival of the richest.&rdquo; Guterres urged officials from almost 200 countries at the annual U.N. climate meeting in Madrid to embrace the economic opportunities that come with cutting greenhouse [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/un-chief-warns-against-survival-of-the-richest-on-climate/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 10:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/un-chief-warns-against-survival-of-the-richest-on-climate/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UN chief: Failure on climate will mean economic disaster]]></title><description><![CDATA[MADRID (AP) &mdash; United Nations Secretary-General Ant&oacute; nio Guterres urged countries and companies Thursday to tackle climate change, saying failure to do so would mean &ldquo;economic disaster.&rdquo; Speaking at the annual U.N. climate meeting in Madrid, Guterres said fears that measures to cut greenhouse gas emissions would decimate existing industries ignored the opportunities arising from [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/un-chief-failure-on-climate-will-mean-economic-disaster/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 10:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/un-chief-failure-on-climate-will-mean-economic-disaster/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Observers allowed back into UN climate talks after protest]]></title><description><![CDATA[MADRID (AP) &mdash; The United Nations says dozens of observers expelled from its annual climate meeting in Madrid will be allowed back into the venue. Some 100 people were escorted off site Wednesday after some staged an impromptu demonstration outside a hall where U.N. chief Antonio Guterres was speaking. The protesters said they were angered [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/observers-allowed-back-into-un-climate-talks-after-protest/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 10:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/observers-allowed-back-into-un-climate-talks-after-protest/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Outdated, dangerous childbirth practices persist in Europe]]></title><description><![CDATA[BARCELONA (AP) &mdash; When Clara Massons was in labor with her son, a midwife climbed onto her bed and pushed down on Massons&rsquo; belly, explaining that she was helping to deliver her baby. For the next few hours, the midwife and a doctor took turns pressing down during contractions, using an old, now controversial technique [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/outdated-dangerous-childbirth-practices-persist-in-europe/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 07:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/outdated-dangerous-childbirth-practices-persist-in-europe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Push to accelerate mustang captures draws fire in Congress]]></title><description><![CDATA[RENO, Nev. (AP) &mdash; Two House committee chairmen are trying to put the brakes on money for a new Trump administration proposal to accelerate the capture of 130,000 wild horses across the West over the next 10 years. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nevada, whose high-desert state is home to about half the mustangs, also is among [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/push-to-accelerate-mustang-captures-draws-fire-in-congress/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 06:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/push-to-accelerate-mustang-captures-draws-fire-in-congress/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[California commission lists yellow-legged frog as endangered]]></title><description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) &mdash; There&rsquo;s new hope for an endangered California frog that has vanished from half of its habitat. The state Fish and Game Commission on Wednesday approved protections for five of six populations of the foothill yellow-legged frog. The Center for Biological Diversity had sought protection for the stream-dwelling amphibians under California&rsquo;s Endangered [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/california-commission-lists-yellow-legged-frog-as-endangered/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 05:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/california-commission-lists-yellow-legged-frog-as-endangered/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yakima City Council pulls strong mayor question off February ballot]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Yakima City Council will not put a proposal to switch to a new form of government before voters in a Feb. 11 special election. The council voted unanimously Tuesday to remove the measure from the ballot following an executive session. The council voted 4-3 in November to ask voters to change the city&rsquo;s charter [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/yakima-city-council-pulls-strong-mayor-question-off-february-ballot/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 04:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/yakima-city-council-pulls-strong-mayor-question-off-february-ballot/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Zealand planning retrieval of bodies on volcanic island]]></title><description><![CDATA[WHAKATANE, New Zealand (AP) &mdash; A team of eight New Zealand military specialists will land on a small volcanic island early Friday to attempt to retrieve the bodies of eight victims of an eruption that claimed eight other lives. New Zealand police said late Thursday the recovery attempt will go ahead even though scientists believe [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/new-zealand-planning-retrieval-of-bodies-on-volcanic-island/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 03:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/new-zealand-planning-retrieval-of-bodies-on-volcanic-island/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ex-Walmart employee accused of threatening to blow up a Yakima store]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yakima police say a former Walmart employee threatened to blow up a West Valley store and kill two managers Tuesday. An assistant manager at the store, at 6600 W. Nob Hill Blvd., received a text message from the recently fired employee Tuesday morning saying he was going to bring a bomb to the store and [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ex-walmart-employee-accused-of-threatening-to-blow-up-a-yakima-store/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 03:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ex-walmart-employee-accused-of-threatening-to-blow-up-a-yakima-store/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Need health insurance through the Washington Health Benefit Exchange? Enrollment deadline is this Sunday.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Time is running out to sign up for health insurance through the state's marketplace for next year. Open enrollment closes at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15. If you select a plan by that deadline, your coverage will begin Jan. 1, 2020.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/need-health-insurance-through-the-washington-health-benefit-exchange-enrollment-deadline-is-this-sunday/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 03:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/need-health-insurance-through-the-washington-health-benefit-exchange-enrollment-deadline-is-this-sunday/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bellevue City Council updates rules for homeless encampments hosted by religious organizations]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;We are balancing the right of a religious organization to minister to people with the ability to regulate time, place and manner of the activity,&rdquo; Bellevue Mayor John Chelminiak said.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/bellevue-city-council-updates-rules-for-homeless-encampments-hosted-by-religious-organizations/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 02:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/bellevue-city-council-updates-rules-for-homeless-encampments-hosted-by-religious-organizations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suspect in fatal shooting at Burlington mini-mart arrested, motive under investigation]]></title><description><![CDATA[MOUNT VERNON &mdash; A 19-year-old man accused in the shooting death of a 23-year-old man in Burlington last week has been arrested. Christian Manuel Flores was arrested about 1:30 p.m. by a Mount Vernon police officer, Burlington police Sgt. Mike Lumpkin said. The officer was contacting a suspicious person at Hillcrest Park, Lumpkin said. The [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/suspect-in-fatal-shooting-at-burlington-mini-mart-arrested-motive-under-investigation/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 02:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/suspect-in-fatal-shooting-at-burlington-mini-mart-arrested-motive-under-investigation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doctors end protest to demand flu vaccines for migrants]]></title><description><![CDATA[San Diego (AP) &mdash; A group of doctors on Wednesday ended a three-day protest against the U.S. government&rsquo;s refusal to allow the flu vaccine be administered to migrants, following the arrests of six demonstrators outside a detention facility in San Diego. Dr. Bonnie Arzuaga said Customs and Border Patrol officials met briefly with her and [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/doctors-end-protest-to-demand-flu-vaccines-for-migrants/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 01:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/doctors-end-protest-to-demand-flu-vaccines-for-migrants/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Decency rule nixed after Alaska swimmer disqualified]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; A bathing suit decency rule that disqualified an Alaska high school swimmer from a race has been eliminated. KTVA reports the board of directors of the Alaska School Activities Association voted to remove penalties for swim uniforms that officials deemed &ldquo;not of decent appearance.&rdquo; In September, a 17-year-old swimmer from Dimond [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/decency-rule-nixed-after-alaska-swimmer-disqualified/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 01:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/decency-rule-nixed-after-alaska-swimmer-disqualified/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arkansas temporarily halted from enforcing meat-labeling law]]></title><description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) &mdash; A federal judge on Wednesday restricted Arkansas from enforcing a law that bans using terms such as &ldquo;burger&rdquo; or &ldquo;sausage&rdquo; to sell vegetarian and vegan products. U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker granted a preliminary injunction preventing the state from enforcing the law against Oregon-based Torfurky Co. while its constitutionality is [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/arkansas-temporarily-halted-from-enforcing-meat-labeling-law/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 01:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/arkansas-temporarily-halted-from-enforcing-meat-labeling-law/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Governor outlines Alaska budget that would rely on savings]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy proposed a state budget Wednesday that would rely heavily on savings, after a push for deep cuts during his first year in office resulted in fierce public backlash that fueled a recall effort. The latest proposal leaves room for discussion on what services the state should provide [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/governor-outlines-alaska-budget-that-would-rely-on-savings/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 00:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/governor-outlines-alaska-budget-that-would-rely-on-savings/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dunleavy outlines budget that would rely on savings]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy proposed a state budget Wednesday that would rely heavily on savings, after a push for deep cuts during his first year in office resulted in fierce public backlash that fueled a recall effort. The Republican wants lawmakers to look at formula programs seen as cost drivers, which [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/dunleavy-outlines-budget-that-would-rely-on-savings/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 00:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/dunleavy-outlines-budget-that-would-rely-on-savings/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man who rammed police car after chase gets 12 years]]></title><description><![CDATA[EUGENE, Ore. (AP) &mdash; A judge sentenced a Woodburn man to 12 years in prison Tuesday for leading Springfield police on a high-speed chase in 2017 that ended with the man ramming a police vehicle. KEZI-TV reports Iosif Ivanov was sentenced Tuesday after pleaded guilty in October to 10 charges including unlawful use of a [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-who-rammed-police-car-after-chase-gets-12-years/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 00:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-who-rammed-police-car-after-chase-gets-12-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattle is lowering speed limits to 25 mph. Are we really that bad at driving?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan has announced that her administration will lower speed limits on all arterials &mdash; busy streets with a dividing line &mdash; to 25 mph. Slowing speed limits on busy city streets has been a promise from Seattle City Hall since at least 2016, when the city made 25 mph the &ldquo;default&rdquo; on [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-is-lowering-speed-limits-to-25-mph-are-we-really-that-bad-at-driving/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 00:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-is-lowering-speed-limits-to-25-mph-are-we-really-that-bad-at-driving/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[George Laurer, who developed the UPC bar code, is dead at 94]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every purchase evokes his design of the rectangular Universal Product Code. But although it became ubiquitous, he received no royalties.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/george-laurer-who-developed-the-upc-bar-code-is-dead-at-94/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 23:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/george-laurer-who-developed-the-upc-bar-code-is-dead-at-94/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here are some of the recommended changes for Seattle’s advanced learning programs]]></title><description><![CDATA[A task force of parents, educators and community members recommended Seattle Public Schools use more than just test scores to gauge whether a student qualifies for advanced learning services. The recommendation, one of nearly 50 compiled and voted on by the district&rsquo;s Advanced Learning Task Force on Tuesday evening, would also allow for factors such [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/here-are-some-of-the-recommended-changes-for-seattles-advanced-learning-programs/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 23:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/here-are-some-of-the-recommended-changes-for-seattles-advanced-learning-programs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Washington state OKs some of the nation’s toughest overtime rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[By some estimates, as few as 7% of salaried workers nationally are entitled to overtime. With Washington's new rules, to be phased in by 2028, hundreds of thousands of workers who have been exempt can begin collecting overtime pay when they work more than 40 hours per week.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/washington-state-oks-some-of-the-nations-toughest-overtime-rules/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 23:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/washington-state-oks-some-of-the-nations-toughest-overtime-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Washington state OKs some of the nation’s toughest overtime pay rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Department of Labor and Industries finalized the rules Wednesday and will phase them in by 2028. By that time, salaried workers making up to about $83,400 a year will be entitled to time-and-a-half pay if they work more than 40 hours per week.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/washington-state-oks-some-of-the-nations-toughest-overtime-pay-rules/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 23:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/washington-state-oks-some-of-the-nations-toughest-overtime-pay-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Washington state OKs some of the nation’s toughest OT rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[SEATTLE (AP) &mdash; Washington state is adopting some of the nation&rsquo;s most aggressive overtime rules, restoring protections for hundreds of thousands of salaried workers and taking what supporters say is a crucial step toward rebuilding the middle class. The Department of Labor and Industries finalized the rules Wednesday and will phase them in by 2028. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/washington-state-oks-some-of-the-nations-toughest-ot-rules/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 23:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/washington-state-oks-some-of-the-nations-toughest-ot-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despite some dissent, King County Council votes to create a regional homelessness authority]]></title><description><![CDATA[The plan next goes before Seattle City Council for a final vote.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/despite-some-dissent-king-county-council-votes-to-create-a-regional-homelessness-authority/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 23:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/despite-some-dissent-king-county-council-votes-to-create-a-regional-homelessness-authority/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fewer kids report sex abuse in US juvenile detention centers]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho (AP) &mdash; A new federal report has found the number of kids who say they have been sexually victimized in juvenile detention centers has dropped across the U.S. compared with past years. But remarkably high rates of sexual abuse persist in 12 facilities stretching from Oregon to Florida, according to the Bureau of [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/fewer-kids-report-sex-abuse-in-us-juvenile-detention-centers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 22:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/fewer-kids-report-sex-abuse-in-us-juvenile-detention-centers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NTSB releases early report on Alaska air ambulance crash]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; An ambulance airplane flying from Anchorage to Seward last month circled for no apparent reason before crashing into a mountain, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board. The Security Aviation flight crashed Nov. 29, killing a pilot, paramedic and nurse on board, KTUU-television reported. Providence Seward Medical [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ntsb-releases-early-report-on-alaska-air-ambulance-crash/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 22:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ntsb-releases-early-report-on-alaska-air-ambulance-crash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oregon Congressman opposed to Jordan Cove gas project]]></title><description><![CDATA[COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) &mdash; A Democratic congressman from Oregon has announced his opposition to the proposed Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas terminal and its 230-mile (370-kilometer) feeder pipeline in southern Oregon. The World reports U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio of Springfield said in a letter to campaign supporters last week that he doesn&rsquo;t support the [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/oregon-congressman-opposed-to-jordan-cove-gas-project/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 22:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/oregon-congressman-opposed-to-jordan-cove-gas-project/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[King County approves emergency $600K to boost downtown courthouse security]]></title><description><![CDATA[Security issues around the downtown courthouse have simmered for the last several years, but took on added urgency following a Nov. 27 assault, caught on camera and widely seen.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/king-county-approves-emergency-600k-to-boost-downtown-courthouse-security/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 22:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/king-county-approves-emergency-600k-to-boost-downtown-courthouse-security/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rep. Ted Lieu of California recovering after heart procedure]]></title><description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (AP) &mdash; U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu of California was recovering Wednesday following surgery in Washington to implant a heart stent after he experienced chest pains, his office said. Lieu, 50, was admitted to George Washington University Hospital on the advice of the Capitol&rsquo;s attending physician, according to a statement by his Chief of [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/rep-ted-lieu-of-california-recovering-after-heart-procedure/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 22:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/rep-ted-lieu-of-california-recovering-after-heart-procedure/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alaska Native communities win $16 million in housing grants]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Five Alaska Native communities and entities are receiving federal grants totaling more than $16.5 million for housing construction and rehabilitation. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development funds announced this week are part of nearly $200 million in grants awarded across the country to 52 Native American tribes and tribal [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-native-communities-win-16-million-in-housing-grants/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 21:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-native-communities-win-16-million-in-housing-grants/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blue Origin launches, lands same rocket record 6 times]]></title><description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) &mdash; Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos&rsquo; space company, has scored another successful spaceflight. Blue Origin used the same rocket for the sixth time Wednesday in West Texas. The suborbital flight exposed the capsule and its contents &mdash; including NASA experiments, artwork and a commercial grape vine study &mdash; to more than three [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/blue-origin-launches-lands-same-rocket-record-6-times/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 21:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/blue-origin-launches-lands-same-rocket-record-6-times/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harvey Weinstein and his accusers reach tentative $25 million deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[After two years of legal wrangling, Harvey Weinstein and the board of his bankrupt film studio have reached a tentative $25 million settlement agreement with dozens of his alleged sexual misconduct victims, a deal that would not require the Hollywood producer to admit wrongdoing or pay anything to his accusers himself, according to lawyers involved [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/harvey-weinstein-and-his-accusers-reach-tentative-25-million-deal/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 21:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/harvey-weinstein-and-his-accusers-reach-tentative-25-million-deal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arkansas judge denies students’ appeal to vaccination policy]]></title><description><![CDATA[FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) &mdash; A judge has denied two University of Arkansas students&rsquo; request to block a public health decree that has barred them from attending classes during a mumps outbreak because they don&rsquo;t have the proper vaccinations. The Arkansas Department of Health issued the public health directive in a Nov. 22 letter that stated [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/arkansas-judge-denies-students-appeal-to-vaccination-policy/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 20:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/arkansas-judge-denies-students-appeal-to-vaccination-policy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flooded farmers face growing dilemma in warming world]]></title><description><![CDATA[CRESCENT, Iowa (AP) &mdash; Frogs, carp and bugs thrived all summer in murky floodwaters where Gene Walter should have planted corn and soybeans. Last year&rsquo;s ruined crop spilled from metal storage bins that burst nine months ago when the Missouri River surged through two levees near his southwest Iowa farm. Like many in the water-weary [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/flooded-farmers-face-growing-dilemma-in-warming-world/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 19:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/flooded-farmers-face-growing-dilemma-in-warming-world/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[4 teens face hate-crime and assault charges; officials say they beat woman who pepper-sprayed them]]></title><description><![CDATA[Four teens have been arrested on investigation of assault and hate-crime charges after authorities say they beat a legally blind, transgender woman who had pepper-sprayed them as she exited a Metro bus in Tukwila. According to the King County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office, the woman was riding at the front of the bus around 10:20 p.m. Tuesday [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/4-teens-face-hate-crime-and-assault-charges-officials-say-they-beat-woman-who-pepper-sprayed-them/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 19:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/4-teens-face-hate-crime-and-assault-charges-officials-say-they-beat-woman-who-pepper-sprayed-them/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[4 teens arrested in beating of blind, transgender woman who pepper-sprayed them in Tukwila]]></title><description><![CDATA[Four teens have been arrested on investigation of assault and hate-crime charges after authorities say they beat a legally blind, transgender woman who had pepper-sprayed them as she exited a Metro bus in Tukwila.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/4-teens-arrested-in-beating-of-blind-transgender-woman-who-pepper-sprayed-them-in-tukwila/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 19:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/4-teens-arrested-in-beating-of-blind-transgender-woman-who-pepper-sprayed-them-in-tukwila/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Archives tell Yellowstone’s story with millions of records]]></title><description><![CDATA[LIVINGSTON, Mont. (AP) &mdash; Most people first entering the historical archives at Yellowstone National Park see long shelves of mute-colored boxes. But for Yellowstone National Park Archivist Anne Foster, those boxes &mdash; and the treasures they hold &mdash; are a thing of beauty. &ldquo;Most people just see rows of plain gray boxes, but to me [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/archives-tell-yellowstones-story-with-millions-of-records/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 17:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/archives-tell-yellowstones-story-with-millions-of-records/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shorecrest High School closed Wednesday after tips about potential threat]]></title><description><![CDATA[Classes and all after-school activities at Shorecrest High School in Shoreline were canceled Wednesday after school officials received &ldquo;multiple tips&rdquo; about potential threats, according to the school&rsquo;s website. The school did not disclose the exact nature of the threats but said they included information and details indicating a possible connection to a lockdown Monday at&nbsp;Shorecrest [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/shorecrest-high-school-closed-wednesday-after-tips-about-potential-threat/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 17:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/shorecrest-high-school-closed-wednesday-after-tips-about-potential-threat/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Salem OKs warming shelters  for homeless]]></title><description><![CDATA[SALEM, Ore. (AP) &mdash; The Salem City Council has agreed to spend up to $213,000 to open 140 warming shelter beds at two local churches. Warming shelter openings currently are driven by freezing temperatures. But under a proposed deal between the city, nonprofit and church representatives, the two shelters would remain open every night from [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/salem-oks-warming-shelters-for-homeless/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 17:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/salem-oks-warming-shelters-for-homeless/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New drugs show rare promise against advanced breast cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[SAN ANTONIO (AP) &mdash; Doctors on Wednesday reported unusually good results from tests of two experimental drugs in women with an aggressive form of breast cancer that had spread widely and resisted many previous treatments. One drug showed particular ability to reach tumors in the brain, which are notoriously tough to treat. The other pairs [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/new-drugs-show-rare-promise-against-advanced-breast-cancer/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 16:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/new-drugs-show-rare-promise-against-advanced-breast-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man arrested on suspicion of hate crime after Sikh Uber driver reports being strangled in Bellingham]]></title><description><![CDATA[A 22-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of a hate crime after an Uber driver&nbsp;who is Sikh and wears a turban reported being attacked and strangled by a passenger. The driver called police at about 4 a.m. Thursday and said a rider assaulted him so violently that he had to flee his car, leaving [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-arrested-on-suspicion-of-hate-crime-after-sikh-uber-driver-reports-being-strangled-in-bellingham/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 16:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-arrested-on-suspicion-of-hate-crime-after-sikh-uber-driver-reports-being-strangled-in-bellingham/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man arrested on suspicion of hate crime after Sikh Uber driver in Bellingham reports being strangled]]></title><description><![CDATA[A 22-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of a hate crime after an Uber driver&nbsp;who is Sikh and wears a turban reported being attacked and strangled by a passenger. The driver called police at about 4 a.m. Thursday and said a rider assaulted him so violently that he had to flee his car, leaving [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-arrested-on-suspicion-of-hate-crime-after-sikh-uber-driver-in-bellingham-reports-being-strangled/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 16:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-arrested-on-suspicion-of-hate-crime-after-sikh-uber-driver-in-bellingham-reports-being-strangled/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alaska governor halts assistance cuts for disabled, elderly]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Alaska&rsquo;s governor has ordered the suspension of parts of a plan to cut financial assistance for disabled and elderly Alaska residents, officials said. Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy halted the planned state cuts to more than 19,000 recipients next year, The Anchorage Daily News reported Tuesday. Beneficiaries of the Adult Public Assistance [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-governor-halts-assistance-cuts-for-disabled-elderly/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 16:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-governor-halts-assistance-cuts-for-disabled-elderly/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doyon, Hilcorp sign joint Alaska oil, gas exploration deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) &mdash; An Alaska Native Regional Corporation and an energy company will jointly explore the Yukon Flats region for potential oil and gas extraction, officials said. Doyon Limited and Hilcorp Energy Co. officials agreed to a five-year deal that will include exploration of 2,500 square miles (6,475 square kilometers) of land. Doyon holds [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/doyon-hilcorp-sign-joint-alaska-oil-gas-exploration-deal/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 15:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/doyon-hilcorp-sign-joint-alaska-oil-gas-exploration-deal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police: Man arrested for riding on young mule deer’s back]]></title><description><![CDATA[RILEY, Ore. (AP) &mdash; Police say a young man was arrested after he was caught on video riding on the back of a mule deer that was trapped in a fenced area in rural eastern Oregon. Oregon State Police say 18-year-old Jacob Belcher of Riley was arrested Friday and charged with wildlife harassment and animal [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/police-man-arrested-for-riding-on-young-mule-deers-back/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 15:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/police-man-arrested-for-riding-on-young-mule-deers-back/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Seattle we like voting socialist, but how much do we mean it? We’re about to find out.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The debate about socialism in America &mdash; is it just another name for New Deal liberalism, or is it something more? &mdash; is about to get real in Seattle.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/in-seattle-we-like-voting-socialist-but-how-much-do-we-mean-it-were-about-to-find-out/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/in-seattle-we-like-voting-socialist-but-how-much-do-we-mean-it-were-about-to-find-out/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weinstein could face jail, bail hike over monitoring issues]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; Harvey Weinstein&rsquo;s bail was increased from $1 million to $5 million on Wednesday over allegations he violated bail conditions by mishandling his electronic ankle monitor. But Judge James Burke rejected prosecution calls to put the disgraced movie mogul in jail over the alleged violation. Weinstein, 67, arrived at court in the [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/weinstein-could-face-jail-bail-hike-over-monitoring-issues/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 14:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/weinstein-could-face-jail-bail-hike-over-monitoring-issues/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harvey Weinstein’s bail increased over monitoring issues]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; Harvey Weinstein&rsquo;s bail was increased from $1 million to $5 million on Wednesday over allegations he violated bail conditions by mishandling his electronic ankle monitor. But Judge James Burke rejected prosecution calls to put the disgraced movie mogul in jail over the alleged violation. Weinstein, 67, arrived at court in the [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/harvey-weinsteins-bail-increased-over-monitoring-issues/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 14:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/harvey-weinsteins-bail-increased-over-monitoring-issues/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time’s Person of the Year is its youngest ever: Greta Thunberg, the teen climate activist]]></title><description><![CDATA[Greta Thunberg has rejected accolades for her activism, saying awards are not what the environmental movement needs. But on Wednesday, the Swedish 16-year-old, who has mobilized millions of people to fight climate change and condemned leaders&rsquo; inaction, picked up another honor that acknowledges her impact. Thunberg is Time&rsquo;s Person of the Year &ndash; the magazine&rsquo;s [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/times-person-of-the-year-is-its-youngest-ever-greta-thunberg-the-teen-climate-activist/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 14:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/times-person-of-the-year-is-its-youngest-ever-greta-thunberg-the-teen-climate-activist/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time chooses teen climate activist Greta Thunberg as ‘person of the year’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Greta Thunberg has rejected accolades for her activism, saying awards are not what the environmental movement she has championed needs. But on Wednesday, the Swedish 16-year-old who has mobilized millions of people to fight climate change and condemned leaders&rsquo; inaction &ndash; &ldquo;How dare you,&rdquo; she told a United Nations assembly of the powerful this fall [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/time-chooses-teen-climate-activist-greta-thunberg-as-person-of-the-year/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 14:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/time-chooses-teen-climate-activist-greta-thunberg-as-person-of-the-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg becomes Time’s youngest Person of the Year]]></title><description><![CDATA[The teen who has vowed "change is coming" picked up another acknowledgment of her work's impact: She is Time magazine's Person of the Year, its youngest ever. Greta Thunberg represents a broader trend of young people pushing for change.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/swedish-climate-activist-greta-thunberg-becomes-times-youngest-person-of-the-year/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 14:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/swedish-climate-activist-greta-thunberg-becomes-times-youngest-person-of-the-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man arrested on 25 years’ worth of child sex abuse charges]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; A man was arrested last week on dozens of child sex abuse charges, some of which date back to 1994. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Michael Hern has pleaded not guilty to 26 counts related to the sexual abuse of at least six children, who were between 4 and 15 years old at [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-arrested-on-25-years-worth-of-child-sex-abuse-charges/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 14:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-arrested-on-25-years-worth-of-child-sex-abuse-charges/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Seattle treatment center closes its doors to foster children, adding to debate over how Washington cares for them]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some of Washington's most vulnerable children-- those in foster care -- can no longer find help at a residential treatment facility in Seattle. Administrators say the state doesn't pay enough for foster kids compared to those with private insurance.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/a-seattle-treatment-center-closes-its-doors-to-foster-children-adding-to-debate-over-how-washington-cares-for-them/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/a-seattle-treatment-center-closes-its-doors-to-foster-children-adding-to-debate-over-how-washington-cares-for-them/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CDC sends experts to fight measles outbreaks in Pacific islands neighboring Samoa]]></title><description><![CDATA[The CDC had already deployed two experts to Samoa, where measles has sickened nearly 4,900 people and killed 71, most of them children under 5. This week, in response to requests for help, additional CDC teams are flying to Tonga, Fiji and American Samoa, which also have outbreaks.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/cdc-sends-experts-to-fight-measles-outbreaks-in-pacific-islands-neighboring-samoa/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 13:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/cdc-sends-experts-to-fight-measles-outbreaks-in-pacific-islands-neighboring-samoa/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Officials: Jersey attackers are suspects in earlier killing]]></title><description><![CDATA[JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) &mdash; New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said at a news conference with other officials Wednesday that the two Jersey City attackers are prime suspects in the death of a man whose body had been found in a car trunk nearby over the weekend. Bayonne police responding to a report Saturday [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/officials-jersey-attackers-are-suspects-in-earlier-killing/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 12:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/officials-jersey-attackers-are-suspects-in-earlier-killing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Jersey mayor says attackers targeted Jewish market]]></title><description><![CDATA[JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) &mdash; The man and woman who stormed a Jewish market in a deadly shooting in Jersey City clearly targeted the place, the mayor said Wednesday, amid growing fears the bloodshed was an anti-Semitic attack. New Jersey Attorney General Gurbil Grewal, though, cautioned that the motive for the attack that left six [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/new-jersey-mayor-says-attackers-targeted-jewish-market/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 12:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/new-jersey-mayor-says-attackers-targeted-jewish-market/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jersey City’s mayor says gunmen targeted kosher market]]></title><description><![CDATA[JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) &mdash; The mayor of Jersey City said Wednesday it&rsquo;s &ldquo;clear&rdquo; that gunmen in a furious shooting that left six people dead targeted a Jewish market. Mayor Steven Fulop refused to call it an anti-Semitic attack but said surveillance video shows the gunmen got out of their van at a kosher grocery [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/jersey-citys-mayor-says-gunmen-targeted-kosher-market/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 12:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/jersey-citys-mayor-says-gunmen-targeted-kosher-market/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jersey City’s mayor says gunmen targeted Jewish market]]></title><description><![CDATA[JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) &mdash; The two gunmen in a furious firefight that left six people dead in Jersey City clearly targeted a Jewish market, the mayor said Wednesday, amid growing suspicions the bloodshed was an anti-Semitic attack. Mayor Steven Fulop refused to call it an anti-Semitic attack but said surveillance video showed the gunmen [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/jersey-citys-mayor-says-gunmen-targeted-jewish-market/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 12:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/jersey-citys-mayor-says-gunmen-targeted-jewish-market/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thunberg tells governments: ‘You are misleading’ on climate]]></title><description><![CDATA[MADRID (AP) &mdash; Climate activist Greta Thunberg says that business and political leaders are misleading the public by holding negotiations that are not leading to real action against warming temperatures, which she referred to as a climate emergency. &ldquo;The real danger is when politicians and CEOs are making it look like real action is happening, [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/thunberg-tells-governments-you-are-misleading-on-climate/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 10:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/thunberg-tells-governments-you-are-misleading-on-climate/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thunberg accuses leaders of ‘creative PR’ at climate talks]]></title><description><![CDATA[MADRID (AP) &mdash; Activist Greta Thunberg accused the business and political leaders of misleading the public by holding climate talks that are not achieving real action against what she called the world&rsquo;s &ldquo;climate emergency.&rdquo; In a speech peppered with scientific facts about global warming, the Swedish 16-year-old told negotiators at the U.N.&rsquo;s COP25 climate talks [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/thunberg-accuses-leaders-of-creative-pr-at-climate-talks/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 10:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/thunberg-accuses-leaders-of-creative-pr-at-climate-talks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UN: Nearly a half-billion in Asia-Pacific still going hungry]]></title><description><![CDATA[BANGKOK (AP) &mdash; Nearly a half-billion people in the Asia-Pacific are still malnourished and eliminating hunger by 2030 requires that millions escape food insecurity each month, according to a report released Wednesday by UN agencies. Data compiled by the United Nations show slow progress and even backsliding in the areas of child wasting and stunting [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/un-nearly-a-half-billion-in-asia-pacific-still-going-hungry/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 08:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/un-nearly-a-half-billion-in-asia-pacific-still-going-hungry/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rescuer describes horror of New Zealand’s silent eruption]]></title><description><![CDATA[WHAKATANE, New Zealand (AP) &mdash; The eruption was so silent that Lillani Hopkins didn&rsquo;t hear it over the hum of the boat&rsquo;s engines. She didn&rsquo;t turn around until her dad whacked her. Then she saw it. Huge clouds of ash and steam shooting into the sky. She was so excited, she grabbed her phone out [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/rescuer-describes-horror-of-new-zealands-silent-eruption/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 07:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/rescuer-describes-horror-of-new-zealands-silent-eruption/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Santa, soldiers bring joy to town with river erosion crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[NAPAKIAK, Alaska (AP) &mdash; A school employee wearing a traditional pink Alaska Native smock called a kuspuk breezed through the hubbub in the cafeteria adorned with murals of purely Alaska scenes, zigzagging through children clutching presents and past uniformed soldiers wearing Santa caps. &ldquo;Napakiak is happy today,&rdquo; she proclaimed to principal Sally Benedict. That&rsquo;s a [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/santa-soldiers-bring-joy-to-town-with-river-erosion-crisis/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 07:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/santa-soldiers-bring-joy-to-town-with-river-erosion-crisis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[California considers calling THC in pot a risk to moms-to-be]]></title><description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (AP) &mdash; More than three years after California voters broadly legalized marijuana, a state panel is considering if its potent, high-inducing chemical &mdash; THC &mdash; should be declared a risk to pregnant women and require warnings. Studies have indicated that a rising number of mothers-to-be have turned to marijuana products for relief from [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/california-considers-calling-thc-in-pot-a-risk-to-moms-to-be/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 06:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/california-considers-calling-thc-in-pot-a-risk-to-moms-to-be/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To address safety concerns at downtown courthouse, King County will consider spending $600K more on security]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Metropolitan King County Council will be asked Wednesday whether to spend an additional $600,000 on courthouse security, after hearing from county employees and others who said they fear for their safety outside the downtown Seattle courthouse. At a Tuesday meeting of the County Council&rsquo;s&nbsp;Government Accountability and Oversight Committee, Sheriff Mitzi Johanknecht apologized to employees [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/to-address-safety-concerns-at-downtown-courthouse-king-county-will-consider-spending-600k-more-on-security/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 05:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/to-address-safety-concerns-at-downtown-courthouse-king-county-will-consider-spending-600k-more-on-security/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To address safety concerns at downtown courthouse, King County will consider spending $600,000 more on security]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Metropolitan King County Council will be asked Wednesday whether to spend an additional $600,000 on courthouse security, after hearing from county employees and others who said they fear for their safety outside the downtown Seattle courthouse. At a Tuesday meeting of the County Council&rsquo;s&nbsp;Government Accountability and Oversight Committee, Sheriff Mitzi Johanknecht apologized to employees [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/to-address-safety-concerns-at-downtown-courthouse-king-county-will-consider-spending-600000-more-on-security/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 05:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/to-address-safety-concerns-at-downtown-courthouse-king-county-will-consider-spending-600000-more-on-security/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sea-Tac is first airport to resist federal push for facial recognition and other biometric technologies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Following hours of contentious public comment Tuesday, much of it from people calling facial recognition intrusive and dangerous, the Port of Seattle Commission unanimously approved a moratorium on some uses of the technology.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/sea-tac-is-first-airport-to-resist-federal-push-for-facial-recognition-and-other-biometric-technologies/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 03:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/sea-tac-is-first-airport-to-resist-federal-push-for-facial-recognition-and-other-biometric-technologies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spokesman: Young does not support articles of impeachment]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Alaska&rsquo;s lone member of the U.S. House does not support either of the articles of impeachment announced against President Donald Trump, a spokesman said Tuesday. The articles of impeachment announced by House Democrats are abuse of power and obstruction of Congress and focus on Trump&rsquo;s dealings with Ukraine. Zack Brown, a [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/spokesman-young-does-not-support-articles-of-impeachment/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 03:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/spokesman-young-does-not-support-articles-of-impeachment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Zealand volcano vents steam, delays recovery of bodies]]></title><description><![CDATA[WHAKATANE, New Zealand &mdash; A New Zealand island volcano vented more steam and mud Wednesday, prompting authorities to delay plans to recover the bodies of victims from a deadly eruption two days ago. Volcanic tremors on White Island were intensifying to a level not seen since an eruption in 2016, the GeoNet seismic monitoring agency [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/new-zealand-volcano-vents-steam-delays-recovery-of-bodies/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 03:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/new-zealand-volcano-vents-steam-delays-recovery-of-bodies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amber Alert in Seattle issued for 4 children, authorities looking for Bounder motorhome]]></title><description><![CDATA[An Amber Alert was issued Tuesday evening in Seattle as authorities search for four children who were ordered to be turned over to Child Protective Services. Police are concerned the children&rsquo;s father, 42-year-old Nicholas Antoine, is fleeing the state after withholding needed medication from the children, according to Seattle police. Case workers have also reported [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/amber-alert-in-seattle-issued-for-4-children-authorities-looking-for-bounder-motorhome/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 02:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/amber-alert-in-seattle-issued-for-4-children-authorities-looking-for-bounder-motorhome/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[4 children found safe in Spokane County after Amber Alert issued in Seattle]]></title><description><![CDATA[Four children were found safe in Cheney, Spokane County, shortly after authorities in Seattle issued an Amber Alert for them Tuesday evening. The children had been ordered to be turned over to Child Protective Services. Police were concerned the children&rsquo;s father was fleeing the state after withholding needed medication from the children, according to Seattle [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/4-children-found-safe-in-spokane-county-after-amber-alert-issued-in-seattle/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 02:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/4-children-found-safe-in-spokane-county-after-amber-alert-issued-in-seattle/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sound Transit shows off nearly complete Roosevelt light-rail station — and its heavy-duty escalators]]></title><description><![CDATA[The station is part of the northward expansion of the current light rail line and will link up with a station in Northgate and a second University District station.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/sound-transit-shows-off-nearly-complete-roosevelt-light-rail-station-and-its-heavy-duty-escalators/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 02:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/sound-transit-shows-off-nearly-complete-roosevelt-light-rail-station-and-its-heavy-duty-escalators/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pierce County will attempt to join defense of Eyman’s car-tab tax measure]]></title><description><![CDATA[Voters across Washington last month approved I-976, which attempts to lower many vehicle registration fees to $30.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/pierce-county-will-attempt-to-join-defense-of-eymans-car-tab-tax-measure/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 01:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/pierce-county-will-attempt-to-join-defense-of-eymans-car-tab-tax-measure/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prison department updates execution secrecy rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho (AP) &mdash; Idaho prison officials have changed their administrative rules to ensure secrecy surrounding the source of the state&rsquo;s lethal injection drugs. Like previous versions, the rule updated earlier this year forbids the Idaho Department of Correction from disclosing &ldquo;under any circumstance&rdquo; information that department director Josh Tewalt determines could jeopardize the department&rsquo;s [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/prison-department-updates-execution-secrecy-rules/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 01:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/prison-department-updates-execution-secrecy-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man gets jail, probation for strangling 85-year-old mom]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; A Portland man who violated a no-contact order and strangled his 85-year-old mother has been sentenced to six months in jail and two years of probation. The Multnomah County District Attorney&rsquo;s Office said 57-year-old James Keith was sentenced Tuesday. Keith assaulted his mother in August, less than a month after a [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-gets-jail-probation-for-strangling-85-year-old-mom/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 01:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-gets-jail-probation-for-strangling-85-year-old-mom/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[$3M lawsuit claims meningococcal diagnosis delayed]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; An Oregon State University student who visited Portland-area medical providers amid a 2017 meningococcal outbreak at her Corvallis campus &mdash; but was not immediately diagnosed with the disease &mdash; has sued for $3 million. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports then 21-year-old Julia Hanson was eventually diagnosed with the disease, according to the lawsuit. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/3m-lawsuit-claims-meningococcal-diagnosis-delayed/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 00:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/3m-lawsuit-claims-meningococcal-diagnosis-delayed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattle police open preliminary investigation into viral video of clash between officers and anti-Trump protesters]]></title><description><![CDATA[The 26-second video shows an officer tripping on his bike, followed by a melee.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-police-open-preliminary-investigation-into-viral-video-of-clash-between-officers-and-anti-trump-protesters/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 00:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-police-open-preliminary-investigation-into-viral-video-of-clash-between-officers-and-anti-trump-protesters/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Investigators to use dental X-rays on remains found in Yakima County]]></title><description><![CDATA[Investigators have a single lead about the identity of the remains, but the Yakima County coroner did not provide details.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/investigators-to-use-dental-x-rays-on-remains-found-in-yakima-county/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 23:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/investigators-to-use-dental-x-rays-on-remains-found-in-yakima-county/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former GOP gubernatorial candidate Buehler runs for Congress]]></title><description><![CDATA[SALEM, Ore. (AP) &mdash; Republican Knute Buehler, who unsuccessfully ran for Oregon governor in 2018, announced his candidacy Tuesday for a congressional seat being vacated by Rep. Greg Walden. In a video, Buehler criticized what he called Portland liberals and elites in Washington DC, and said he supports gun rights and opposes higher taxes and [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/former-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-buehler-runs-for-congress/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 22:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/former-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-buehler-runs-for-congress/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Officials want $100M for reef restoration in Florida Keys]]></title><description><![CDATA[KEY LARGO, Fla. (AP) &mdash; Federal officials have announced plans to raise $100 million to fund projects to restore seven significant coral reef sites in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. &ldquo;Mission: Iconic Reefs&rdquo; calls for restoring nearly 70 acres (28 hectares) of the Florida Reef Tract, one of the largest strategies ever proposed for [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/officials-want-100m-for-reef-restoration-in-florida-keys/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 21:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/officials-want-100m-for-reef-restoration-in-florida-keys/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scammers are calling Washington state residents from what looks like a State Patrol phone number]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you get a voicemail from a &ldquo;state police&rdquo; phone number that mentions a bomb threat and directs you to log into a website for your safety, don't be fooled. It&rsquo;s a scam, and the website is malicious.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/scammers-are-calling-washington-state-residents-from-what-looks-like-a-state-patrol-phone-number/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 21:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/scammers-are-calling-washington-state-residents-from-what-looks-like-a-state-patrol-phone-number/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, the Washington State Patrol isn’t leaving you voicemails about bomb threats]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you get a voicemail from a "state police" phone number that mentions a bomb threat and directs you to log into a website for your safety, don't be fooled. It's a scam, and the website is malicious.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/no-the-washington-state-patrol-isnt-leaving-you-voicemails-about-bomb-threats/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 21:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/no-the-washington-state-patrol-isnt-leaving-you-voicemails-about-bomb-threats/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Portland-area residents may vote on funding for homeless]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore (AP) &mdash; Multnomah County commissioners have agreed to cuts across departments to ensure that they can send money to the Joint Office of Homeless Services, which coordinates housing assistance, outreach and other needs for struggling people. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that Mayor Ted Wheeler has complained for years that he doesn&rsquo;t expect to be [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/portland-area-residents-may-vote-on-funding-for-homeless/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 20:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/portland-area-residents-may-vote-on-funding-for-homeless/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colorado initiative would OK reintroducing the gray wolf]]></title><description><![CDATA[DENVER (AP) &mdash; Wildlife activists want Colorado voters to decide next year if the endangered gray wolf should be reintroduced in the state decades after it was hunted to near-extinction. Backers of a ballot initiative delivered thousands of voter signatures on Tuesday to the secretary of state&rsquo;s office in hopes of getting their proposal on [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/colorado-initiative-would-ok-reintroducing-the-gray-wolf/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 20:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/colorado-initiative-would-ok-reintroducing-the-gray-wolf/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Puget Sound Energy sale in Montana to reduce reliance on coal-fired electricity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Puget Sound Energy's sale of part of its stake in a Montana coal plant comes as the utility faces regulatory and customer pressure to move to cleaner sources of energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/puget-sound-energy-sale-in-montana-to-reduce-reliance-on-coal-fired-electricity/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 20:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/puget-sound-energy-sale-in-montana-to-reduce-reliance-on-coal-fired-electricity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arctic habitats and cultures on thin ice as region warms]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; Rising temperatures and shrinking snow and ice cover in the Arctic are endangering habitats, fisheries and local cultures, according to a report issued Tuesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. &ldquo;A lot of people think of the Arctic as being a faraway place, but the loss of ice is affecting people [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/arctic-habitats-and-cultures-on-thin-ice-as-region-warms/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 20:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/arctic-habitats-and-cultures-on-thin-ice-as-region-warms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former Idaho GOP chairman gets 14 days in jail, probation]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho (AP) &mdash; The former chairman of the Idaho Republican Party was sentenced to 14 days in jail and five years of probation after he pleaded guilty to stalking his estranged wife and entering the home of a female colleague, a judge ruled. Jonathan Parker, 40, entered an Alford plea that allows a defendant [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/former-idaho-gop-chairman-gets-14-days-in-jail-probation/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 20:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/former-idaho-gop-chairman-gets-14-days-in-jail-probation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Positions of power’: Seattle City Council’s emotional action on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women]]></title><description><![CDATA[https://projects.seattletimes.com/2019/mmiw/#Latest]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/positions-of-power-seattle-city-councils-emotional-action-on-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 19:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/positions-of-power-seattle-city-councils-emotional-action-on-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man fatally shot by Portland police identified]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; Portland police have released the names of the man who died and the officers involved in a deadly shooting Sunday afternoon. The medical examiner confirmed the man who died is 51-year-old Koben S. Henriksen. KGW reports two officers fired weapons: one fired the deadly shot, or shots. His name is Justin [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-fatally-shot-by-portland-police-identified/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 19:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-fatally-shot-by-portland-police-identified/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wasilla man dies in crash of 2 pickups southwest of the city]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASILLA, Alaska (AP) &mdash; A Wasilla man died in a crash of two pickups southwest of the city. William Arndt, 66, died Monday night of injuries suffered in a crash on Knik-Goose Bay Road. Alaska State Troopers determined that Wasilla resident Susan Kaltenbacher, 69, was behind the wheel of a northbound three-quarter-ton pickup shortly before [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/wasilla-man-dies-in-crash-of-2-pickups-southwest-of-the-city/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 17:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/wasilla-man-dies-in-crash-of-2-pickups-southwest-of-the-city/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trans-Alaska pipeline passes milestone of 18 billion barrels]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; The trans-Alaska pipeline has reached a milestone of 18 billion barrels pumped, officials said. The pipeline carrying Alaska&rsquo;s oil from Prudhoe Bay to the shipping port of Valdez reached the milestone on Friday, KTUU-TV reported Monday. Pipeline operator Alyeska Pipeline Service Company said $145 billion in revenue from North Slope crude [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/trans-alaska-pipeline-passes-milestone-of-18-billion-barrels/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 16:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/trans-alaska-pipeline-passes-milestone-of-18-billion-barrels/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s been a weird year in Seattle weather. Here’s what the stats show and what’s coming next.]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's been a weird weather year, according to numbers from the National Weather Service in Seattle. For starters, it was one of the driest years on record. But we are now heading into a week of rain.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/its-been-a-weird-year-in-seattle-weather-heres-what-the-stats-show-and-whats-coming-next/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 16:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/its-been-a-weird-year-in-seattle-weather-heres-what-the-stats-show-and-whats-coming-next/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After one of the driest years in Seattle’s recorded history, rain is on the way. But will it be enough to return us to ‘normal’?]]></title><description><![CDATA[To all the Seattle-area newcomers wondering where our legendary rain is and thinking, &lsquo;This isn&rsquo;t so bad&rsquo;: Really, this isn&rsquo;t normal. It&rsquo;s been a weird weather year, according to numbers from the National Weather Service in Seattle. Since January, a total of 26.29 inches of rain have been recorded at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. That&rsquo;s [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/after-one-of-the-driest-years-in-seattles-recorded-history-rain-is-on-the-way-but-will-it-be-enough-to-return-us-to-normal/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 16:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/after-one-of-the-driest-years-in-seattles-recorded-history-rain-is-on-the-way-but-will-it-be-enough-to-return-us-to-normal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After one of the driest years in Seattle’s history, rain is on the way]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's been a weird weather year, according to numbers from the National Weather Service in Seattle. For starters, it was one of the driest years on record. But we are now heading into a week of rain.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/after-one-of-the-driest-years-in-seattles-history-rain-is-on-the-way/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 16:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/after-one-of-the-driest-years-in-seattles-history-rain-is-on-the-way/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alaska man to accept 4-month sentence for killing polar bear]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; An Alaska man has agreed to plead guilty to killing a polar bear without harvesting its meat, authorities said. Chris Gordon of Kaktovik reached a plea deal with prosecutors in which he will accept a maximum prison sentence of four months and a $4,500 fine, Alaska&rsquo;s Energy Desk reported. The killing [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-man-to-accept-4-month-sentence-for-killing-polar-bear/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 15:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-man-to-accept-4-month-sentence-for-killing-polar-bear/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman in crisis was neglected and died at Des Moines jail after 4 ‘torturous’ days, lawsuit alleges]]></title><description><![CDATA[The lawsuit claims the woman's husband called deputies for help, but instead the woman was arrested and taken to jail where her family alleges she died after lapsing into a metabolic crisis; the woman drank so much water it killed her while jail health staff did nothing.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/woman-in-crisis-was-neglected-and-died-at-des-moines-jail-after-4-torturous-days-lawsuit-alleges/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/woman-in-crisis-was-neglected-and-died-at-des-moines-jail-after-4-torturous-days-lawsuit-alleges/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattle to lower speed limits amid rising number of traffic deaths]]></title><description><![CDATA[Twenty-five people have died and 153 have been seriously injured in crashes so far this year, preliminary Seattle data shows. The vast majority of those killed were pedestrians.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-to-lower-speed-limits-amid-rising-number-of-traffic-deaths/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-to-lower-speed-limits-amid-rising-number-of-traffic-deaths/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New trouble on Whidbey Island as chemicals from Naval Air Station contaminate a creek]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scientists are trying to better define the health risks the chemicals pose and at what levels. Meanwhile, federal and state officials seek to determine the scope of the pollution, and what to do about it.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/new-trouble-on-whidbey-island-as-chemicals-from-naval-air-station-contaminate-a-creek/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/new-trouble-on-whidbey-island-as-chemicals-from-naval-air-station-contaminate-a-creek/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal lawsuit alleges woman in crisis was arrested, neglected and died at SCORE jail after 4 ‘torturous’ days]]></title><description><![CDATA[The lawsuit claims the woman's husband called deputies for help, but instead the woman was arrested and taken to jail where her family alleges she died after lapsing into a metabolic crisis; the woman drank so much water it killed her while jail health staff did nothing.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/federal-lawsuit-alleges-woman-in-crisis-was-arrested-neglected-and-died-at-score-jail-after-4-torturous-days/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/federal-lawsuit-alleges-woman-in-crisis-was-arrested-neglected-and-died-at-score-jail-after-4-torturous-days/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chemicals contaminate Whidbey Island storm-water runoff from Naval Air Station]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scientists are trying to better define the health risks the chemicals pose and at what levels. Meanwhile, federal and state officials seek to determine the scope of the pollution, and what to do about it,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/chemicals-contaminate-whidbey-island-storm-water-runoff-from-naval-air-station/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/chemicals-contaminate-whidbey-island-storm-water-runoff-from-naval-air-station/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report: black lung funding cut will cost taxpayers billions]]></title><description><![CDATA[LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) &mdash; A cut to the tax coal companies pay to fund a trust for sick miners will cost taxpayers at least $15 billion by 2050, according to a new report from a national watchdog group. An excise tax rate on mined coal that funds the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund expired at [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/report-black-lung-funding-cut-will-cost-taxpayers-billions/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 14:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/report-black-lung-funding-cut-will-cost-taxpayers-billions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[94-year-old Eugene City Councilor won’t run for reelection]]></title><description><![CDATA[EUGENE, Ore. (AP) &mdash; A 94-year-old Eugene City Councilor announced Monday she will not seek reelection to an unprecedented seventh four-year term. The Register-Guard reports Betty Taylor will step down when her current term expires in January 2021, allowing a new councilor to represent Ward 2 for the first time since 1996. Taylor is already [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/94-year-old-eugene-city-councilor-wont-run-for-reelection/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 14:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/94-year-old-eugene-city-councilor-wont-run-for-reelection/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What should happen to Seattle schools’ gifted program? Long-awaited recommendations coming tonight]]></title><description><![CDATA[The recommendations come as the district is looking to transform of the way it identifies and delivers advanced instruction. The current system is generally accepted to be racially segregated, serving mostly white and Asian students, but there is considerable debate over how to best solve the problem.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/what-should-happen-to-seattle-schools-gifted-program-long-awaited-recommendations-coming-tonight/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/what-should-happen-to-seattle-schools-gifted-program-long-awaited-recommendations-coming-tonight/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattle’s wealth boom and disparity, as told through its public schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[District officials noted the decline during a budget meeting this week, but they say the economic shift is unlikely to change their direction, especially as it contends with a concurrent rise in the number of homeless students, whose numbers recently surged by 80% just a few years ago.&nbsp;They've also just signed on to a five-year plan to prioritize students it deems farthest away from what they call educational justice, with an emphasis on black boys.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattles-wealth-boom-and-disparity-as-told-through-its-public-schools/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattles-wealth-boom-and-disparity-as-told-through-its-public-schools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A community task force will weigh in tonight with its recommendations for gifted program policy at Seattle schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[The recommendations come as the district is looking to transform of the way it identifies and delivers advanced instruction. The current system is generally accepted to be racially segregated, serving mostly white and Asian students, but there is considerable debate over how to best solve the problem.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/a-community-task-force-will-weigh-in-tonight-with-its-recommendations-for-gifted-program-policy-at-seattle-schools/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/a-community-task-force-will-weigh-in-tonight-with-its-recommendations-for-gifted-program-policy-at-seattle-schools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Longview man accused of trying to bribe deputy — with offer of handgun]]></title><description><![CDATA[The defendant on Monday pleaded not guilty to bribery. His trial is scheduled for February.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/longview-man-accused-of-trying-to-bribe-deputy-with-offer-of-handgun/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 13:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/longview-man-accused-of-trying-to-bribe-deputy-with-offer-of-handgun/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cyclone hits Madagascar, killing 2 and making 1,400 homeless]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) &mdash; Cyclone Belna has hit northwestern Madagascar, with 2 dead and three missing from the first tropical storm of the season, according to local officials. Belna blew into the coastal town of Soalala, where more than 1,400 residents were made homeless because their houses were destroyed, damaged or flooded, Col. Elack Olivier [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/cyclone-hits-madagascar-killing-2-and-making-1400-homeless/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 11:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/cyclone-hits-madagascar-killing-2-and-making-1400-homeless/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Sweden’s Arctic, ice atop snow leaves reindeer starving]]></title><description><![CDATA[KIRUNA, Sweden (AP) &mdash; Thick reindeer fur boots and a fur hat covering most of his face shielded Niila Inga from freezing winds as he raced his snowmobile up to a mountain top overlooking his reindeer in the Swedish arctic. His community herds about 8,000 reindeer year-round, moving them between traditional grazing grounds in the [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/in-swedens-arctic-ice-atop-snow-leaves-reindeer-starving/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 08:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/in-swedens-arctic-ice-atop-snow-leaves-reindeer-starving/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kent man, who killed two in Auburn in 2013, dies in prison cell]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cleanthony Baby Ray Jimerson, of Kent, was serving time for killing two men in a March 2013 gunfight outside the Sports Page Tavern in Auburn.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/kent-man-who-killed-two-in-auburn-in-2013-dies-in-prison-cell/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 06:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/kent-man-who-killed-two-in-auburn-in-2013-dies-in-prison-cell/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amid outcry, Seattle Public Library weighs decision to provide venue for ‘radical feminist’ event criticized as anti-trans]]></title><description><![CDATA[A scheduled Feb. 1 event has placed Seattle's library system at the center of a firestorm over how it can maintain its commitment to evolving ideas of intellectual freedom, provide access to information for the entire community, and be an inclusive space where all patrons feel safe and welcome.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/amid-outcry-seattle-public-library-weighs-decision-to-provide-venue-for-radical-feminist-event-criticized-as-anti-trans/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 04:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/amid-outcry-seattle-public-library-weighs-decision-to-provide-venue-for-radical-feminist-event-criticized-as-anti-trans/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattle to invest a record-setting $110 million in new affordable housing]]></title><description><![CDATA[New projects will include a building focused on LGBTQ seniors, while others will try to help South Seattle residents avoid displacement.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-to-invest-a-record-setting-110-million-in-new-affordable-housing/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 03:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-to-invest-a-record-setting-110-million-in-new-affordable-housing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattle to invest a record $110M in new affordable housing]]></title><description><![CDATA[New projects will include a building focused on LGBTQ seniors, while others will try to help South Seattle residents avoid displacement.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-to-invest-a-record-110m-in-new-affordable-housing/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 03:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-to-invest-a-record-110m-in-new-affordable-housing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattle to invest a record $110M in affordable housing; here’s how it will rise across the city]]></title><description><![CDATA[New projects will include a building focused on LGBTQ seniors, while others will try to help South Seattle residents avoid displacement.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-to-invest-a-record-110m-in-affordable-housing-heres-how-it-will-rise-across-the-city/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 03:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-to-invest-a-record-110m-in-affordable-housing-heres-how-it-will-rise-across-the-city/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Person dies when travel trailer catches fire, explodes]]></title><description><![CDATA[ALFALFA, Ore. (AP) &mdash; One person died when a travel trailer caught fire and exploded east of Bend, authorities said. KTVZ-TV reports Crook County deputies were sent shortly after 9 a.m. Sunday for a welfare check on someone living in the trailer near Alfalfa, according to Sheriff John Gautney. Gautney said while en route, deputies [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/person-dies-when-travel-trailer-catches-fire-explodes/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 03:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/person-dies-when-travel-trailer-catches-fire-explodes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Burien has been plagued by noise from Sea-Tac airport. So residents sued the government — and won.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Late last month, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals directed the Federal Aviation Administration to go back to the drawing board on the Burien flight path.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/burien-has-been-plagued-by-noise-from-sea-tac-airport-so-residents-sued-the-government-and-won/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 03:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/burien-has-been-plagued-by-noise-from-sea-tac-airport-so-residents-sued-the-government-and-won/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattle council approves $34 million for new Seattle Aquarium pavilion with sharks, stingrays]]></title><description><![CDATA[The plan calls for the new structure to feature a 325,000-gallon tank with sharks, stingrays and fish from the South Pacific's Coral Triangle area.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-council-approves-34-million-for-new-seattle-aquarium-pavilion-with-sharks-stingrays/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 01:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-council-approves-34-million-for-new-seattle-aquarium-pavilion-with-sharks-stingrays/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattle council approves $34 million for new Seattle Aquarium pavilion with sharks, sting rays]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Seattle City Council voted unanimously Monday to cement a $34 million contribution toward the construction of a Seattle Aquarium expansion project. The nonprofit Aquarium Society, which operates Seattle&rsquo;s city-owned aquarium, intends to build a $113 million new Ocean Pavilion&nbsp;between Pike Place Market and Piers 59 and 60 as part of a wider effort by [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-council-approves-34-million-for-new-seattle-aquarium-pavilion-with-sharks-sting-rays/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 01:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-council-approves-34-million-for-new-seattle-aquarium-pavilion-with-sharks-sting-rays/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Massachusetts lab to pay $26M for scheme with Texas doctors]]></title><description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) &mdash; Boston Heart Diagnostics Corporation agreed to pay nearly $27 million to settle claims that it allegedly paid doctors in Texas and waived patient co-payments in exchange for lab tests it then billed to federal healthcare programs, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday. The $26.7 settlement with the Framingham, Massachusetts, company [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/massachusetts-lab-to-pay-26m-for-scheme-with-texas-doctors/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 00:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/massachusetts-lab-to-pay-26m-for-scheme-with-texas-doctors/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NASA chief gets latest look at new moon rocket]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS (AP) &mdash; NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine and the media got an up-close look Monday at a huge, newly completed rocket for the program aimed at putting a man and woman on the moon as early as 2024. Bridenstine was in New Orleans to see the first of the &ldquo;core stage&rdquo; rockets for NASA&rsquo;s [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/nasa-chief-gets-latest-look-at-new-moon-rocket/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 00:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/nasa-chief-gets-latest-look-at-new-moon-rocket/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Portland police release names in officer shooting of man]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; Police have released the name of the officer who shot and killed a man Sunday afternoon outside a coffee shop on Portland&rsquo;s southeast side. The Portland Police Bureau said Monday that Officer Justin Raphael shot the man while Officer Daniel Leonard used less lethal force during the incident. Later Monday police [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/portland-police-release-names-in-officer-shooting-of-man/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 23:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/portland-police-release-names-in-officer-shooting-of-man/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Portland police release name of officer who fatally shot man]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; Police have released the name of the officer who shot and killed a man Sunday afternoon outside a coffee shop on Portland&rsquo;s southeast side. The Portland Police Bureau said Monday that Officer Justin Raphael shot the man while Officer Daniel Leonard used less lethal force during the incident. Police say the [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/portland-police-release-name-of-officer-who-fatally-shot-man/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 23:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/portland-police-release-name-of-officer-who-fatally-shot-man/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idaho child protection panels say they lack information]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho (AP) &mdash; Members of panels established to review Idaho child protection cases say they are not getting access to all the documents required to perform their work. Lawmakers in 2018 created citizen-review panels in each of the state&rsquo;s seven health districts to review all child protection cases, The Idaho Press reported. The legislation [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/idaho-child-protection-panels-say-they-lack-information/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 23:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/idaho-child-protection-panels-say-they-lack-information/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idaho youth survey finds 22% of teens consider suicide]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho (AP) &mdash; A biennial state survey of Idaho youth shows fewer teens say they are being bullied, smoking cigarettes or having sex, but the number of kids who have seriously considered suicide remains at a 10-year high. The State Department of Education released the 2019 Idaho Youth Risk Behavior Survey last week. The [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/idaho-youth-survey-finds-22-of-teens-consider-suicide/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 22:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/idaho-youth-survey-finds-22-of-teens-consider-suicide/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suspected hit-and-run driver says he can’t remember crash that killed Parkland grandma]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pierce County prosecutors said the investigation is ongoing and more charges could be filed.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/suspected-hit-and-run-driver-says-he-cant-remember-crash-that-killed-parkland-grandma/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 22:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/suspected-hit-and-run-driver-says-he-cant-remember-crash-that-killed-parkland-grandma/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Driver arrested in hit-and-run death of Parkland grandmother]]></title><description><![CDATA[The 30-year-old man was taken into custody after his mother brought him to an area hospital Sunday night seeking medical treatment for head injuries consistent with a car accident.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/driver-arrested-in-hit-and-run-death-of-parkland-grandmother/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 22:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/driver-arrested-in-hit-and-run-death-of-parkland-grandmother/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fire displaces four US Army families on Alaska post]]></title><description><![CDATA[FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) &mdash; A fire in housing on a U.S. Army post in Alaska has displaced four families. The fire broke out just after 11 p .m. Sunday in a four-unit housing structure on Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported. A military police officer who responded to the fire was injured, [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/fire-displaces-four-us-army-families-on-alaska-post/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 22:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/fire-displaces-four-us-army-families-on-alaska-post/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wyoming governor considers suing Washington state over refusing planned coal-export terminal]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Washington Department of Natural Resources cited environmental grounds in denying a construction lease for the terminal on the Columbia River in Longview, Cowlitz County.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/wyoming-governor-considers-suing-washington-state-over-refusing-planned-coal-export-terminal/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 21:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/wyoming-governor-considers-suing-washington-state-over-refusing-planned-coal-export-terminal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wyoming governor considers suing Washington over terminal]]></title><description><![CDATA[CASPER, Wyo. (AP) &mdash; Wyoming&rsquo;s governor says he continues to consider a possible lawsuit against Washington state over construction of the largest coal export terminal on the West Coast. The Casper Star-Tribune reports that Republican Gov. Mark Gordon says he has asked Attorney General Bridget Hill to give him options regarding the Millennium Bulk Terminal. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/wyoming-governor-considers-suing-washington-over-terminal/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 21:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/wyoming-governor-considers-suing-washington-over-terminal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Auburn teacher placed on leave over accusations of sexual misconduct]]></title><description><![CDATA[An Auburn Riverside High School teacher was placed on administrative leave Friday after the Auburn School District learned of a YouTube video accusing the teacher of seeking sex with a 14-year-old boy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/auburn-teacher-placed-on-leave-over-accusations-of-sexual-misconduct/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 21:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/auburn-teacher-placed-on-leave-over-accusations-of-sexual-misconduct/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Auburn high school teacher placed on leave over accusations of sexual misconduct]]></title><description><![CDATA[An Auburn Riverside High School teacher was placed on administrative leave Friday after the Auburn School District learned of a YouTube video accusing the teacher of seeking sex with a 14-year-old boy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/auburn-high-school-teacher-placed-on-leave-over-accusations-of-sexual-misconduct/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 21:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/auburn-high-school-teacher-placed-on-leave-over-accusations-of-sexual-misconduct/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Auburn high school teacher placed on leave, accused of seeking sex with teenage boy]]></title><description><![CDATA[An Auburn Riverside High School teacher was placed on administrative leave Friday after the Auburn School District learned of a YouTube video accusing the teacher of seeking sex with a 14-year-old boy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/auburn-high-school-teacher-placed-on-leave-accused-of-seeking-sex-with-teenage-boy/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 21:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/auburn-high-school-teacher-placed-on-leave-accused-of-seeking-sex-with-teenage-boy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[White House backs emerging deal on consumer health costs]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; The White House endorsed an emerging bipartisan agreement Monday on legislation aimed at curbing rising health care costs, including taking steps to limit &ldquo;surprise&rdquo; medical bills that can plague patients treated in emergency rooms. Lawmakers initially released only a scant description of the legislation. But if enacted, it would give President Donald [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/white-house-backs-emerging-deal-on-consumer-health-costs/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 21:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/white-house-backs-emerging-deal-on-consumer-health-costs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Salcha man dies in weekend fire that destroyed garage]]></title><description><![CDATA[FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) &mdash; A Salcha man died in a fire that destroyed a garage. Joseph Kuntz, 58, suffered severe burns, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported. Emergency responders at Salcha Fire and Rescue shortly before 10:30 a.m. Sunday received a report of the fire at a three-bay, wood-frame garage. They arrived to find the structure [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/salcha-man-dies-in-weekend-fire-that-destroyed-garage/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 20:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/salcha-man-dies-in-weekend-fire-that-destroyed-garage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ice-bucket challenge inspiration Pete Frates dies at 34]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOSTON (AP) &mdash; Pete Frates, a former college baseball player whose battle with Lou Gehrig&rsquo;s disease helped inspire the ALS ice bucket challenge that has raised more than $200 million worldwide, died Monday. He was 34. Frates died peacefully, surrounded by his family, they said in a statement. &ldquo;A natural born leader and the ultimate [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ice-bucket-challenge-inspiration-pete-frates-dies-at-34/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 20:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ice-bucket-challenge-inspiration-pete-frates-dies-at-34/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[American Samoa to begin mass measles vaccination this week]]></title><description><![CDATA[PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (AP) &mdash; Health officials in the U.S. territory of American Samoa say they will begin mass measles vaccinations later this week. At a meeting Sunday, officials said the vaccinations would be given for seven days starting Friday. There are nine confirmed cases of measles in the island territory. American Samoa Health [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/american-samoa-to-begin-mass-measles-vaccination-this-week/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 20:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/american-samoa-to-begin-mass-measles-vaccination-this-week/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paul Volcker, Fed chairman who waged war on inflation, is dead at 92]]></title><description><![CDATA[Volcker helped shape American economic policy for decades, notably by leading the Federal Reserve&rsquo;s brute-force campaign to subdue inflation in the 1970s and &rsquo;80s.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/paul-volcker-fed-chairman-who-waged-war-on-inflation-is-dead-at-92/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 19:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/paul-volcker-fed-chairman-who-waged-war-on-inflation-is-dead-at-92/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Utah snowmobiler survives avalanche that briefly buried him]]></title><description><![CDATA[SALT LAKE CITY (AP) &mdash; A Utah snowmobiler said he briefly panicked after an avalanche sent him cartwheeling off his snowmobile and buried him in snow in the mountains near the Idaho border. Matthew Jensen said his friends dug him out Saturday after about a minute under the snow because they spotted his hand sticking [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/utah-snowmobiler-survives-avalanche-that-briefly-buried-him/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 19:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/utah-snowmobiler-survives-avalanche-that-briefly-buried-him/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brain differences may be tied to obesity, kids’ study says]]></title><description><![CDATA[New results from the largest long-term study of brain development and children&rsquo;s health raise provocative questions about obesity and brain function. Does excess body weight somehow reduce brain regions that regulate planning and impulse control? Is obesity a result of that brain difference? Or are eating habits, lifestyle, family circumstances and genetics to blame? Previous [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/brain-differences-may-be-tied-to-obesity-kids-study-says/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 19:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/brain-differences-may-be-tied-to-obesity-kids-study-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Human skeletal remains found in Yakima County]]></title><description><![CDATA[The age, gender and ethnicity of the remains were not immediately known.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/human-skeletal-remains-found-in-yakima-county/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 18:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/human-skeletal-remains-found-in-yakima-county/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Melting snow, icy roads close Anchorage schools, APU campus]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Icy roads and a forecast for deteriorating conditions closed schools Monday in Alaska&rsquo;s largest city. The Anchorage School District canceled classes as temperatures continued above freezing and snow melt put water on roadways. The Anchorage campus of Alaska Pacific University also closed. The second in a series of storm systems on [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/melting-snow-icy-roads-close-anchorage-schools-apu-campus/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 18:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/melting-snow-icy-roads-close-anchorage-schools-apu-campus/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawsuits filed against closed psychiatric facility]]></title><description><![CDATA[MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) &mdash; A former patient and former employees of a now-closed children&rsquo;s psychiatric hospital in Montana have filed lawsuits against Tennessee-based Acadia Healthcare, which owned Acadia Montana in Butte. Acadia Montana closed its 108-bed hospital in July, shortly after Oregon officials questioned its use of injected medications, such as antihistamines, to control the [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/lawsuits-filed-against-closed-psychiatric-facility/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 18:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/lawsuits-filed-against-closed-psychiatric-facility/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grand jury indicts pickup driver in fatal Wasilla crash]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASILLA, Alaska (AP) &mdash; A grand jury has indicted a driver involved in a crash that killed a retired Alaska State Trooper. A no-bail warrant has been issued for the arrest of 22-year-old Jacob Moreland of Wasilla on counts of criminal negligent manslaughter and driving under the influence. Alaska State Troopers shortly after 6 p.m. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/grand-jury-indicts-pickup-driver-in-fatal-wasilla-crash/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 17:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/grand-jury-indicts-pickup-driver-in-fatal-wasilla-crash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Funding still needed for 2021 athletic event in Eugene]]></title><description><![CDATA[EUGENE, Ore. (AP) &mdash; Oregon state officials have only identified about half of the $40 million they&rsquo;ve committed to the 2021 World Athletics Championships to be held in Eugene. The Register-Guard reports that records show the full state contribution represents about half the nearly $80.9 million budget for the 10-day event. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m confident we will [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/funding-still-needed-for-2021-athletic-event-in-eugene/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 17:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/funding-still-needed-for-2021-athletic-event-in-eugene/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sick and hungry, 22 horses rescued from Enumclaw woman]]></title><description><![CDATA[Deputies and detectives seized 22 horses who had been found living in squalor and infected with parasites at a nonprofit equine rescue in Enumclaw.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/sick-and-hungry-22-horses-rescued-from-enumclaw-woman/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 16:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/sick-and-hungry-22-horses-rescued-from-enumclaw-woman/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Driver suspected of DUI slams into sheriff’s deputy’s patrol car while driving the wrong way on a freeway offramp]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Clark County sheriff's deputy escaped serious injury after a suspected drunken driver plowed into his patrol car on an I-5 offramp early Sunday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/driver-suspected-of-dui-slams-into-sheriffs-deputys-patrol-car-while-driving-the-wrong-way-on-a-freeway-offramp/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 16:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/driver-suspected-of-dui-slams-into-sheriffs-deputys-patrol-car-while-driving-the-wrong-way-on-a-freeway-offramp/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cost of fighting Alaska summer wildfires more than $300M]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; The cost for state and federal officials to fight Alaska&rsquo;s summer wildfires this year is estimated to have surpassed $300 million. The final tally of damage may not be known for years because the estimate does not include costs incurred by private land and home owners, The Anchorage Daily News reported. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/cost-of-fighting-alaska-summer-wildfires-more-than-300m/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 15:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/cost-of-fighting-alaska-summer-wildfires-more-than-300m/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court leaves Kentucky’s ultrasound law in place]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; The Supreme Court on Monday left in place a Kentucky law requiring doctors to perform ultrasounds and show fetal images to patients before abortions. The justices did not comment in refusing to review an appeals court ruling that upheld the law. The American Civil Liberties Union had challenged the law on behalf [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/supreme-court-leaves-kentuckys-ultrasound-law-in-place/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 15:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/supreme-court-leaves-kentuckys-ultrasound-law-in-place/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man buried in Alaska mountain avalanche saved by other hiker]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; An Alaska hiker is lucky to be alive after he was buried during an avalanche and another hiker saw his feet and freed him, officials said. The hiker was alone on Flattop Mountain around 1 p.m. Saturday when an avalanche buried him, the Chugach National Forest Avalanche Information Center said. The [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-buried-in-alaska-mountain-avalanche-saved-by-other-hiker/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 15:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-buried-in-alaska-mountain-avalanche-saved-by-other-hiker/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker has died]]></title><description><![CDATA[Paul Volcker, who as Federal Reserve chairman in the early 1980s elevated interest rates to historic highs and triggered a recession as the price of quashing double-digit inflation, has died, according to his office. He was 92. Volcker took charge of the Fed in August 1979, when the U.S. economy was sinking into the grip [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/former-federal-reserve-chairman-paul-volcker-has-died/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 15:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/former-federal-reserve-chairman-paul-volcker-has-died/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ex-Fed Chair Volcker dies, tamed inflation with recession]]></title><description><![CDATA[Paul Volcker, who as Federal Reserve chairman in the early 1980s elevated interest rates to historic highs and triggered a recession as the price of quashing double-digit inflation, has died, according to his office. He was 92. Volcker took charge of the Fed in August 1979, when the U.S. economy was in the grip of [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ex-fed-chair-volcker-dies-tamed-inflation-with-recession/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 15:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ex-fed-chair-volcker-dies-tamed-inflation-with-recession/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why don’t more immigrants arrive legally? For many, the doors are barricaded.]]></title><description><![CDATA[On virtually every level, &ldquo;legal&rdquo; paths to immigration have been blockaded&nbsp;or removed &mdash; a phenomenon known as the &ldquo;invisible wall.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/why-dont-more-immigrants-arrive-legally-for-many-the-doors-are-barricaded/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/why-dont-more-immigrants-arrive-legally-for-many-the-doors-are-barricaded/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattle state Rep. Gael Tarleton to announce run for Washington secretary of state]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tarleton is entering what could be one of next year's hardest-fought statewide races.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-state-rep-gael-tarleton-to-announce-run-for-washington-secretary-of-state/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-state-rep-gael-tarleton-to-announce-run-for-washington-secretary-of-state/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattle Aquarium plans $113 million pavilion with sharks, sting rays for new waterfront promenade]]></title><description><![CDATA[A 325,000-gallon tank with&nbsp;6-foot-long sharks and 6-foot-wide sting rays native to the South Pacific would be the main draw inside a new Ocean Pavilion that the Seattle Aquarium intends to build, with taxpayers' assistance, between Pike Place Market and Piers 59 and 60. The space could open as early as 2023.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-aquarium-plans-113-million-pavilion-with-sharks-sting-rays-for-new-waterfront-promenade/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-aquarium-plans-113-million-pavilion-with-sharks-sting-rays-for-new-waterfront-promenade/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No winter evictions in Seattle? City Councilmember Kshama Sawant to propose ban.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant plans to introduce legislation Monday that would ban residential evictions during the wintertime. Sawant&rsquo;s legislation would add to Seattle&rsquo;s just-cause eviction law, which dictates the circumstances under which landlords can evict their tenants. Under her proposal, &ldquo;regardless of whether just cause for eviction may exist,&rdquo; evictions would be prohibited &ldquo;from [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/no-winter-evictions-in-seattle-city-councilmember-kshama-sawant-to-propose-ban/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/no-winter-evictions-in-seattle-city-councilmember-kshama-sawant-to-propose-ban/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much money did Tim Eyman make last year? Sharp contrast appears in his own reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tim Eyman's newly filed statement with the state Public Disclosure Commission, now that he's announced a run for governor, appears to be in sharp contrast with his monthly reports in federal court, where he filed for bankruptcy one year ago. Eyman says there's a perfectly good explanation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/how-much-money-did-tim-eyman-make-last-year-sharp-contrast-appears-in-his-own-reports/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/how-much-money-did-tim-eyman-make-last-year-sharp-contrast-appears-in-his-own-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much money did Tim Eyman make last year: Depends what form you check]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tim Eyman's newly filed statement with the state Public Disclosure Commission, now that he's announced a run for governor, appears to be in sharp contrast with his monthly reports in federal court, where he filed for bankruptcy one year ago. Eyman says there's a perfectly good explanation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/how-much-money-did-tim-eyman-make-last-year-depends-what-form-you-check/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/how-much-money-did-tim-eyman-make-last-year-depends-what-form-you-check/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Groundbreaking UW study: Transgender kids’ gender identity is as strong as that of cisgender children]]></title><description><![CDATA[Regardless of how long a transgender child was raised as a different gender than what they identify as, and regardless of how long it&rsquo;s been since the child socially transitioned to match their gender identity, trans children&rsquo;s gender identity is just as strong as that of children who identify with the gender assigned to them at birth, researchers at the University of Washington found.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/groundbreaking-uw-study-transgender-kids-gender-identity-is-as-strong-as-that-of-cisgender-children/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/groundbreaking-uw-study-transgender-kids-gender-identity-is-as-strong-as-that-of-cisgender-children/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Atrium Kitchen serves up feasts for ‘anyone and everyone’]]></title><description><![CDATA[The meals are always free, but donations are accepted.&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/atrium-kitchen-serves-up-feasts-for-anyone-and-everyone/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/atrium-kitchen-serves-up-feasts-for-anyone-and-everyone/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[West Virginians head to Canada to find affordable insulin]]></title><description><![CDATA[MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) &mdash; A group of West Virginians left the country Sunday in search of affordable insulin &mdash; they went to Canada, where insulin prices are reported to be about a tenth of what it costs people in the United States. Across the border, no prescription is even necessary to purchase the life-saving medication, [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/west-virginians-head-to-canada-to-find-affordable-insulin/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 13:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/west-virginians-head-to-canada-to-find-affordable-insulin/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greta asks media to focus on other young climate activists]]></title><description><![CDATA[MADRID (AP) &mdash; Celebrity environmentalist Greta Thunberg is urging media to pay more attention to other young climate activists. The 16-year-old Swede has drawn huge crowds with her appearances at protests and conferences over the past year. &ldquo;Our stories have been told over and over again,&rdquo; Thunberg said as she spoke Monday at a U.N. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/greta-asks-media-to-focus-on-other-young-climate-activists/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 13:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/greta-asks-media-to-focus-on-other-young-climate-activists/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russian supply ship docks with International Space Station]]></title><description><![CDATA[MOSCOW (AP) &mdash; An unmanned Russian ship carrying tons of supplies successfully docked Monday with the International Space Station. The Progress MS-13 cargo ship had lifted off on Friday atop a Soyuz rocket from the Russian space complex in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. It successfully docked with the space outpost on Monday at 1035 GMT. The Progress [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/russian-supply-ship-docks-with-international-space-station/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 11:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/russian-supply-ship-docks-with-international-space-station/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Polio scare as Malaysia reports first case in 27 years]]></title><description><![CDATA[KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) &mdash; Malaysia began a vaccination campaign in a rural town on Borneo island after a 3-month-old boy was confirmed to have polio in the country&rsquo;s first case of the highly infectious virus in 27 years. The infant from Tuaran town in Sabah state tested positive for polio on Friday after he [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/polio-scare-as-malaysia-reports-first-case-in-27-years/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 05:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/polio-scare-as-malaysia-reports-first-case-in-27-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Malaysia vaccinating for polio after first case in 27 years]]></title><description><![CDATA[KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) &mdash; Malaysia began a vaccination campaign in a rural town on Borneo island after a 3-month-old boy was confirmed to have polio in the country&rsquo;s first case of the highly infectious virus in 27 years. The infant from Tuaran town in Sabah state tested positive for vaccine-derived polio virus type 1 [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/malaysia-vaccinating-for-polio-after-first-case-in-27-years/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 05:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/malaysia-vaccinating-for-polio-after-first-case-in-27-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man found fatally shot  in RV in South Seattle]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seattle police are investigating the death of a 51-year-old man found shot inside an RV in South Seattle on Sunday morning, according to a police statement issued late Sunday afternoon. The Seattle Fire Department initially responded to a report of a possible overdose inside the RV, which was parked near South 36th Avenue and South [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-found-fatally-shot-in-rv-in-south-seattle/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 04:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-found-fatally-shot-in-rv-in-south-seattle/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[51-year-old gunshot victim found dead inside an RV in South Seattle]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seattle police are investigating the death of a 51-year-old man found shot inside an RV in South Seattle on Sunday morning, according to a police statement issued late Sunday afternoon. The Seattle Fire Department initially responded to a report of a possible overdose inside the RV, which was parked near 36th Avenue and South Adams [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/51-year-old-gunshot-victim-found-dead-inside-an-rv-in-south-seattle/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 04:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/51-year-old-gunshot-victim-found-dead-inside-an-rv-in-south-seattle/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Langley twins, just 4 years old, escape car crash and climb embankment to find help]]></title><description><![CDATA[The twins have been surrounded by family and friends in the days since the wreck, as they come to grips with the loss.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/langley-twins-just-4-years-old-escape-car-crash-and-climb-embankment-to-find-help/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 04:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/langley-twins-just-4-years-old-escape-car-crash-and-climb-embankment-to-find-help/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earthquake that hit Cook Inlet region felt in Anchorage]]></title><description><![CDATA[TYONEK, Alaska (AP) &mdash; People in Anchorage and Eagle River reporting feeling a small earthquake that struck the Cook Inlet region on Saturday, the Alaska Earthquake Center said. The magnitude 3.1 earthquake hit at 3:23 p,.m. and had an epicenter that was 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Tyonek, a village of about 170 people, [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/earthquake-that-hit-cook-inlet-region-felt-in-anchorage/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 03:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/earthquake-that-hit-cook-inlet-region-felt-in-anchorage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pierce County deputies search for suspect after fatal hit-and-run crash in Parkland]]></title><description><![CDATA[Deputies with the Pierce County Sheriff&rsquo;s Department are looking for a suspect who fled the scene of a fatality crash in Parkland on Saturday night. About 9 p.m. at 138th Street South and Yakima Avenue, the driver of a white, 1996 Econoline van crashed into a Ford Escape. Crash-related injuries killed the Ford Escape driver [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/pierce-county-deputies-search-for-suspect-after-fatal-hit-and-run-crash-in-parkland/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 01:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/pierce-county-deputies-search-for-suspect-after-fatal-hit-and-run-crash-in-parkland/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Portland, Oregon, police fatally shoot man near coffee shop]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; Portland police fatally shot a person Sunday outside a coffee shop on the city&rsquo;s southeast side, the Oregonian/Oregonlive.com reported. The shooting at about 1:43 p.m. outside the Starbucks store prompted a large police response. The investigation closed several blocks in the busy area near Mall 205. Police did not detail what [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/portland-oregon-police-fatally-shoot-man-near-coffee-shop/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 00:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/portland-oregon-police-fatally-shoot-man-near-coffee-shop/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police: Investigation underway of officer-involved shooting]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; Police in Portland have confirmed an officer-involved shooting that closed streets in the southeast section of the city Sunday but did not immediately offer many details. Dispatch records show a major police response began around 1:43 p.m. Buses were rerouted, and Mayor Ted Wheeler arrived at the scene of the shooting [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/police-investigation-underway-of-officer-involved-shooting/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 00:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/police-investigation-underway-of-officer-involved-shooting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Food stamp change could affect at least 19,000 in Oregon]]></title><description><![CDATA[SALEM, Ore. (AP) &mdash; A new federal rule could push at least 19,000 people in Oregon off food stamps next year, according to projections released by the state Department of Human Services. The projection was released in response to a request from the Statesman Journal, which reported the rule change will leave states with less [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/food-stamp-change-could-affect-at-least-19000-in-oregon/</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2019 23:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/food-stamp-change-could-affect-at-least-19000-in-oregon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deal banning surprise medical bills also ups tobacco purchase age to 21]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; Key House and Senate committee leaders announced a bipartisan agreement Sunday on draft legislation to prohibit surprise medical bills and raise the legal age to purchase tobacco to 21. The agreement raises the odds of Congress clearing measures intended to lower some health care costs before the end of the year. The deal [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/deal-banning-surprise-medical-bills-also-ups-tobacco-purchase-age-to-21/</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2019 21:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/deal-banning-surprise-medical-bills-also-ups-tobacco-purchase-age-to-21/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[University board of trustees to consider bonus for Schill]]></title><description><![CDATA[EUGENE, Ore. (AP) &mdash; The University of Oregon Board of Trustees plans to meet Tuesday to consider awarding a $100,000 bonus to president Michael Schill. Students and staff have seen Schill&rsquo;s $720,000 salary and annual bonuses as being at odds with the university&rsquo;s statements that it does not have sufficient funds, the Register-Guard reported. There [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/university-board-of-trustees-to-consider-bonus-for-schill/</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2019 20:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/university-board-of-trustees-to-consider-bonus-for-schill/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clark County deputy uses patrol vehicle to keep wrong-way driver off freeway]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Clark County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office deputy was injured early Sunday after he put his patrol vehicle into the path of a wrong-way driver who was about to enter Interstate 5 near Battle Ground. The crash occurred at 2:54 a.m. on the northbound Interstate 5 Battle Ground off ramp, according to a press release from the [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/clark-county-deputy-uses-patrol-vehicle-to-keep-wrong-way-driver-off-freeway/</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2019 20:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/clark-county-deputy-uses-patrol-vehicle-to-keep-wrong-way-driver-off-freeway/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UW study finds those under Sea-Tac flight path are exposed to particular type of pollution]]></title><description><![CDATA[SEATTLE &mdash; Communities beneath flight paths at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport are exposed to a special type of pollution caused by aircraft emissions, new research from the University of Washington indicates. The university, in a release, described the study as the first to identify the unique signature of aircraft emissions in the state. The researchers looked [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/uw-study-finds-those-under-sea-tac-flight-path-are-exposed-to-particular-type-of-pollution/</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2019 19:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/uw-study-finds-those-under-sea-tac-flight-path-are-exposed-to-particular-type-of-pollution/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police: 55 shots fired, 1 hurt at Portland Airbnb rentalhouse party]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND &mdash; One person was injured in a shooting at a party at a Portland Airbnb rental, in which police said 55 shots were fired from multiple guns. No other injuries were reported. The woman who was injured was taken to a hospital with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound, the Oregonian/OregonLive reported. Police responded late Friday [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/police-55-shots-fired-1-hurt-at-portland-airbnb-rentalhouse-party/</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2019 19:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/police-55-shots-fired-1-hurt-at-portland-airbnb-rentalhouse-party/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police: 55 shots fired, 1 hurt at Oregon rental house party]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; One person was injured in a shooting at a party at a Portland Airbnb rental, in which police said 55 shots were fired from multiple guns. No other injuries were reported. The woman who was injured was taken to a hospital with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound, the Oregonian/OregonLive reported. Police responded [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/police-55-shots-fired-1-hurt-at-oregon-rental-house-party/</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2019 19:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/police-55-shots-fired-1-hurt-at-oregon-rental-house-party/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police: 55 shots fired, 1 hurt at house party at Portland Airbnb rental]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. &mdash; One person was injured in a shooting at a party at a Portland Airbnb rental, in which police said 55 shots were fired from multiple guns. No other injuries were reported. The woman who was injured was taken to a hospital with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound, the Oregonian/OregonLive reported. Police responded late [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/police-55-shots-fired-1-hurt-at-house-party-at-portland-airbnb-rental/</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2019 19:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/police-55-shots-fired-1-hurt-at-house-party-at-portland-airbnb-rental/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bosnian capital of Sarajevo hit by dangerous air pollution]]></title><description><![CDATA[SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) &mdash; Authorities say air pollution in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo has reached dangerous levels in recent days, prompting officials to ban freight vehicles from the roads, cancel all outdoor public events and warn citizens to remain indoors. Officials have also reduced coal-fueled central heating temperatures for buildings and banned dust-producing construction. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/bosnian-capital-of-sarajevo-hit-by-dangerous-air-pollution/</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2019 18:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/bosnian-capital-of-sarajevo-hit-by-dangerous-air-pollution/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out of work and living in his car, Seattle man found help that ‘mended me back together’]]></title><description><![CDATA[For three decades, Edward Henry had a job at Safeway. But he needed neck surgery, couldn't work, and had to move from his Beacon Hill house into his Honda. Life had unraveled until he met a woman who specializes in reopening the world to people living in cars.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/out-of-work-and-living-in-his-car-seattle-man-found-help-that-mended-me-back-together/</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/out-of-work-and-living-in-his-car-seattle-man-found-help-that-mended-me-back-together/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apocalyptic climate fears and hope: Seattle meetup aims to reverse climate change, or at least our grief over it]]></title><description><![CDATA[A local offshoot of the Drawdown project brings climate worriers together to feel less alone in the fight against a warming world.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/apocalyptic-climate-fears-and-hope-seattle-meetup-aims-to-reverse-climate-change-or-at-least-our-grief-over-it/</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/apocalyptic-climate-fears-and-hope-seattle-meetup-aims-to-reverse-climate-change-or-at-least-our-grief-over-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What can we learn from Washington’s recent charter-school closures?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Four Washington charter schools closed this year. What will keep another from reaching the same fate?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/what-can-we-learn-from-washingtons-recent-charter-school-closures/</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2019 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/what-can-we-learn-from-washingtons-recent-charter-school-closures/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Climate scientists try to cut their own carbon footprints]]></title><description><![CDATA[For years, Kim Cobb was the Indiana Jones of climate science. The Georgia Tech professor flew to the caves of Borneo to study ancient and current climate conditions. She jetted to a remote South Pacific island to see the effects of warming on coral. Add to that flights to Paris, Rome, Vancouver and elsewhere. All [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/climate-scientists-try-to-cut-their-own-carbon-footprints/</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2019 13:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/climate-scientists-try-to-cut-their-own-carbon-footprints/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[French activists use Macron portraits to urge climate action]]></title><description><![CDATA[PARIS (AP) &mdash; French environmental activists brandished stolen portraits of President Emmanuel Macron at a protest Sunday near the Eiffel Tower to try to push the government to do more to fight climate change. The protest is part of an unusual climate movement that has taken root around France this year, in which activists have [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/french-activists-use-macron-portraits-to-urge-climate-action/</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2019 12:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/french-activists-use-macron-portraits-to-urge-climate-action/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SpaceX delivers ‘mighty mice,’ worms, robot to space station]]></title><description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) &mdash; A SpaceX cargo ship arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, delivering super muscular &ldquo;mighty mice,&rdquo; worms and a smart, empathetic robot. The station commander, Italy&rsquo;s Luca Parmitano, used a large robot arm to grab onto the Dragon three days after its launch from Cape Canaveral. The two spacecraft [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/spacex-delivers-mighty-mice-worms-robot-to-space-station/</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2019 12:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/spacex-delivers-mighty-mice-worms-robot-to-space-station/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minister: Brazil can’t stop deforestation without help]]></title><description><![CDATA[MADRID (AP) &mdash; Brazil can&rsquo;t stop deforestation in the Amazon without the help of rich countries, the country&rsquo;s environment minister said at the United Nations&rsquo; two-week climate change conference. Ricardo Salles, who declined to set a target for limiting deforestation in the coming year, said in an interview Saturday with The Associated Press that his [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/minister-brazil-cant-stop-deforestation-without-help/</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2019 11:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/minister-brazil-cant-stop-deforestation-without-help/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As her son is released from Iranian prison, Seattle mother wants to help other families of detainees]]></title><description><![CDATA[Xiyue Wang, a Princeton graduate student and University of Washington alumnus, was in Iran in 2016 doing research for his Ph.D., when he was accused of espionage. He and his mother talked Saturday morning, she said, "like we were never separated.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/as-her-son-is-released-from-iranian-prison-seattle-mother-wants-to-help-other-families-of-detainees/</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2019 06:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/as-her-son-is-released-from-iranian-prison-seattle-mother-wants-to-help-other-families-of-detainees/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Santa makes annual underwater appearance at Seattle Aquarium]]></title><description><![CDATA[Carl Harrington, a volunteer, has been doing the annual underwater Santa Claus gig at the Seattle Aquarium since 2010.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/santa-makes-annual-underwater-appearance-at-seattle-aquarium/</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2019 01:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/santa-makes-annual-underwater-appearance-at-seattle-aquarium/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a DNA Test Says You’re a Younger Man, Who Lives 5,000 Miles Away]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three months after his bone marrow transplant, Chris Long of Reno, Nevada, learned that the DNA in his blood had changed. It had all been replaced by the DNA of his donor, a German man he had exchanged just a handful of messages with. He&rsquo;d been encouraged to test his blood by a colleague at [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/when-a-dna-test-says-youre-a-younger-man-who-lives-5000-miles-away/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2019 22:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/when-a-dna-test-says-youre-a-younger-man-who-lives-5000-miles-away/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Washington state adopts plan for threatened marbled murrelet]]></title><description><![CDATA[The state Board of Natural Resources has adopted a long-term conservation plan for the marbled murrelet, a threatened seabird that has been protected under a controversial interim plan for almost two decades. The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) said in a news release Tuesday that the long-term plan will protect 168,000 acres of current marbled [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/washington-state-adopts-plan-for-threatened-marbled-murrelet/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2019 21:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/washington-state-adopts-plan-for-threatened-marbled-murrelet/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hilary Franz says Washington state will protect birds and jobs with its plan for the threatened marbled murrelet]]></title><description><![CDATA[The state Board of Natural Resources has adopted a long-term conservation plan for the marbled murrelet, a threatened seabird that has been protected under a controversial interim plan for almost two decades. The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) said in a news release Tuesday that the long-term plan will protect 168,000 acres of current marbled [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/hilary-franz-says-washington-state-will-protect-birds-and-jobs-with-its-plan-for-the-threatened-marbled-murrelet/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2019 21:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/hilary-franz-says-washington-state-will-protect-birds-and-jobs-with-its-plan-for-the-threatened-marbled-murrelet/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oregon commercial Dungeness crab season delayed; no word on Washington season]]></title><description><![CDATA[The commercial Dungeness crab season will be delayed until at least Dec. 31 along the entire Oregon Coast, meaning the loss of the lucrative Christmas market for the second year in a row. And there&rsquo;s still no word on how soon commercial crabbing will open off Washington&rsquo;s coast. Testing shows the crabs are still too [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/oregon-commercial-dungeness-crab-season-delayed-no-word-on-washington-season/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2019 21:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/oregon-commercial-dungeness-crab-season-delayed-no-word-on-washington-season/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alaska officials estimate $200M drop in oil revenue forecast]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Alaska&rsquo;s latest revenue forecast has estimated a $200 million decrease in oil revenue after an excess of the resource contributed to lower prices worldwide, state officials said. The state Department of Revenue released the forecast Friday revealing both prices and production are running below expectations presenting challenges for state officials planning [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-officials-estimate-200m-drop-in-oil-revenue-forecast/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2019 20:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-officials-estimate-200m-drop-in-oil-revenue-forecast/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[World’s Oceans Are Losing Oxygen Rapidly, Study Finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[The world&rsquo;s oceans are gasping for breath, a report issued Saturday at the annual global climate talks in Madrid has concluded. The report represents the combined efforts of 67 scientists from 17 countries and was released by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. It found that oxygen levels in the world&rsquo;s oceans declined by [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/worlds-oceans-are-losing-oxygen-rapidly-study-finds/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2019 20:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/worlds-oceans-are-losing-oxygen-rapidly-study-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oregon to change policy after losing parental rights fight]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; Oregon officials who attempted to end the parental rights of a couple because of the parents&rsquo; low IQs have reached an agreement with U.S. officials requiring the state follow federal civil rights laws. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that the Oregon Department of Human Services reached the agreement last month with the U.S. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/oregon-to-change-policy-after-losing-parental-rights-fight/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2019 20:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/oregon-to-change-policy-after-losing-parental-rights-fight/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Officials: 6 of Alaska’s 11 ferries will be out of service]]></title><description><![CDATA[JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) &mdash; More than half of Alaska&rsquo;s ferries will be out of service amid a lack of funds to repair the vessels, transportation officials said. The state Department of Transportation and Public Facilities announced this week that the Aurora and the LeConte will be pulled from service after inspections revealed required steel replacement, [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/officials-6-of-alaskas-11-ferries-will-be-out-of-service/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2019 19:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/officials-6-of-alaskas-11-ferries-will-be-out-of-service/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man, former wife sentenced for child sex crimes in E. Idaho]]></title><description><![CDATA[POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) &mdash; A man and his former wife have been sentenced in eastern Idaho after pleading guilty to child sex crimes. Lance Parry, 50, was sentenced to 56 years in prison and must serve at least 16 before he is eligible for parole. Jessica Parry, 41, received a 25-year-sentence and must serve at [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-former-wife-sentenced-for-child-sex-crimes-in-e-idaho/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2019 17:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-former-wife-sentenced-for-child-sex-crimes-in-e-idaho/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museum of Idaho receives $500,000 donation for new exhibit]]></title><description><![CDATA[IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) &mdash; The Museum of Idaho has received a $500,000 donation that will be used to create a permanent exhibit telling the history of eastern Idaho. The Post Register reports that Westmark Credit Union made the donation Friday at the museum in Idaho Falls. The new exhibit, called Way Out West, will [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/museum-of-idaho-receives-500000-donation-for-new-exhibit/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2019 17:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/museum-of-idaho-receives-500000-donation-for-new-exhibit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[2 businesses sue pipeline company over 2016 explosion]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; Two businesses whose Northwest Portland storefronts were destroyed by a 2016 gas explosion have filed new lawsuits against the company that was digging at the time. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Portland Bagelworks owners Kim and Rik Bartel are suing Loy Clark Pipeline for $2.6 million, alleging criminal negligence and trespass. They also [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/2-businesses-sue-pipeline-company-over-2016-explosion/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2019 16:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/2-businesses-sue-pipeline-company-over-2016-explosion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Santa Claus House: Everything is merry year round]]></title><description><![CDATA[NORTH POLE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Santa Claus House operations manager Paul Brown says that the business is almost like an &ldquo;Alaska house.&rdquo; &ldquo;You know, in Alaska, as you have a new kid, you just add a bedroom to the house?&rdquo; Brown said during a recent interview with the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s kind of the [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/santa-claus-house-everything-is-merry-year-round/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2019 16:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/santa-claus-house-everything-is-merry-year-round/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Farm grows a new Christmas tradition in Kodiak]]></title><description><![CDATA[KODIAK, Alaska (AP) &mdash; At first glance, Kodiak may seem like the perfect place to find a Christmas tree. But Kodiak&rsquo;s native spruce trees are not the ideal Christmas material. What Kodiak needed was a tree farm, and Todd Dorman decided to meet that need. In 2006, Dorman converted a Bells Flats property previously used [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/farm-grows-a-new-christmas-tradition-in-kodiak/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2019 16:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/farm-grows-a-new-christmas-tradition-in-kodiak/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[WSU study links cannabis businesses to poorer neighborhoods, as local laws limit locations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Washington&rsquo;s licensed marijuana businesses are more likely to be found in poorer, less-educated neighborhoods across the state, according to a new study by researchers at Washington State University. The phenomenon may be explained in part by a patchwork of local laws governing where such firms can locate, if they&rsquo;re even allowed to operate at all. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/wsu-study-links-cannabis-businesses-to-poorer-neighborhoods-as-local-laws-limit-locations/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2019 15:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/wsu-study-links-cannabis-businesses-to-poorer-neighborhoods-as-local-laws-limit-locations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Magnolia residents’ AI-powered surveillance camera tracks people, cars at entrance to neighborhood, experts caution bias]]></title><description><![CDATA[The camera at the entrance to a Magnolia neighborhood tracks vehicles, bicycles, animals and people &mdash; then categorizes them with artificial intelligence. The system is part of a larger trend of increased neighborhood-wide surveillance networks, especially in wealthier areas, that concern civil liberty advocates.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/magnolia-residents-ai-powered-surveillance-camera-tracks-people-cars-at-entrance-to-neighborhood-experts-caution-bias/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2019 15:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/magnolia-residents-ai-powered-surveillance-camera-tracks-people-cars-at-entrance-to-neighborhood-experts-caution-bias/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unprovoked street attack becomes ‘catalyst’ to address crime, security outside King County Courthouse]]></title><description><![CDATA["We have this very peculiar and tragic and dangerous situation on Third Avenue where just getting in the front door is proving to be so harrowing," said a King County Superior Court judge, addressing concerns about increasing street violence outside the downtown Seattle courthouse in the wake of an unprovoked assault on a defense attorney and bus driver who came to his aid.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/unprovoked-street-attack-becomes-catalyst-to-address-crime-security-outside-king-county-courthouse/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/unprovoked-street-attack-becomes-catalyst-to-address-crime-security-outside-king-county-courthouse/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[North of Seattle, a beloved sushi chef returns — and 16 other restaurant openings around the city]]></title><description><![CDATA[A popular sushi chef has relocated to Edmonds and two promising taco spots have opened up in the South End.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/north-of-seattle-a-beloved-sushi-chef-returns-and-16-other-restaurant-openings-around-the-city/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/north-of-seattle-a-beloved-sushi-chef-returns-and-16-other-restaurant-openings-around-the-city/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Bothell artist goes to homeless shelters with empty canvases, and leaves with art]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the past six years, artist Katrina Sather has brought canvases to places where homeless people gather, and encouraged them to join in the painting. Now, the artwork is getting its first gallery show.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/a-bothell-artist-goes-to-homeless-shelters-with-empty-canvases-and-leaves-with-art/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/a-bothell-artist-goes-to-homeless-shelters-with-empty-canvases-and-leaves-with-art/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobel science laureates stress urgency of addressing climate]]></title><description><![CDATA[STOCKHOLM (AP) &mdash; Three of this year&rsquo;s Nobel Prize laureates say addressing climate change is of great importance. Winners of the prizes in physics, chemistry and economics made the assessment Saturday at a news conference ahead of next week&rsquo;s presentation of the prizes. The remarks come as a global summit on climate change takes place [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/nobel-science-laureates-stress-urgency-of-addressing-climate/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2019 11:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/nobel-science-laureates-stress-urgency-of-addressing-climate/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobel laureate: Face up to climate change, no escaping Earth]]></title><description><![CDATA[STOCKHOLM (AP) &mdash; An astronomer who shares this year&rsquo;s Nobel physics prize for discovering a planet outside the Earth&rsquo;s solar system is taking issue with people who shrug off climate change on the grounds that humans will eventually leave for distant planets. Didier Queloz was one of several Nobel laureates who spoke about climate change [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/nobel-laureate-face-up-to-climate-change-no-escaping-earth/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2019 11:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/nobel-laureate-face-up-to-climate-change-no-escaping-earth/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surgeons Transplant a Testicle From One Brother to His Twin]]></title><description><![CDATA[A 36-year-old man born without testicles received one transplanted from his identical twin brother in a six-hour operation performed Tuesday in Belgrade, Serbia, by an international team of surgeons. The surgery was intended to give the recipient more stable levels of the male hormone testosterone than injections could provide, to make his genitals more natural [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/surgeons-transplant-a-testicle-from-one-brother-to-his-twin/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2019 07:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/surgeons-transplant-a-testicle-from-one-brother-to-his-twin/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How a Seattle attorney with ‘heart of gold’ ended up fleecing her brain-damaged client]]></title><description><![CDATA[After taking a brain-damaged patient into her home, a Seattle lawyer hatched a scheme to take $283,000 from his assets &mdash; money she had helped him win years before as his attorney. On Friday it all caught up with her in a King County courtroom.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/how-a-seattle-attorney-with-heart-of-gold-ended-up-fleecing-her-brain-damaged-client/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2019 04:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/how-a-seattle-attorney-with-heart-of-gold-ended-up-fleecing-her-brain-damaged-client/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Driver gets 16 years for striking pregnant woman in Gresham]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; A man on methamphetamine was driving his Jeep with a suspended license in 2010 when he crossed into oncoming traffic and crashed into a sedan, causing catastrophic injuries to the pregnant woman inside, has been sentenced to 16 years in prison. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports 62-year-old Jack Whiteaker pleaded guilty to manslaughter [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/driver-gets-16-years-for-striking-pregnant-woman-in-gresham/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2019 03:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/driver-gets-16-years-for-striking-pregnant-woman-in-gresham/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deserted 5-year-old takes toddler to neighbor in bitter cold]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; A 5-year-old child left alone in a house in a remote Alaska village carried a toddler half a mile to a neighbor&rsquo;s home in the bitter cold wearing only socks and light clothing after the power went out, authorities said Friday. Both children suffered cold-weather injuries in temperatures that dipped to [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/deserted-5-year-old-takes-toddler-to-neighbor-in-bitter-cold/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2019 02:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/deserted-5-year-old-takes-toddler-to-neighbor-in-bitter-cold/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[North by Northwest: Minor league hires prez with proper name]]></title><description><![CDATA[HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) &mdash; The short-season Northwest League has named a new president with a most fitting name for the post: North Johnson. The Class A loop made the announcement Friday, appointing the longtime minor league executive. &ldquo;I was literally born to have this job,&rdquo; Johnson kidded in an email to The Associated Press. Johnson [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/north-by-northwest-minor-league-hires-prez-with-proper-name/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2019 01:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/north-by-northwest-minor-league-hires-prez-with-proper-name/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man stabbed by stranger while raking leaves in Central District, police say]]></title><description><![CDATA[A man was stabbed by a stranger while working in the yard of his Central District home Friday, according to Seattle police. The victim, who Seattle Fire said is in his late 70s, was taken to Harborview Medical Center in stable condition, according to the department. Police described his injuries as minor and not life-threatening. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-stabbed-by-stranger-while-raking-leaves-in-central-district-police-say/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2019 01:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-stabbed-by-stranger-while-raking-leaves-in-central-district-police-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Climate change protesters block D.C. streets for hours]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &ndash; Climate-change protesters took to the District of Columbia&rsquo;s streets once again Friday, snarling traffic in rolling protests that meandered through downtown Washington for more than seven hours. During the morning rush, they blocked major intersections with bodies and banners, sending cars and buses down winding, alternate routes. Outside the Washington offices of the [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/climate-change-protesters-block-dc-streets-for-hours/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2019 01:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/climate-change-protesters-block-dc-streets-for-hours/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Updated list in Alaska shows 1,239 missing people since 1960]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Alaska&rsquo;s list of missing people has been updated and now contains 1,239 names, public safety officials said Friday. The Missing Person Clearinghouse produced by the Alaska Department of Public Safety lists people missing from 1960 through Dec. 1. The online registry is the culmination of nearly three years of gathering and [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/updated-list-in-alaska-shows-1239-missing-people-since-1960/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2019 01:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/updated-list-in-alaska-shows-1239-missing-people-since-1960/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man dies in Ballard motorcycle crash]]></title><description><![CDATA[A 29-year-old man died in a motorcycle crash in Ballard on Friday afternoon, according to Seattle officials. Seattle Police detectives do not believe other vehicles were involved in the crash, which occurred in the 6000 block of Seaview Avenue Northwest around 2:20 p.m., according to a statement. The cause of the crash has not been [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-dies-in-ballard-motorcycle-crash/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2019 01:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-dies-in-ballard-motorcycle-crash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man, 23, shot to death in Burlington; police seeking suspect]]></title><description><![CDATA[Police say a 23-year-old man is dead after he was shot outside a gas station north of Seattle in Burlington. The Skagit Valley Herald reported&nbsp;that police were called to the Skagit Big Mini Mart at 11:24 a.m. Friday after a report of shots fired. Burlington police Sgt. Mike Lumpkin said officers found a man in [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-23-shot-to-death-in-burlington-police-seeking-suspect/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2019 01:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-23-shot-to-death-in-burlington-police-seeking-suspect/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anchorage grand jury indicts man in Thanksgiving shooting]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; An Anchorage grand jury has indicted a man suspected of fatally shooting his younger sister on Thanksgiving Day. Moses Crowe, 27, was indicted Friday on charges of first- and second-degree murder in the death of Amanda Owen, 23. Anchorage police shortly after 3 p.m. Nov. 28 took 911 calls requesting medical [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/anchorage-grand-jury-indicts-man-in-thanksgiving-shooting/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2019 00:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/anchorage-grand-jury-indicts-man-in-thanksgiving-shooting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Redmond City Council member is among Washington state’s first Muslim women elected to local office]]></title><description><![CDATA[Varisha Khan, 24, will represent a city of 67,600 residents that&rsquo;s seen rapid growth and demographic shifts &mdash; about half are people of color and 40% are immigrants.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/new-redmond-city-council-member-is-among-washington-states-first-muslim-women-elected-to-local-office/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2019 00:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/new-redmond-city-council-member-is-among-washington-states-first-muslim-women-elected-to-local-office/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[3 injured, 3 arrested in shooting southwest of Wasilla]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Three men have been arrested after a shooting outside Wasilla that left three other people injured. Peter Williams, 32, Darin Smith, 26, and Andre Franklin, 41, were taken into custody Thursday night on suspicion of attempted murder, kidnapping, robbery and assault counts, Alaska State Troopers said. Online court records do not [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/3-injured-3-arrested-in-shooting-southwest-of-wasilla/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2019 00:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/3-injured-3-arrested-in-shooting-southwest-of-wasilla/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pressure mounts on Seattle’s leaders to enact more police reforms]]></title><description><![CDATA[At a Seattle City Council public hearing Thursday evening, a community activist drew loud applause when she scolded the city for its handling of the current police-union contract, saying "collective bargaining and police accountability are not mutually exclusive."]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/pressure-mounts-on-seattles-leaders-to-enact-more-police-reforms/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2019 00:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/pressure-mounts-on-seattles-leaders-to-enact-more-police-reforms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suit to force treasurer from Statehouse office can continue]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho (AP) &mdash; A lawsuit brought by Idaho legislative leaders seeking to force the treasurer out of her first-floor office in the Statehouse can move forward, a judge ruled Friday. Fourth District Court Judge Nancy Baskin didn&rsquo;t rule on the merits of the case but said the legislative leaders have standing to sue. A [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/suit-to-force-treasurer-from-statehouse-office-can-continue/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 23:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/suit-to-force-treasurer-from-statehouse-office-can-continue/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ex-TV station bookkeeper gets prison for embezzlement]]></title><description><![CDATA[MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) &mdash; A longtime bookkeeper was sentenced to prison after admitting she embezzled over half a million dollars from a Southern Oregon television station, along with thousands from a relative with Alzheimer&rsquo;s disease. The Mail Tribune reports Anne Knifong of Gold Hill was sentenced Thursday in Jackson County Circuit Court to two years [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ex-tv-station-bookkeeper-gets-prison-for-embezzlement/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 23:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ex-tv-station-bookkeeper-gets-prison-for-embezzlement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reports of sexual assault on cruises in late summer spiked 67% from last year]]></title><description><![CDATA[Allegations of sexual assault on cruise ships that left or returned to the United States jumped 67% year-over-year between July and September, according to statistics released last month by the Department of Transportation. During that period, the third quarter of the year, there were 35 reported sexual assault incidents on a total of six cruise [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/reports-of-sexual-assault-on-cruises-in-late-summer-spiked-67-from-last-year/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 23:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/reports-of-sexual-assault-on-cruises-in-late-summer-spiked-67-from-last-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump says EPA might relax standard for low-flush toilets]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; President Donald Trump said Friday that his administration is looking into relaxing water-saving regulations for toilets, sinks and showers, saying consumers end up using even more water by flushing multiple times and trying to get clean with low water streams. &ldquo;People are flushing toilets 10 times, 15 times as opposed to once. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/trump-says-epa-might-relax-standard-for-low-flush-toilets/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 22:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/trump-says-epa-might-relax-standard-for-low-flush-toilets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump complains low-flow toilets are flush with problems]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; When it comes to toilets, President Donald Trump just wants to let it flow. Trump said Friday that his administration is looking into relaxing water-saving regulations for toilets, sinks and showers, saying consumers end up using even more water by flushing multiple times and trying to get clean with low water streams. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/trump-complains-low-flow-toilets-are-flush-with-problems/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 22:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/trump-complains-low-flow-toilets-are-flush-with-problems/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[State to pay $1.7 million after foster family killed]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; The state of Oregon has agreed to pay $1.7 million to settle claims that the Department of Human Services was partly at fault for the 2017 fatal shootings of a foster family. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the state&rsquo;s settlement with the family of Donya Adams and her adult daughter Amory Adams was [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/state-to-pay-17-million-after-foster-family-killed/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 21:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/state-to-pay-17-million-after-foster-family-killed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senators urge Medicare to allow seniors a drug plan do-over]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; Leading senators are urging Medicare to allow seniors concerned about their drug plan pick for next year to switch if they received inaccurate information due to changes the agency made this sign-up season. The request from 14 Democrats and one Independent comes as open enrollment for prescription drug coverage ends at midnight [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/senators-urge-medicare-to-allow-seniors-a-drug-plan-do-over/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 21:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/senators-urge-medicare-to-allow-seniors-a-drug-plan-do-over/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After recounts, two Eastside city council races have winners]]></title><description><![CDATA[King County Elections certified the results of the Mercer Island and Redmond races Friday morning after a machine recount on Thursday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/after-recounts-two-eastside-city-council-races-have-winners/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 21:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/after-recounts-two-eastside-city-council-races-have-winners/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Officials list pot vape brands reported in US outbreak]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; Health officials investigating a nationwide outbreak of vaping illnesses have listed, for the first time, the vape brands that are most commonly linked to hospitalizations. Most of the nearly 2,300 people who suffered lung damage were vaping liquids that contain THC, the high-inducing part of marijuana. In a report released Friday, [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/officials-list-pot-vape-brands-reported-in-us-outbreak/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 20:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/officials-list-pot-vape-brands-reported-in-us-outbreak/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Officials list pot vape brands reported in U.S. illness outbreak]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a report released Friday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention listed the products most often cited by patients, noting that some of them said they vaped more than one.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/officials-list-pot-vape-brands-reported-in-us-illness-outbreak/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 20:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/officials-list-pot-vape-brands-reported-in-us-illness-outbreak/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Washington Supreme Court upholds conviction in East Bremerton murder case]]></title><description><![CDATA[The court issued a 6-3 decision Thursday that upheld the aggravated first-degree murder conviction of Shelly Arndt in the killing of Darcy Vedder Jr.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/washington-supreme-court-upholds-conviction-in-east-bremerton-murder-case/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 19:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/washington-supreme-court-upholds-conviction-in-east-bremerton-murder-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal national laboratory in Idaho gets supercomputer]]></title><description><![CDATA[IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) &mdash; The Idaho National Laboratory&rsquo;s third supercomputer arrived in their facility this week to enable researchers to faster simulate new fuels and reactor designs, officials said. The $19.2 million supercomputer includes about 100,000 processors and is named Sawtooth after the Idaho mountain range, the Post Register reported Wednesday. The system, ranked [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/federal-national-laboratory-in-idaho-gets-supercomputer/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 19:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/federal-national-laboratory-in-idaho-gets-supercomputer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What happens when hermit crabs confuse plastic trash for shells? An ‘avalanche’ of death.]]></title><description><![CDATA[A study that called attention to a remote cluster of islands off Australia&rsquo;s coast was met with international concern when it published in May. In a harrowing account of their trip to the Cocos (Keeling) Islands two years prior, researchers recalled seeing beaches that were &ldquo;literally drowning in plastic.&rdquo; An estimated 414 million pieces of [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/what-happens-when-hermit-crabs-confuse-plastic-trash-for-shells-an-avalanche-of-death/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 19:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/what-happens-when-hermit-crabs-confuse-plastic-trash-for-shells-an-avalanche-of-death/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosecutors say Alaska dentist rode hoverboard at procedure]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; An Alaska dentist accused of fraud and unnecessarily sedating patients also performed a procedure while riding a wheeled, motorized vehicle known as a hoverboard, authorities said. Prosecutors charged 34-year-old Seth Lookhart with felony Medicaid fraud and reckless endangerment. A former patient testified Wednesday at his trial that she was angered when [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/prosecutors-say-alaska-dentist-rode-hoverboard-at-procedure/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 18:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/prosecutors-say-alaska-dentist-rode-hoverboard-at-procedure/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anchorage police investigate man’s death as homicide]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Anchorage police are investigating the death of a man at an east-side home as a homicide. Police at around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday received a report of an unconscious man in a home on east Fourth Avenue. Anchorage Fire Department responders pronounced the man dead at the scene. Police on Thursday said [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/anchorage-police-investigate-mans-death-as-homicide/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 18:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/anchorage-police-investigate-mans-death-as-homicide/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Troopers arrest suspect in fatal Fairbanks shooting]]></title><description><![CDATA[FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) &mdash; A 22-year-old Fairbanks man has been arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder in a fatal shooting last month. Alaska State Troopers on Thursday arrested Ryder Smith. Online court documents do not list his attorney. Troopers say Smith was arrested in the death of 24-year-old Peter Horace-Wright just south of the Fairbanks [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/troopers-arrest-suspect-in-fatal-fairbanks-shooting/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 18:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/troopers-arrest-suspect-in-fatal-fairbanks-shooting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alaska to receive $36M federal grant for earthquake recovery]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; A federal agency awarded Alaska a $35.8 million federal grant to support earthquake disaster recovery efforts, officials said. The Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded the grant in response to the damaging quake that struck parts of south-central Alaska Nov. 30, 2018, KTVA-TV reported Thursday. The HUD Community Development Block [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-to-receive-36m-federal-grant-for-earthquake-recovery/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 17:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-to-receive-36m-federal-grant-for-earthquake-recovery/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US flu season arrives early, driven by an unexpected virus]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; The U.S. winter flu season is off to its earliest start in more than 15 years. An early barrage of illness in the South has begun to spread more broadly, and there&rsquo;s a decent chance flu season could peak much earlier than normal, health officials say. The last flu season to [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/us-flu-season-arrives-early-driven-by-an-unexpected-virus/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 17:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/us-flu-season-arrives-early-driven-by-an-unexpected-virus/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man charged with threat to blow up Spokane courthouse]]></title><description><![CDATA[The man pleaded guilty to mailing a bomb threat in 2013 on a dare to win a bag of coffee. He has pleaded not guilty in the more recent incident, in which 2 letters threatened judges and FBI agents.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-charged-with-threat-to-blow-up-spokane-courthouse/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 17:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-charged-with-threat-to-blow-up-spokane-courthouse/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yamhill County approves marijuana facility over objections]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEWBERG, Ore. (AP) &mdash; Planning commissioners in Yamhill County, Oregon, have approved a controversial proposed hemp and marijuana processing facility. KOIN reports the facility will be located 12 minutes outside downtown Newberg. Many members of the public are concerned about livability, water usage, odors, traffic, noises, proximity to homes, possible chemical usage, a potential increase [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/yamhill-county-approves-marijuana-facility-over-objections/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 16:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/yamhill-county-approves-marijuana-facility-over-objections/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to stay safe when taking Uber or Lyft]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last December, a Seattle woman was raped in White Center when she got into the car of a man she thought was an Uber driver. Hers isn&rsquo;t the only such story.&nbsp;In April, a University of&nbsp;South Carolina student Samantha Josephson got into a car she thought was her Uber and was killed by its driver. In [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/how-to-stay-safe-when-taking-uber-or-lyft/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 16:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/how-to-stay-safe-when-taking-uber-or-lyft/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Washington woman accuses Craigslist, major hotel chains of profiting from child sex trafficking]]></title><description><![CDATA[The woman, now in her 20s, claims that as a child and teen she was sold to hundreds of men after her pimp placed advertisements on Craigslist; she alleges in a lawsuit that area hotels knew their premises were being used for the rape of children but did not do enough to try to stop it.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/washington-woman-accuses-craigslist-major-hotel-chains-of-profiting-from-child-sex-trafficking/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/washington-woman-accuses-craigslist-major-hotel-chains-of-profiting-from-child-sex-trafficking/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Washington woman accuses Craigslist, 4 South Sound hotels of profiting from child sex trafficking]]></title><description><![CDATA[The woman, now in her 20s, claims that as a child and teenager she was sold to hundreds of men over the years after her pimp placed advertisements on Craigslist; she alleges in a lawsuit that area hotels knew their premises were being used for the sexual exploitation and rape of children but did not do enough to try to stop it.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/washington-woman-accuses-craigslist-4-south-sound-hotels-of-profiting-from-child-sex-trafficking/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/washington-woman-accuses-craigslist-4-south-sound-hotels-of-profiting-from-child-sex-trafficking/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Traffic alert: Expect slow going in downtown Seattle on Friday night from Figgy Pudding caroling]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sections of Pine Street and Fifth Avenue will be closed Friday evening as 9,000 people, including dozens of caroling teams and fans, descend on downtown for the caroling competition.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/traffic-alert-expect-slow-going-in-downtown-seattle-on-friday-night-from-figgy-pudding-caroling/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/traffic-alert-expect-slow-going-in-downtown-seattle-on-friday-night-from-figgy-pudding-caroling/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Sneaky’ underwater robot spent 18 days recording sea creatures — and noisy humans, too]]></title><description><![CDATA[The robot, called a glider, was launched off the coast of Washington state and traveled for hundreds of miles, listening. The recordings are helping researchers understand the mysterious world of ocean sound.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/sneaky-underwater-robot-spent-18-days-recording-sea-creatures-and-noisy-humans-too/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/sneaky-underwater-robot-spent-18-days-recording-sea-creatures-and-noisy-humans-too/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal lawsuit alleges Craigslist and several South Sound hotels profited from child sex trafficking]]></title><description><![CDATA[The woman, now in her 20s, claims that as a child and teenager she was sold to hundreds of men over the years after her pimp placed advertisements on Craigslist; she alleges in a lawsuit that area hotels knew their premises were being used for the sexual exploitation and rape of children but did not do enough to try to stop it.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/federal-lawsuit-alleges-craigslist-and-several-south-sound-hotels-profited-from-child-sex-trafficking/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/federal-lawsuit-alleges-craigslist-and-several-south-sound-hotels-profited-from-child-sex-trafficking/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drug-decriminalization initiative signature gathering starts]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; Backers of an initiative to decriminalize small amounts of illicit drugs started collecting signatures in Portland this week. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports advocates need 112,020 signatures to qualify for the November 2020 ballot. Campaign manager Peter Zuckerman said the proponents will decide to push ahead with the initiative depending on the success [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/drug-decriminalization-initiative-signature-gathering-starts/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 14:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/drug-decriminalization-initiative-signature-gathering-starts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russian supply ship lifts off to International Space Station]]></title><description><![CDATA[MOSCOW (AP) &mdash; An unmanned Russian supply ship carrying tons of supplies to the International Space Station has blasted off to the orbiting laboratory. The Progress MS-13 cargo ship lifted off Friday atop a Soyuz rocket from the Russian space complex in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. It is set to dock with the space outpost on Monday. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/russian-supply-ship-lifts-off-to-international-space-station/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 10:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/russian-supply-ship-lifts-off-to-international-space-station/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Motorcyclist killed in crash near Auburn, impairment not believed to be a factor in crash]]></title><description><![CDATA[The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/motorcyclist-killed-in-crash-near-auburn-impairment-not-believed-to-be-a-factor-in-crash/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 04:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/motorcyclist-killed-in-crash-near-auburn-impairment-not-believed-to-be-a-factor-in-crash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Motorcyclist killed in crash near Auburn, impairment not believed to be a factor]]></title><description><![CDATA[The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/motorcyclist-killed-in-crash-near-auburn-impairment-not-believed-to-be-a-factor/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 04:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/motorcyclist-killed-in-crash-near-auburn-impairment-not-believed-to-be-a-factor/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[King County once again a seller’s market as inventory tightens in ‘November surprise’]]></title><description><![CDATA[The median sale price in Seattle dipped slightly, by 3.3%, from last November to $735,000. At the top of the market, it was another matter, though.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/king-county-once-again-a-sellers-market-as-inventory-tightens-in-november-surprise/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 03:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/king-county-once-again-a-sellers-market-as-inventory-tightens-in-november-surprise/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s a seller’s market in King County as inventory tightens in ‘November surprise’]]></title><description><![CDATA[The median sale price in Seattle dipped slightly, by 3.3%, from last November to $735,000. At the top of the market, it was another matter, though.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/its-a-sellers-market-in-king-county-as-inventory-tightens-in-november-surprise/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 03:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/its-a-sellers-market-in-king-county-as-inventory-tightens-in-november-surprise/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s a home seller’s market as King County sees ‘November surprise’; check out what’s happening in your area]]></title><description><![CDATA[The median sale price in Seattle dipped slightly, by 3.3%, from last November to $735,000. At the top of the market, it was another matter, though.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/its-a-home-sellers-market-as-king-county-sees-november-surprise-check-out-whats-happening-in-your-area/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 03:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/its-a-home-sellers-market-as-king-county-sees-november-surprise-check-out-whats-happening-in-your-area/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattle officials will allow controversial tiny house village to remain open until March]]></title><description><![CDATA[Residents at the Northlake tiny house village will be allowed to stay at least another three months at the site.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-officials-will-allow-controversial-tiny-house-village-to-remain-open-until-march/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 03:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-officials-will-allow-controversial-tiny-house-village-to-remain-open-until-march/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattle officials will allow controversial tiny house village to remain open, but not indefinitely]]></title><description><![CDATA[Residents at the Northlake tiny house village will be allowed to stay at least another three months at the site.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-officials-will-allow-controversial-tiny-house-village-to-remain-open-but-not-indefinitely/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 03:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-officials-will-allow-controversial-tiny-house-village-to-remain-open-but-not-indefinitely/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bonney Lake man who ‘freaked out’ on plane, forced landing, pleads guilty]]></title><description><![CDATA[Douglas Smyser, of Bonney Lake, is expected to face four months on home detention when sentenced in December.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/bonney-lake-man-who-freaked-out-on-plane-forced-landing-pleads-guilty/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 02:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/bonney-lake-man-who-freaked-out-on-plane-forced-landing-pleads-guilty/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Child rape, molestation charges filed against Black Diamond man accused of knocking out girl with chloroform]]></title><description><![CDATA[Allen Bittner, 37, was charged with second-degree assault, accused of administering chloroform to his stepdaughter. The 13-year-old girl and her twin sister later revealed Bittner has been sexually touching them for two years, according to Black Diamond Police. Bittner now faces new criminal charges and is being held in lieu of $700,000 bail.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/child-rape-molestation-charges-filed-against-black-diamond-man-accused-of-knocking-out-girl-with-chloroform/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 02:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/child-rape-molestation-charges-filed-against-black-diamond-man-accused-of-knocking-out-girl-with-chloroform/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Washington Gov. Jay Inslee to get hip replacement next week]]></title><description><![CDATA[OLYMPIA &mdash; Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is getting hip replacement surgery next week. In a written statement Thursday, Inslee wrote he was &ldquo;trading in a 1951 model hip joint for a 2019 model.&rdquo; His surgery is scheduled for Monday morning, and Secretary of State Kim Wyman will be acting governor until early that afternoon, Inslee&rsquo;s [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/washington-gov-jay-inslee-to-get-hip-replacement-next-week/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 01:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/washington-gov-jay-inslee-to-get-hip-replacement-next-week/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gates Foundation CEO, first with medicine and science background, steps down after 5 years]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dr. Susan Desmond-Hellmann is stepping down as CEO of the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation after more than five years in the role, the foundation announced Thursday. Desmond-Hellman, 62, was the third CEO in the organization&rsquo;s 20-year history &mdash; and with a background as a research science and physician, the first to come from outside [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/gates-foundation-ceo-first-with-medicine-and-science-background-steps-down-after-5-years/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 01:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/gates-foundation-ceo-first-with-medicine-and-science-background-steps-down-after-5-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flesh-eating bacteria linked to heroin kills 7 in California]]></title><description><![CDATA[SAN DIEGO (AP) &mdash; A flesh-eating bacteria linked to the use of black tar heroin has killed at least seven people over the past two months in San Diego County, authorities said. Nine people who injected black tar heroin between Oct. 2 and Nov. 24 were hospitalized with severe myonecrosis, a soft-tissue infection that destroys [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/flesh-eating-bacteria-linked-to-heroin-kills-7-in-california/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 01:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/flesh-eating-bacteria-linked-to-heroin-kills-7-in-california/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uber disclosed 3,000 sexual assaults in U.S. rides last year in its long-awaited safety report]]></title><description><![CDATA[Uber said it recorded 235 rapes and thousands more cases of assault. It was the first time the company has released those numbers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/uber-disclosed-3000-sexual-assaults-in-us-rides-last-year-in-its-long-awaited-safety-report/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 00:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/uber-disclosed-3000-sexual-assaults-in-us-rides-last-year-in-its-long-awaited-safety-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robber shoots second clerk in two days in Pierce County, remains at large]]></title><description><![CDATA[Deputies believe the robber is the same person who held up a convenience store and shot the clerk there Wednesday. That victim survived.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/robber-shoots-second-clerk-in-two-days-in-pierce-county-remains-at-large/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 00:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/robber-shoots-second-clerk-in-two-days-in-pierce-county-remains-at-large/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘A lesson in civics’: Hand recount of Bothell council race takes patience and red pens]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hand-counting close election results isn't as simple as it sounds. It's a 15-step process requiring multiple counts and recounts and multiple stacks of ballots.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/a-lesson-in-civics-hand-recount-of-bothell-council-race-takes-patience-and-red-pens/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 00:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/a-lesson-in-civics-hand-recount-of-bothell-council-race-takes-patience-and-red-pens/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alaska governor to host holiday open house]]></title><description><![CDATA[JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy and first lady Rose Dunleavy will host the traditional holiday open house at the governor&rsquo;s mansion Tuesday. The governor&rsquo;s office, in a release, said more than 15,000 cookies are being prepared, and more than 100 pounds of fudge and chocolate candies will be served. The event will [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-governor-to-host-holiday-open-house/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 00:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-governor-to-host-holiday-open-house/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Name released of deputy who shot man after chase in Bend]]></title><description><![CDATA[BEND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; The Deschutes County District Attorney has released the name of the deputy who shot a 28-year-old man Friday near a Bend shopping mall. Clint Baltzor, who has been with the county sheriff&rsquo;s office for 12 years, remains on paid leave as the District Attorney&rsquo;s Office continues an investigation. Baltzor shot Bend [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/name-released-of-deputy-who-shot-man-after-chase-in-bend/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 00:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/name-released-of-deputy-who-shot-man-after-chase-in-bend/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coast Guard, Navy boats collide in Alaska; 9 injured]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Nine people were hurt, including one critically, when a U.S. Coast Guard vessel collided with a U.S. Navy boat off Alaska&rsquo;s Kodiak Island. The accident occurred Wednesday evening in Women&rsquo;s Bay near Kodiak&rsquo;s Coast Guard base, said Lt. Comm. Scott McCann, a Coast Guard Alaska District spokesman in Juneau. A Coast [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/coast-guard-navy-boats-collide-in-alaska-9-injured/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 22:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/coast-guard-navy-boats-collide-in-alaska-9-injured/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Layup of ferry Aurora to affect more than 20 workers]]></title><description><![CDATA[JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) &mdash; The state ferry system said Thursday that more than 20 employees will be affected by the expected, long-term layup of the Aurora. The state transportation department, in a release, said about 24 employees will be relieved of duties effective Jan. 14. The department previously said it did not have money for [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/layup-of-ferry-aurora-to-affect-more-than-20-workers/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 22:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/layup-of-ferry-aurora-to-affect-more-than-20-workers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US report: Prescription drug prices down slightly last year]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; Prices for prescription drugs edged down by 1% last year, a rare result driven by declines for generics and slow, low growth in the cost of brand-name medications, the government said Thursday. Though modest, it was the first such price drop in 45 years, according to nonpartisan economic experts at the federal [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/us-report-prescription-drug-prices-down-slightly-last-year/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 22:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/us-report-prescription-drug-prices-down-slightly-last-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sheriff ID’s third Christmas tree worker killed in crash]]></title><description><![CDATA[SALEM, Ore. (AP) &mdash; The Marion County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office has identified the third man killed in a crash near Salem Friday night when a van full of Christmas tree workers collided with a pickup truck. KATU-TV reports the worker identified Thursday is 18-year-old Lucas Felipe Diego. The other two Christmas tree workers killed were Andres [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/sheriff-ids-third-christmas-tree-worker-killed-in-crash/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 21:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/sheriff-ids-third-christmas-tree-worker-killed-in-crash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Questions surround plans for King County regional homeless authority after vote Thursday]]></title><description><![CDATA[King County's Regional Policy Committee unanimously approved the new plan. But it will likely face more scrutiny from the Seattle and King County councils.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/questions-surround-plans-for-king-county-regional-homeless-authority-after-vote-thursday/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 21:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/questions-surround-plans-for-king-county-regional-homeless-authority-after-vote-thursday/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dancer born with one hand makes Radio City Rockettes history]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; A dancer born with one hand is making hoofer history as the first person with a visible disability ever hired by New York&rsquo;s famed Radio City Rockettes. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t want to be known as the dancer who has one hand, and not because that&rsquo;s a bad thing,&rdquo; Sydney Mesher, who joined [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/dancer-born-with-one-hand-makes-radio-city-rockettes-history/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 21:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/dancer-born-with-one-hand-makes-radio-city-rockettes-history/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He wanted to ban feeding homeless people. Now he’s about to lead a federal homeless agency]]></title><description><![CDATA[Robert Marbut, a Texas-based consultant sought after by communities looking for ways to address homelessness, has long encouraged elected officials to stop coddling people on the streets.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/he-wanted-to-ban-feeding-homeless-people-now-hes-about-to-lead-a-federal-homeless-agency/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 20:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/he-wanted-to-ban-feeding-homeless-people-now-hes-about-to-lead-a-federal-homeless-agency/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Salem homeless camp to get portable toilets]]></title><description><![CDATA[SALEM, Ore. (AP) &mdash; The City of Salem is paying to put six portable toilets and hand-washing stations at a homeless encampment near the ARCHES Project, a downtown social services provider. The Statesman-Journal reports that Salem was on the verge of declaring the encampment of dozens of tents a public health nuisance. That move would [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/salem-homeless-camp-to-get-portable-toilets/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 19:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/salem-homeless-camp-to-get-portable-toilets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robbers hit east Anchorage bank; employee, customer injured]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; The FBI is looking for two men who robbed a bank in Alaska. One of the suspects carried a shotgun into the bank. An employee and a customer inside the Anchorage bank were injured, KTUU-television reported. One person was taken to a hospital with what Anchorage police described as &ldquo;non-life-threatening injuries.&rdquo; [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/robbers-hit-east-anchorage-bank-employee-customer-injured/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 19:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/robbers-hit-east-anchorage-bank-employee-customer-injured/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tufts University severs ties with family behind OxyContin]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOSTON (AP) &mdash; Tufts University is cutting ties with the billionaire family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, saying it will strip the Sackler name from its campus and accept no further donations amid concerns over the family&rsquo;s role in the opioid crisis. University officials announced the decision Thursday, ending a relationship that has spanned [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/tufts-university-severs-ties-with-family-behind-oxycontin/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 19:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/tufts-university-severs-ties-with-family-behind-oxycontin/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[2 female inmates captured after escaping]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho (AP) &mdash; Two Idaho Department of Corrections inmates who walked away from the South Boise Women&rsquo;s Correctional Center early Wednesday evening are back in custody. KBOI reports Kesha Kandler and Whitney Wickwire went missing just after 5:30 p.m. The Ada County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office found the women at about 9 p.m.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/2-female-inmates-captured-after-escaping/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 18:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/2-female-inmates-captured-after-escaping/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Officials: Chemical released in Texas blasts poses no risk]]></title><description><![CDATA[A voluntary evacuation order was issued for residents in the Texas Gulf Coast city of Port Neches after testing late Wednesday found elevated levels of the chemical butadiene, released into the atmosphere after two chemical plant explosions last week. Here&rsquo;s a closer look at the chemical: WHAT IS BUTADIENE? It&rsquo;s a colorless gas that smells [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/officials-chemical-released-in-texas-blasts-poses-no-risk/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 18:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/officials-chemical-released-in-texas-blasts-poses-no-risk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Officials: Chemical in Texas blasts posed no serious risks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Officials lifted a voluntary evacuation order for residents in the Texas Gulf Coast city of Port Neches on Thursday, saying air levels of the chemical butadiene had dropped to safe levels. The chemical was released after two explosions at a chemical plant last week. Here&rsquo;s a closer look at the chemical: WHAT IS BUTADIENE? It&rsquo;s [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/officials-chemical-in-texas-blasts-posed-no-serious-risks/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 18:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/officials-chemical-in-texas-blasts-posed-no-serious-risks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SpaceX launches caring robot, beer malt and ‘mighty mice’]]></title><description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) &mdash; SpaceX launched a 3-ton shipment to the International Space Station on Thursday, including &ldquo;mighty mice&rdquo; for a muscle study, a robot sensitive to astronauts&rsquo; emotions and a miniature version of a brewery&rsquo;s malt house. The Dragon capsule also is delivering holiday goodies for the six station residents. NASA&rsquo;s Kenny Todd [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/spacex-launches-caring-robot-beer-malt-and-mighty-mice/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 18:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/spacex-launches-caring-robot-beer-malt-and-mighty-mice/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SpaceX launches beer malt, caring robot and ‘mighty mice’]]></title><description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) &mdash; SpaceX launched a 3-ton shipment to the International Space Station on Thursday, including &ldquo;mighty mice&rdquo; for a muscle study, a robot sensitive to astronauts&rsquo; emotions and a miniature version of a brewery&rsquo;s malt house. The Dragon capsule also is delivering holiday goodies for the six station residents. NASA&rsquo;s Kenny Todd [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/spacex-launches-beer-malt-caring-robot-and-mighty-mice/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 18:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/spacex-launches-beer-malt-caring-robot-and-mighty-mice/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New details emerge on drug that may slow Alzheimer’s disease]]></title><description><![CDATA[SAN DIEGO (AP) &mdash; A company that claims to have the first drug to slow mental decline from Alzheimer&rsquo;s disease made its case to scientists Thursday, disclosing more results that may help explain why one study of the experimental medicine succeeded and another failed. Excitement and skepticism have surrounded aducanumab since its developers stopped studies [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/new-details-emerge-on-drug-that-may-slow-alzheimers-disease/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 18:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/new-details-emerge-on-drug-that-may-slow-alzheimers-disease/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experts split sharply over experimental Alzheimer’s drug]]></title><description><![CDATA[SAN DIEGO (AP) &mdash; A company that claims to have the first drug to slow mental decline from Alzheimer&rsquo;s disease made its case to scientists Thursday but left them sharply divided over whether there&rsquo;s enough evidence of effectiveness for the medicine to warrant federal approval. Excitement and skepticism have surrounded aducanumab since its developers stopped [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/experts-split-sharply-over-experimental-alzheimers-drug/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 18:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/experts-split-sharply-over-experimental-alzheimers-drug/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soldotna man dies in rollover crash into water along highway]]></title><description><![CDATA[COOPER LANDING, Alaska (AP) &mdash; A 54-year-old Soldotna man died in a one-car crash on the Sterling Highway near Cooper Landing. Alaska State Troopers say Robert Scott was killed Wednesday morning when his sport utility vehicle left the roadway near Mile 53. The SUV rolled and came to rest on its top in a body [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/soldotna-man-dies-in-rollover-crash-into-water-along-highway/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 17:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/soldotna-man-dies-in-rollover-crash-into-water-along-highway/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UN says Zimbabwe’s cash shortage hurts aid delivery efforts]]></title><description><![CDATA[HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) &mdash; The World Food Program says Zimbabwe&rsquo;s cash shortage complicates efforts to rush aid to millions of people facing severe hunger. The U.N. agency&rsquo;s country director Eddie Rowe said Thursday that challenges in accessing cash have delayed aid delivery to parts of the once-prosperous southern African nation. The agency is increasing the [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/un-says-zimbabwes-cash-shortage-hurts-aid-delivery-efforts/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 17:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/un-says-zimbabwes-cash-shortage-hurts-aid-delivery-efforts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Phone-in-cheek: Spike seen in cellphone-linked face injuries]]></title><description><![CDATA[Add facial cuts, bruises and fractures to the risks from cellphones and carelessly using them. That&rsquo;s according to a study published Thursday that found a spike in U.S. emergency room treatment for these mostly minor injuries. The research was led by a facial plastic surgeon whose patients include a woman who broke her nose when [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/phone-in-cheek-spike-seen-in-cellphone-linked-face-injuries/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 17:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/phone-in-cheek-spike-seen-in-cellphone-linked-face-injuries/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pelosi sets showdown vote on Medicare drug negotiations]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; The House will hold a showdown vote next week on Speaker Nancy Pelosi&rsquo;s bill empowering Medicare to negotiate prices for costly prescription drugs, her office announced Thursday. Democrats have said they would plow billions of dollars in projected savings from the legislation into expanded benefits for seniors, such as vision and dental [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/pelosi-sets-showdown-vote-on-medicare-drug-negotiations/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 17:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/pelosi-sets-showdown-vote-on-medicare-drug-negotiations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pelosi sets Medicare showdown on drug costs and new benefits]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; The House will hold a showdown vote next week on Speaker Nancy Pelosi&rsquo;s bill empowering Medicare to negotiate drug prices, expanded Thursday to provide seniors with dental, vision and hearing benefits not currently covered. Leading Democratic committee chairmen said the Congressional Budget Office has indicated that Pelosi&rsquo;s bill would save the government [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/pelosi-sets-medicare-showdown-on-drug-costs-and-new-benefits/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 17:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/pelosi-sets-medicare-showdown-on-drug-costs-and-new-benefits/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Washington state is No. 1. Of course! But which states are the worst?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The report includes access to health care, quality of education, public safety, the state's economy, GDP growth, migration into the state, patents, new businesses, natural environment and infrastructure.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/washington-state-is-no-1-of-course-but-which-states-are-the-worst/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 16:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/washington-state-is-no-1-of-course-but-which-states-are-the-worst/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[University of Alaska regents reject consolidation plan]]></title><description><![CDATA[FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) &mdash; The University of Alaska Board of Regents has officially rejected a proposal backed by the Legislature to consolidate the state&rsquo;s three separately accredited universities into one, officials said. The board sent a letter to the Alaska Legislative Finance Division announcing its decision, The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported Wednesday. The board supports [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/university-of-alaska-regents-reject-consolidation-plan/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 15:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/university-of-alaska-regents-reject-consolidation-plan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meet Miguel Wattson, the electric eel lighting his aquarium’s Christmas tree and tweeting about it]]></title><description><![CDATA[Miguel Wattson, an electric eel that lives at the Tennessee Aquarium, is a multitasker. He eats. He tweets (more on that later). And for his most effortless trick this season, he lights up a Christmas tree. The electric eel&rsquo;s curious talents have drawn crowds to the Chattanooga aquarium this week after engineers and aquarium workers [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/meet-miguel-wattson-the-electric-eel-lighting-his-aquariums-christmas-tree-and-tweeting-about-it/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 15:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/meet-miguel-wattson-the-electric-eel-lighting-his-aquariums-christmas-tree-and-tweeting-about-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alaska governor seeks public input on Native tribal schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Alaska&rsquo;s governor wants public input on an upcoming bill to set up a legal framework for Alaska Native tribal governments to operate K-12 schools, officials said. Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy plans to introduce the bill during the next legislative session, The Anchorage Daily News reported Wednesday. Tribes would be asked to [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-governor-seeks-public-input-on-native-tribal-schools/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 15:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-governor-seeks-public-input-on-native-tribal-schools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mother accused of stabbing baby at Thanksgiving dinner]]></title><description><![CDATA[PRESTONBURG, Ky. &mdash; A Kentucky woman has been charged with stabbing her 4-month-old infant in the leg during a struggle with the baby&rsquo;s father at a Thanksgiving gathering, Kentucky State Police said. The baby was taken to a Prestonsburg hospital for treatment, news outlets reported Wednesday. An update on the baby&rsquo;s condition hasn&rsquo;t been given. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/mother-accused-of-stabbing-baby-at-thanksgiving-dinner/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 15:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/mother-accused-of-stabbing-baby-at-thanksgiving-dinner/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[King County cites soaring costs, climate change in bid to redo water-pollution agreement with state and feds]]></title><description><![CDATA[County officials expect to spend more than $1.9 billion over the next decade, and would like the money to fund a broader range of projects to tackle polluting stormwater runoff into creeks, rivers and Puget Sound.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/king-county-cites-soaring-costs-climate-change-in-bid-to-redo-water-pollution-agreement-with-state-and-feds/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/king-county-cites-soaring-costs-climate-change-in-bid-to-redo-water-pollution-agreement-with-state-and-feds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half of Seattle bike-share rental bikes were inoperable in late-summer maintenance slump, city audit says]]></title><description><![CDATA[The audit also found record-high ridership of 750,000 trips from July to September and more people parking bikes correctly so they aren't blocking the sidewalk.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/half-of-seattle-bike-share-rental-bikes-were-inoperable-in-late-summer-maintenance-slump-city-audit-says/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/half-of-seattle-bike-share-rental-bikes-were-inoperable-in-late-summer-maintenance-slump-city-audit-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As costs soar, King County wants to redo water-pollution agreement with state and feds]]></title><description><![CDATA[County officials expect to spend more than $1.9 billion over the next decade, and would like the money to fund a broader range of projects to tackle polluting stormwater runoff into creeks, rivers and Puget Sound.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/as-costs-soar-king-county-wants-to-redo-water-pollution-agreement-with-state-and-feds/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/as-costs-soar-king-county-wants-to-redo-water-pollution-agreement-with-state-and-feds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vaccine group announces creation of Ebola vaccine stockpile]]></title><description><![CDATA[LONDON (AP) &mdash; The vaccine alliance GAVI announced it would invest $178 million to create a global stockpile of about 500,000 Ebola vaccines, a move health officials say could help prevent future outbreaks from spiraling out of control. GAVI is a public-private partnership that includes the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/vaccine-group-announces-creation-of-ebola-vaccine-stockpile/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 14:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/vaccine-group-announces-creation-of-ebola-vaccine-stockpile/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DA: Bus driver who crashed wasn’t drunk, won’t be charged]]></title><description><![CDATA[FOREST GROVE, Ore. (AP) &mdash; The Washington County District Attorney&rsquo;s office announced Wednesday that it will not prosecute a man who drove and crashed a school bus with 10 children inside. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports 20-year-old Jonathan Gates was arrested in November after he crashed a school bus into a ditch with the children and a [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/da-bus-driver-who-crashed-wasnt-drunk-wont-be-charged/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 14:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/da-bus-driver-who-crashed-wasnt-drunk-wont-be-charged/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slovakia rejects bill requiring ultrasound before abortion]]></title><description><![CDATA[LONDON (AP) &mdash; Lawmakers in Slovakia have rejected a proposed bill that would have made it obligatory for women seeking abortions to first have an ultrasound and obtain the consent of the father before having the procedure. The bill was submitted by three members of the conservative Slovak National Party. In its initial draft, the [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/slovakia-rejects-bill-requiring-ultrasound-before-abortion/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 13:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/slovakia-rejects-bill-requiring-ultrasound-before-abortion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experts say Mekong River’s new color a worrying sign]]></title><description><![CDATA[BANGKOK (AP) &mdash; Experts say the aquamarine color the Mekong River has recently acquired may beguile tourists but it also indicates a problem caused by upstream dams. The water usually is a yellowish-brown shade due to the sediment it normally carries downstream. But lately it has been running clear, taking on a blue-green hue that [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/experts-say-mekong-rivers-new-color-a-worrying-sign/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 11:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/experts-say-mekong-rivers-new-color-a-worrying-sign/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Historic US towns endured wars, storms. What about sea rise?]]></title><description><![CDATA[SWANSBORO, N.C. (AP) &mdash; Historic cities and towns along the Southeastern U.S. coast have survived wars, hurricanes, disease outbreaks and other calamities, but now that sea levels are creeping up with no sign of stopping, they face a more existential crisis. With a total annual budget of $225 million, Charleston, South Carolina, can&rsquo;t afford the [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/historic-us-towns-endured-wars-storms-what-about-sea-rise/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 08:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/historic-us-towns-endured-wars-storms-what-about-sea-rise/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sound Transit removes top safety chief following report on fatal Amtrak crash]]></title><description><![CDATA[Agency executives are also considering whether and how to impose the same rigorous training on Amtrak that Sound Transit and King County Metro demand for light-rail service.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/sound-transit-removes-top-safety-chief-following-report-on-fatal-amtrak-crash/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 04:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/sound-transit-removes-top-safety-chief-following-report-on-fatal-amtrak-crash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sound Transit removes top safety chief, following fatal Amtrak-crash report]]></title><description><![CDATA[Agency executives are also considering whether and how to impose the same rigorous training on Amtrak that Sound Transit and King County Metro demand for light-rail service.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/sound-transit-removes-top-safety-chief-following-fatal-amtrak-crash-report/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 04:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/sound-transit-removes-top-safety-chief-following-fatal-amtrak-crash-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sound Transit removes top safety chief after report on fatal Amtrak crash]]></title><description><![CDATA[Agency executives are also considering whether and how to impose the same rigorous training on Amtrak that Sound Transit and King County Metro demand for light-rail service.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/sound-transit-removes-top-safety-chief-after-report-on-fatal-amtrak-crash/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 04:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/sound-transit-removes-top-safety-chief-after-report-on-fatal-amtrak-crash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A 250-foot path of destruction: Seattle police detail scene of Aurora crash that killed 2 and injured 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[Radalyn King, 23, has been charged with two counts of vehicular homicide and one count of vehicular assault, felony hit-and-run and reckless driving. She is accused of killing Rebecca Richman, her brother Michael Richman, and severely injuring their father. The family was visiting Seattle from LA over the Thanksgiving holiday and were walking to see the Fremont Troll when they were struck.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/a-250-foot-path-of-destruction-seattle-police-detail-scene-of-aurora-crash-that-killed-2-and-injured-2/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 04:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/a-250-foot-path-of-destruction-seattle-police-detail-scene-of-aurora-crash-that-killed-2-and-injured-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pedestrian critically hurt after being struck by vehicle in downtown Seattle]]></title><description><![CDATA[A 60-year-old pedestrian was critically injured after a vehicle struck her in a downtown Seattle crosswalk Wednesday evening. The driver was heading west on Columbia Street shortly before 6 p.m. and turning right onto Fourth Avenue when the pedestrian was hit while in the crosswalk, said Seattle Police&nbsp;spokesman Det. Patrick Michaud. Medics took the woman [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/pedestrian-critically-hurt-after-being-struck-by-vehicle-in-downtown-seattle/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 04:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/pedestrian-critically-hurt-after-being-struck-by-vehicle-in-downtown-seattle/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[55-year-old pedestrian hit by vehicle in downtown Seattle critically injured]]></title><description><![CDATA[A 55-year-old pedestrian is in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle in downtown Seattle Wednesday evening, according to the Seattle Fire Department. The woman is being taken to Harborview Medical Center from the crash, which occurred near Fourth Avenue and Columbia Street, said Seattle Fire spokeswoman Kristin Tinsley. Medics were sent to the [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/55-year-old-pedestrian-hit-by-vehicle-in-downtown-seattle-critically-injured/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 04:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/55-year-old-pedestrian-hit-by-vehicle-in-downtown-seattle-critically-injured/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Trump administration restriction on food stamps to hit more than 75,000 people in Washington state]]></title><description><![CDATA[OLYMPIA &mdash; Roughly 75,500 Washingtonians in King, Snohomish and two dozen other counties are expected to lose benefits under a new Trump administration rule cutting back the federal food-stamps program, according to the state Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS). Announced on Wednesday, the rule restricts exemptions that currently allow some work-eligible adults to [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/new-trump-administration-restriction-on-food-stamps-to-hit-more-than-75000-people-in-washington-state/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 03:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/new-trump-administration-restriction-on-food-stamps-to-hit-more-than-75000-people-in-washington-state/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hair dyes, straighteners may raise breast-cancer risk for black women]]></title><description><![CDATA[For decades, scientists have debated whether hair dyes frequently used by women might contribute to cancer. The research has been mixed and inconclusive, but now government investigators have turned up a disturbing new possibility. Black women who regularly used permanent dyes to color their hair were 60% more likely to develop breast cancer, compared to [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/hair-dyes-straighteners-may-raise-breast-cancer-risk-for-black-women/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 03:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/hair-dyes-straighteners-may-raise-breast-cancer-risk-for-black-women/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taming the ‘wild west’: King County Council approves new rules on tasting rooms, wineries outside city limits]]></title><description><![CDATA[For years, the question of what to do about the wineries and tasting rooms outside Woodinville has split wine country and ignited debate over the&nbsp;future of the neighboring Sammamish Valley.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/taming-the-wild-west-king-county-council-approves-new-rules-on-tasting-rooms-wineries-outside-city-limits/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 03:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/taming-the-wild-west-king-county-council-approves-new-rules-on-tasting-rooms-wineries-outside-city-limits/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Samoa’s capital deserted as teams battle measles epidemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) &mdash; Samoa&rsquo;s main streets are eerily quiet as the government steps up efforts to curb a measles epidemic that has killed 62 people. The government told most public and private workers to stay home on Thursday and Friday and shut down roads to nonessential vehicles as teams began going door-to-door to [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/samoas-capital-deserted-as-teams-battle-measles-epidemic/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 02:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/samoas-capital-deserted-as-teams-battle-measles-epidemic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drug can curb dementia’s delusions, researchers find]]></title><description><![CDATA[SAN DIEGO (AP) &mdash; A drug that curbs delusions in Parkinson&rsquo;s patients did the same for people with Alzheimer&rsquo;s disease and other forms of dementia in a study that was stopped early because the benefit seemed clear. If regulators agree, the drug could become the first treatment specifically for dementia-related psychosis and the first new [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/drug-can-curb-dementias-delusions-researchers-find/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 02:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/drug-can-curb-dementias-delusions-researchers-find/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Car-tab cuts remain on hold after Supreme Court decision on Eyman initiative]]></title><description><![CDATA[Soon after it passed, Seattle, King County, the Garfield County Transportation Authority and a handful of other groups sued, claiming the initiative is unconstitutional.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/car-tab-cuts-remain-on-hold-after-supreme-court-decision-on-eyman-initiative/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 02:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/car-tab-cuts-remain-on-hold-after-supreme-court-decision-on-eyman-initiative/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[2 charged after Bellingham teen’s overdose death]]></title><description><![CDATA[Federal investigators say a 17-year-old Bellingham boy knew that counterfeit painkillers he bought from a drug dealer last month were likely tainted with fentanyl, so he rationed them &mdash; using only small parts of a pill at a time to avoid overdosing. He died anyway, and now two Mount Vernon residents have been charged in [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/2-charged-after-bellingham-teens-overdose-death/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 02:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/2-charged-after-bellingham-teens-overdose-death/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memorial for bus driver]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every year on the day after Thanks&shy;giving, the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 587 places a new wreath to honor bus driver Mark McLaughlin, who died Nov. 27, 1998, while driving Route 359. He was shot, and his bus plunged from the Aurora Bridge. One other passenger died, the shooter took his own life, and 32 [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/memorial-for-bus-driver/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 02:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/memorial-for-bus-driver/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police: High school student with handgun arrested]]></title><description><![CDATA[OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) &mdash; A 16-year-old student at Oregon City High School was arrested after police say they got a tip that the student had a handgun in his waistband. The school resource officer received the tip around 11 a.m. Wednesday, according to Oregon City Police. Police located the student in a class and [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/police-high-school-student-with-handgun-arrested/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 01:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/police-high-school-student-with-handgun-arrested/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Romaine lettuce tainted by fecal bacteria sickens more than 100 people]]></title><description><![CDATA[The tally, including a case reported as recently as Nov. 18, more than doubles the magnitude of an ongoing outbreak linked to E. coli bacteria generally found in animals.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/romaine-lettuce-tainted-by-fecal-bacteria-sickens-more-than-100-people/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 00:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/romaine-lettuce-tainted-by-fecal-bacteria-sickens-more-than-100-people/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appeals court tosses confession, reverses murder conviction]]></title><description><![CDATA[SALEM, Ore. (AP) &mdash; The Oregon Court of Appeals on Wednesday reversed a murder conviction, ruling that a confession the defendant made to police was involuntary. Eloy Vasquez-Santiago, who has an IQ of 53, mistakenly believed that his infant child was being detained by authorities, along with Vasquez-Santiago&rsquo;s father and brother. Police reinforced the misconception, [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/appeals-court-tosses-confession-reverses-murder-conviction/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 00:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/appeals-court-tosses-confession-reverses-murder-conviction/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘This means everything to me’: Brandi Carlile honored at MoPOP, where she once busked]]></title><description><![CDATA[A crowd that included Tanya Tucker, Pearl Jam's Mike McCready, the Indigo Girls and Dave Matthews joined the crowd at the Seattle museum to honor the local singer-songwriter.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/this-means-everything-to-me-brandi-carlile-honored-at-mopop-where-she-once-busked/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 00:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/this-means-everything-to-me-brandi-carlile-honored-at-mopop-where-she-once-busked/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man accused of 2013 rape after sex assault kit tested]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; A Portland man has been charged with first-degree rape, accused of sexually assaulting a 30-year-old woman in downtown Portland. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the single-count indictment resulted from the testing of the alleged victim&rsquo;s sexual assault kit. Frank Domont Hall Jr. pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Multnomah County Circuit Court. The alleged [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-accused-of-2013-rape-after-sex-assault-kit-tested/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 00:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-accused-of-2013-rape-after-sex-assault-kit-tested/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Materials placed too close to heater caused SeaTac apartment fire; victim identified]]></title><description><![CDATA[The woman who died in a SeaTac apartment fire early Saturday morning has been identified, and the fire has been ruled accidental. Alice Johnson, 55, died of smoke inhalation and thermal injuries, according to the King County Medical Examiner&rsquo;s Office. Fire crews were called at 6:20 a.m. to a 10-unit building in the 20000 block [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/materials-placed-too-close-to-heater-caused-seatac-apartment-fire-victim-identified/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 00:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/materials-placed-too-close-to-heater-caused-seatac-apartment-fire-victim-identified/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dozens sickened in norovirus outbreak associated with Brave Horse Tavern in South Lake Union]]></title><description><![CDATA[Public-health officials are investigating a norovirus outbreak associated with Brave Horse Tavern in South Lake Union that has sickened 43 people. Of those who fell ill, 30 were customers who ate at the restaurant on Nov. 23 and Nov. 24, while 11 were employees who experienced symptoms dating back to Nov. 24, according to a [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/dozens-sickened-in-norovirus-outbreak-associated-with-brave-horse-tavern-in-south-lake-union/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 23:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/dozens-sickened-in-norovirus-outbreak-associated-with-brave-horse-tavern-in-south-lake-union/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idaho governor: Idaho is least-regulated state in US]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho (AP) &mdash; Idaho is the least-regulated state in the U.S., Gov. Brad Little said Wednesday. The Republican governor said he&rsquo;s cut or simplified 75% of Idaho&rsquo;s administrative rules this year and leapfrogged ahead of South Dakota as the least-regulated state. State officials said they base the state&rsquo;s least-regulated status on information collected by [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/idaho-governor-idaho-is-least-regulated-state-in-us/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 23:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/idaho-governor-idaho-is-least-regulated-state-in-us/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surprising 1st results from NASA’s sun-skimming spacecraft]]></title><description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) &mdash; NASA&rsquo;s sun-skimming spacecraft, the Parker Solar Probe, is surprising scientists with its unprecedented close views of our star. Scientists released the first results from the mission Wednesday. They observed bursts of energetic particles never seen before on such a small scale as well as switchback-like reversals in the out-flowing solar [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/surprising-1st-results-from-nasas-sun-skimming-spacecraft/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 22:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/surprising-1st-results-from-nasas-sun-skimming-spacecraft/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man sentenced to 65-year minimum for dismemberment, murder]]></title><description><![CDATA[HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) &mdash; A Washington County man who murdered an Aloha woman and dismembered her body after trying to use her to lure another drug dealer to his parents&rsquo; home has been sentenced to a minimum of 65 years in prison. The Washington County District Attorney&rsquo;s Office said 37-year-old Jeremiah Ward Johnston was sentenced [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-sentenced-to-65-year-minimum-for-dismemberment-murder/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 22:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-sentenced-to-65-year-minimum-for-dismemberment-murder/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minnesota sues e-cigarette maker Juul over youth vaping rise]]></title><description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) &mdash; Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison sued Juul Labs on Wednesday, accusing the e-cigarette maker of unlawfully targeting young people with its products to get a new generation addicted to nicotine. The lawsuit filed in Hennepin County District Court in Minneapolis seeks to force Juul to stop marketing to young people; [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/minnesota-sues-e-cigarette-maker-juul-over-youth-vaping-rise/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 21:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/minnesota-sues-e-cigarette-maker-juul-over-youth-vaping-rise/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They Pushed Hard This Year to Curtail Abortion. Wait for 2020.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Months after state lawmakers around the country approved some of the most restrictive limits on abortion seen in decades, some states want to push still further. Leading the way is Ohio, where Republicans are contemplating banning nearly all abortions from the time of conception, with no exceptions for rape or incest, and the highly unusual [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/they-pushed-hard-this-year-to-curtail-abortion-wait-for-2020/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 20:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/they-pushed-hard-this-year-to-curtail-abortion-wait-for-2020/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inslee appoints Raquel Montoya-Lewis as first Native American to sit on Washington Supreme Court]]></title><description><![CDATA[The appointment makes Montoya-Lewis the first Native American justice in Washington Supreme Court's history.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/inslee-appoints-raquel-montoya-lewis-as-first-native-american-to-sit-on-washington-supreme-court/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 20:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/inslee-appoints-raquel-montoya-lewis-as-first-native-american-to-sit-on-washington-supreme-court/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anchorage police release name of woman found in burned SUV]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Anchorage police have released the name of a woman found dead last month inside a burned sport utility vehicle near Cheney Lake Park. Police say the woman has been conclusively identified as 54-year-old Elsie Jackson. Patrol officers and firefighters at 12:45 a.m. Nov. 22 responded to calls of a vehicle fire [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/anchorage-police-release-name-of-woman-found-in-burned-suv/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 20:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/anchorage-police-release-name-of-woman-found-in-burned-suv/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Rep. Denny Heck, Olympia Democrat, announces retirement with slam at Trump, loss of civic discourse]]></title><description><![CDATA[Heck, a fourth-term Democrat who sits on the House Intelligence Committee, said in a prepared statement that he made the decision now that the bulk of the committee's work on impeachment is completed. He'll retire at the end of his term, in December 2020.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/us-rep-denny-heck-olympia-democrat-announces-retirement-with-slam-at-trump-loss-of-civic-discourse/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 19:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/us-rep-denny-heck-olympia-democrat-announces-retirement-with-slam-at-trump-loss-of-civic-discourse/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rep. Denny Heck retiring, denounces Trump’s ‘very distant relationship with the truth’]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Rep. Denny Heck, who has represented the Olympia region in Congress since 2013, announced his retirement Wednesday, decrying attacks on the free press, President Donald Trump&rsquo;s &ldquo;distant relationship with the truth&rdquo; and the demise of civic discourse that he said has accelerated under Trump. Heck, a fourth-term Democrat from who sits on the House [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/rep-denny-heck-retiring-denounces-trumps-very-distant-relationship-with-the-truth/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 19:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/rep-denny-heck-retiring-denounces-trumps-very-distant-relationship-with-the-truth/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boy, 2, declared safe by state weeks after he went missing]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; A 2-year-old Medford boy who was shot to death by a parent was determined to be safe weeks after the child had already vanished, according to a new state report detailed in The Oregonian/OregonLive on Wednesday. A case worker knew Aiden Salcido&rsquo;s father had fired a gun inside a tent where [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/boy-2-declared-safe-by-state-weeks-after-he-went-missing/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 19:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/boy-2-declared-safe-by-state-weeks-after-he-went-missing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hundreds of Yellowstone bison to be culled this winter]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) &mdash; National park officials in Wyoming have announced plans for the selective slaughter of between 600 and 900 Yellowstone bison this winter to help manage population numbers. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported Tuesday that the officials expect most of the animals to be taken by hunters or shipped to slaughter. Some would [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/hundreds-of-yellowstone-bison-to-be-culled-this-winter/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 19:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/hundreds-of-yellowstone-bison-to-be-culled-this-winter/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oregon Zoo breeds rare silverspot butterfly in captivity]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Oregon silverspot is listed as a federally threatened species. It was once common in coastal grasslands from northern California to British Columbia. Now, just five isolated populations remains in Oregon and California.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/oregon-zoo-breeds-rare-silverspot-butterfly-in-captivity/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 18:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/oregon-zoo-breeds-rare-silverspot-butterfly-in-captivity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[British Columbia says it will no longer log in Skagit headwaters key to Puget Sound]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amid an international dispute, British Columbia&rsquo;s government announced Wednesday that it will no longer allow timber sales in the headwaters of the Skagit River. Last year, loggers built roads and clear-cut several large swaths of forest in British Columbia, where waters drain into the Skagit River and eventually flow into Washington state and to Puget [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/british-columbia-says-it-will-no-longer-log-in-skagit-headwaters-key-to-puget-sound/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 18:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/british-columbia-says-it-will-no-longer-log-in-skagit-headwaters-key-to-puget-sound/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virginia moves to drop work requirement for Medicaid]]></title><description><![CDATA[RICHMOND, Va. (AP) &mdash; Virginia is moving toward dropping work requirements for Medicaid enrollees after Democrats won full control of the state legislature for the first time in a generation. Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam said Wednesday that his administration is hitting &ldquo;pause&rdquo; on its request for federal approval to requires some Medicaid recipients to have [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/virginia-moves-to-drop-work-requirement-for-medicaid/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 18:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/virginia-moves-to-drop-work-requirement-for-medicaid/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SpaceX delays space station delivery due to high wind]]></title><description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) &mdash; SpaceX has delayed its delivery to the International Space Station because of dangerous wind gusts. The Falcon 9 rocket came less than an hour from launching Wednesday. But the company halted the countdown because of excessive upper-level wind at Cape Canaveral and also out in the Atlantic. SpaceX wants to [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/spacex-delays-space-station-delivery-due-to-high-wind/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 18:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/spacex-delays-space-station-delivery-due-to-high-wind/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abortion bill suggests doctors reimplant ectopic pregnancies]]></title><description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) &mdash; An Ohio proposal aimed at outlawing abortions would present some doctors with the choice between facing potential criminal prosecution or attempting a procedure considered medically impossible: the reimplantation of an ectopic pregnancy. A doctor who terminates a pregnancy could face murder charges under the Republican-sponsored bill unless it is done to [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/abortion-bill-suggests-doctors-reimplant-ectopic-pregnancies/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 18:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/abortion-bill-suggests-doctors-reimplant-ectopic-pregnancies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Climate simulations are mostly accurate, study finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; The computer models used to simulate what heat-trapping gases will do to global temperatures have been pretty spot-on in their predictions, a new study found. After years of hearing critics blast the models&rsquo; accuracy, climate scientist Zeke Hausfather decided to see just how good they have been. He tracked down 17 models [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/climate-simulations-are-mostly-accurate-study-finds/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 18:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/climate-simulations-are-mostly-accurate-study-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[45,000 Idahoans sign up for Medicaid under expansion]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho (AP) &mdash; More than 45,000 Idaho residents have signed up for Medicaid under expanded coverage according to numbers released Tuesday by the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. That&rsquo;s about half of the 91,000 people the agency estimates are eligible to sign up under the expansion. Voters authorized Medicaid expansion last year with [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/45000-idahoans-sign-up-for-medicaid-under-expansion/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 18:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/45000-idahoans-sign-up-for-medicaid-under-expansion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man shot, mortally wounded at Anchorage restaurant]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Anchorage police say a man was fatally shot at a city restaurant. The man&rsquo;s name has not been released and no arrest has been made. Police dispatchers at around 3:15 p.m. Tuesday received a report of a shooting at the Black Angus Inn at 14th Avenue and Gambell Street. Arriving officers [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-shot-mortally-wounded-at-anchorage-restaurant/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 17:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-shot-mortally-wounded-at-anchorage-restaurant/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idaho House minority leader resigns, takes new job]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho (AP) &mdash; The Democratic minority leader in the Idaho House announced Wednesday that he is resigning and joining the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce as vice president of government relations. Lawmaker Mat Erpelding was an articulate spokesman for his party and found areas where he could work with Republicans. However, he did not [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/idaho-house-minority-leader-resigns-takes-new-job/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 16:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/idaho-house-minority-leader-resigns-takes-new-job/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idaho House Minority Leader Erpelding will resign Friday]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho (AP) &mdash; Democratic House Minority Leader Mat Erpelding announced Wednesday that he will resign on Friday. The Boise lawmaker said in a resignation letter to Republican Gov. Brad Little and Republican House Speaker Scott Bedke that he&rsquo;s joining the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce. Democrats will offer three possible replacements for Little to [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/idaho-house-minority-leader-erpelding-will-resign-friday/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 16:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/idaho-house-minority-leader-erpelding-will-resign-friday/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police: Driver arrested after killing pedestrian]]></title><description><![CDATA[GOLD BAR, Wash. (AP) &mdash; Authorities say a driver has been arrested after crashing into and killing a pedestrian along US 2 in Gold Bar, Washington. KOMO reports the crash happened just after 1:30 a.m. Wednesday. Washington State Trooper Heather Axtman said a Mazda RX8 hit someone walking along the highway. The pedestrian was pronounced [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/police-driver-arrested-after-killing-pedestrian/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 16:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/police-driver-arrested-after-killing-pedestrian/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Driver arrested after killing pedestrian on Highway 2, police say]]></title><description><![CDATA[GOLD BAR &mdash; Authorities say a driver has been arrested after crashing into and killing a pedestrian along Highway 2 in Snohomish County. KOMO reports the crash happened just after 1:30 a.m. Wednesday. State Trooper Heather Axtman said a Mazda RX8 hit someone walking along the highway. The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/driver-arrested-after-killing-pedestrian-on-highway-2-police-say/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 16:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/driver-arrested-after-killing-pedestrian-on-highway-2-police-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Birds are shrinking. These scientists say it’s a consequence of global warming.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Birds are getting smaller. So shows an analysis of migratory birds that died after colliding into buildings in Chicago and were collected as specimens for the Field Museum of Natural History. David Willard, a Field Museum ornithologist, has measured the Windy City&rsquo;s dead birds since 1978. Data from his calipers and scales reveal decades-long trends [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/birds-are-shrinking-these-scientists-say-its-a-consequence-of-global-warming/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 16:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/birds-are-shrinking-these-scientists-say-its-a-consequence-of-global-warming/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alaska workers fired after video reveals package throwing]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; An Anchorage company has fired and disciplined workers after a video showed them throwing Amazon.com delivery packages to each other in a warehouse. The video of workers at the Legacy Logistics LLC warehouse near Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport was posted to social media Thursday and shared more than 4,000 times. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-workers-fired-after-video-reveals-package-throwing/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 15:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-workers-fired-after-video-reveals-package-throwing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Broken lights close Alaska tribal airport to night flights]]></title><description><![CDATA[BETHEL, Alaska (AP) &mdash; An Alaska Native community airport has been unable to receive night flights or medevac flights because of disabled runway lights, officials said. Alaska&rsquo;s Energy Desk reported that officials noticed Quinhagak&rsquo;s runway lights were not working properly in September. The damage to the lights became obvious when the nights became longer, officials [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/broken-lights-close-alaska-tribal-airport-to-night-flights/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 15:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/broken-lights-close-alaska-tribal-airport-to-night-flights/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Expedia CEO, CFO quit in clash on strategy as Barry Diller takes over]]></title><description><![CDATA[Expedia's CEO Mark Okerstrom and Chief Financial Officer Alan Pickerill will resign effective immediately after clashing with the board on the travel company's direction.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/expedia-ceo-cfo-quit-in-clash-on-strategy-as-barry-diller-takes-over/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 15:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/expedia-ceo-cfo-quit-in-clash-on-strategy-as-barry-diller-takes-over/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where Ms. Suki, 86, finds yoga, line dancing and a place to belong]]></title><description><![CDATA[The 46-year-old social-service agency offers more than a dozen programs for infants to seniors, serves 35,000 people annually and last year distributed 1 million pounds of food, including rice, noodles, tofu and soy milk, staples of Asian and Pacific Islander diets. Its staff of nearly 300 speaks 40 different languages and dialects combined.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/where-ms-suki-86-finds-yoga-line-dancing-and-a-place-to-belong/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/where-ms-suki-86-finds-yoga-line-dancing-and-a-place-to-belong/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What are the political lines in your Seattle neighborhood? See where council candidates did best, worst.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last month&rsquo;s raw election results told a blunt story about Seattle&rsquo;s political state of play, handing seven City Council candidates more votes than their opponents. But precinct-by-precinct results released this week tell a more detailed tale about the district races and highlight where exactly divisions slice through the electorate. When mapped, the precinct results paint [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/what-are-the-political-lines-in-your-seattle-neighborhood-see-where-council-candidates-did-best-worst/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/what-are-the-political-lines-in-your-seattle-neighborhood-see-where-council-candidates-did-best-worst/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nominate the people who’ve had the greatest impact on Seattle this decade]]></title><description><![CDATA[From athletic fields to City Hall to your favorite neighborhood cafe, a myriad of people from all walks of life have had a hand in molding Seattle into its 2019 self, and as the decade comes to an end, we want you to help us pick the 10 people who've had the most impact on Seattle over the last 10 years.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/nominate-the-people-whove-had-the-greatest-impact-on-seattle-this-decade/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/nominate-the-people-whove-had-the-greatest-impact-on-seattle-this-decade/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Maybe we can get this right for the rest of the country’: How UW and WSU plan to fight the digital ‘deepfakes’]]></title><description><![CDATA[The new research is intended to help everyone vulnerable to being fooled by online manipulation &mdash; whether it's schoolkids unsure about which news sites are trustworthy or baby boomers uncritically sharing fraudulent news stories on Facebook.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/maybe-we-can-get-this-right-for-the-rest-of-the-country-how-uw-and-wsu-plan-to-fight-the-digital-deepfakes/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/maybe-we-can-get-this-right-for-the-rest-of-the-country-how-uw-and-wsu-plan-to-fight-the-digital-deepfakes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last-minute changes could put King County regional homelessness authority on the fast track]]></title><description><![CDATA[The new proposal would give suburban cities in King County more representation on the regional homeless authority than a previous iteration.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/last-minute-changes-could-put-king-county-regional-homelessness-authority-on-the-fast-track/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/last-minute-changes-could-put-king-county-regional-homelessness-authority-on-the-fast-track/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Cutting and running’: King County closing its doors to street danger sends exactly the wrong message]]></title><description><![CDATA[King County's emergency decision to close off its Third Avenue doors because the street outside is too dangerous is being panned on the street outside. Said one business owner: "I can't do what they did &mdash; I can't just close my door."]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/cutting-and-running-king-county-closing-its-doors-to-street-danger-sends-exactly-the-wrong-message/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/cutting-and-running-king-county-closing-its-doors-to-street-danger-sends-exactly-the-wrong-message/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can you tell which face is real? UW and WSU plan to fight digital ‘deepfakes’]]></title><description><![CDATA[New research is intended to help everyone vulnerable to being fooled by online manipulation &mdash; whether it's schoolkids unsure about which news sites are trustworthy or baby boomers uncritically sharing fraudulent news stories on Facebook.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/can-you-tell-which-face-is-real-uw-and-wsu-plan-to-fight-digital-deepfakes/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/can-you-tell-which-face-is-real-uw-and-wsu-plan-to-fight-digital-deepfakes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[$2.8M suit filed over wheelchair-bound boy’s fall at school]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; The mother of a middle schooler is suing the district, saying her wheelchair-bound son fell and fractured his thigh bones and school staff didn&rsquo;t tell her until three days later. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Sherry Schregardus said her son Devin has cerebral palsy and is non-verbal. She says he fell at Ron [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/28m-suit-filed-over-wheelchair-bound-boys-fall-at-school/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 14:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/28m-suit-filed-over-wheelchair-bound-boys-fall-at-school/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everett police officers to wear body cameras in pilot program]]></title><description><![CDATA[The department plans to study the benefits of the technology and also better calculate the expenses associated with using them.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/everett-police-officers-to-wear-body-cameras-in-pilot-program/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 14:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/everett-police-officers-to-wear-body-cameras-in-pilot-program/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After 120-day ban on flavored vaping products, Washington will aim for permanent ban, tougher regulations]]></title><description><![CDATA[The plan is one of the latest in a&nbsp;yearslong push by some state lawmakers to pass tougher regulations on the vaping industry, whose biggest players are taking national and local heat for marketing their products &mdash; many of which deliver more nicotine than cigarettes &mdash; to youth. Legislation would try to limit the percentage of nicotine in vapes to those found in cigarettes, around 2%. Juul's products, which are popular with teens, contain 5% nicotine.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/after-120-day-ban-on-flavored-vaping-products-washington-will-aim-for-permanent-ban-tougher-regulations/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/after-120-day-ban-on-flavored-vaping-products-washington-will-aim-for-permanent-ban-tougher-regulations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[European Union warns it could miss climate targets for 2030]]></title><description><![CDATA[MADRID (AP) &mdash; The European Union says it will miss its targets for reducing planet-warming greenhouse gases by 2030 unless member states make a greater effort than they have so far. The European Environment Agency said Wednesday that existing measures put the EU on course to cut its emissions by 30% in the next decade [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/european-union-warns-it-could-miss-climate-targets-for-2030/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 08:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/european-union-warns-it-could-miss-climate-targets-for-2030/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU climate leadership in doubt as bloc set to miss 2030 goal]]></title><description><![CDATA[MADRID (AP) &mdash; The European Union said Wednesday that it will likely miss its target for reducing greenhouse gases by 2030, dealing a blow to the bloc&rsquo;s efforts to be a leader in the fight against climate change. The European Environment Agency said existing measures put the EU on course to cut its emissions of [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/eu-climate-leadership-in-doubt-as-bloc-set-to-miss-2030-goal/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 08:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/eu-climate-leadership-in-doubt-as-bloc-set-to-miss-2030-goal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Driver accused of injuring Yakima County firefighter in hit-and-run turns himself in]]></title><description><![CDATA[The suspect turned himself in after the Washington State Patrol published a description of the incident.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/driver-accused-of-injuring-yakima-county-firefighter-in-hit-and-run-turns-himself-in/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 03:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/driver-accused-of-injuring-yakima-county-firefighter-in-hit-and-run-turns-himself-in/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Global greenhouse gas emissions will hit yet another record high this year, experts project]]></title><description><![CDATA[Instead of embarking on a long-awaited decline, global greenhouse gas emissions are projected to grow slightly during 2019, reaching another record high, according to a new analysis. "We're blowing through our carbon budget the way an addict blows through cash," said a professor of Earth science at Stanford University.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/global-greenhouse-gas-emissions-will-hit-yet-another-record-high-this-year-experts-project/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 01:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/global-greenhouse-gas-emissions-will-hit-yet-another-record-high-this-year-experts-project/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feds: Bellingham farm’s waste flowed into creek, killed fish]]></title><description><![CDATA[BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) &mdash; A Bellingham farmer has agreed to pay $6,750 to settle a federal complaint that he discharged animal waste into a restored creek, killing about 300 fish &mdash; including threatened steelhead. NOAA Fisheries said Tuesday that Harold Carbee discharged waste into Anderson Creek during a period of at least 12 hours in [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/feds-bellingham-farms-waste-flowed-into-creek-killed-fish/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 01:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/feds-bellingham-farms-waste-flowed-into-creek-killed-fish/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bellingham farmer to pay after waste flowed into creek, killed fish]]></title><description><![CDATA[An investigation found at least 300 dead fish, including 89 threatened steelhead smolts, coho salmon and other species as a result of the discharge.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/bellingham-farmer-to-pay-after-waste-flowed-into-creek-killed-fish/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 01:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/bellingham-farmer-to-pay-after-waste-flowed-into-creek-killed-fish/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Global carbon pollution continues to rise, but more slowly]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; The world continues to increase the amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide it pumps into the air, but it&rsquo;s not rising as fast as in the previous couple years. Led by big jumps from China and India, the world is projected to spew 40.57 billion tons (36.8 billion metric tons) of carbon dioxide [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/global-carbon-pollution-continues-to-rise-but-more-slowly/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 01:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/global-carbon-pollution-continues-to-rise-but-more-slowly/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattle lobbyists should disclose their work for political campaigns, ethics commission says]]></title><description><![CDATA[The City Council should update Seattle&rsquo;s lobbying laws to better spotlight how special interests try to exert influence at City Hall, the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission has recommended. The ethics commission voted Monday to send the council a set of proposed changes, including a new requirement that lobbyists report their work for political campaigns. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-lobbyists-should-disclose-their-work-for-political-campaigns-ethics-commission-says/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 01:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-lobbyists-should-disclose-their-work-for-political-campaigns-ethics-commission-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[PSE clears key hurdle in project to build 16-mile power line on the Eastside]]></title><description><![CDATA[The utility hopes to build a new substation and add 3.3 miles of 230-kilovolt lines in the area, which would be one portion of the high-voltage lines running from Redmond to Renton.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/pse-clears-key-hurdle-in-project-to-build-16-mile-power-line-on-the-eastside/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 00:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/pse-clears-key-hurdle-in-project-to-build-16-mile-power-line-on-the-eastside/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oregon GOP figure dumps Sondland campaign contributions]]></title><description><![CDATA[SALEM, Ore. (AP) &mdash; A leading Republican in Oregon has decided to dump campaign contributions from Gordon Sondland after sexual misconduct allegations against the Portland businessman-turned-diplomat surfaced last week. Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union who is embroiled in the impeachment probe against President Donald Trump, has called the claims of unwanted touching [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/oregon-gop-figure-dumps-sondland-campaign-contributions/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 00:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/oregon-gop-figure-dumps-sondland-campaign-contributions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Corrections: Man convicted of murder, kidnapping dies]]></title><description><![CDATA[JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) &mdash; A man convicted of kidnapping and killing a Fairbanks high school student in 1987 has died. The state Department of Corrections says 69-year-old Michael Alexander died at a Colorado hospital Sunday. The department, in a release, says Alexander had been transferred to the Colorado Department of Corrections last year to receive [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/corrections-man-convicted-of-murder-kidnapping-dies/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 00:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/corrections-man-convicted-of-murder-kidnapping-dies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stanford says admissions-scandal mastermind approached 7 coaches, snagged only 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[SAN JOSE, Calif. &mdash; A Stanford review found the mastermind behind the national college-admissions scandal had approached seven coaches with promises of generous payments for recommending athletically unaccomplished applicants for admission to the elite university as sports recruits, the university said Tuesday. Only one, the former sailing coach who pleaded guilty earlier this year, went [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/stanford-says-admissions-scandal-mastermind-approached-7-coaches-snagged-only-1/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 23:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/stanford-says-admissions-scandal-mastermind-approached-7-coaches-snagged-only-1/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idaho court OKs new hearing for woman serving life sentence]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho (AP) &mdash; A woman sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of killing a 2-year-old child will get a hearing that could lead to a new trial. The Idaho Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled a lower court wrongly rejected Katherine Stanfield&rsquo;s request for post-conviction relief based on ineffective assistance from her attorney. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/idaho-court-oks-new-hearing-for-woman-serving-life-sentence/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 23:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/idaho-court-oks-new-hearing-for-woman-serving-life-sentence/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man’s cat found after 2 months at Oregon rest area]]></title><description><![CDATA[PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) &mdash; A man has been reunited with his cat more than two months after she slipped out of his car at an eastern Oregon rest area. Antonio Martinez stopped at the Deadman Pass rest area 18 miles (29 kilometers) east of Pendleton during his move from Texas to Beaverton, the East Oregonian [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/mans-cat-found-after-2-months-at-oregon-rest-area/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 22:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/mans-cat-found-after-2-months-at-oregon-rest-area/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alaska reports first vaping injury case]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Alaska health officials are reporting the state&rsquo;s first confirmed vaping injury case, a teenager who remains hospitalized. Until the announcement Tuesday, Alaska was the only state without a vaping injury or death from e-cigarettes or THC products. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 2,290 lung-injury cases were reported from [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-reports-first-vaping-injury-case/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 21:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-reports-first-vaping-injury-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[200,000 people without insurance may apply for free HIV-prevention drugs]]></title><description><![CDATA[The new program &mdash; called Ready, Set, PrEP &mdash; marks the first time the federal government is supplying PrEP to patients not enrolled in Medicaid, the Veterans Health Administration or any other federal health program.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/200000-people-without-insurance-may-apply-for-free-hiv-prevention-drugs/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 21:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/200000-people-without-insurance-may-apply-for-free-hiv-prevention-drugs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anchorage police identify victims found in burning SUV]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Two people found dead in a burned car were the wife and teenage stepdaughter of the man charged in the case. The Anchorage Daily News reports 34-year-old Tylan Fely is charged with first-degree murder, arson and other counts in the deaths of Cecilia Tuuaga and her 13-year-old daughter, identified by the [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/anchorage-police-identify-victims-found-in-burning-suv/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 21:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/anchorage-police-identify-victims-found-in-burning-suv/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boeing delays crew capsule test flight to space station]]></title><description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) &mdash; Boeing has delayed its first test flight of its Starliner crew capsule to the International Space Station. The launch is now targeted for Dec. 19. NASA said Tuesday that the two-day postponement was caused by problems with ground equipment at the Cape Canaveral pad. Both the Starliner and United Launch [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/boeing-delays-crew-capsule-test-flight-to-space-station/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 21:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/boeing-delays-crew-capsule-test-flight-to-space-station/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idaho man gets 15 years in prison for terrorism conviction]]></title><description><![CDATA[CALDWELL, Idaho (AP) &mdash; An Idaho man convicted of felony terrorism was sentenced to 15 years in prison for making fake bomb threats in Nampa. Grant Stevenson, 22, was sentenced Monday, with three years to be served before he is eligible for parole, prosecutors said. Stevenson was arrested after Nampa police received social media messages [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/idaho-man-gets-15-years-in-prison-for-terrorism-conviction/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 20:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/idaho-man-gets-15-years-in-prison-for-terrorism-conviction/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idaho man gets 15 years in prison for sending hoax threats]]></title><description><![CDATA[CALDWELL, Idaho (AP) &mdash; A judge has sentenced an Idaho man convicted of felony terrorism almost nine months after he was arrested for making fake bomb threats in Nampa. Prosecutors say 22-year-old Grant Stevenson was sentenced Monday to 15 years in prison, with three years to be served before being eligible for parole. Prosecutors say [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/idaho-man-gets-15-years-in-prison-for-sending-hoax-threats/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 20:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/idaho-man-gets-15-years-in-prison-for-sending-hoax-threats/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man charged in girlfriend’s strangling death at Palmer motel]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; A 35-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend last month at a Palmer motel. Anchorage television station KTVA reports Martin Saccheus is charged in the death of 28-year-old Mingnuna Miller. The state medical examiner determined she died by strangulation. Saccheus is represented by the [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-charged-in-girlfriends-strangling-death-at-palmer-motel/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 20:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-charged-in-girlfriends-strangling-death-at-palmer-motel/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Washington state district settles sexual misconduct lawsuit]]></title><description><![CDATA[BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) &mdash; A Washington state school district has agreed to pay $5 million to the families of four students allegedly sexually assaulted by another student on school bus trips. The Kitsap Sun reported Sunday that the lawsuit was filed in January 2018 claiming four developmentally disabled children were assaulted by a 10 or [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/washington-state-district-settles-sexual-misconduct-lawsuit/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 20:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/washington-state-district-settles-sexual-misconduct-lawsuit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. teens behind global peers in reading, math, science]]></title><description><![CDATA[Peggy Carr, at the National Center for Education Statistics, said the results sent an unmistakable message that U.S. students are in trouble when it comes to how they perform in math relative to their international peers: &ldquo;The rankings are telling.&rdquo; The results are just the latest sign of growing disparities in academic performance.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/us-teens-behind-global-peers-in-reading-math-science/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 20:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/us-teens-behind-global-peers-in-reading-math-science/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yakima County hepatitis A outbreak at 18 cases and expected to grow]]></title><description><![CDATA[The cases are all tied to people experiencing homelessness and those using illicit drugs, according to the Yakima Health District.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/yakima-county-hepatitis-a-outbreak-at-18-cases-and-expected-to-grow/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 18:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/yakima-county-hepatitis-a-outbreak-at-18-cases-and-expected-to-grow/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fisherman sentenced for fishing in state research area]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; A southeast Alaska commercial fisherman convicted of fishing in a state research area has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined more than $35,000. Alaska State Troopers say 45-year-old Jonathan McGraw Jr. of Naukati Bay pleaded guilty last week to fishing in closed waters of Whale Pass and providing [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/fisherman-sentenced-for-fishing-in-state-research-area/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 18:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/fisherman-sentenced-for-fishing-in-state-research-area/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It blesses my heart’: Native artists share and sell their works]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cultural traditions and unique works of art were on display at the Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center&rsquo;s annual holiday Native Gift Fair &amp; Art Market at&nbsp; in West Seattle. The gift fair and art market will be held again Friday through Sunday, Dec. 13-15, at 4705 W. Marginal Way S.W. For more information, visit: https://www.duwamishtribe.org/events]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/it-blesses-my-heart-native-artists-share-and-sell-their-works/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 17:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/it-blesses-my-heart-native-artists-share-and-sell-their-works/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tennessee doctor pleads guilty to overprescribing opioids]]></title><description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, Tenn. (AP) &mdash; A Tennessee doctor who lost five patients to fatal overdoses in 10 months now faces up to 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine. News outlets report 64-year-old Dr. Darrel Rinehart pleaded guilty Monday to prescribing hydrocodone without medical necessity. U.S. Attorney Don Cochran says Rinehart also admitted to [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/tennessee-doctor-pleads-guilty-to-overprescribing-opioids/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 17:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/tennessee-doctor-pleads-guilty-to-overprescribing-opioids/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harvard grad students strike over pay, health, protections]]></title><description><![CDATA[CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) &mdash; Harvard University&rsquo;s graduate students are going on strike after failing to reach a labor contract with the administration. A union representing the school&rsquo;s graduate students began picketing Tuesday after more than a year of negotiations. The labor group says Harvard has failed to offer fair pay, health care and workplace protections. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/harvard-grad-students-strike-over-pay-health-protections/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 17:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/harvard-grad-students-strike-over-pay-health-protections/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senate panel backs Trump’s pick to run FDA]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; Senate lawmakers on Tuesday moved one step closer to confirming President Donald Trump&rsquo;s nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration, the agency responsible for combating a recent wave of underage vaping. The Senate&rsquo;s health committee voted 18-5 to advance the nomination of Dr. Stephen Hahn, a cancer specialist and medical executive [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/senate-panel-backs-trumps-pick-to-run-fda/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 17:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/senate-panel-backs-trumps-pick-to-run-fda/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Female trainee sues trucking company, alleging abuse]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; A woman training to be a cross-country cargo trucker claims in a lawsuit that her supervisor held her hostage in the cab of the truck, sexually harassed her and molested her for nearly a month, with the most egregious allegations occurring in Oregon in November 2018. The woman filed a civil [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/female-trainee-sues-trucking-company-alleging-abuse/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 16:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/female-trainee-sues-trucking-company-alleging-abuse/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattle was ranked the 10th best city for football fans. Should we be higher?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scott Clayton&rsquo;s got a problem with a study released earlier this year naming Seattle one of the nation&rsquo;s top 10 cities for football fans. His issue? Seattle is ranked only&nbsp;10th. &ldquo;We should be higher,&rdquo; said the Belfair resident, who was decked out in his blue and green glory early Tuesday morning after a thrilling Seahawks [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-was-ranked-the-10th-best-city-for-football-fans-should-we-be-higher/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 16:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-was-ranked-the-10th-best-city-for-football-fans-should-we-be-higher/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattle was named the 10th best city for football fans. Should we be ranked higher?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seattle was ranked the 10th best city for football fans among 240 cities that have at least one college or NFL football team. The analysis incorporated 21 metrics, including championship and division wins, ticket prices, stadium accessibility and Twitter followings.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-was-named-the-10th-best-city-for-football-fans-should-we-be-ranked-higher/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 16:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-was-named-the-10th-best-city-for-football-fans-should-we-be-ranked-higher/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sounder trains, northbound and southbound, delayed by pedestrian versus train collisions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Multiple Sounder trains were delayed, and northbound traffic on I-5 was backed up south of Seattle.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/sounder-trains-northbound-and-southbound-delayed-by-pedestrian-versus-train-collisions/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 15:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/sounder-trains-northbound-and-southbound-delayed-by-pedestrian-versus-train-collisions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sounder train 1502 and other south line trains delayed after pedestrian hit by train]]></title><description><![CDATA[Multiple Sounder trains were delayed, and northbound traffic on I-5 was backed up south of Seattle.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/sounder-train-1502-and-other-south-line-trains-delayed-after-pedestrian-hit-by-train/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 15:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/sounder-train-1502-and-other-south-line-trains-delayed-after-pedestrian-hit-by-train/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sounder north and south lines delayed after two pedestrians hit by trains in separate incidents]]></title><description><![CDATA[Multiple Sounder trains were delayed, and northbound traffic on I-5 was backed up south of Seattle.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/sounder-north-and-south-lines-delayed-after-two-pedestrians-hit-by-trains-in-separate-incidents/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 15:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/sounder-north-and-south-lines-delayed-after-two-pedestrians-hit-by-trains-in-separate-incidents/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health program offers free HIV prevention drug to uninsured]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; The government launched a new program on Tuesday to provide an HIV prevention drug for free to people who need the protection but have no insurance to pay for it. Taking certain anti-HIV drugs every day dramatically reduces the chances that someone who is still healthy becomes infected through sex or injection [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/health-program-offers-free-hiv-prevention-drug-to-uninsured/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 15:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/health-program-offers-free-hiv-prevention-drug-to-uninsured/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alaska redistricting planning committee set to begin meeting]]></title><description><![CDATA[JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) &mdash; The committee that will plan Alaska&rsquo;s redistricting that occurs every 10 years is set to begin meeting. KTOO-FM reported Monday that the state&rsquo;s Redistricting Planning Committee is scheduled to hold its first meeting Wednesday in Anchorage. Officials say redistricting involves redrawing Alaska&rsquo;s legislative districts to align with figures from the federal [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-redistricting-planning-committee-set-to-begin-meeting/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 15:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-redistricting-planning-committee-set-to-begin-meeting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anchorage police still citing minors for tobacco possession]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; The Anchorage Police Department has continued issuing citations to minors for possession of tobacco and vaping products despite a new ordinance ending the penalty. The Anchorage Daily News reported the Anchorage Assembly passed an ordinance in July called Tobacco 21 to help reduce teen smoking. The ordinance included a change that [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/anchorage-police-still-citing-minors-for-tobacco-possession/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 15:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/anchorage-police-still-citing-minors-for-tobacco-possession/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At Bridle Trails park, equestrians feeling the impact of growth — and two-legged visitors — on their Eastside ‘horse heaven’]]></title><description><![CDATA[For decades, the sprawling park has been a refuge for horse owners looking for a place to ride. But residential growth in Eastside cities has brought more two-legged visitors, sparking an increase in encounters.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/at-bridle-trails-park-equestrians-feeling-the-impact-of-growth-and-two-legged-visitors-on-their-eastside-horse-heaven/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/at-bridle-trails-park-equestrians-feeling-the-impact-of-growth-and-two-legged-visitors-on-their-eastside-horse-heaven/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lingering snowstorm wreaks havoc on Boston commute]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOSTON (AP) &mdash; The snowstorm that doesn&rsquo;t want to end coated coastal New England at the height of the morning commute Tuesday, snarling travel and closing schools. The wintry weather that moved into New England on Sunday night has so far dropped 25 inches on Winchendon, Massachusetts, and 18 inches on North Granby, Connecticut, according [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/lingering-snowstorm-wreaks-havoc-on-boston-commute/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 14:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/lingering-snowstorm-wreaks-havoc-on-boston-commute/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sunday morning fire does $1 million damage to Yakima business; authorities investigating]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Yakima Fire Department is working with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to determine if video footage is available from the alley of Picatti Bros., where the fire started.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/sunday-morning-fire-does-1-million-damage-to-yakima-business-authorities-investigating/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 14:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/sunday-morning-fire-does-1-million-damage-to-yakima-business-authorities-investigating/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Town to use cameras, citizens to police streets at night]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; A small southern Oregon town plans to enhance its diminished police presence by installing eight security cameras that a group of vigilant volunteers will monitor. City Recorder Rebecca Patton told The Oregonian/OregonLive Monday that Cave Junction&rsquo;s mayor and City Council recently approved the public safety proposal and are awaiting final authorization [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/town-to-use-cameras-citizens-to-police-streets-at-night/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 14:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/town-to-use-cameras-citizens-to-police-streets-at-night/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oregon town to use cameras, citizens to police streets at night]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; A small southern Oregon town plans to enhance its diminished police presence by installing eight security cameras that a group of vigilant volunteers will monitor. City Recorder Rebecca Patton told The Oregonian/OregonLive Monday that Cave Junction&rsquo;s mayor and City Council recently approved the public safety proposal and are awaiting final authorization [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/oregon-town-to-use-cameras-citizens-to-police-streets-at-night/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 14:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/oregon-town-to-use-cameras-citizens-to-police-streets-at-night/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drunk driver who killed woman, 4 children, gets 34 years]]></title><description><![CDATA[SALEM, Ore. (AP) &mdash; A man convicted of driving drunk and causing the crash that killed five family members near Salem was sentenced to 34 years in prison. The Statesman Journal reports Favian Garcia of Gervais was sentenced Monday. He was arrested Oct. 8, 2017, after he crashed a Land Rover head-on into a Buick [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/drunk-driver-who-killed-woman-4-children-gets-34-years/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 14:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/drunk-driver-who-killed-woman-4-children-gets-34-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UN says current decade heading for new temperature record]]></title><description><![CDATA[MADRID (AP) &mdash; The U.N. weather agency says that the current decade is likely to set a new 10-year temperature record, adding further evidence that the world is getting hotter. The World Meteorological Organization said Tuesday that preliminary temperature data show the years from 2015 to 2019 and from 2010 to 2019 &ldquo;are, respectively, almost [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/un-says-current-decade-heading-for-new-temperature-record/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 09:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/un-says-current-decade-heading-for-new-temperature-record/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greta Thunberg says voyage ‘energized’ her climate fight]]></title><description><![CDATA[LISBON, Portugal (AP) &mdash; Climate activist Greta Thunberg arrived in Portugal on Tuesday after a three-week voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, telling cheering supporters that the journey had &ldquo;energized&rdquo; her for the fight against climate change. The Swedish teen, whose one-woman protests outside the Swedish parliament helped inspired a global youth movement, sailed into the [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/greta-thunberg-says-voyage-energized-her-climate-fight/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 09:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/greta-thunberg-says-voyage-energized-her-climate-fight/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greta Thunberg arrives by sail in Europe for climate talks]]></title><description><![CDATA[LISBON, Portugal (AP) &mdash; Climate activist Greta Thunberg arrived Tuesday by catamaran in the port of Lisbon after a three-week voyage across the Atlantic Ocean from the United States. The Swedish teen sailed to the Portuguese capital before heading to neighboring Spain to attend the U.N. Climate Change Conference taking place in Madrid. Her arrival [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/greta-thunberg-arrives-by-sail-in-europe-for-climate-talks/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 09:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/greta-thunberg-arrives-by-sail-in-europe-for-climate-talks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NASA locates debris from India moon lander that crashed]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI (AP) &mdash; NASA says it has found the debris from India&rsquo;s moon lander, which crashed on the lunar surface in September. The U.S. space agency has released a photo showing the site of the lander&rsquo;s impact and the debris field, crediting an Indian engineer for helping locate the site. The engineer, Shanmuga Subramanian, [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/nasa-locates-debris-from-india-moon-lander-that-crashed/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 08:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/nasa-locates-debris-from-india-moon-lander-that-crashed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over 500K pot vapes seized in 2 years as busts rise in US]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; As health officials scrutinize marijuana vaping, it&rsquo;s increasingly on law enforcement&rsquo;s radar, too. From New York City to Nebraska farm country to California, authorities have seized at least 510,000 marijuana vape cartridges and arrested more than 120 people in the past two years, according to an Associated Press tally derived from [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/over-500k-pot-vapes-seized-in-2-years-as-busts-rise-in-us/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 07:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/over-500k-pot-vapes-seized-in-2-years-as-busts-rise-in-us/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marijuana vaping busts on rise; over 500K seized in 2 years]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; As health officials scrutinize marijuana vaping, it&rsquo;s increasingly on law enforcement&rsquo;s radar, too. From New York City to Nebraska farm country to California, authorities have seized at least 510,000 marijuana vape cartridges and arrested more than 120 people in the past two years, according to an Associated Press tally derived from [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/marijuana-vaping-busts-on-rise-over-500k-seized-in-2-years/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 07:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/marijuana-vaping-busts-on-rise-over-500k-seized-in-2-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge closes Third Avenue entrance to King County Courthouse, citing security concerns]]></title><description><![CDATA[The court has received continued reports of assaults outside the courthouse, Presiding Judge Jim Rogers wrote in the order.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/judge-closes-third-avenue-entrance-to-king-county-courthouse-citing-security-concerns/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 04:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/judge-closes-third-avenue-entrance-to-king-county-courthouse-citing-security-concerns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Washington Attorney General’s Office asks state Supreme Court to let car-tab cuts take effect]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Washington State Attorney General&rsquo;s Office is asking the state Supreme Court to allow voter-approved car-tab tax cuts to take effect this week, despite a lower-court ruling putting the cuts on hold. The state filed an emergency motion Monday saying Washington voters&rsquo; wishes are being &ldquo;stymied&rdquo; by a King County Superior Court judge&rsquo;s decision to [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/washington-attorney-generals-office-asks-state-supreme-court-to-let-car-tab-cuts-take-effect/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 04:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/washington-attorney-generals-office-asks-state-supreme-court-to-let-car-tab-cuts-take-effect/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evergreen State College sees signs of progress, but its enrollment is still shrinking]]></title><description><![CDATA[Freshman Wasmine Ghosheh said she noticed it in the dorms. When the 19-year-old from Sonoma County, California, arrived at The Evergreen State College in September, she met students who were supposed to have roommates but ended up with their own rooms. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s a lot of space &mdash; it&rsquo;s spacious, let&rsquo;s say,&rdquo; Ghosheh said the Friday [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/evergreen-state-college-sees-signs-of-progress-but-its-enrollment-is-still-shrinking/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 04:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/evergreen-state-college-sees-signs-of-progress-but-its-enrollment-is-still-shrinking/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NASA finds India’s Vikram moon lander crash Site, with amateur’s help]]></title><description><![CDATA[Since India lost contact with the spacecraft in September, the precise location of its crash has been a mystery.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/nasa-finds-indias-vikram-moon-lander-crash-site-with-amateurs-help/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 03:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/nasa-finds-indias-vikram-moon-lander-crash-site-with-amateurs-help/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Group files complaint with state Attorney General’s Office over gifted program changes at Seattle schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[The appeal to the Attorney General's Office comes after months of public uproar over the fate of the district's highly selective advanced learning program, called the Highly Capable Cohort (HCC).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/group-files-complaint-with-state-attorney-generals-office-over-gifted-program-changes-at-seattle-schools/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 03:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/group-files-complaint-with-state-attorney-generals-office-over-gifted-program-changes-at-seattle-schools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[2 companies declined Seward flight before fatal crash]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; An air ambulance that crashed on the Kenai Peninsula was on a flight to a location that other companies had declined. The Anchorage Daily News reports one air ambulance service Friday night declined to make a trip from Anchorage to Seward and another company said it would not make the flight [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/2-companies-declined-seward-flight-before-fatal-crash/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 01:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/2-companies-declined-seward-flight-before-fatal-crash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flurry of lawsuits against Seattle Children’s detail human toll from mold infections]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three separate lawsuits were filed Monday against Seattle Children's, including a potential class-action suit, over the esteemed hospital's long-running struggles to control mold infections.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/flurry-of-lawsuits-against-seattle-childrens-detail-human-toll-from-mold-infections/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 00:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/flurry-of-lawsuits-against-seattle-childrens-detail-human-toll-from-mold-infections/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A flurry of lawsuits against Seattle Children’s hints at human toll from mold infections]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three separate lawsuits were filed Monday against Seattle Children's, including a potential class-action suit, over the esteemed hospital's long-running struggles to control mold infections.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/a-flurry-of-lawsuits-against-seattle-childrens-hints-at-human-toll-from-mold-infections/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 00:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/a-flurry-of-lawsuits-against-seattle-childrens-hints-at-human-toll-from-mold-infections/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seward homicide victim was lured, beaten, police say]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Police in Seward say a man found dead last summer was lured to a remote location and beaten to death with a baseball bat. Five people are charged with first-degree murder and in the death of 21-year-old Preston Atwood. Atwood disappeared Aug. 25 and was last seen at a beach across [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seward-homicide-victim-was-lured-beaten-police-say/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 23:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seward-homicide-victim-was-lured-beaten-police-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police say Seward homicide victim was lured, beaten]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; A Seward man who went missing last summer was lured to a trail near a remote beach and beaten to death with a baseball bat, according to a criminal complaint filed by investigators. Five people have been charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder and manslaughter in the Aug. 25 death of [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/police-say-seward-homicide-victim-was-lured-beaten/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 23:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/police-say-seward-homicide-victim-was-lured-beaten/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man shot, seriously injured while delivering item in South Delridge, Seattle police say]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seattle police are investigating a shooting in the South Delridge neighborhood that left a 24-year-old man with serious injuries. The man had been delivering an item sold on a secondhand-goods website in the 9000 block of 18th Avenue Southwest around 2 p.m. when he called 911 and said he had been shot, according to a [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-shot-seriously-injured-while-delivering-item-in-south-delridge-seattle-police-say/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 23:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-shot-seriously-injured-while-delivering-item-in-south-delridge-seattle-police-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man seriously injured in South Delridge shooting, Seattle police say]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seattle police are investigating a shooting in the South Delridge neighborhood that left a 24-year-old man with serious injuries. The shooting occurred in the 9000 block of 18th Avenue Southwest, according to a tweet from Seattle police. Officials began responding shortly before 2 p.m. The victim was taken to Harborview Medical Center in serious condition, [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-seriously-injured-in-south-delridge-shooting-seattle-police-say/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 23:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-seriously-injured-in-south-delridge-shooting-seattle-police-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man injured in South Delridge shooting, Seattle police say]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seattle police are investigating a shooting in the South Delridge neighborhood that left a man with injuries. The shooting occurred in the 9000 block of 18th Avenue Southwest, according to a tweet from Seattle police. Officials began responding shortly before 2 p.m. Officers investigating shooting in the 9000 block of 18th Ave SW. One male [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-injured-in-south-delridge-shooting-seattle-police-say/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 23:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-injured-in-south-delridge-shooting-seattle-police-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minority spokesman: Gillis confirmed to Alaska House seat]]></title><description><![CDATA[JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Alaska House Republicans have voted to confirm Mel Gillis for an open Anchorage House seat. Gillis will replace Republican Josh Revak, who was confirmed recently to a Senate seat. Revak, who had been a first-term representative, succeeds Republican Chris Birch in the Senate Birch died in August. Gillis was one of [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/minority-spokesman-gillis-confirmed-to-alaska-house-seat/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 22:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/minority-spokesman-gillis-confirmed-to-alaska-house-seat/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man who made thousands of vulgar calls to women gets prison]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; A 50-year-old Oregon man who for years made thousands of anonymous vulgar phone calls to seven women in Pennsylvania has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports each victim received over 200 calls from Bob Ugwa in a two-year period; one woman received 1,162 calls from him [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-who-made-thousands-of-vulgar-calls-to-women-gets-prison/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 22:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-who-made-thousands-of-vulgar-calls-to-women-gets-prison/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report: Lobbyists aided lawmakers with health care columns]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; Lobbyists were involved in drafting or revising opinion columns about health care written by state lawmakers in Montana and Ohio, officials said. Lobbyists were involved in producing the final versions of articles warning of the dangers of Medicare-for-all and other government involvement in health care, The Washington Post reported Monday. State Rep. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/report-lobbyists-aided-lawmakers-with-health-care-columns/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 22:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/report-lobbyists-aided-lawmakers-with-health-care-columns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shelley Morrison, &lsquo;Will &amp; Grace&rsquo; actress, dies at 83]]></title><description><![CDATA[Shelley Morrison, whose 64-year acting career included playing the memorable maid Rosario on NBC&rsquo;s &ldquo;Will &amp; Grace&rdquo; from 1999 to 2006, died Sunday in Los Angeles. She was 83. Her husband, Walter Dominguez, said the cause was heart failure. &ldquo;Shelley&rsquo;s greatest pride as an actress was in playing the indomitable Rosario in a comedy series [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/shelley-morrison-lsquowill-amp-gracersquo-actress-dies-at-83/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 21:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/shelley-morrison-lsquowill-amp-gracersquo-actress-dies-at-83/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattle police believe driver was high on meth when she hit pedestrians on Aurora, killing 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[The 23-year-old driver waived her first court appearance, when a judge found probable cause to hold her on investigation of vehicular homicide, vehicular assault and felony hit-and-run.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-police-believe-driver-was-high-on-meth-when-she-hit-pedestrians-on-aurora-killing-2/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 20:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-police-believe-driver-was-high-on-meth-when-she-hit-pedestrians-on-aurora-killing-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sheriff: 3 Guatemalan Christmas tree workers killed in Oregon crash]]></title><description><![CDATA[SALEM, Oregon (AP) &mdash; Police in Oregon have identified three people killed in a motor vehicle crash as Guatemalans who worked on a Christmas tree farm. The Marion County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office says Andres Alonzo Canil, 41, and Miguel Alonzo-Lucas, 39, were killed in the Friday night crash in Salem, Oregon. Deputies are still trying to [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/sheriff-3-guatemalan-christmas-tree-workers-killed-in-oregon-crash/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 20:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/sheriff-3-guatemalan-christmas-tree-workers-killed-in-oregon-crash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sheriff: 3 Guatemalan Christmas tree workers killed in crash]]></title><description><![CDATA[SALEM, Oregon (AP) &mdash; Police in Oregon have identified three people killed in a motor vehicle crash as Guatemalans who worked on a Christmas tree farm. The Marion County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office says Andres Alonzo Canil, 41, and Miguel Alonzo-Lucas, 39, were killed in the Friday night crash in Salem, Oregon. Deputies are still trying to [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/sheriff-3-guatemalan-christmas-tree-workers-killed-in-crash/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 20:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/sheriff-3-guatemalan-christmas-tree-workers-killed-in-crash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[3 Guatemalan Christmas tree workers killed in Oregon crash]]></title><description><![CDATA[SALEM, Oregon &mdash; The men and youths from Guatemala had worked all week on one of the largest Christmas tree farms in the world, loading the fir trees onto trucks for shipment around the United States. Ranging in age from 14 to 64, the 13 workers were headed home Friday night when their van collided [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/3-guatemalan-christmas-tree-workers-killed-in-oregon-crash/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 20:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/3-guatemalan-christmas-tree-workers-killed-in-oregon-crash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[3 Guatemalan Christmas tree workers killed in crash]]></title><description><![CDATA[SALEM, Oregon (AP) &mdash; The men and youths from Guatemala had worked all week on one of the largest Christmas tree farms in the world, loading the fir trees onto trucks for shipment around the United States. Ranging in age from 14 to 64, the 13 workers were headed home Friday night when their van [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/3-guatemalan-christmas-tree-workers-killed-in-crash/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 20:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/3-guatemalan-christmas-tree-workers-killed-in-crash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clinic pitches unproven treatments to desperate patients, with tips on raising the cash]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hundreds of clinics across the U.S. are selling stem-cell therapies for incurable conditions. Often, patients say, the only thing affected is their finances. Even in a booming industry long denounced by medical experts, the Lung Health Institute has been singled out for its aggressive marketing and unproven claims.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/clinic-pitches-unproven-treatments-to-desperate-patients-with-tips-on-raising-the-cash/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 19:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/clinic-pitches-unproven-treatments-to-desperate-patients-with-tips-on-raising-the-cash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge overturns manslaughter conviction, faults state police]]></title><description><![CDATA[SALEM, Ore. (AP) &mdash; A judge in Oregon has ruled that the Oregon State Police failed to reveal DNA evidence that would have exonerated a man charged with killing his girlfriend, and has overturned his manslaughter conviction. Nicholas McGuffin has maintained his innocence in the death of Leah Freeman, who was 15 when she disappeared [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/judge-overturns-manslaughter-conviction-faults-state-police/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 19:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/judge-overturns-manslaughter-conviction-faults-state-police/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DNA evidence withheld, manslaughter conviction overturned]]></title><description><![CDATA[SALEM, Ore. (AP) &mdash; Oregon State Police failed to reveal DNA evidence that could have exonerated a man who has spent nine years in prison for the killing of his girlfriend, a judge ruled in overturning the conviction. Nicholas McGuffin has consistently maintained his innocence in the death of Leah Freeman, who was 15 when [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/dna-evidence-withheld-manslaughter-conviction-overturned/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 19:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/dna-evidence-withheld-manslaughter-conviction-overturned/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idaho governor seeks tribal water quality data for review]]></title><description><![CDATA[COEUR D&rsquo;ALENE, Idaho (AP) &mdash; Idaho&rsquo;s governor has called for a third-party assessment of Lake Coeur d&rsquo;Alene&rsquo;s water quality as the tribe that owns a third of the lake backs out of a joint monitoring project. The Coeur d&rsquo;Alene Press reported Republican Gov. Brad Little wrote to the Coeur d&rsquo;Alene Tribe requesting data from the [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/idaho-governor-seeks-tribal-water-quality-data-for-review/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 19:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/idaho-governor-seeks-tribal-water-quality-data-for-review/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Governor seeks lake study as tribe leaves monitoring project]]></title><description><![CDATA[COEUR D&rsquo;ALENE, Idaho (AP) &mdash; Idaho&rsquo;s governor called for a third-party assessment of Lake Coeur d&rsquo;Alene&rsquo;s water quality as a tribe that owns a third of the lake backed out of a joint monitoring project, officials said. Republican Gov. Brad Little wrote to the Coeur d&rsquo;Alene Tribe requesting data from the tribe and the state [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/governor-seeks-lake-study-as-tribe-leaves-monitoring-project/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 19:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/governor-seeks-lake-study-as-tribe-leaves-monitoring-project/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Troopers release name of driver killed in highway crash]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Alaska State Troopers have released the name of a driver killed Nov. 17 in a head-on Parks Highway crash south of Talkeetna. Troopers say the man killed in the crash with a semi-tractor trailer was 72-year-old Richard Krause of Willow. Krause was driving south when the accident occurred. Heavy snow had [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/troopers-release-name-of-driver-killed-in-highway-crash/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 18:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/troopers-release-name-of-driver-killed-in-highway-crash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police looking for car after firefighter injured in Yakima County hit-and-run]]></title><description><![CDATA[The firefighter was working at the scene of an earlier collision Sunday morning along Interstate 82.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/police-looking-for-car-after-firefighter-injured-in-yakima-county-hit-and-run/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 18:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/police-looking-for-car-after-firefighter-injured-in-yakima-county-hit-and-run/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anchorage police investigate burned SUV with 2 bodies inside]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Anchorage police say the bodies of two people were found in a sport utility vehicle that burned on the city&rsquo;s east side. Police shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday responded to reports of a vehicle fire. They found the SUV fully engulfed in a vacant lot on Newell Street a few blocks [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/anchorage-police-investigate-burned-suv-with-2-bodies-inside/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 18:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/anchorage-police-investigate-burned-suv-with-2-bodies-inside/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anchorage charged with murder, arson in deaths of 2 in SUV]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; A 34-year-old Anchorage man has been charged with murder and arson in the deaths of two people found in a burning sport utility vehicle. Anchorage police on Monday arrested Tylan Fely. He also faces charges of weapons misconduct, evidence tampering and misconduct involving a corpse. Fely has not been arraigned, and [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/anchorage-charged-with-murder-arson-in-deaths-of-2-in-suv/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 18:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/anchorage-charged-with-murder-arson-in-deaths-of-2-in-suv/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boy arrested after fatal shooting of man in Forks]]></title><description><![CDATA[FORKS, Wash. (AP) &mdash; Authorities say a 19-year-old man was killed in a shooting in Forks, Washington, and a boy has been arrested. KOMO reports police were called just after 5:30 a.m. Sunday. They arrived to find a 19-year-old man dead at the scene from gunshot wounds. A boy described as a &ldquo;juvenile male&rdquo; was [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/boy-arrested-after-fatal-shooting-of-man-in-forks/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 17:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/boy-arrested-after-fatal-shooting-of-man-in-forks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[R.J. Reynolds seeks FDA approval to claim e-cig is safer]]></title><description><![CDATA[WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) &mdash; The Food and Drug Administration will review whether R.J. Reynolds can claim that its electronic cigarette poses less risk than tobacco. The Winston-Salem Journal reported Sunday that the electronic cigarette is named Vuse and is made by R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co. Reynolds submitted Vuse for premarket approval from the FDA in [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/rj-reynolds-seeks-fda-approval-to-claim-e-cig-is-safer/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 17:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/rj-reynolds-seeks-fda-approval-to-claim-e-cig-is-safer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marion County rejects hemp drying facility application]]></title><description><![CDATA[SALEM, Ore. (AP) &mdash; Marion County has rejected an application for a $15.5 million hemp drying and oil-processing facility proposed for a 37-acre farm in Turner, Oregon. The Statesman-Journal reports that Jupiter Pharma, an Illinois company registered in Delaware, had asked the county for a conditional-use permit to build the factory on property zoned for [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/marion-county-rejects-hemp-drying-facility-application/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 16:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/marion-county-rejects-hemp-drying-facility-application/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Survivors from South Dakota plane crash in stable condition]]></title><description><![CDATA[SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) &mdash; The three survivors of a South Dakota plane crash that killed nine members of an extended family from Idaho are in stable condition at a hospital. The survivors of Saturday&rsquo;s crash in a cornfield near Chamberlain are being treated at Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls. The family was [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/survivors-from-south-dakota-plane-crash-in-stable-condition/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 16:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/survivors-from-south-dakota-plane-crash-in-stable-condition/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idaho community mourns 9 relatives killed in plane crash]]></title><description><![CDATA[SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) &mdash; When Jim Hansen boarded his company&rsquo;s single-engine aircraft for a pheasant-hunting trip to South Dakota, he brought along the same people he trusted with his business: his family. Three generations of Hansen&rsquo;s clan ran a petroleum distribution business in Idaho Falls, Idaho, called Conrad &amp; Bischoff. Hansen&rsquo;s sons, Jim Jr. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/idaho-community-mourns-9-relatives-killed-in-plane-crash/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 16:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/idaho-community-mourns-9-relatives-killed-in-plane-crash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Seattle area just had its fourth-driest November on record. Here’s what’s in store for us next.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last month was Seattle&rsquo;s fourth-driest November on record since 1945, according to the National Weather Service. Here&rsquo;s a look at what the coming week has in store for us.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/the-seattle-area-just-had-its-fourth-driest-november-on-record-heres-whats-in-store-for-us-next/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 16:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/the-seattle-area-just-had-its-fourth-driest-november-on-record-heres-whats-in-store-for-us-next/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Seattle area just had its fourth-driest November on record. Clear skies continue this week — mostly.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last month was Seattle&rsquo;s fourth-driest November on record since 1945, according to the National Weather Service. Here&rsquo;s a look at what the coming week has in store for us.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/the-seattle-area-just-had-its-fourth-driest-november-on-record-clear-skies-continue-this-week-mostly/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 16:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/the-seattle-area-just-had-its-fourth-driest-november-on-record-clear-skies-continue-this-week-mostly/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who profits from ‘crimmigration’? Not America or its ideals]]></title><description><![CDATA[The criminalization of immigration is neither just nor unavoidable, writes author C&eacute;sar Cuauht&eacute;moc Garc&iacute;a Hern&aacute;ndez, who appears at Seattle's Town Hall on Dec. 9.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/who-profits-from-crimmigration-not-america-or-its-ideals/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/who-profits-from-crimmigration-not-america-or-its-ideals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We cried for happy news’: Eagle Village is first Seattle housing project to address needs of homeless Native adults]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seattle's Eagle Village is the first local housing project specifically designed to help formerly homeless Native American adults. Now Native-led groups in other cities are paying attention.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/we-cried-for-happy-news-eagle-village-is-first-seattle-housing-project-to-address-needs-of-homeless-native-adults/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/we-cried-for-happy-news-eagle-village-is-first-seattle-housing-project-to-address-needs-of-homeless-native-adults/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Washington’s new career-education programs are off the ground, but how will the state regulate them?]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than $25 million will support new career education programs across Washington, but officials are still figuring out how to ensure the programs are equitable.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/washingtons-new-career-education-programs-are-off-the-ground-but-how-will-the-state-regulate-them/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/washingtons-new-career-education-programs-are-off-the-ground-but-how-will-the-state-regulate-them/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattle metro area is one of just three in America where marijuana use tops nicotine, data shows]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than 700,000 people age 18 and older in the Seattle-Tacoma area &mdash; about 17% of the adult population &mdash; have consumed cannabis in the past 30 days, according to the data from the market-research firm Nielsen.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-metro-area-is-one-of-just-three-in-america-where-marijuana-use-tops-nicotine-data-shows/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-metro-area-is-one-of-just-three-in-america-where-marijuana-use-tops-nicotine-data-shows/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New insurance surcharge to fight wildfires to be proposed by Washington’s lands commissioner]]></title><description><![CDATA[Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz acknowledges that creating new revenue could be a hard sell in the coming legislative session.But she and Democratic lawmakers say there is a good case to be made, given the history of wildfire destruction, ongoing risk and expense.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/new-insurance-surcharge-to-fight-wildfires-to-be-proposed-by-washingtons-lands-commissioner/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/new-insurance-surcharge-to-fight-wildfires-to-be-proposed-by-washingtons-lands-commissioner/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crazy about mango desserts? At Hui Lau Shan in Redmond, 5,040 mangoes a week make it summer all year ’round]]></title><description><![CDATA[What began as a roving snack trolley in the 1960s vaulted into global popularity a decade ago and now has nearly 300 branches across the Pacific Rim. The cheery Redmond franchise is the first full-fledged Hui Lau Shan outpost in the U.S.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/crazy-about-mango-desserts-at-hui-lau-shan-in-redmond-5040-mangoes-a-week-make-it-summer-all-year-round/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/crazy-about-mango-desserts-at-hui-lau-shan-in-redmond-5040-mangoes-a-week-make-it-summer-all-year-round/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calling Seattle families: You have until Dec. 15 to weigh in on this survey about your children’s schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is the second round of family engagement surveys from the Southeast Seattle Education Coalition, a nonprofit group based in South Seattle that advocates for children of color.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/calling-seattle-families-you-have-until-dec-15-to-weigh-in-on-this-survey-about-your-childrens-schools/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/calling-seattle-families-you-have-until-dec-15-to-weigh-in-on-this-survey-about-your-childrens-schools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russian scientists present ancient puppy found in permafrost]]></title><description><![CDATA[YAKUTSK, Russia (AP) &mdash; Russian scientists on Monday showed off a prehistoric puppy, believed to be 18,000 years old, found in permafrost in the country&rsquo;s Far East. Discovered last year in a lump of frozen mud near the city of Yakutsk, the puppy is unusually well-preserved, with its hair, teeth, whiskers and eyelashes still intact. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/russian-scientists-present-ancient-puppy-found-in-permafrost/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 13:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/russian-scientists-present-ancient-puppy-found-in-permafrost/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Monsoon floods kill at least 25 in southern India]]></title><description><![CDATA[CHENNAI, India (AP) &mdash; At least 25 people have died in recent monsoon rains that inundated low-lying areas in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, and hundreds more have been evacuated to relief camps, the state government said Monday. Heavy rain toppled a wall in the city of Coimbatore, killing 17 people, and eight [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/monsoon-floods-kill-at-least-25-in-southern-india/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 13:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/monsoon-floods-kill-at-least-25-in-southern-india/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spacewalking astronauts adding new pumps to cosmic detector]]></title><description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) &mdash; Spacewalking astronauts have ventured out to install new pumps on a cosmic ray detector outside the International Space Station. Monday&rsquo;s spacewalk is the third in nearly three weeks for Italy&rsquo;s Luca Parmitano and NASA&rsquo;s Andrew Morgan. And it&rsquo;s the culmination of years of work to repair the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/spacewalking-astronauts-adding-new-pumps-to-cosmic-detector/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 12:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/spacewalking-astronauts-adding-new-pumps-to-cosmic-detector/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spacewalking astronauts add new pumps to cosmic detector]]></title><description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) &mdash; Spacewalking astronauts attached new pumps to a cosmic ray detector outside the International Space Station on Monday in a bid to extend its scientific life. It was the third spacewalk in nearly three weeks for Italy&rsquo;s Luca Parmitano and NASA&rsquo;s Andrew Morgan. And it marked the culmination of years of [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/spacewalking-astronauts-add-new-pumps-to-cosmic-detector/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 12:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/spacewalking-astronauts-add-new-pumps-to-cosmic-detector/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Schools close as US East braces for ‘long, difficult storm’]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; A storm that already snarled Thanksgiving travel across much of the country threatened to dump a foot and a half of snow on parts of the East, leading governments to close schools and offices, canceling or delaying hundreds of flights, and sending an army of salt trucks scrambling to coat roads. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/schools-close-as-us-east-braces-for-long-difficult-storm/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 11:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/schools-close-as-us-east-braces-for-long-difficult-storm/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UN chief urges countries not to surrender on climate fight]]></title><description><![CDATA[MADRID (AP) &mdash; U.N. Secretary-General Ant&oacute;nio Guterres urged countries Monday not to give up in the fight against climate change, as representatives from nearly 200 countries gathered in Madrid for a two-week meeting on tackling global warming. In his opening speech to delegates, Guterres cited recent scientific data showing that levels of heat-trapping gases have [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/un-chief-urges-countries-not-to-surrender-on-climate-fight/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 08:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/un-chief-urges-countries-not-to-surrender-on-climate-fight/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nearly 200 countries attend ambitious climate talks]]></title><description><![CDATA[MADRID (AP) &mdash; Delegates from almost 200 countries have begun a two-week international climate conference in Madrid that seeks to step up efforts to stop global warming. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is warning that the efforts so far are insufficient to overcome the &ldquo;point of no return&rdquo; in climate change. &ldquo;What is lacking is political [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/nearly-200-countries-attend-ambitious-climate-talks/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 08:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/nearly-200-countries-attend-ambitious-climate-talks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China plans new coal plants, trims support for clean energy]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; As world leaders gather in Spain to discuss how to slow the warming of the planet, a spotlight falls on China &mdash; the top emitter of greenhouse gases. China burns about half the coal used globally each year. Between 2000 and 2018, its annual carbon emissions nearly tripled, and it now accounts [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/china-plans-new-coal-plants-trims-support-for-clean-energy/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 07:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/china-plans-new-coal-plants-trims-support-for-clean-energy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ohio selects rape kit tracking system created by Idaho]]></title><description><![CDATA[CLEVELAND (AP) &mdash; Ohio plans to use a system developed in Idaho that lets sexual assault survivors anonymously track the processing and testing of rape kits collected as evidence. The Plain Dealer reports legislators last year approved use of a tracking system. The law also requires use by medical facilities, law enforcement, and labs once [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ohio-selects-rape-kit-tracking-system-created-by-idaho/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 07:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ohio-selects-rape-kit-tracking-system-created-by-idaho/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judiciary panel to take reins on Trump impeachment inquiry]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; The House Judiciary Committee is moving to the forefront of President Donald Trump&rsquo;s impeachment inquiry, starting with a hearing Wednesday to examine the &ldquo;high crimes and misdemeanors&rdquo; set out in the Constitution. It&rsquo;s a moment many Democrats on the panel have been waiting for. Several had agitated for Trump&rsquo;s impeachment in response [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/judiciary-panel-to-take-reins-on-trump-impeachment-inquiry/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 06:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/judiciary-panel-to-take-reins-on-trump-impeachment-inquiry/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s Ukraine defense at odds with facts]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; President Donald Trump&rsquo;s defense of his actions with Ukraine collides with the known facts and the testimony of witnesses on multiple fronts as the impeachment inquiry moves into a new phase this week. In recent days, Trump and his allies, including Rep. Doug Collins, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ap-fact-check-trumps-ukraine-defense-at-odds-with-facts/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 06:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ap-fact-check-trumps-ukraine-defense-at-odds-with-facts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technology to keep lights on could help prevent wildfires]]></title><description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (AP) &mdash; B. Don Russell wasn&rsquo;t thinking about preventing a wildfire when he developed a tool to detect power line problems before blackouts and bigger disasters. The electrical engineering professor at Texas A&amp;M University figured he might save a life if his creation could prevent someone from being electrocuted by a downed live [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/technology-to-keep-lights-on-could-help-prevent-wildfires/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 06:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/technology-to-keep-lights-on-could-help-prevent-wildfires/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[9 family members killed in South Dakota plane crash]]></title><description><![CDATA[Federal investigators are expected to arrive Monday at the South Dakota site where nine members of an extended Idaho family were killed in a plane crash. Travis Garza, president of the wellness company Kyani, said in a Facebook post Sunday that the crash near Chamberlain Saturday afternoon killed brothers and founders Jim and Kirk Hansen. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/9-family-members-killed-in-south-dakota-plane-crash/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 06:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/9-family-members-killed-in-south-dakota-plane-crash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Climate change study targets problems in Alaska communities]]></title><description><![CDATA[JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) &mdash; A new study of environmental threats to Alaska Native communities has found the greatest challenges include erosion, flooding and thawing permafrost. Alaska&rsquo;s Energy Desk reported Sunday that the study results issued last month found the environmental hazards continue to worsen due to climate change. The Army Corps of Engineers and researchers [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/climate-change-study-targets-problems-in-alaska-communities/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 05:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/climate-change-study-targets-problems-in-alaska-communities/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[50 children killed by measles in Samoa as outbreak worsens]]></title><description><![CDATA[WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) &mdash; A measles outbreak in Samoa has killed 50 children as authorities race to vaccinate the entire population. The government of the South Pacific nation on Monday said that another five children had died within the past day as the epidemic continues to spread. In all, 53 people have died since [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/50-children-killed-by-measles-in-samoa-as-outbreak-worsens/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 03:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/50-children-killed-by-measles-in-samoa-as-outbreak-worsens/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mount Rainier caps swarm of weekend seismicity with 3.6 magnitude quake]]></title><description><![CDATA[After higher-than-normal levels of seismic activity this weekend, Mount Rainier National Park was shaken by a 3.6 magnitude earthquake&nbsp;Sunday afternoon. The quake hit at 12:31 p.m. and was felt as far as Kent, nearly 80 miles away,&nbsp;the U.S. Geological Survey reported.&nbsp;The relatively shallow quake was centered roughly a mile beneath the earth&rsquo;s surface. The nearest [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/mount-rainier-caps-swarm-of-weekend-seismicity-with-36-magnitude-quake/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 00:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/mount-rainier-caps-swarm-of-weekend-seismicity-with-36-magnitude-quake/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Teddy Bear Suite is back, and cozy as ever]]></title><description><![CDATA[The annual fundraiser with 100% of the suggested donations going to Seattle Children's hospital is again designed by Kevin Bradford. The suite is open 10-6 daily through the day after Christmas.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/the-teddy-bear-suite-is-back-and-cozy-as-ever/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 00:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/the-teddy-bear-suite-is-back-and-cozy-as-ever/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[3 dead, others injured following crash outside Salem]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; Authorities say three people died and others were injured in a two-vehicle accident near Salem. KOIN-TV reports the Marion County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office is investigating the crash involving a van and pickup truck, which happened Friday evening. Mark Bjorklund, battalion chief with Marion County Fire District 1, says three of the 13 [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/3-dead-others-injured-following-crash-outside-salem/</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2019 22:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/3-dead-others-injured-following-crash-outside-salem/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crater Lake National Park seeks help with recent damage caused by someone driving off road]]></title><description><![CDATA[KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. &mdash; Authorities at Crater Lake National Park say someone driving off road damaged plants and other resources, and they&rsquo;re asking for the public&rsquo;s help in finding who is responsible. The Herald and News reports park rangers believe the incident happened late Nov. 23 or early Nov. 24. According to a park Facebook [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/crater-lake-national-park-seeks-help-with-recent-damage-caused-by-someone-driving-off-road/</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2019 20:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/crater-lake-national-park-seeks-help-with-recent-damage-caused-by-someone-driving-off-road/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crater Lake National Park seeks help with recent damage]]></title><description><![CDATA[KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) &mdash; Authorities at Crater Lake National Park say someone driving off road damaged plants and other resources, and they&rsquo;re asking for the public&rsquo;s help in finding who is responsible. The Herald and News reports park rangers believe the incident happened late Nov. 23 or early Nov. 24. According to a park [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/crater-lake-national-park-seeks-help-with-recent-damage/</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2019 20:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/crater-lake-national-park-seeks-help-with-recent-damage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deputy-involved shooting under investigation in Oregon]]></title><description><![CDATA[BEND, Ore. &mdash; An investigation is underway into a traffic stop that ended with a Deschutes County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office deputy shooting a man near a shopping center northeast of Bend. The Bulletin reports the man shot is expected to survive, and the deputy was not injured. Neither of their names has been released following the [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/deputy-involved-shooting-under-investigation-in-oregon/</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2019 19:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/deputy-involved-shooting-under-investigation-in-oregon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deputy-involved shooting under investigation]]></title><description><![CDATA[BEND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; An investigation is underway into a traffic stop that ended with a Deschutes County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office deputy shooting a man near a shopping center northeast of Bend. The Bulletin reports the man shot is expected to survive, and the deputy was not injured. Neither of their names has been released following [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/deputy-involved-shooting-under-investigation/</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2019 19:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/deputy-involved-shooting-under-investigation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little calls for third-party review of lake water quality]]></title><description><![CDATA[COEUR D&rsquo;ALENE, Idaho (AP) &mdash; Gov. Brad Little is calling for a third-party review of Lake Coeur d&rsquo;Alene water quality, as the Coeur d&rsquo;Alene Tribe has expressed frustration with management plans. The Coeur d&rsquo;Alene Press reports for the past two decades, the state and tribe have worked to track toxins and compile plans showing to [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/little-calls-for-third-party-review-of-lake-water-quality/</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2019 19:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/little-calls-for-third-party-review-of-lake-water-quality/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Washington’s new Cosmic Crisp apple officially launches sales Sunday]]></title><description><![CDATA[The 2019 statewide Cosmic Crisp crop is expected to reach nearly a half-million 40-pound boxes.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/washingtons-new-cosmic-crisp-apple-officially-launches-sales-sunday/</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2019 18:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/washingtons-new-cosmic-crisp-apple-officially-launches-sales-sunday/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Washington’s new Cosmic Crisp apple officially launches sales]]></title><description><![CDATA[The 2019 statewide Cosmic Crisp crop is expected to reach nearly a half-million 40-pound boxes.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/washingtons-new-cosmic-crisp-apple-officially-launches-sales/</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2019 18:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/washingtons-new-cosmic-crisp-apple-officially-launches-sales/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[19 people report illness on cruise ship in California]]></title><description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (AP) &mdash; Authorities say 19 people aboard a cruise ship reported flu-like illnesses as they reached a Southern California port. The Los Angeles Fire Department says authorities were called early Sunday to evaluate patients after they fell ill on a Norwegian Cruise Line ship. Authorities say the patients were evaluated and declined to [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/19-people-report-illness-on-cruise-ship-in-california/</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2019 18:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/19-people-report-illness-on-cruise-ship-in-california/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lobster catch headed for decline, not crash, scientists say]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Maine (AP) &mdash; A pair of studies by Maine-based scientists suggest the U.S. lobster industry is headed for a period of decline, but likely not a crash. Lobster fishermen have brought in record hauls this decade, a period in which Maine catches that previously rarely topped 70 million pounds (32 million kilograms) have routinely [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/lobster-catch-headed-for-decline-not-crash-scientists-say/</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2019 16:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/lobster-catch-headed-for-decline-not-crash-scientists-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A new type of crab pot could help reduce whale entanglements during Dungeness season]]></title><description><![CDATA[Initial tests will be conducted in California, followed by deployment on boats in Oregon and Washington.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/a-new-type-of-crab-pot-could-help-reduce-whale-entanglements-during-dungeness-season/</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2019 16:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/a-new-type-of-crab-pot-could-help-reduce-whale-entanglements-during-dungeness-season/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sugar field burning plagues poor Florida towns with soot]]></title><description><![CDATA[PAHOKEE, Fla. (AP) &mdash; For residents of the Glades, a string of poor, predominantly African American rural towns dotting the southern shore of Florida&rsquo;s Lake Okeechobee, the beginning of the annual sugar cane harvest in October means the arrival of &ldquo;black snow.&rdquo; &ldquo;You&rsquo;d hate to come down here when it&rsquo;s snowing,&rdquo; said Kaniyah Patterson, an [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/sugar-field-burning-plagues-poor-florida-towns-with-soot/</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2019 15:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/sugar-field-burning-plagues-poor-florida-towns-with-soot/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mountain village embraces its legacy as cure center for TB]]></title><description><![CDATA[SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. (AP) &mdash; Tuberculosis put Saranac Lake on the map. Through the middle of the 20th century, ailing people seeking a &ldquo;rest cure&rdquo; reclined on cottage porches in the community to take in the crisp Adirondack Mountain air. Saranac Lake grew into a mini-metropolis of medical care, with a dozen trains chugging in [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/mountain-village-embraces-its-legacy-as-cure-center-for-tb/</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2019 15:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/mountain-village-embraces-its-legacy-as-cure-center-for-tb/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Washington should overhaul how it conducts gun-purchase background checks, report says]]></title><description><![CDATA[OLYMPIA &mdash; In 2017, Washington law-enforcement agencies and the FBI conducted a combined 580,000 background checks on gun buyers in the state. They did so&nbsp;to make sure the potential buyers aren&rsquo;t barred by law&nbsp;from possessing firearms, such as a felon, or some people named on a protection order or civilly committed for mental-health issues. But [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/washington-should-overhaul-how-it-conducts-gun-purchase-background-checks-report-says/</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/washington-should-overhaul-how-it-conducts-gun-purchase-background-checks-report-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Washington needs centralized system for gun-buyer background checks, state report says]]></title><description><![CDATA[OLYMPIA &mdash; In 2017, Washington law-enforcement agencies and the FBI conducted a combined 580,000 background checks on gun buyers in the state. They did so&nbsp;to make sure the potential buyers aren&rsquo;t barred by law&nbsp;from possessing firearms, such as a felon, or some people named on a protection order or civilly committed for mental-health issues. But [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/washington-needs-centralized-system-for-gun-buyer-background-checks-state-report-says/</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/washington-needs-centralized-system-for-gun-buyer-background-checks-state-report-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattleite, 92, finally tells story of German who saved more Jews during the Holocaust than Schindler]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's been quite a year for Laureen Nussbaum, who wrote a book about a German lawyer who saved her family and thousands of others during the Holocaust. She also flew to Germany to celebrate the publication of a little-known novel left by Anne Frank. Now, she said, she is troubled by a rise in anti-Semitism and white nationalism.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattleite-92-finally-tells-story-of-german-who-saved-more-jews-during-the-holocaust-than-schindler/</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattleite-92-finally-tells-story-of-german-who-saved-more-jews-during-the-holocaust-than-schindler/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What happened when schools used science to revamp how reading is taught]]></title><description><![CDATA[About a dozen Pennsylvania school districts are teaching their youngest students how to read using a new understanding of the way the brain learns to decode words on the page, and educators say it&rsquo;s working for all kids, even those who struggle. The method could show promise in Washington state.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/what-happened-when-schools-used-science-to-revamp-how-reading-is-taught/</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2019 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/what-happened-when-schools-used-science-to-revamp-how-reading-is-taught/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Warming toll: 1 degree hotter, trillions of tons of ice gone]]></title><description><![CDATA[Since leaders first started talking about tackling the problem of climate change, the world has spewed more heat-trapping gases, gotten hotter and suffered hundreds of extreme weather disasters. Fires have burned, ice has melted and seas have grown. The first United Nations diplomatic conference to tackle climate change was in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/warming-toll-1-degree-hotter-trillions-of-tons-of-ice-gone/</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2019 11:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/warming-toll-1-degree-hotter-trillions-of-tons-of-ice-gone/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man rejected for car sales job in Benton County accused of hate crime, sending threatening texts]]></title><description><![CDATA[A car dealership job applicant who was rejected because of problems with his references is charged with a hate crime in Benton County for allegedly sending threatening texts to the sales manager. Ezequiel Rivera Jr. knew the victim is Muslim when he sent the messages talking about &ldquo;AMERICA these days&rdquo; and Allah, according to court [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-rejected-for-car-sales-job-in-benton-county-accused-of-hate-crime-sending-threatening-texts/</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2019 03:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-rejected-for-car-sales-job-in-benton-county-accused-of-hate-crime-sending-threatening-texts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Washington state pension fund’s lawsuit against corrupt Brazilian conglomerate allowed to proceed]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Washington State Investment Board, which oversees $141.8 billion for 17 state retirement plans, can move forward with a lawsuit that seeks to recover millions of dollars from a soured investment in a Brazilian conglomerate that was discovered to be engaged in an international bribery scandal of unprecedented scale. The company, Odebrecht, was the target [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/washington-state-pension-funds-lawsuit-against-corrupt-brazilian-conglomerate-allowed-to-proceed/</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2019 00:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/washington-state-pension-funds-lawsuit-against-corrupt-brazilian-conglomerate-allowed-to-proceed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alaska Borough to offer community emergency training]]></title><description><![CDATA[KENAI, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Alaska borough officials have announced a volunteer training schedule for people who want to assist the community in a natural disaster or other emergency. The Peninsula Clarion reported Thursday that the Kenai Peninsula Borough is planning to host the free seven-day training starting Dec. 2. Borough officials say the Office of [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-borough-to-offer-community-emergency-training/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2019 23:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-borough-to-offer-community-emergency-training/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[3 on board plane that crashed in Alaska; rescue underway]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Authorities say a small plane carrying three people crashed after leaving Anchorage and their conditions weren&rsquo;t immediately known. A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman says the twin-engine Piper PA-31 was supposed to land in Seward on Friday but was reported as overdue. The Anchorage Daily News reports that Alaska State Troopers spokesman [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/3-on-board-plane-that-crashed-in-alaska-rescue-underway/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2019 22:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/3-on-board-plane-that-crashed-in-alaska-rescue-underway/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[3 on board plane that crashed, burned in Alaska]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Authorities say a small plane carrying three people from Anchorage to Seward crashed and burned and rescuers are attempting to get to the site. The conditions of those on board weren&rsquo;t immediately known. A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman says the twin-engine Piper PA-31 was supposed to land in Seward on Friday [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/3-on-board-plane-that-crashed-burned-in-alaska/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2019 22:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/3-on-board-plane-that-crashed-burned-in-alaska/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eugene police officer shoots, kills man who fought with him]]></title><description><![CDATA[EUGENE, Ore. (AP) &mdash; Authorities say a Eugene police officer shot and killed a man who fought with him. The Register-Guard reports that it happened at about 12:30 a.m. Saturday. Police spokeswoman Melinda McLaughlin says the officer called for emergency cover before shooting. The officer was treated for his injuries at a hospital and released. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/eugene-police-officer-shoots-kills-man-who-fought-with-him/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2019 22:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/eugene-police-officer-shoots-kills-man-who-fought-with-him/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fairbanks City Council to introduce proposed vaping tax]]></title><description><![CDATA[FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) &mdash; City officials in Alaska have introduced an ordinance to tax tobacco vaping products the same 8% tax as other tobacco products in Fairbanks. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports that the proposed legislation would expand the current definition of tobacco products in city code to include vaping products like vape pens and [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/fairbanks-city-council-to-introduce-proposed-vaping-tax/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2019 20:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/fairbanks-city-council-to-introduce-proposed-vaping-tax/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lighting ceremony in Boise delayed after evergreen topples]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho (AP) &mdash; A Christmas tree-lighting ceremony in downtown Boise has been delayed because the tree fell over. The Idaho Statesman reports that the 45-year-old evergreen toppled sometime Thursday night. The ceremony, which brings a crowd to the Grove in Downtown Boise every year, had been set for Friday night. The Downtown Boise Association [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/lighting-ceremony-in-boise-delayed-after-evergreen-topples/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2019 20:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/lighting-ceremony-in-boise-delayed-after-evergreen-topples/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman dies in SeaTac apartment fire]]></title><description><![CDATA[Investigators were still searching Saturday afternoon for the cause of the fire, which started in the apartment where the woman was found.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/woman-dies-in-seatac-apartment-fire/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2019 19:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/woman-dies-in-seatac-apartment-fire/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[1 dead in SeaTac apartment fire]]></title><description><![CDATA[One person was killed and 18 were displaced Saturday by an early-morning fire in a SeaTac apartment building. Fire crews were called at 6:20 a.m. to a 10-unit building in the 200 block of 30th Avenue South, where they found smoke and flames coming from a unit on the second floor. Not long after, crews [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/1-dead-in-seatac-apartment-fire/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2019 19:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/1-dead-in-seatac-apartment-fire/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parent of student hurt in tunnel sues Salem, school district]]></title><description><![CDATA[SALEM, Ore. (AP) &mdash; The parent of a student injured as a sixth-grader while using an underground tunnel between a middle school and high school in Salem is suing the city of Salem and the school district for $235,000. The Statesman Journal reports the lawsuit filed this week accuses the city of allowing the tunnel [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/parent-of-student-hurt-in-tunnel-sues-salem-school-district/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2019 17:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/parent-of-student-hurt-in-tunnel-sues-salem-school-district/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Climate activists invade east German coal mines in protest]]></title><description><![CDATA[LEIPZIG, Germany (AP) &mdash; Climate activists protested at open-pit coal mines in eastern Germany, pouring onto the premises to urge the government to immediately halt the use of coal to produce electricity. The news agency dpa reported that police estimated more than 2,000 people took part Saturday at sites near Cottbus and Leipzig and that [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/climate-activists-invade-east-german-coal-mines-in-protest/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2019 16:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/climate-activists-invade-east-german-coal-mines-in-protest/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The next chapter:  Kodiak residents open bookstore]]></title><description><![CDATA[KODIAK, Alaska &mdash; For Kodiak residents who want to buy books, thrift stores and online shopping have been the only option. But Melissa Haffeman and Lacey Tucker are about to change that. The Islander Bookshop is open at 1315 Mill Bay Road, bringing a collection of 3,000 books and handcrafted gifts to Kodiak shoppers. &ldquo;The [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/the-next-chapter-kodiak-residents-open-bookstore/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2019 16:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/the-next-chapter-kodiak-residents-open-bookstore/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The next chapter:  Kodiak residents open book store]]></title><description><![CDATA[KODIAK, Alaska (AP) &mdash; For Kodiak residents who want to buy books, thrift stores and online shopping have been the only option. But Melissa Haffeman and Lacey Tucker are about to change that. The Islander Bookshop is open at 1315 Mill Bay Road, bringing a collection of 3,000 books and handcrafted gifts to Kodiak shoppers. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/the-next-chapter-kodiak-residents-open-book-store/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2019 16:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/the-next-chapter-kodiak-residents-open-book-store/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Juneau Cub Scouts make toys for education birds]]></title><description><![CDATA[JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Cub Scout Pack 10 came face-to-face with nature in the Harborview Elementary School cafeteria. After creating bird-enrichment toys, the Scouts met Juneau Raptor Center education ambassador birds Phil and Justice, a &ldquo;very social&rdquo; gyrfalcon and fish-head-loving bald eagle, on Nov. 22. Scouts like 8-year-old Oliver Robertson and 9-year-old Joseph Race kept [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/juneau-cub-scouts-make-toys-for-education-birds/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2019 16:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/juneau-cub-scouts-make-toys-for-education-birds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three months into Seattle’s new $600 million-plus education levy, where has the money been going?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last November, more than two-thirds of Seattle voters&nbsp;approved the seven-year&nbsp;Families, Education, Preschool and Promise levy, which replaced and merged two expiring property taxes that funded a subsidized preschool pilot and school-based programs and health clinics.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/three-months-into-seattles-new-600-million-plus-education-levy-where-has-the-money-been-going/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/three-months-into-seattles-new-600-million-plus-education-levy-where-has-the-money-been-going/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How The Seattle Times covered the WTO Seattle protests]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 30, 2019, marks 20 years since the WTO Seattle protests.&nbsp;Here is a look at the front pages of The Seattle Times during the week now often called the "Battle of Seattle."]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/how-the-seattle-times-covered-the-wto-seattle-protests/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/how-the-seattle-times-covered-the-wto-seattle-protests/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A shower, beds for the kids and ‘French toast Wednesdays’: New blessings for a grateful Eastside family]]></title><description><![CDATA[Not too long after Alex Aguilar lost his job, the family ended up living out of a van. But things got less shaky and they got a roof over their heads after connecting with Hopelink, one of the local nonprofits helped by reader donations to The Seattle Times Fund For The Needy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/a-shower-beds-for-the-kids-and-french-toast-wednesdays-new-blessings-for-a-grateful-eastside-family/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/a-shower-beds-for-the-kids-and-french-toast-wednesdays-new-blessings-for-a-grateful-eastside-family/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[50,000 protesters, tear gas — and Madeleine Albright trapped in her hotel: How the 1999 WTO protests changed Seattle]]></title><description><![CDATA[This weekend marks 20 years since embarrassed local officials fought to clear Seattle's streets, declaring a curfew, a state of emergency and a 50-block "no protest zone." The "Battle in Seattle" still echoes through local politics, policing and global trade regulations.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/50000-protesters-tear-gas-and-madeleine-albright-trapped-in-her-hotel-how-the-1999-wto-protests-changed-seattle/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/50000-protesters-tear-gas-and-madeleine-albright-trapped-in-her-hotel-how-the-1999-wto-protests-changed-seattle/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s Ukraine defense collides with facts]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; President Donald Trump&rsquo;s defense of his actions with Ukraine collides with the known facts and the testimony of witnesses on multiple fronts as the impeachment inquiry moves into a new phase this coming week. In recent days, Trump has cried foul in ways angry and profane as Democrats set the stage for [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ap-fact-check-trumps-ukraine-defense-collides-with-facts/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2019 14:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ap-fact-check-trumps-ukraine-defense-collides-with-facts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science warnings, US retreat add urgency to UN climate talks]]></title><description><![CDATA[MADRID (AP) &mdash; Mass protests, a last-minute venue change and talk of climate tipping points are adding some unplanned drama to this year&rsquo;s international talks on tackling global warming. Delegates from almost 200 countries had planned to put the finishing touches to the rules governing the 2015 Paris accord, ironing out a few wrinkles left [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/science-warnings-us-retreat-add-urgency-to-un-climate-talks/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2019 08:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/science-warnings-us-retreat-add-urgency-to-un-climate-talks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ice preserved a tiny puppy in near-perfect condition for 18,000 years. Scientists are fascinated.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researchers have big outstanding questions about the puppy they have named Dogor &mdash; &ldquo;friend&rdquo; in a language of the Siberian area where the creature spent 18,000 years in permafrost. They&rsquo;re still trying to figure out if the tiny animal is a dog or wolf. They wonder whether he could be part of the evolutionary bridge [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ice-preserved-a-tiny-puppy-in-near-perfect-condition-for-18000-years-scientists-are-fascinated/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2019 05:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ice-preserved-a-tiny-puppy-in-near-perfect-condition-for-18000-years-scientists-are-fascinated/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Magnitude 4.5 earthquake shakes southern Oregon coast]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORT ORFORD, Ore. (AP) &mdash; A small earthquake hit Port Orford on the southern Oregon coast, shaking the small community. The U.S. Geological Survey says the 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck at about 5:45 p.m. Friday, with its epicenter about two miles inland. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that differs from earthquakes in October that struck far off the [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/magnitude-45-earthquake-shakes-southern-oregon-coast/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2019 04:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/magnitude-45-earthquake-shakes-southern-oregon-coast/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Box labeled ‘highly contagious human substance’ outside North Bend Theatre contained urine]]></title><description><![CDATA[Officials have determined that a box&nbsp;reading &ldquo;highly contagious human substance&rdquo; left outside the North Bend Theatre, which resulted in a person who contacted it being taken to the hospital as a precaution Friday night, contained human urine. A theater patron or employee who discovered and opened the box around 5:15 p.m.,&nbsp;said&nbsp;Eastside Fire and Rescue Deputy [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/box-labeled-highly-contagious-human-substance-outside-north-bend-theatre-contained-urine/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2019 04:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/box-labeled-highly-contagious-human-substance-outside-north-bend-theatre-contained-urine/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Nothing matters’: Even a $2.4 billion hit to Washington state and a huge taxpayer bailout can’t move the political needle]]></title><description><![CDATA[The trade war is costing Washington state $2.4 billion a year, and the farm bailouthas cost taxpayers twice Obama's auto industry bailout from back in 2009. So any day now people are taking to the streets for a tea party rally, right?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/nothing-matters-even-a-24-billion-hit-to-washington-state-and-a-huge-taxpayer-bailout-cant-move-the-political-needle/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2019 04:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/nothing-matters-even-a-24-billion-hit-to-washington-state-and-a-huge-taxpayer-bailout-cant-move-the-political-needle/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cooke Aquaculture settles lawsuit with wild-fish advocates over net-pen collapse]]></title><description><![CDATA[The legal settlement, which awaits federal officials' review and a judge's signature, bookends a contentious and litigious chapter in the fight over fish farming in Washington waters.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/cooke-aquaculture-settles-lawsuit-with-wild-fish-advocates-over-net-pen-collapse/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2019 03:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/cooke-aquaculture-settles-lawsuit-with-wild-fish-advocates-over-net-pen-collapse/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cooke Aquaculture agrees to pay $2.75M to wild-fish advocates for salmon net-pen collapse]]></title><description><![CDATA[The legal settlement, which awaits federal officials' review and a judge's signature, bookends a contentious and litigious chapter in the fight over fish farming in Washington waters.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/cooke-aquaculture-agrees-to-pay-275m-to-wild-fish-advocates-for-salmon-net-pen-collapse/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2019 03:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/cooke-aquaculture-agrees-to-pay-275m-to-wild-fish-advocates-for-salmon-net-pen-collapse/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cooke Aquaculture agrees to pay $2.75M to settle lawsuit over salmon net-pen collapse]]></title><description><![CDATA[The legal settlement, which awaits federal officials' review and a judge's signature, bookends a contentious and litigious chapter in the fight over fish farming in Washington waters.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/cooke-aquaculture-agrees-to-pay-275m-to-settle-lawsuit-over-salmon-net-pen-collapse/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2019 03:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/cooke-aquaculture-agrees-to-pay-275m-to-settle-lawsuit-over-salmon-net-pen-collapse/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattle’s Westlake Park tree lights up for the holidays]]></title><description><![CDATA[The celebration featured fireworks, the lighting of the Macy's star and the park's holiday carousel.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattles-westlake-park-tree-lights-up-for-the-holidays/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2019 03:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattles-westlake-park-tree-lights-up-for-the-holidays/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Free lunch, ORCA cards, and even college tuition: What Education Lab is reading about accessibility]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lots of programs are available to make educational opportunities more accessible in Seattle and beyond. This week Ed Lab is reading about what could be affecting their effectiveness. Subscribe to the newsletter&nbsp;to see our favorite education stories from around the country in your inbox first, plus our best features from the week and, sometimes, upcoming [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/free-lunch-orca-cards-and-even-college-tuition-what-education-lab-is-reading-about-accessibility/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2019 01:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/free-lunch-orca-cards-and-even-college-tuition-what-education-lab-is-reading-about-accessibility/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charges filed in wild robbery, assault and chase in Ballard]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seattle police say Lavonte Smith, 30, was armed with a 9-mm handgun when he stole a purse from the owner of a Ballard dry cleaner. She chased after him and two passersby tried to intervene, but Smith got away &mdash; shooting at one witness, knocking the second to the ground and running over the robbery victim's leg before leading police on a high-speed pursuit.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/charges-filed-in-wild-robbery-assault-and-chase-in-ballard/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2019 00:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/charges-filed-in-wild-robbery-assault-and-chase-in-ballard/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Driver strikes 4 pedestrians, kills 1, on sidewalk off Aurora Avenue North]]></title><description><![CDATA[A driver hit four pedestrians on a sidewalk along Aurora Avenue North with her car Friday afternoon, killing one and injuring the others, and then tried to flee the scene, according to Seattle Police. The woman was driving in the northbound lanes near North 40th Street when she struck the pedestrians around 1 p.m. Her [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/driver-strikes-4-pedestrians-kills-1-on-sidewalk-off-aurora-avenue-north/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 23:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/driver-strikes-4-pedestrians-kills-1-on-sidewalk-off-aurora-avenue-north/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[1 killed, 3 injured in rollover crash on Aurora Avenue North near Fremont]]></title><description><![CDATA[One person was killed and and three injured Friday afternoon in a&nbsp;crash on Aurora Avenue North, according to the Seattle Fire Department. Officials began responding to the crash, which was in the northbound lanes near North 40th Street, around 1 p.m. One car involved in the crash rolled over. One person was declared dead at [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/1-killed-3-injured-in-rollover-crash-on-aurora-avenue-north-near-fremont/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 23:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/1-killed-3-injured-in-rollover-crash-on-aurora-avenue-north-near-fremont/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Belated bill to help solve indigenous cold cases gains steam]]></title><description><![CDATA[FARGO, N.D. (AP) &mdash; A bill originally meant to help law enforcement investigate cold cases of murdered and missing indigenous women that has floundered in Congress for two years may have the missing ingredients to become law &mdash; money and muscle. The money comes from an appropriations subcommittee chaired by Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/belated-bill-to-help-solve-indigenous-cold-cases-gains-steam/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 23:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/belated-bill-to-help-solve-indigenous-cold-cases-gains-steam/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police: Man fatally shot during argument, suspect arrested]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) &mdash; Police say one person was fatally shot and a suspect has been arrested in the coastal town of Newport. Newport police say officers were called to a home Wednesday for a man that had been shot. Police say officers found 59-year-old Tony Larsen dead from an apparent gunshot wound. Officers arrested [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/police-man-fatally-shot-during-argument-suspect-arrested/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 23:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/police-man-fatally-shot-during-argument-suspect-arrested/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One dead in Mount Vernon mobile-home fire]]></title><description><![CDATA[A total of 10 people were inside the mobile home when the fire broke out. Two were treated for injuries with one taken to Skagit Valley Hospital.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/one-dead-in-mount-vernon-mobile-home-fire/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 22:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/one-dead-in-mount-vernon-mobile-home-fire/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[1 dead in Mount Vernon mobile home fire]]></title><description><![CDATA[MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) &mdash; Authorities say one person died after a fire ripped through a mobile home in south Mount Vernon. The Skagit Valley Herald reports the Mount Vernon Fire Department was called to a fully involved house fire at about 6:45 a.m. Thursday at Mountain View Mobile Park, Chief Bryan Brice said. Brice [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/1-dead-in-mount-vernon-mobile-home-fire/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 22:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/1-dead-in-mount-vernon-mobile-home-fire/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Macy’s Holiday Parade: A bittersweet year for the seasonal Seattle spectacle]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Macy's Holiday Parade was colorful and festive as usual on Friday &mdash; but also a little bittersweet with the impending closure early next year of the downtown Seattle Macy's store.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/macys-holiday-parade-a-bittersweet-year-for-the-seasonal-seattle-spectacle/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 21:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/macys-holiday-parade-a-bittersweet-year-for-the-seasonal-seattle-spectacle/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Portland Fire Chief Sara Boone climbing historic ladders]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; Sara Boone never thought a question about fire extinguishers would change her life. A Marshall High School P.E. teacher in the early-90s, Boone was on her lunch break when a Portland fire inspector asked her where he could find the nearest extinguishers. The two struck up a conversation, which led to [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/portland-fire-chief-sara-boone-climbing-historic-ladders/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 21:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/portland-fire-chief-sara-boone-climbing-historic-ladders/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cowlitz County PUD among U.S. utilities targeted in cyberattacks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hackers attempted to install malware on utility computers across the United States through &ldquo;phishing&rdquo; emails, which try to trick recipients into opening them and unleashing the malware inside.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/cowlitz-county-pud-among-us-utilities-targeted-in-cyberattacks/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 21:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/cowlitz-county-pud-among-us-utilities-targeted-in-cyberattacks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feds sue Arkansas insurer over fired employee who had a baby]]></title><description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) &mdash; The federal government is suing a Little Rock-based insurance company over the firing of a worker who had just had a baby. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed the lawsuit Wednesday in Little Rock against USAble Life on behalf of former employee Christian DeClue. The EEOC complaint says DeClue [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/feds-sue-arkansas-insurer-over-fired-employee-who-had-a-baby/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 21:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/feds-sue-arkansas-insurer-over-fired-employee-who-had-a-baby/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cold case trial suspended, defendant in poor health]]></title><description><![CDATA[IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) &mdash; A judge has suspended a cold case trial after concerns about the mental and physical health of the 86-year-old defendant. The Post Register reported Thursday that Magistrate Judge James Barrett found Walter Mason lacked fitness to proceed in the trial. Court officials say the decision delays a case that was [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/cold-case-trial-suspended-defendant-in-poor-health/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 21:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/cold-case-trial-suspended-defendant-in-poor-health/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Powerful storm threatens to disrupt busiest travel weekend]]></title><description><![CDATA[A powerful storm making its way east from California is threatening major disruptions during the year&rsquo;s busiest travel weekend, as forecasters warned that intensifying snow and ice could thwart millions across the country hoping to get home after Thanksgiving. The storm has already shut down highways in the western U.S., stranding drivers in California and [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/powerful-storm-threatens-to-disrupt-busiest-travel-weekend/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 20:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/powerful-storm-threatens-to-disrupt-busiest-travel-weekend/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Powerful storm interrupts nation’s busiest travel weekend]]></title><description><![CDATA[A powerful storm making its way east from California is causing major disruptions during the year&rsquo;s busiest travel weekend, as forecasters warned that intensifying snow and ice could thwart millions of people across the country hoping to get home after Thanksgiving. The storm caused the death of at least one person in South Dakota and [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/powerful-storm-interrupts-nations-busiest-travel-weekend/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 20:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/powerful-storm-interrupts-nations-busiest-travel-weekend/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Powerful storm disrupts nation’s busiest travel weekend]]></title><description><![CDATA[A powerful storm making its way east from California is causing major disruptions during the year&rsquo;s busiest travel weekend, as forecasters warned that intensifying snow and ice could thwart millions of people across the country hoping to get home after Thanksgiving. The storm caused the death of at least one person in South Dakota and [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/powerful-storm-disrupts-nations-busiest-travel-weekend/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 20:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/powerful-storm-disrupts-nations-busiest-travel-weekend/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flu season takes off quickly in Deep South states]]></title><description><![CDATA[JACKSON, Miss. (AP) &mdash; The flu season is off and running in the Deep South. The most recent weekly flu report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds high levels of flu-like illness in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Nevada, South Carolina and Texas. The highest level in that report for the week ended Nov. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/flu-season-takes-off-quickly-in-deep-south-states/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 20:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/flu-season-takes-off-quickly-in-deep-south-states/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Strawberry-Flavored HIV Drugs for Babies Are Offered at $1 a Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[About 80,000 babies and toddlers die of AIDS each year, mostly in Africa, in part because their medicines come in hard pills or bitter syrups that are very difficult for small children to swallow or keep down. But on Friday, the Indian generic drug manufacturer Cipla announced a new, more palatable pediatric formulation. The new [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/new-strawberry-flavored-hiv-drugs-for-babies-are-offered-at-1-a-day/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 20:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/new-strawberry-flavored-hiv-drugs-for-babies-are-offered-at-1-a-day/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patients sue Indiana hospital over possible disease exposure]]></title><description><![CDATA[GOSHEN, Ind. (AP) &mdash; More than 1,000 surgical patients are suing a northern Indiana hospital after being notified that a sterilization failure could have exposed them to deadly infections. The Elkhart Truth reports the class-action suit was filed last week in Elkhart County Court against Goshen Hospital on behalf of patient Linda Gierek and others [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/patients-sue-indiana-hospital-over-possible-disease-exposure/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 19:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/patients-sue-indiana-hospital-over-possible-disease-exposure/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Warming Waters, Moving Fish: How Climate Change Is Reshaping Iceland]]></title><description><![CDATA[ISAFJORDUR, Iceland &mdash; Before it became a &ldquo;Game of Thrones&rdquo; location, before Justin Bieber stalked the trails of Fjadrargljufur, and before hordes of tourists descended upon this small island nation, there were the fish. &ldquo;Fish,&rdquo; said Gisli Palsson, a professor of anthropology at the University of Iceland, &ldquo;made us rich.&rdquo; The money Iceland earned from [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/warming-waters-moving-fish-how-climate-change-is-reshaping-iceland/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 19:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/warming-waters-moving-fish-how-climate-change-is-reshaping-iceland/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 charged with murder in August death of Seward man]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Five people have been charged with murder in the death three months ago of a 21-year-old Seward man. A sixth person has been charged with witness tampering. The Seward Police Department on Wednesday announced initial arrests in the death of Preston Atwood, whose body was found Aug. 30. He had last [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/5-charged-with-murder-in-august-death-of-seward-man/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 19:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/5-charged-with-murder-in-august-death-of-seward-man/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 charged with murder counts in August death of Seward man]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Five people have been charged with first-degree murder and other counts in the death of a 21-year-old Seward man. A sixth person has been charged with witness tampering. The Seward Police Department announced initial arrests Wednesday in the death of Preston Atwood, whose body was found Aug. 30. He had last [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/5-charged-with-murder-counts-in-august-death-of-seward-man/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 19:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/5-charged-with-murder-counts-in-august-death-of-seward-man/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brazil’s president criticizes DiCaprio over Amazon fires]]></title><description><![CDATA[RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) &mdash; Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday said actor Leonardo DiCaprio had funded nonprofit groups that he claimed are partly responsible for widespread fires in the Amazon rainforest this year. Bolsonaro did not offer proof for the claim when speaking to a small group of supporters in Brasilia. &ldquo;DiCaprio is a [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/brazils-president-criticizes-dicaprio-over-amazon-fires/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 18:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/brazils-president-criticizes-dicaprio-over-amazon-fires/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brazil’s president blames Leonardo DiCaprio over Amazon fires]]></title><description><![CDATA[RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) &mdash; Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is blaming actor Leonardo DiCaprio for making donations to nonprofit organizations that he claims are behind some of the fires in the Amazon rainforest. Bolsonaro told supporters Friday: &ldquo;DiCaprio is a cool guy, isn&rsquo;t he? Giving money to set the Amazon on fire.&rdquo; DiCaprio&rsquo;s environmental organization [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/brazils-president-blames-leonardo-dicaprio-over-amazon-fires/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 18:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/brazils-president-blames-leonardo-dicaprio-over-amazon-fires/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brazil’s president blames DiCaprio over Amazon fires]]></title><description><![CDATA[RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) &mdash; Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is blaming actor Leonardo DiCaprio for making donations to nonprofit organizations that he claims are behind some of the fires in the Amazon rainforest. Bolsonaro told supporters Friday: &ldquo;DiCaprio is a cool guy, isn&rsquo;t he? Giving money to set the Amazon on fire.&rdquo; DiCaprio&rsquo;s environmental organization [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/brazils-president-blames-dicaprio-over-amazon-fires/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 18:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/brazils-president-blames-dicaprio-over-amazon-fires/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Public comment sought on rules for Madison River crowding]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) &mdash; Montana officials are seeking public comment on proposed rules to address crowding on the popular Madison River outside Yellowstone National Park. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks released an online survey asking residents to rate alternatives to address issues such as commercial fishing outfitters, social [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/public-comment-sought-on-rules-for-madison-river-crowding/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 18:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/public-comment-sought-on-rules-for-madison-river-crowding/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman shot, killed at Anchorage apartment; suspect detained]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Anchorage police have detained a man sought in connection with a Thanksgiving Day fatal shooting. The 27-year-old suspect had not been formally charged as of early Friday. Police shortly after 3 p.m. Thursday took a call regarding a shooting and responded to an apartment complex on McCarrey Street in northeast Anchorage. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/woman-shot-killed-at-anchorage-apartment-suspect-detained/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 18:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/woman-shot-killed-at-anchorage-apartment-suspect-detained/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fairbanks man charged with using backhoe to steal truck]]></title><description><![CDATA[FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) &mdash; A 51-year-old Fairbanks man suspected of using a backhoe to steal a truck has been charged with felony vehicle theft and evidence tampering. Raymond Sharp is also charged with misdemeanor criminal trespass and violating conditions of release. He is represented by the Alaska Public Defender Agency, which did not immediately respond [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/fairbanks-man-charged-with-using-backhoe-to-steal-truck/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 17:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/fairbanks-man-charged-with-using-backhoe-to-steal-truck/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report: Salem spends more than $5 mil yearly on homelessness]]></title><description><![CDATA[SALEM, Ore. (AP) &mdash; Salem spends more than $5.2 million a year on issues related to homelessness, according to estimates in a draft city report. The Statesman Journal reports that most of the costs are incurred by the Salem Police Department, which is estimated to spend nearly $4.7 million on an annual basis dealing with [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/report-salem-spends-more-than-5-mil-yearly-on-homelessness/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 17:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/report-salem-spends-more-than-5-mil-yearly-on-homelessness/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uber driver says S. Carolina hospital dumped patient on him]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) &mdash; An Uber driver says a South Carolina hospital dumped a patient on him, saying where she ended up was his responsibility. Chris Wilson tells The Greenville News that he stopped in October at AnMed Health Medical Center, a common pickup location for patients headed home. He says he instead was greeted [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/uber-driver-says-s-carolina-hospital-dumped-patient-on-him/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 16:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/uber-driver-says-s-carolina-hospital-dumped-patient-on-him/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alaska governor marks 1st year in office amid turmoil]]></title><description><![CDATA[JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Last December, poor weather scrambled Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy&rsquo;s inaugural plans, a bumpy start to a turbulent year marked by budget disputes and a recall threat. Dunleavy told The Associated Press recently he hopes to move past the rancor. Whether he can repair strained relationships with legislators and calm the public [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-governor-marks-1st-year-in-office-amid-turmoil/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 16:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-governor-marks-1st-year-in-office-amid-turmoil/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wildlife rescuers seeing high numbers of owls hit by vehicles in Skagit County]]></title><description><![CDATA[While there&rsquo;s always an uptick in injured owls this time of year, 17 since Sept. 15 is unusually high.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/wildlife-rescuers-seeing-high-numbers-of-owls-hit-by-vehicles-in-skagit-county/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 16:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/wildlife-rescuers-seeing-high-numbers-of-owls-hit-by-vehicles-in-skagit-county/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weekend weather forecast: Will it snow in Seattle?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A moist weather system is headed this way, but it's unclear if it will be strong enough to bring snow. What we do know is that it will remain chilly.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/weekend-weather-forecast-will-it-snow-in-seattle/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 15:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/weekend-weather-forecast-will-it-snow-in-seattle/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snow on Sunday around Seattle? Maybe, but only a little, says National Weather Service]]></title><description><![CDATA[A moist weather system is headed this way, but it's unclear if it will be strong enough to bring snow. What we do know is that it will remain chilly.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/snow-on-sunday-around-seattle-maybe-but-only-a-little-says-national-weather-service/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 15:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/snow-on-sunday-around-seattle-maybe-but-only-a-little-says-national-weather-service/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shell shock: Giant invasive mussels eradicated from US ponds]]></title><description><![CDATA[FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) &mdash; A colony of giant invasive Chinese mussels has been wiped out from a New Jersey pond. They had threatened to spread to the Delaware River and wreak ecological havoc, as they already are doing in other parts of the world. Officials say they&rsquo;re confident they&rsquo;ve narrowly avoided a serious environmental [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/shell-shock-giant-invasive-mussels-eradicated-from-us-ponds/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 15:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/shell-shock-giant-invasive-mussels-eradicated-from-us-ponds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Walking inside the empty Ballard Locks makes you feel small]]></title><description><![CDATA[The large chamber at the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks in Ballard has been getting its annual makeover. This year, work has begun to replace century-old panels inside the culverts that control the water level.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/walking-inside-the-empty-ballard-locks-makes-you-feel-small/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/walking-inside-the-empty-ballard-locks-makes-you-feel-small/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their house rebuilt, Clemmons’ relatives want the focus on the lives lost — and the future]]></title><description><![CDATA[One phone call changed Chrisceda Clemmons&rsquo; life&nbsp;&mdash; and that of her family&rsquo;s&nbsp;&mdash; forever. Their home, their well-being, their feelings about law enforcement and government. That same call would also reveal what they were capable of. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re resilient,&rdquo; Michael Shantz, Clemmons&rsquo; partner, said recently, remembering the evening 10 years ago when she took a&nbsp;call from her [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/their-house-rebuilt-clemmons-relatives-want-the-focus-on-the-lives-lost-and-the-future/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/their-house-rebuilt-clemmons-relatives-want-the-focus-on-the-lives-lost-and-the-future/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattle man accused of stalking massage client, installing tracking device on his Jeep]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seattle police say the stalking victim was so afraid of Christopher Piscatella, 33, that he sold his house and Jeep and moved to a new neighborhood. The victim later learned Piscatella had installed a tracking device on his vehicle.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-man-accused-of-stalking-massage-client-installing-tracking-device-on-his-jeep/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-man-accused-of-stalking-massage-client-installing-tracking-device-on-his-jeep/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Package theft is more common in Seattle-Tacoma than most other metro areas. Here’s how to foil porch pirates.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seattle-Tacoma clocks in as the fifth-worst metropolitan area for packages being stolen from porches this year, according to an analysis by&nbsp;home security company&nbsp;SafeWise, which looked at FBI statistics on larceny (theft of personal property) and the frequency of Google searches for terms like "missing package" and "stolen package."]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/package-theft-is-more-common-in-seattle-tacoma-than-most-other-metro-areas-heres-how-to-foil-porch-pirates/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/package-theft-is-more-common-in-seattle-tacoma-than-most-other-metro-areas-heres-how-to-foil-porch-pirates/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A day that ‘hurt your heart’: 10 years ago, 4 Lakewood police officers were shot down]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ten years ago on Nov. 29, a sunny Sunday morning, a deranged ex-con named Maurice Clemmons walked into a Parkland, Pierce County, coffee shop and killed four Lakewood police officers. That horrific act left nine children without a parent, a state and community shaken, and police officers everywhere looking over their shoulders. The killings, more [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/a-day-that-hurt-your-heart-10-years-ago-4-lakewood-police-officers-were-shot-down/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/a-day-that-hurt-your-heart-10-years-ago-4-lakewood-police-officers-were-shot-down/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pierce County deputies fatally shoot man in Eatonville; stretch of highway closed]]></title><description><![CDATA[A call about a suspicious person in a Pierce County driveway led to an officer-involved shooting that left one man dead early Friday, according to police. A portion of Mountain Highway East is expected to remain closed at least through 8 a.m. while police investigate. Sheriff&rsquo;s deputies were called to a home in the 5200 [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/pierce-county-deputies-fatally-shoot-man-in-eatonville-stretch-of-highway-closed/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 14:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/pierce-county-deputies-fatally-shoot-man-in-eatonville-stretch-of-highway-closed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teen vaping is on the rise. Here’s how Washington state schools are trying to fight it.]]></title><description><![CDATA[As illnesses and deaths related to vaping and e-cigarettes continue to climb, administrators are on high alert,&nbsp;implementing regular patrols of bathrooms and confiscating hundreds of devices.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/teen-vaping-is-on-the-rise-heres-how-washington-state-schools-are-trying-to-fight-it/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/teen-vaping-is-on-the-rise-heres-how-washington-state-schools-are-trying-to-fight-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slovakia may force women to get pre-abortion ultrasound]]></title><description><![CDATA[LONDON (AP) &mdash; Lawmakers in Slovakia are scheduled to debate a proposed law Friday that would compel women seeking an abortion to first have an ultrasound and listen to the heartbeat of the embryo or fetus, a move many groups have decried as a backward step for women&rsquo;s rights. The bill was submitted by three [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/slovakia-may-force-women-to-get-pre-abortion-ultrasound/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 10:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/slovakia-may-force-women-to-get-pre-abortion-ultrasound/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Complacency a key concern as HIV epidemic persists in Africa]]></title><description><![CDATA[KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) &mdash; AIDS has no cure. HIV is still here. But some people are forgetting that. Those are some of the bold messages Uganda&rsquo;s leader is emphasizing as health officials try to stem stubbornly high infection rates among young people in this East African country that years ago won praise as a global [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/complacency-a-key-concern-as-hiv-epidemic-persists-in-africa/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 09:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/complacency-a-key-concern-as-hiv-epidemic-persists-in-africa/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Complacency a concern as AIDS treatment improves in Africa]]></title><description><![CDATA[KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) &mdash; AIDS has no cure. HIV is still here. But some people are forgetting that. Those are some of the bold messages Uganda&rsquo;s leader is emphasizing as health officials try to stem stubbornly high infection rates among young people in this East African country that years ago won praise as a global [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/complacency-a-concern-as-aids-treatment-improves-in-africa/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 09:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/complacency-a-concern-as-aids-treatment-improves-in-africa/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anchorage funds study of potential waste incineration plant]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; The Anchorage Assembly has approved funds to study how the city would build a waste-to-energy incineration plant to contend with its landfill limits. The Anchorage Daily News reported Thursday that the assembly has approved the use of $100,000 from its Solid Waste Services budget to fund a plan to be completed [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/anchorage-funds-study-of-potential-waste-incineration-plant/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 05:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/anchorage-funds-study-of-potential-waste-incineration-plant/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alaska police arrest 5 in connection with Seward killing]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Police in Alaska have charged four people with the killing of a 21-year-old man and arrested a fifth person for witness tampering. The Seward Police Department announced the arrests Wednesday as part of an investigation into the death of Preston Atwood, whose body was found Aug. 30. Authorities say Atwood went [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-police-arrest-5-in-connection-with-seward-killing/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 05:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-police-arrest-5-in-connection-with-seward-killing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man killed when car falls on top of him near Woodinville]]></title><description><![CDATA[A man working on his car near Woodinville died when the car fell on top of him Thursday afternoon, law-enforcement officials said. The 35-year-old man died at a home in the 18900 block of Northeast 190th Street in an unincorporated area east of Woodinville, according to the King County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office. Sheriff&rsquo;s deputies were the [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-killed-when-car-falls-on-top-of-him-near-woodinville/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 01:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-killed-when-car-falls-on-top-of-him-near-woodinville/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tacoma restaurants caught in crossfire when speaker, seen as foe of LQBTQ community, stirs protest]]></title><description><![CDATA[A controversial speaker planned for a Tacoma Republican club&rsquo;s monthly meeting sent activists into action, forcing the political group to three different restaurants Monday evening. The series of events showed how quickly community activists can organize over social media and how easily businesses can unwittingly become part of a controversy. The event, &ldquo;Transgenderism and Our [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/tacoma-restaurants-caught-in-crossfire-when-speaker-seen-as-foe-of-lqbtq-community-stirs-protest/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 01:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/tacoma-restaurants-caught-in-crossfire-when-speaker-seen-as-foe-of-lqbtq-community-stirs-protest/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Family: 3 kids in car when estranged husband kills mother in Clark County]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER, Wash. &mdash; A woman who was fatally shot by her estranged husband in an elementary school parking lot had been sitting in the minivan with her mother and her three young children, the woman&rsquo;s family said in a post on a fundraising website. Tiffany Hill was killed Tuesday outside Sarah J. Anderson Elementary School [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/family-3-kids-in-car-when-estranged-husband-kills-mother-in-clark-county/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2019 22:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/family-3-kids-in-car-when-estranged-husband-kills-mother-in-clark-county/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Family: 3 kids in car when estranged husband kills mother]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) &mdash; A woman who was fatally shot by her estranged husband in an elementary school parking lot had been sitting in the minivan with her mother and her three young children, the woman&rsquo;s family said in a post on a fundraising website. Tiffany Hill was killed Tuesday outside Sarah J. Anderson Elementary [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/family-3-kids-in-car-when-estranged-husband-kills-mother/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2019 22:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/family-3-kids-in-car-when-estranged-husband-kills-mother/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[3 kids in car when mother killed by estranged husband in Clark County, family says]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER, Wash. &mdash; A woman who was fatally shot by her estranged husband in an elementary-school parking lot had been sitting in the minivan with her mother and her three young children, the woman&rsquo;s family said in a post on a fundraising website. Tiffany Hill was killed Tuesday outside Sarah J. Anderson Elementary School in [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/3-kids-in-car-when-mother-killed-by-estranged-husband-in-clark-county-family-says/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2019 22:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/3-kids-in-car-when-mother-killed-by-estranged-husband-in-clark-county-family-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An alien comet from another star is soaring through our solar system]]></title><description><![CDATA[SEWANEE, Tenn. &mdash; Something strange is sailing toward us. Something small and cold and extraordinarily fast. No one knows where it came from, or where it is going. But it&rsquo;s not from around here. This is an interstellar comet &mdash; an ancient ball of ice and gas and dust, formed on the frozen outskirts of [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/an-alien-comet-from-another-star-is-soaring-through-our-solar-system/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2019 21:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/an-alien-comet-from-another-star-is-soaring-through-our-solar-system/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Does the New Decade Begin: In a Month, or a Year From Now?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oh, to revel in New Year&rsquo;s Eve. Cheer with good friends! A glass of Champagne or two. And, this year, ringing in a new decade. Oh, wait. Are we? In recent years there has been debate about when a decade begins and ends. For some people, the next decade will begin Jan. 1, 2020, and [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/when-does-the-new-decade-begin-in-a-month-or-a-year-from-now/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2019 20:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/when-does-the-new-decade-begin-in-a-month-or-a-year-from-now/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oldest member of Oregon’s Takelma tribe dead at 95]]></title><description><![CDATA[ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; Agnes Baker Pilgrim, the eldest member and the public face of southern Oregon&rsquo;s Takelma tribe, has died. Southern Oregon University, which recently awarded Pilgrim a presidential medal, said she died Wednesday in Grants Pass at age 95. The university says Pilgrim died as doctors tried to repair a brain aneurysm. Pilgrim, [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/oldest-member-of-oregons-takelma-tribe-dead-at-95/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2019 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/oldest-member-of-oregons-takelma-tribe-dead-at-95/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Agnes Pilgrim, global advocate of indigenous rights, dies]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; Agnes Baker Pilgrim, the oldest member of Oregon&rsquo;s Takelma tribe and a vocal advocate for clean water and Native American rights, has died. She was 95. Pilgrim, who was better known as &ldquo;Grandma Aggie,&rdquo; died Wednesday in Grants Pass as doctors tried to repair a brain aneurysm, her alma mater, Southern [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/agnes-pilgrim-global-advocate-of-indigenous-rights-dies/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2019 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/agnes-pilgrim-global-advocate-of-indigenous-rights-dies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Autopsy clears Salem police in death of man during arrest]]></title><description><![CDATA[SALEM, Ore. (AP) &mdash; An autopsy has found that a man who died after a struggle with Salem police suffered from a cardiac arrhythmia caused by a pre-existing heart condition. The Marion County District Attorney&rsquo;s Office on Wednesday ruled the death as accidental. Prosecutors say the Oregon State Medical Examiner found that Allen Pitts&rsquo; heart [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/autopsy-clears-salem-police-in-death-of-man-during-arrest/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2019 18:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/autopsy-clears-salem-police-in-death-of-man-during-arrest/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Astoria man found guilty of child molestation gets 42 years]]></title><description><![CDATA[ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) &mdash; An Astoria man found guilty of child sexual abuse has been sentenced to 42 years in prison. The Astorian reports jurors found 48-year-old Larry Leach guilty of four counts of rape, four counts of sexual abuse and two counts of using a child in display of sexually explicit conduct. Leach was [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/astoria-man-found-guilty-of-child-molestation-gets-42-years/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2019 17:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/astoria-man-found-guilty-of-child-molestation-gets-42-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[House fire caused by turkey smoker causes $75K damage]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; Firefighters in Portland have determined that a house fire in the early morning hours was sparked by an electric turkey smoker placed too close to the home. Portland Fire &amp; Rescue said Thursday that a mail delivery person spotted sparks and smoke at the home shortly after 5 a.m. and called [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/house-fire-caused-by-turkey-smoker-causes-75k-damage/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2019 17:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/house-fire-caused-by-turkey-smoker-causes-75k-damage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[State settles lawsuit over Alaska Hire employment statute]]></title><description><![CDATA[JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) &mdash; The state of Alaska has agreed to pay $50,000 in a settlement with a company that sued to have an employment law declared unconstitutional, records said. Colaska Inc. sued the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development in July over the Alaska Hire law, KTOO-FM reported Tuesday. The law requires private [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/state-settles-lawsuit-over-alaska-hire-employment-statute/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2019 17:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/state-settles-lawsuit-over-alaska-hire-employment-statute/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bear blamed for car damages in Alaska airport parking lot]]></title><description><![CDATA[KODIAK, Alaska (AP) &mdash; A bear has been blamed for a pair of vehicle break-ins at an Alaska airport parking lot that resulted in thousands of dollars in damage to one car, officials said. The vandalism occurred at the Island Air terminal parking lot adjacent to the Kodiak Benny Benson State Airport, The Fairbanks Daily [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/bear-blamed-for-car-damages-in-alaska-airport-parking-lot/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2019 16:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/bear-blamed-for-car-damages-in-alaska-airport-parking-lot/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thanksgiving brings brief respite from worst of snow, winds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wintry weather temporarily loosened its grip across much of the U.S. just in time for Thanksgiving, but travelers were bracing for heavy snow and blizzard conditions in some areas as they made plans to return home. The wind, ice and snow that tied up major highways and airports Tuesday and Wednesday largely let up Thursday, [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/thanksgiving-brings-brief-respite-from-worst-of-snow-winds/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2019 16:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/thanksgiving-brings-brief-respite-from-worst-of-snow-winds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snow, winds wane after tangling traffic, threatening parade]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wintry weather temporarily loosened its grip across much of the U.S. just in time for Thanksgiving, after tangling holiday travelers in wind, ice and snow and before more major storms descend Friday. There were some exceptions to the respite, particularly involving California&rsquo;s main north-south Highway 5, which was shut down in Southern California early Thursday [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/snow-winds-wane-after-tangling-traffic-threatening-parade/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2019 16:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/snow-winds-wane-after-tangling-traffic-threatening-parade/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snow, winds slow after tangling traffic, threatening parade]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wintry weather temporarily loosened its grip across much of the U.S. just in time for Thanksgiving, after tangling holiday travelers in wind, ice and snow and before more major storms descend Friday. Exceptions existed, particularly involving California&rsquo;s main north-south Highway 5, which was shut down early Thursday as heavy snow softly blanketed the region. But [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/snow-winds-slow-after-tangling-traffic-threatening-parade/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2019 16:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/snow-winds-slow-after-tangling-traffic-threatening-parade/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[European Space Agency gets more funds, also for Moon mission]]></title><description><![CDATA[MADRID (AP) &mdash; The 22 member states of the European Space agency have pledged to boost their funding to support more missions and research projects, including a new generation of satellites to monitor climate change. The agency&rsquo;s director-general, Jan Woerner, said Thursday at the conclusion two-day ministerial meeting in Seville, Spain, that member states pledged [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/european-space-agency-gets-more-funds-also-for-moon-mission/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2019 16:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/european-space-agency-gets-more-funds-also-for-moon-mission/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bison a bright spot for agriculture in Kansas, nation]]></title><description><![CDATA[HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) &mdash; One of the promising industries for agriculture harkens back to the days when bison roamed the Kansas prairie. The Hutchinson News reports that when Moundridge rancher Dick Gehring started his bison ranch more than 30 years ago, he did it for the money. The animals quickly became his passion. &ldquo;Whether the [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/bison-a-bright-spot-for-agriculture-in-kansas-nation/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2019 15:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/bison-a-bright-spot-for-agriculture-in-kansas-nation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why one Bellevue family is giving thanks: Their little boy doesn’t speak. But just look at him walk – and make all kinds of progress]]></title><description><![CDATA[Saul, 3 1/2, doesn't speak, but is making big progress -- even testing his independence -- since his parents found Kindering, one of 12 local nonprofits helped by reader donations to The Seattle Times Fund For The Needy. Saul is in physical therapy and on a waiting list for speech and occupational therapy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/why-one-bellevue-family-is-giving-thanks-their-little-boy-doesnt-speak-but-just-look-at-him-walk-and-make-all-kinds-of-progress/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/why-one-bellevue-family-is-giving-thanks-their-little-boy-doesnt-speak-but-just-look-at-him-walk-and-make-all-kinds-of-progress/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Wallflower’ review: Harrowing account of 2006 mass shooting in Seattle fails to dig deeper]]></title><description><![CDATA[The real-life 2006 Capitol Hill mass shooting in Seattle is the inspiration for this harrowing drama, but it doesn't offer much insight into the mind or motive of the unnamed killer (played by David Call).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/wallflower-review-harrowing-account-of-2006-mass-shooting-in-seattle-fails-to-dig-deeper/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/wallflower-review-harrowing-account-of-2006-mass-shooting-in-seattle-fails-to-dig-deeper/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So, flu shots are free, strongly recommended  ― and most Americans still don’t get one. What will it take to get people vaccinated?]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s free and available everywhere. Yet most Americans skip the annual flu shot &#8213; with the number of dispensed vaccines barely changed in the past decade, despite government removal of cost and access obstacles.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/so-flu-shots-are-free-strongly-recommended-and-most-americans-still-dont-get-one-what-will-it-take-to-get-people-vaccinated/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/so-flu-shots-are-free-strongly-recommended-and-most-americans-still-dont-get-one-what-will-it-take-to-get-people-vaccinated/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How the flu vaccine is made each year to keep up with constantly mutating versions of the virus]]></title><description><![CDATA[Flu viruses are mutating masters, always on the move to outwit scientists and their vaccines.&nbsp;This requires a new vaccine every flu season to match the strains circulating that year. When we recently asked readers for your questions about the flu, many of you wondered how public health officials make sure each year's vaccine is made to stymie that year's flu strains.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/how-the-flu-vaccine-is-made-each-year-to-keep-up-with-constantly-mutating-versions-of-the-virus/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/how-the-flu-vaccine-is-made-each-year-to-keep-up-with-constantly-mutating-versions-of-the-virus/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Efforts to move the needle on flu-shot rates get stuck]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s free and available everywhere. Yet most Americans skip the annual flu shot &#8213; with the number of dispensed vaccines barely changed in the past decade, despite government removal of cost and access obstacles.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/efforts-to-move-the-needle-on-flu-shot-rates-get-stuck/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/efforts-to-move-the-needle-on-flu-shot-rates-get-stuck/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big strides for a little boy: Thankful parents see their son’s life opening up]]></title><description><![CDATA[Saul, 3 1/2, doesn't speak, but is making big progress -- even testing his independence -- since his parents found Kindering, one of 12 local nonprofits helped by reader donations to The Seattle Times Fund For The Needy. Saul is in physical therapy and on a waiting list for speech and occupational therapy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/big-strides-for-a-little-boy-thankful-parents-see-their-sons-life-opening-up/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/big-strides-for-a-little-boy-thankful-parents-see-their-sons-life-opening-up/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UN expert: Zimbabwe hunger ‘shocking’ for country not at war]]></title><description><![CDATA[HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) &mdash; A United Nations special expert on the right to food says Zimbabwe is on the brink of man-made starvation and the number of people needing help is &ldquo;shocking&rdquo; for a country not in conflict. Hilal Elver said Thursday she found stunted and underweight children, mothers too hungry to breastfeed their babies [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/un-expert-zimbabwe-hunger-shocking-for-country-not-at-war/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2019 14:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/un-expert-zimbabwe-hunger-shocking-for-country-not-at-war/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study warns helmets don’t offer full protection on slopes]]></title><description><![CDATA[CONCORD, N.H. (AP) &mdash; For several years now, it has been almost de rigueur for skiers and snowboarders to strap on a helmet amid rising concerns about safety on the slopes. But a new study caution that helmets cannot protect skiers from all head injuries. Two trauma surgeons studied data of seriously injured skiers brought [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/study-warns-helmets-dont-offer-full-protection-on-slopes/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2019 14:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/study-warns-helmets-dont-offer-full-protection-on-slopes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UN says rebel attacks in eastern Congo kill Ebola responders]]></title><description><![CDATA[BENI, Congo (AP) &mdash; Rebels have killed four Ebola response workers in eastern Congo, the World Health Organization said Thursday, an alarming development that could cause the waning outbreak to again pick up momentum in what has been called a war zone. &ldquo;We are heartbroken that our worst fears have been realized,&rdquo; WHO chief Tedros [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/un-says-rebel-attacks-in-eastern-congo-kill-ebola-responders/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2019 07:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/un-says-rebel-attacks-in-eastern-congo-kill-ebola-responders/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UN says armed attacks in eastern Congo kill Ebola responders]]></title><description><![CDATA[JOHANNESBURG (AP) &mdash; Armed groups have attacked and killed Ebola response workers in eastern Congo, the World Health Organization chief said Thursday, an alarming development that could cause the waning outbreak to again pick up momentum. &ldquo;We are heartbroken that our worst fears have been realized,&rdquo; Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Twitter. He did not [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/un-says-armed-attacks-in-eastern-congo-kill-ebola-responders/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2019 07:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/un-says-armed-attacks-in-eastern-congo-kill-ebola-responders/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rebel attacks in eastern Congo kill several Ebola responders]]></title><description><![CDATA[BENI, Congo (AP) &mdash; Rebels killed four Ebola response workers in an overnight ambush in eastern Congo, the World Health Organization said Thursday, warning that the attack will give the waning outbreak new momentum in what has been called a war zone. &ldquo;We are heartbroken that our worst fears have been realized,&rdquo; WHO chief Tedros [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/rebel-attacks-in-eastern-congo-kill-several-ebola-responders/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2019 07:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/rebel-attacks-in-eastern-congo-kill-several-ebola-responders/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lime won’t renew its bike-share program with Bellevue]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lime deployed 400 e-bikes throughout the city, though most were concentrated in downtown Bellevue.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/lime-wont-renew-its-bike-share-program-with-bellevue/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2019 02:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/lime-wont-renew-its-bike-share-program-with-bellevue/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report: Seattle hotelier Ambassador Gordon Sondland accused of sexual misconduct by three women]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gordon Sondland, the Pacific Northwest hotelier who has become a key impeachment inquiry witness as U.S. ambassador to the European Union, is denying the accusations by three women who say he made unwanted sexual advances toward them during past business interactions in Portland and Seattle.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/report-seattle-hotelier-ambassador-gordon-sondland-accused-of-sexual-misconduct-by-three-women/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2019 01:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/report-seattle-hotelier-ambassador-gordon-sondland-accused-of-sexual-misconduct-by-three-women/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here’s what’s open and closed on Thanksgiving]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most government services and agencies will be closed Thursday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/heres-whats-open-and-closed-on-thanksgiving/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2019 01:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/heres-whats-open-and-closed-on-thanksgiving/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cold-weather homeless shelters open as temperatures drop before Thanksgiving]]></title><description><![CDATA[In response to dropping temperatures, cold weather shelters are opening starting Wednesday night.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/cold-weather-homeless-shelters-open-as-temperatures-drop-before-thanksgiving/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 23:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/cold-weather-homeless-shelters-open-as-temperatures-drop-before-thanksgiving/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Court upholds secretary of state ballot measure rejections]]></title><description><![CDATA[SALEM, Ore. (AP) &mdash; Marion County Circuit Court has ruled in favor of Secretary of State Bev Clarno&rsquo;s decision to reject three proposed ballot initiatives to tighten state forestry laws. Clarno said in a news release that the court ruled Wednesday and that she was pleased the court had affirmed the importance of the single [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/court-upholds-secretary-of-state-ballot-measure-rejections/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 23:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/court-upholds-secretary-of-state-ballot-measure-rejections/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who gets dibs? Mountaineers Foundation is suing The Mountaineers over use of the name]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Mountaineers Foundation &mdash; now called the Keta Legacy Foundation &mdash; filed a lawsuit against The Mountaineers in the U.S. District Court of Western Washington earlier this month alleging willful fraud in use of the name.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/who-gets-dibs-mountaineers-foundation-is-suing-the-mountaineers-over-use-of-the-name/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 23:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/who-gets-dibs-mountaineers-foundation-is-suing-the-mountaineers-over-use-of-the-name/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MRIs of dense breasts find more cancer but also false alarms]]></title><description><![CDATA[Giving women with very dense breasts an MRI scan in addition to a mammogram led to fewer missed cancers but also to a lot of false alarms and treatments that might not have been needed, a large study found. The results give a clearer picture of the tradeoffs involved in such testing, but they can&rsquo;t [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/mris-of-dense-breasts-find-more-cancer-but-also-false-alarms/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 23:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/mris-of-dense-breasts-find-more-cancer-but-also-false-alarms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman was raped, robbed and pistol-whipped in downtown Seattle; police arrested an armed felon nearby]]></title><description><![CDATA[After she was dragged into a building's alcove and raped, video-surveillance footage shows a 58-year-old woman &mdash; moving as quickly as possible with the aid of her walker &mdash; walking into the middle of Third Avenue and screaming for help. Her assailant then pulled her out of the street, took her to the ground, struck her twice in the head with a gun and stole $20. He then walked away.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/a-woman-was-raped-robbed-and-pistol-whipped-in-downtown-seattle-police-arrested-an-armed-felon-nearby/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 22:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/a-woman-was-raped-robbed-and-pistol-whipped-in-downtown-seattle-police-arrested-an-armed-felon-nearby/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawsuit filed over hepatitis A outbreak linked to berries]]></title><description><![CDATA[LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) &mdash; An Omaha woman who contracted hepatitis A after eating blackberries she bought at a Fresh Thyme grocery store has sued the company. The woman who filed the lawsuit Wednesday, Kerrie Tabaka, said she was hospitalized for a week for treatment of hepatitis A and continues to experience fatigue and other symptoms. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/lawsuit-filed-over-hepatitis-a-outbreak-linked-to-berries/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 21:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/lawsuit-filed-over-hepatitis-a-outbreak-linked-to-berries/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UPS employees allegedly ran massive drug shipment operation, evading authorities for a decade]]></title><description><![CDATA[Police allege that a supervisor in Tucson used the company&rsquo;s delivery system to move drugs and counterfeit vaping oils across the country.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ups-employees-allegedly-ran-massive-drug-shipment-operation-evading-authorities-for-a-decade/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 21:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ups-employees-allegedly-ran-massive-drug-shipment-operation-evading-authorities-for-a-decade/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[European Space Agency seeks funding boost from member states]]></title><description><![CDATA[BERLIN (AP) &mdash; The European Space Agency is asking its 22 member states for more money to be able to carry out ambitious new missions and keep up with growing competition from the private sector. ESA, which began a two-day ministerial meeting Wednesday in Seville, Spain, is looking to increase its three-year budget by about [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/european-space-agency-seeks-funding-boost-from-member-states/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 21:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/european-space-agency-seeks-funding-boost-from-member-states/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sheriff: Escaped inmate’s body found in Yamhill River]]></title><description><![CDATA[SHERIDAN, Ore. (AP) &mdash; The body of an inmate who escaped from a minimum security work camp in Sheridan, Oregon has been found in the Yamhill River. The Yamhill County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office said Wednesday that a fisherman reported the body in the water near Willamina. The body has been identified through fingerprints as 43-year-old Jesus [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/sheriff-escaped-inmates-body-found-in-yamhill-river/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 21:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/sheriff-escaped-inmates-body-found-in-yamhill-river/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[William Ruckelshaus, who refused to join in Nixon’s ‘Saturday Night Massacre,’ dies at 87]]></title><description><![CDATA[William Ruckelshaus, a pragmatic and resolute government official who shaped the Environmental Protection Agency in the early 1970s as its first administrator and returned to the agency a decade later to restore its shattered morale after its watchdog powers had been muzzled, died Nov. 27 at his home in Medina. He was 87. The death [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/william-ruckelshaus-who-refused-to-join-in-nixons-saturday-night-massacre-dies-at-87/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 20:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/william-ruckelshaus-who-refused-to-join-in-nixons-saturday-night-massacre-dies-at-87/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattle area’s William Ruckelshaus, who refused to join in Nixon’s ‘Saturday Night Massacre,’ dies in Seattle at 87]]></title><description><![CDATA[William Ruckelshaus, a pragmatic and resolute government official who served the Environmental Protection Agency in the early 1970s as its first administrator and who later, as second in command at the Justice Department, became a kind of icon of resistance after President Richard Nixon fired him in the &ldquo;Saturday Night Massacre,&rdquo; died Wednesday at his [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-areas-william-ruckelshaus-who-refused-to-join-in-nixons-saturday-night-massacre-dies-in-seattle-at-87/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 20:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-areas-william-ruckelshaus-who-refused-to-join-in-nixons-saturday-night-massacre-dies-in-seattle-at-87/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattle area’s William Ruckelshaus, who refused to join in Nixon’s ‘Saturday Night Massacre,’ dies at 87]]></title><description><![CDATA[William Ruckelshaus, a pragmatic and resolute government official who served the Environmental Protection Agency in the early 1970s as its first administrator and who later, as second in command at the Justice Department, became a kind of icon of resistance after President Richard Nixon fired him in the &ldquo;Saturday Night Massacre,&rdquo; died Wednesday at his [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-areas-william-ruckelshaus-who-refused-to-join-in-nixons-saturday-night-massacre-dies-at-87/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 20:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-areas-william-ruckelshaus-who-refused-to-join-in-nixons-saturday-night-massacre-dies-at-87/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon to double holiday hiring to 200,000]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; Amazon plans to hire 200,000 people for the busy holiday shopping season, double the number of workers it hired a year ago. The hiring spree is a sign of how quickly the online shopping giant is growing. To keep up with online orders, Amazon has been opening more warehouses, package sortation [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/amazon-to-double-holiday-hiring-to-200000/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 20:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/amazon-to-double-holiday-hiring-to-200000/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jimi Hendrix would have turned 77 today. Here’s how Seattle’s hometown music legend lives on.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jimi Hendrix would have been 77 years old on Nov. 27, 2019. Born at Seattle&rsquo;s Harborview hospital, he is remembered by many as the greatest electric guitarist of all time. The Seattle Times has published many stories covering Hendrix&rsquo;s continuing influence on music and his lasting status as a hometown hero. Here are some of [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/jimi-hendrix-would-have-turned-77-today-heres-how-seattles-hometown-music-legend-lives-on/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 20:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/jimi-hendrix-would-have-turned-77-today-heres-how-seattles-hometown-music-legend-lives-on/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study: For babies born with HIV, start treatment right away]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; When babies are born with HIV, starting treatment within hours to days is better than waiting even the few weeks to months that&rsquo;s the norm in many countries, researchers reported Wednesday. The findings, from a small but unique study in Botswana, could influence care in Africa and other regions hit hard by [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/study-for-babies-born-with-hiv-start-treatment-right-away/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 20:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/study-for-babies-born-with-hiv-start-treatment-right-away/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oregon’s high court upholds ban on timber sale]]></title><description><![CDATA[SALEM, Ore. (AP) &mdash; The Oregon Supreme Court has upheld an appeals court ruling that found the sale of a tract of the Elliott State Forest was illegal. The ruling announced Wednesday upholds the appeals court decision last year that overturned the sale of 788 acres to the Seneca Jones Timber Company after environmental groups [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/oregons-high-court-upholds-ban-on-timber-sale/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 19:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/oregons-high-court-upholds-ban-on-timber-sale/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tim Eyman’s car-tab measure on temporary hold, judge orders]]></title><description><![CDATA[The judge's order instructs the state to continue collecting car-tab taxes and distributing that money to the government agencies that use the fees.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/tim-eymans-car-tab-measure-on-temporary-hold-judge-orders/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 18:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/tim-eymans-car-tab-measure-on-temporary-hold-judge-orders/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tim Eyman’s car-tab measure on hold, judge orders]]></title><description><![CDATA[The judge's order instructs the state to continue collecting car-tab taxes and distributing that money to the government agencies that use the fees.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/tim-eymans-car-tab-measure-on-hold-judge-orders/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 18:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/tim-eymans-car-tab-measure-on-hold-judge-orders/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Southbound I-5 reopens after massive wintery storm]]></title><description><![CDATA[ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; Southbound Interstate 5 has reopened after a major storm dropped snow and created blizzard conditions near the Oregon-California border. The freeway opened around 8 a.m. Wednesday after being closed late Tuesday due to high winds and heavy snow south of Ashland. I-5 northbound was still closed at Redding, California due to [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/southbound-i-5-reopens-after-massive-wintery-storm/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 18:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/southbound-i-5-reopens-after-massive-wintery-storm/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interstate 5 reopens in aftermath of major snowstorm]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; A major highway linking California and Oregon fully reopened late Wednesday, nearly 24 hours after a major storm blew in off the Pacific Ocean and slammed the region with heavy snow, gale-force winds and drenching rain. Hundreds of cars spun out in blizzard conditions where Interstate 5 traverses high mountain passes [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/interstate-5-reopens-in-aftermath-of-major-snowstorm/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 18:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/interstate-5-reopens-in-aftermath-of-major-snowstorm/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hundreds stranded on Interstate 5 in ‘bomb cyclone’ fallout]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; Hundreds of cars remained stranded Wednesday on Interstate 5 headed north from California into Oregon in the aftermath of a major storm that dumped snow and created white-out conditions on both sides of the California-Oregon border. The stranded cars made it difficult for plows to clear the freeway and it was [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/hundreds-stranded-on-interstate-5-in-bomb-cyclone-fallout/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 18:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/hundreds-stranded-on-interstate-5-in-bomb-cyclone-fallout/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UN: Measles cases spike in numerous outbreaks worldwide]]></title><description><![CDATA[LONDON (AP) &mdash; The World Health Organization says cases of measles are continuing to spike globally, with multiple large outbreaks being reported across Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. In an update on Wednesday, the U.N. health agency said Congo has reported more than 250,000 suspected cases this year, including 5,110 deaths. In [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/un-measles-cases-spike-in-numerous-outbreaks-worldwide/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 17:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/un-measles-cases-spike-in-numerous-outbreaks-worldwide/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Utah set to become 19th US state to ban ‘conversion therapy’]]></title><description><![CDATA[SALT LAKE CITY (AP) &mdash; Utah is on its way to becoming the 19th state to ban the discredited practice of conversion therapy in January after state officials formed a proposal that has the support of the influential Church of a Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Republican Gov. Gary Herbert announced Tuesday night that church [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/utah-set-to-become-19th-us-state-to-ban-conversion-therapy/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 16:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/utah-set-to-become-19th-us-state-to-ban-conversion-therapy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Utah set to become 19th state banning ‘conversion therapy’]]></title><description><![CDATA[SALT LAKE CITY (AP) &mdash; Utah is set to become the 19th state to ban the discredited practice of conversion therapy after state officials came up with a proposal that has the support of the influential Church of a Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Republican Gov. Gary Herbert announced Tuesday night that church leaders support [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/utah-set-to-become-19th-state-banning-conversion-therapy/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 16:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/utah-set-to-become-19th-state-banning-conversion-therapy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Utah banning ‘conversion therapy’ with Mormon church backing]]></title><description><![CDATA[SALT LAKE CITY (AP) &mdash; Utah is on its way to becoming the 19th state to ban the discredited practice of conversion therapy in January after state officials formed a proposal that has the support of the influential Church of a Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Republican Gov. Gary Herbert announced Tuesday night that church [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/utah-banning-conversion-therapy-with-mormon-church-backing/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 16:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/utah-banning-conversion-therapy-with-mormon-church-backing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jimmy Carter out of hospital after treatment for brain bleed]]></title><description><![CDATA[ATLANTA (AP) &mdash; Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has been released from Emory University Hospital in Atlanta after recovering from surgery to relieve pressure on his brain caused by bleeding from a fall. Carter Center spokeswoman Deanna Congileo said Wednesday that the Carters &ldquo;look forward to enjoying Thanksgiving at home in Plains, where he will [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/jimmy-carter-out-of-hospital-after-treatment-for-brain-bleed/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 16:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/jimmy-carter-out-of-hospital-after-treatment-for-brain-bleed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crystal Mountain Resort opens Friday; other ski areas could soon follow]]></title><description><![CDATA[The blast of snow that hammered the Cascades earlier this week has snowboarders and skiers looking past Thanksgiving and to the slopes. They may not have to wait much longer. Crystal Mountain Resort has gotten&nbsp;&mdash; and created&nbsp;&mdash; enough snow to open its Discovery Meadow area this Friday for the weekend. It will run 9 a.m. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/crystal-mountain-resort-opens-friday-other-ski-areas-could-soon-follow/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 16:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/crystal-mountain-resort-opens-friday-other-ski-areas-could-soon-follow/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Application meant to simplify college admissions actually makes schools more selective, study shows, including some in Washington]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Common Application is widening the gap between the types of students who attend the nation's most and least selective colleges, new research suggests.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/application-meant-to-simplify-college-admissions-actually-makes-schools-more-selective-study-shows-including-some-in-washington/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 16:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/application-meant-to-simplify-college-admissions-actually-makes-schools-more-selective-study-shows-including-some-in-washington/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defense seeks to have cold case charges tossed in Alaska]]></title><description><![CDATA[FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) &mdash; The lawyer for a man charged in a rape and killing more than 25 years ago at the University of Alaska Fairbanks wants a judge to dismiss the case. The Sun Journal reports that James Howaniec wrote in a defense motion that the crime scene was &ldquo;badly botched,&rdquo; the investigation was [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/defense-seeks-to-have-cold-case-charges-tossed-in-alaska/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 15:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/defense-seeks-to-have-cold-case-charges-tossed-in-alaska/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No more menthol cigarettes: New ban on tobacco, vape flavors]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOSTON (AP) &mdash; Massachusetts&rsquo; governor signed into law Wednesday a groundbreaking ban on the sale of flavored tobacco and vaping products, including menthol cigarettes. Republican Gov. Charlie Baker&rsquo;s signature makes Massachusetts the first to enact a permanent statewide ban, anti-smoking groups said. It immediately bans the sale of flavored vaping products and will outlaw sales [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/no-more-menthol-cigarettes-new-ban-on-tobacco-vape-flavors/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 15:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/no-more-menthol-cigarettes-new-ban-on-tobacco-vape-flavors/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First statewide ban on tobacco, vape flavors almost in place]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOSTON (AP) &mdash; The governor of Massachusetts plans to sign into law a groundbreaking ban on the sale of flavored tobacco and vaping products, including menthol cigarettes. The American Cancer Society and the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids say Republican Gov. Charlie Baker&rsquo;s signature will make Massachusetts the first to enact a permanent statewide ban. Baker&rsquo;s [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/first-statewide-ban-on-tobacco-vape-flavors-almost-in-place/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 15:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/first-statewide-ban-on-tobacco-vape-flavors-almost-in-place/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just when it couldn’t get any worse for state Republicans, along comes their old friend Eyman]]></title><description><![CDATA[Having Trump on next year's ballot is likely to be rough enough for local GOP prospects. Add Eyman and you get a total "circus" &mdash; and that's what some Republicans are saying.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/just-when-it-couldnt-get-any-worse-for-state-republicans-along-comes-their-old-friend-eyman/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/just-when-it-couldnt-get-any-worse-for-state-republicans-along-comes-their-old-friend-eyman/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chinese national had 300 turtles smuggled from US to China]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; Prosecutors say a Chinese national and an accomplice from Eugene smuggled over 300 live turtles into China from the United States, after buying them from reptile dealers across the country. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Xiao Dong Qin of Shanghai, China, pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to smuggle goods from the United States. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/chinese-national-had-300-turtles-smuggled-from-us-to-china/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 14:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/chinese-national-had-300-turtles-smuggled-from-us-to-china/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[4 Cave Junction men arrested, linked to fire that killed man]]></title><description><![CDATA[CAVE JUNCTION, Ore. (AP) &mdash; Four men have been arrested in connection with a fatal fire in southwestern Oregon. Oregon State Police say the men from Cave Junction were lodged in Josephine County Jail and are all suspects in the murder of 65-year-old Donald Thomas. Thomas died Jan. 15 in his home in Cave Junction. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/4-cave-junction-men-arrested-linked-to-fire-that-killed-man/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 13:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/4-cave-junction-men-arrested-linked-to-fire-that-killed-man/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Eastern Washington, state Rep. Matt Shea faces backlash against white nationalism]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spokane Valley&rsquo;s mayor recently told an audience of fellow conservatives that police should have shot Rodney King. He heard no objections. Nor was there dissent when a popular pastor urged his congregants during a recent Sunday sermon to gird for war with an anti-Christian government. They applauded. So it&rsquo;s perhaps not surprising that this suburb [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/in-eastern-washington-state-rep-matt-shea-faces-backlash-against-white-nationalism/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 12:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/in-eastern-washington-state-rep-matt-shea-faces-backlash-against-white-nationalism/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hospital: Kidney went to wrong transplant patient]]></title><description><![CDATA[CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) &mdash; A New Jersey hospital says a kidney meant for one patient was mistakenly transplanted into another with the same name who was farther down the priority list. Virtua Health says the Nov. 18 operation on a 51-year-old patient at Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Camden. was successful. But officials [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/hospital-kidney-went-to-wrong-transplant-patient/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 11:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/hospital-kidney-went-to-wrong-transplant-patient/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China says it has met its carbon reduction goal early]]></title><description><![CDATA[BEIJING (AP) &mdash; China says it has realized its 2020 target for reducing carbon emissions ahead of schedule. The ecology and environment ministry published a report Wednesday saying China&rsquo;s CO2 emissions per unit of GDP had fallen last year by 4% from a year earlier to stand at 45.8% less than in 2005. Vice Minister [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/china-says-it-has-met-its-carbon-reduction-goal-early/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 07:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/china-says-it-has-met-its-carbon-reduction-goal-early/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter storm threatens to scramble Thanksgiving travel plans]]></title><description><![CDATA[MINNEAPOLIS (AP) &mdash; A day after bringing havoc to the Rocky Mountains, a powerful winter storm rolled across the Midwest on Wednesday, threatening to scramble Thanksgiving plans for millions of people during one of the busiest travel weeks of the year. The storm, which was blamed for one death and hundreds of canceled flights, pushed [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/winter-storm-threatens-to-scramble-thanksgiving-travel-plans/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 06:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/winter-storm-threatens-to-scramble-thanksgiving-travel-plans/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US travelers brace for snowy Thanksgiving, ‘bomb cyclone’]]></title><description><![CDATA[MINNEAPOLIS (AP) &mdash; A storm packing heavy snow and high winds that wreaked havoc as it whipped through Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska marched into the upper Midwest on Wednesday as anxious Thanksgiving travelers buckled up and barreled headlong into a busy, if not perilous, holiday week. The wintry storm that left at least one person [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/us-travelers-brace-for-snowy-thanksgiving-bomb-cyclone/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 06:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/us-travelers-brace-for-snowy-thanksgiving-bomb-cyclone/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report: Drugmakers, distributors under federal opioid probe]]></title><description><![CDATA[At least a half-dozen companies that make or distribute prescription opioid painkillers are facing a federal criminal investigation of their roles in a nationwide addiction and overdose crisis. The Wall Street Journal first reported the investigation Tuesday, citing unnamed sources familiar with the probe. In filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission dating back [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/report-drugmakers-distributors-under-federal-opioid-probe/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 05:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/report-drugmakers-distributors-under-federal-opioid-probe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drugmakers, distributors facing federal opioid probe]]></title><description><![CDATA[At least a half-dozen companies that make or distribute prescription opioid painkillers are facing a federal criminal investigation over whether they violated federal law as they shipped more drugs amid the growing nationwide addiction and overdose crisis. The Wall Street Journal first reported the investigation Tuesday, citing unnamed sources familiar with the probe. Many activists [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/drugmakers-distributors-facing-federal-opioid-probe/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 05:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/drugmakers-distributors-facing-federal-opioid-probe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hilcorp paid $25K fine after worker died on Alaska oil rig]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Hilcorp Energy Co. and one of its drilling contractors each paid fines of $25,000 or more after a worker died at a company drilling rig on Alaska&rsquo;s North Slope. Alaska&rsquo;s Energy Desk reported Tuesday that 36-year-old Shawn Huber died at the Milne Point field in December 2018 when a section of [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/hilcorp-paid-25k-fine-after-worker-died-on-alaska-oil-rig/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 05:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/hilcorp-paid-25k-fine-after-worker-died-on-alaska-oil-rig/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Autumn precipitation offers relief from long Alaska drought]]></title><description><![CDATA[JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Scientists say a warm, wet autumn has helped relieve a long period of drought in Southeast Alaska. The Juneau Empire reported Monday that heavy rainfall has pushed the region over its annual average by 13 inches (33 centimeters). U.S. Department of Agriculture climate meteorologist Brad Rippey says there has been a [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/autumn-precipitation-offers-relief-from-long-alaska-drought/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 05:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/autumn-precipitation-offers-relief-from-long-alaska-drought/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Seattle City Council begins to take shape as District 4 election winner Alex Pedersen is sworn in]]></title><description><![CDATA[The new Seattle City Council began to take shape Tuesday&nbsp;as the results of the Nov. 5 elections were certified and Alex Pedersen was sworn in to serve District 4. In a ceremony at Magnuson Park, Pedersen said he would respond to constituent concerns and &ldquo;fulfill the promise of district representation.&rdquo; &ldquo;A promise enshrined in our [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/new-seattle-city-council-begins-to-take-shape-as-district-4-election-winner-alex-pedersen-is-sworn-in/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 04:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/new-seattle-city-council-begins-to-take-shape-as-district-4-election-winner-alex-pedersen-is-sworn-in/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carrying coffins, Sea-Tac airline catering employees demand better wages on eve of busy travel day]]></title><description><![CDATA[The LSG Sky Chefs and Gate Gourmet employees called on&nbsp;Alaska Airlines and Delta Air Lines to demand kitchen workers' pay be raised to a level at least commensurate with the roughly $16/hour minimum other airport employees earn.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/carrying-coffins-sea-tac-airline-catering-employees-demand-better-wages-on-eve-of-busy-travel-day/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 04:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/carrying-coffins-sea-tac-airline-catering-employees-demand-better-wages-on-eve-of-busy-travel-day/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carrying coffins, Sea-Tac airline catering employees demand better wages on eve of busiest travel day]]></title><description><![CDATA[The LSG Sky Chefs and Gate Gourmet employees called on&nbsp;Alaska Airlines and Delta Air Lines to demand kitchen workers' pay be raised to a level at least commensurate with the roughly $16/hour minimum other airport employees earn.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/carrying-coffins-sea-tac-airline-catering-employees-demand-better-wages-on-eve-of-busiest-travel-day/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 04:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/carrying-coffins-sea-tac-airline-catering-employees-demand-better-wages-on-eve-of-busiest-travel-day/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[State details which road, transit projects will be delayed in wake of Eyman car-tab initiative]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dozens of road expansions, transit projects and vehicle purchases for agencies like King County Metro will be put on hold for at least six months.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/state-details-which-road-transit-projects-will-be-delayed-in-wake-of-eyman-car-tab-initiative/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 03:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/state-details-which-road-transit-projects-will-be-delayed-in-wake-of-eyman-car-tab-initiative/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three Eastside races headed toward recounts – including Bothell council election separated by 5 votes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three King County races &mdash; all for Eastside city council seats &mdash; are close enough to trigger automatic recounts.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/three-eastside-races-headed-toward-recounts-including-bothell-council-election-separated-by-5-votes/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 02:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/three-eastside-races-headed-toward-recounts-including-bothell-council-election-separated-by-5-votes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Up to 100 vehicles crash on I-90 near Spokane; officials warn holiday travelers to be cautious]]></title><description><![CDATA[Travelers near Spokane faced long backups Tuesday afternoon after 50 to 100 vehicles crashed on a 4-mile span of Interstate 90, according to Washington State Patrol. The crashes started around 2:30 p.m. after a storm brought a flurry of snow to the area. All lanes of traffic in both directions were initially shut down near [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/up-to-100-vehicles-crash-on-i-90-near-spokane-officials-warn-holiday-travelers-to-be-cautious/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 02:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/up-to-100-vehicles-crash-on-i-90-near-spokane-officials-warn-holiday-travelers-to-be-cautious/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dozens of cars crash on I-90 near Spokane; officials warn holiday travelers to be cautious]]></title><description><![CDATA[Travelers on Interstate 90 faced long backups Tuesday afternoon after 60 to 70 vehicles were involved in crashes near&nbsp;Spokane, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT). The crashes, which started around 2:30 p.m. after a storm brought a flurry of snow to the area, initially shut down all lanes of traffic in both [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/dozens-of-cars-crash-on-i-90-near-spokane-officials-warn-holiday-travelers-to-be-cautious/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 02:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/dozens-of-cars-crash-on-i-90-near-spokane-officials-warn-holiday-travelers-to-be-cautious/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[127 vehicles crash on I-90 near Spokane; officials warn holiday travelers to be cautious]]></title><description><![CDATA[Travelers near Spokane faced long backups Tuesday afternoon after more than 100 vehicles crashed on a 4-mile span of Interstate 90, according to Washington State Patrol. The crashes started around 2:30 p.m. after a storm brought a flurry of snow to the area and continued into the evening. A total of 127 vehicles were involved [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/127-vehicles-crash-on-i-90-near-spokane-officials-warn-holiday-travelers-to-be-cautious/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 02:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/127-vehicles-crash-on-i-90-near-spokane-officials-warn-holiday-travelers-to-be-cautious/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal, state assistance after Alaska quake could top $400M]]></title><description><![CDATA[JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Alaska officials estimate state and federal assistance following the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that rocked parts of south-central Alaska last year will top $400 million. The state emergency management department says the Nov. 30, 2018, quake was the largest natural disaster in Alaska since the magnitude 9.2 Good Friday earthquake in 1964. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/federal-state-assistance-after-alaska-quake-could-top-400m/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 02:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/federal-state-assistance-after-alaska-quake-could-top-400m/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal judge rules Cascade-Siskiyou expansion was illegal]]></title><description><![CDATA[SALEM, Ore. (AP) &mdash; A federal judge has ruled that much of President Barack Obama&rsquo;s expansion of Oregon&rsquo;s Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in 2017 was illegal. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports that timber counties in western Oregon and the timber industry challenged the expansion, as well as current Bureau of Land Management policy that reduces the amount [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/federal-judge-rules-cascade-siskiyou-expansion-was-illegal/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 02:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/federal-judge-rules-cascade-siskiyou-expansion-was-illegal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[3 shot including gunman near Vancouver, Wash. elementary school]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vancouver Public Schools said the shooting was targeted and no students or staff were hurt.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/3-shot-including-gunman-near-vancouver-wash-elementary-school/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 01:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/3-shot-including-gunman-near-vancouver-wash-elementary-school/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[3 shot including gunman near Vancouver elementary school]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) &mdash; Authorities say two people were shot in a Vancouver, Washington, elementary school parking lot and the suspected shooter appears to have shot himself after a police chase. The Clark County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office says deputies responded to a shooting outside Sarah J. Anderson Elementary Tuesday after school had been let out for [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/3-shot-including-gunman-near-vancouver-elementary-school/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 01:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/3-shot-including-gunman-near-vancouver-elementary-school/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US judge bars Trump’s health insurance rule for immigrants]]></title><description><![CDATA[A U.S. judge in Oregon has granted a preliminary injunction blocking a Trump administration proclamation that would require immigrants to show proof of health insurance to get a visa. U.S. District Court Judge Michael Simon said in a written opinion Tuesday that the proclamation could not take effect while a lawsuit challenging its constitutionality makes [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/us-judge-bars-trumps-health-insurance-rule-for-immigrants/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 01:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/us-judge-bars-trumps-health-insurance-rule-for-immigrants/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[King County officials say E. coli outbreak may be related to Evergreens salad restaurants in Seattle]]></title><description><![CDATA[At least six people have tested positive for E. coli after eating at Evergreens restaurants in Seattle this month, which public-health officials believe is unrelated to the national outbreak associated with romaine lettuce. Officials believe the outbreak may be associated with Evergreens, as the six people ate at the salad chain&rsquo;s restaurants&nbsp;from Nov. 5 to [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/king-county-officials-say-e-coli-outbreak-may-be-related-to-evergreens-salad-restaurants-in-seattle/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 00:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/king-county-officials-say-e-coli-outbreak-may-be-related-to-evergreens-salad-restaurants-in-seattle/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tennessee AG’s wife invested in Walgreens amid opioid suits]]></title><description><![CDATA[NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) &mdash; The wife of a state attorney general who&rsquo;s helping lead national opioid epidemic settlement negotiations has held investments in Walgreens for years. According to The Tennessean, Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery&rsquo;s ethics filings show his wife&rsquo;s Walgreens investments and income of an undisclosed value from 2014 to 2019, as other states [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/tennessee-ags-wife-invested-in-walgreens-amid-opioid-suits/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 00:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/tennessee-ags-wife-invested-in-walgreens-amid-opioid-suits/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tennessee AG’s wife holds Walgreens stock amid opioid suits]]></title><description><![CDATA[NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) &mdash; The wife of a state attorney general who&rsquo;s helping lead national opioid epidemic settlement negotiations has held investments in Walgreens for years. According to The Tennessean, Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery&rsquo;s ethics filings show his wife&rsquo;s Walgreens investments and income of an undisclosed value from 2014 to 2019, as other states [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/tennessee-ags-wife-holds-walgreens-stock-amid-opioid-suits/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 00:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/tennessee-ags-wife-holds-walgreens-stock-amid-opioid-suits/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man charged with raping, kidnapping woman he met on Tinder]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; A 27-year-old man has been indicted on a dozen charges, accused of raping a woman he met on Tinder and forcing her to perform sex acts in exchange for money. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Mitchell Beckwith was indicted Tuesday. Beckwith was arrested by Gresham police Nov. 17 and booked into custody on [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-charged-with-raping-kidnapping-woman-he-met-on-tinder/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 00:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-charged-with-raping-kidnapping-woman-he-met-on-tinder/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AG: Transgender inmate ruling could change prison policy]]></title><description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS (AP) &mdash; Nevada must comply with a recent federal appeals court ruling requiring that inmates receive state-funded gender confirmation surgery. Attorney General Aaron Ford was asked about the case involving an inmate in Idaho, but said the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision applies to all states in the circuit, which includes [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ag-transgender-inmate-ruling-could-change-prison-policy/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 23:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ag-transgender-inmate-ruling-could-change-prison-policy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Barbara Hillary, first black woman to reach the poles, is dead at 88]]></title><description><![CDATA[Barbara Hillary was the first black woman on record to reach the North Pole, which she did at the age of 75, and the first to reach the South Pole, at the age of 79.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/barbara-hillary-first-black-woman-to-reach-the-poles-is-dead-at-88/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 23:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/barbara-hillary-first-black-woman-to-reach-the-poles-is-dead-at-88/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattle urges judge to block Eyman car-tab measure; ruling could come by Wednesday]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seattle, King County, the Garfield County Transportation Authority and a handful of other groups are challenging I-976, arguing it violates the state Constitution.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-urges-judge-to-block-eyman-car-tab-measure-ruling-could-come-by-wednesday/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 23:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-urges-judge-to-block-eyman-car-tab-measure-ruling-could-come-by-wednesday/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[University of Oregon employee injured in wave lab]]></title><description><![CDATA[CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) &mdash; An Oregon State University employee was hurt in a research lab while setting up an experiment. The Gazette-Times reports on Tuesday the employee was setting up the experiment at O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory in a wave flume and became trapped. OSU&rsquo;s vice president for marketing and university relations Steve Clark [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/university-of-oregon-employee-injured-in-wave-lab/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 22:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/university-of-oregon-employee-injured-in-wave-lab/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official: Corps looking at possible Pebble timeline revision]]></title><description><![CDATA[JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) &mdash; An official with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the agency is not under pressure from anyone to deliver by a certain time a final environmental review on the proposed Pebble Mine project. Sheila Newman, deputy chief of the corps&rsquo; regulatory division in Alaska, says the corps is working through [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/official-corps-looking-at-possible-pebble-timeline-revision/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 22:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/official-corps-looking-at-possible-pebble-timeline-revision/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New York City lawmakers vote to ban flavored vaping products]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; New York City lawmakers voted Tuesday to ban flavored electronic cigarettes after a lawsuit halted a statewide ban. &ldquo;We are acting to protect our kids by banning the e-cigarette flavors that have been hooking them for years,&rdquo; Democratic City Council member Mark Levine said before the Council voted 42-2 to adopt [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/new-york-city-lawmakers-vote-to-ban-flavored-vaping-products/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 22:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/new-york-city-lawmakers-vote-to-ban-flavored-vaping-products/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Residents of CA, OR brace for “bomb cyclone” to hit Tuesday]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; Northern California and southern Oregon residents are bracing for a &lsquo;bomb cyclone&rsquo; that&rsquo;s expected at one of the busiest travel times of the year. The National Weather Service says the storm expected Tuesday into Wednesday could be like nothing seen in the area in the past 20 years. Residents can expect [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/residents-of-ca-or-brace-for-bomb-cyclone-to-hit-tuesday/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 21:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/residents-of-ca-or-brace-for-bomb-cyclone-to-hit-tuesday/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senate Democrats propose sweeping data privacy bill]]></title><description><![CDATA[Senate Democrats are proposing a broad federal data privacy law that would allow people to see what information companies have collected on them and demand that it be deleted.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/senate-democrats-propose-sweeping-data-privacy-bill/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 20:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/senate-democrats-propose-sweeping-data-privacy-bill/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police release name of woman who died in Glenn Highway crash]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Anchorage police have released the name of a driver killed Sunday in a crash along the Glenn Highway. Police say 68-year-old Leola Graf died in the afternoon crash. The cause is under investigation. Graff shortly before 3 p.m. was driving away from the city when her full-size pickup crashed into another [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/police-release-name-of-woman-who-died-in-glenn-highway-crash/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 20:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/police-release-name-of-woman-who-died-in-glenn-highway-crash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idaho university accepts Medicaid again reversing decision]]></title><description><![CDATA[REXBURG, Idaho (AP) &mdash; An Idaho university has started accepting Medicaid as health insurance again meeting its coverage requirement and reversing a heavily criticized decision. Brigham Young University-Idaho officials apologized Monday in a news release &ldquo;for the turmoil caused by our earlier decision.&rdquo; University officials say they were grateful for the feedback they have received [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/idaho-university-accepts-medicaid-again-reversing-decision/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 20:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/idaho-university-accepts-medicaid-again-reversing-decision/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idaho campus to accept Medicaid again for student coverage]]></title><description><![CDATA[REXBURG, Idaho (AP) &mdash; The Brigham Young University-Idaho campus says it will once again accept Medicaid as health insurance that meets its coverage requirement after the school was criticized for adopting a different policy. Campus officials apologized Monday &ldquo;for the turmoil caused by our earlier decision.&rdquo; &ldquo;We have decided that Medicaid, as it has in [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/idaho-campus-to-accept-medicaid-again-for-student-coverage/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 20:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/idaho-campus-to-accept-medicaid-again-for-student-coverage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Umatilla tribe opens warming center for homeless members]]></title><description><![CDATA[PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) &mdash; The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla northeast Oregon have opened a warming center for homeless tribal members as winter arrives. The East Oregonian reported Tuesday that the center took shape in about a week after people started noticing tribal members sleeping outside near tribal office buildings and outside the Wildhorse Resort [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/umatilla-tribe-opens-warming-center-for-homeless-members/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 19:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/umatilla-tribe-opens-warming-center-for-homeless-members/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[1 year later, mystery surrounds China’s gene-edited babies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chinese scientist He Jiankui shocked the world by claiming he had helped make the first gene-edited babies. One year later, mystery surrounds his fate as well as theirs. He has not been seen publicly since January, his work has not been published and nothing is known about the health of the babies. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s the story [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/1-year-later-mystery-surrounds-chinas-gene-edited-babies/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 19:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/1-year-later-mystery-surrounds-chinas-gene-edited-babies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[N. Idaho man updates challenge to state’s initiative process]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho (AP) &mdash; A northern Idaho man has filed documents to keep alive his federal court challenge to the constitutionality of Idaho&rsquo;s ballot initiative process. Ryan Isbelle of Lewiston filed an amended complaint Monday in U.S. District Court. Isbelle says Idaho&rsquo;s initiative rules violate the Fourteenth Amendment&rsquo;s equal protection clause because they give more [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/n-idaho-man-updates-challenge-to-states-initiative-process/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 19:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/n-idaho-man-updates-challenge-to-states-initiative-process/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idaho man updates challenge to state’s initiative process]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho (AP) &mdash; An Idaho man has filed documents to keep alive his federal court challenge to the constitutionality of the state&rsquo;s ballot initiative process. Ryan Isbelle filed the amended complaint Monday in U.S. District Court. Isbelle contends the state&rsquo;s initiative rules violate the Fourteenth Amendment&rsquo;s equal protection clause because they give more weight [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/idaho-man-updates-challenge-to-states-initiative-process/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 19:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/idaho-man-updates-challenge-to-states-initiative-process/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More clues point to chemical compound in US vaping illnesses]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; Health officials say they have more evidence that a certain chemical compound is a culprit in a national outbreak of vaping illnesses. A study released Tuesday analyzed vaping cartridges gathered in Minnesota during the outbreak this year and cartridges seized in that state last year. The newer cartridges contained the compound [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/more-clues-point-to-chemical-compound-in-us-vaping-illnesses/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 19:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/more-clues-point-to-chemical-compound-in-us-vaping-illnesses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Sen. Merkley urges Oregon fund to drop prison companies]]></title><description><![CDATA[SALEM, Ore. (AP) &mdash; U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, a sharp critic of the Trump administration&rsquo;s immigration policies, is urging the Oregon state employee pension fund to drop investments in prison companies where immigrants have been locked up by federal immigration officials. Merkley, an Oregon Democrat, says the state Legislature might need to assist. In an [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/us-sen-merkley-urges-oregon-fund-to-drop-prison-companies/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 18:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/us-sen-merkley-urges-oregon-fund-to-drop-prison-companies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sen. Merkley: Oregon should drop private prison investments]]></title><description><![CDATA[SALEM, Ore. (AP) &mdash; The Oregon state employee pension fund should drop its investments in two prisons companies whose facilities have been used to detain immigrants, U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley says. Oregon has $2 million invested in two prison companies, even though Oregon pioneered statewide sanctuary status. New York state and California recently dropped the [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/sen-merkley-oregon-should-drop-private-prison-investments/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 18:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/sen-merkley-oregon-should-drop-private-prison-investments/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life sentence upheld for man convicted of murder as teenager]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho (AP) &mdash; An Idaho man sentenced to life in prison as a teenager for his role in the stabbing death of another teenager as part of a quest to become a famous serial killer will remain behind bars. A U.S. District Court on Monday rejected Torey Adamcik&rsquo;s request that his first-degree murder conviction [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/life-sentence-upheld-for-man-convicted-of-murder-as-teenager/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 18:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/life-sentence-upheld-for-man-convicted-of-murder-as-teenager/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump order creates task force on missing American Indians]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; President Donald Trump has signed an executive order creating a White House task force on missing and slain American Indians and Alaska Natives. The task force will be overseen by Attorney General William Barr and Interior Secretary David Bernhardt. It is tasked with developing protocols to apply to new and unsolved cases [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/trump-order-creates-task-force-on-missing-american-indians/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 18:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/trump-order-creates-task-force-on-missing-american-indians/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fairbanks woman charged with crashing stolen SUV, injuring 4]]></title><description><![CDATA[FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) &mdash; A Fairbanks woman suspected of crashing a stolen sport utility vehicle into a small sedan and injuring four people has been arrested on felony charges. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports 28-year-old Kyianna Rhodes is charged with assault, vehicle theft and other counts. Her attorney at the Alaska Public Defender&rsquo;s office did [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/fairbanks-woman-charged-with-crashing-stolen-suv-injuring-4/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 18:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/fairbanks-woman-charged-with-crashing-stolen-suv-injuring-4/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man arrested in Portland arson fire that charred cars, homes]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; A man has been arrested on suspicion of starting two fires in a Portland residential neighborhood in August that destroyed two commercial buildings, five homes and about 50 cars in a parking lot. Authorities said Tuesday that 39-year-old Allen Michael Singerhouse also started two other significant blazes. He was arrested Nov. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-arrested-in-portland-arson-fire-that-charred-cars-homes/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 17:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-arrested-in-portland-arson-fire-that-charred-cars-homes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Melania Trump draws some boos at youth summit in Baltimore]]></title><description><![CDATA[BALTIMORE (AP) &mdash; Melania Trump was greeted by some boos Tuesday when she spoke at a youth summit in Baltimore, a city her husband has disparaged as &ldquo;rat and rodent infested.&rdquo; Mrs. Trump urged the audience of middle and high school students to avoid misusing drugs, saying that would make it harder for them to [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/melania-trump-draws-some-boos-at-youth-summit-in-baltimore/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 17:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/melania-trump-draws-some-boos-at-youth-summit-in-baltimore/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Melania Trump defends rights of Baltimore teens to boo her]]></title><description><![CDATA[BALTIMORE (AP) &mdash; Melania Trump on Tuesday defended the rights of teenagers who booed her when she addressed them in Baltimore, a city her husband, President Donald Trump, has disparaged as &ldquo;rat and rodent infested.&rdquo; She traveled there to urge hundreds of middle and high school students to avoid misusing drugs, saying that would make [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/melania-trump-defends-rights-of-baltimore-teens-to-boo-her/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 17:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/melania-trump-defends-rights-of-baltimore-teens-to-boo-her/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anchorage police, FBI seek suspect in credit union robbery]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Anchorage law enforcement officers are looking for a man who robbed a credit union. Anchorage police say the unidentified man on Monday afternoon held up a branch of the Alaska USA Federal Credit Union on west 36th Avenue. The man was dressed in black and he wore a ski mask. He [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/anchorage-police-fbi-seek-suspect-in-credit-union-robbery/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 17:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/anchorage-police-fbi-seek-suspect-in-credit-union-robbery/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spokane woman who provided alibi in murder case profiled in ‘Serial’ podcast dismayed by Supreme Court ruling]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a new trial for Adnan Syed. Spokane resident Asia McClain Chapman, who has written a book about the case, said on Twitter: &ldquo;Meanwhile my classmate STILL hasn&rsquo;t received a fair retrial."]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/spokane-woman-who-provided-alibi-in-murder-case-profiled-in-serial-podcast-dismayed-by-supreme-court-ruling/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 17:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/spokane-woman-who-provided-alibi-in-murder-case-profiled-in-serial-podcast-dismayed-by-supreme-court-ruling/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DC gov’t sues e-cigarette maker Juul over teen use]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; The District of Columbia is joining several states in suing e-cigarette maker Juul Labs, saying the company&rsquo;s online ads and promotions illegally targeted minors. Washington, D.C., Attorney General Karl Racine announced the lawsuit Tuesday, alleging that Juul&rsquo;s viral marketing contributed to the surge in underage vaping by teens in the district and [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/dc-govt-sues-e-cigarette-maker-juul-over-teen-use/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 17:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/dc-govt-sues-e-cigarette-maker-juul-over-teen-use/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DC government sues e-cigarette maker Juul over teen use]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; The District of Columbia is joining several states in suing the nation&rsquo;s largest e-cigarette maker Juul Labs, saying the company&rsquo;s online ads and promotions illegally targeted minors. Washington, D.C., Attorney General Karl Racine announced the lawsuit Tuesday, alleging that Juul&rsquo;s viral marketing contributed to the surge in underage vaping by teens in [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/dc-government-sues-e-cigarette-maker-juul-over-teen-use/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 17:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/dc-government-sues-e-cigarette-maker-juul-over-teen-use/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Home prices in Seattle outpaced by most top national markets]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seattle's rising home prices were outrun by many other major metro areas.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/home-prices-in-seattle-outpaced-by-most-top-national-markets/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 15:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/home-prices-in-seattle-outpaced-by-most-top-national-markets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alaska public building’s rotting floor could bring high cost]]></title><description><![CDATA[BETHEL, Alaska (AP) &mdash; An Alaska city faces millions of dollars in repair or replacement costs due to a rotting floor in a public building. KYUK-AM reported officials in Bethel must decide on the method and possible costs to address the water-damaged floor in the city&rsquo;s Public Works Department building. Acting City Manager Bill Howell [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-public-buildings-rotting-floor-could-bring-high-cost/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 15:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-public-buildings-rotting-floor-could-bring-high-cost/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alaska city joins commission seeking to tax online retailers]]></title><description><![CDATA[KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) &mdash; A group of Alaska municipalities have formed a commission to collect sales taxes from online retailers. The Ketchikan Daily News reported the Ketchikan Gateway Borough and 14 other communities signed an agreement last week to establish the Alaska Intergovernmental Remote Sellers Sales Tax Commission. Ketchikan borough Finance Director Cynna Gubatayao says [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-city-joins-commission-seeking-to-tax-online-retailers/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 15:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-city-joins-commission-seeking-to-tax-online-retailers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What’s happening to Paul Allen’s billions? A year after his death, it’s complicated]]></title><description><![CDATA[Paul Allen intended to give away the majority of the $20 billion-plus fortune he accumulated from Microsoft and his other ventures. A little more than a year after his death, his vision and how it will be accomplished remain a closely guarded secret.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/whats-happening-to-paul-allens-billions-a-year-after-his-death-its-complicated/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/whats-happening-to-paul-allens-billions-a-year-after-his-death-its-complicated/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More than a year after his death, plans for Paul Allen’s massive wealth still a work in progress]]></title><description><![CDATA[Paul Allen intended to give away the majority of the $20 billion-plus fortune he accumulated from Microsoft and his other ventures. A little more than a year after his death, his vision and how it will be accomplished remain a closely guarded secret.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/more-than-a-year-after-his-death-plans-for-paul-allens-massive-wealth-still-a-work-in-progress/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/more-than-a-year-after-his-death-plans-for-paul-allens-massive-wealth-still-a-work-in-progress/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before mea culpa, Children’s was confident its air systems weren’t source of infection]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seattle Children's Hospital has struggled with infections from Aspergillus mold since the early 2000s, but did not link them to its air-handling systems during a previous investigation and lawsuit. Now, the esteemed hospital has reversed course and is installing high-efficiency air filters in all of its operating rooms.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/before-mea-culpa-childrens-was-confident-its-air-systems-werent-source-of-infection/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/before-mea-culpa-childrens-was-confident-its-air-systems-werent-source-of-infection/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How legal weed turned Thanksgiving into a high holiday]]></title><description><![CDATA[Now that recreational marijuana is legal in 11 states and Washington, D.C., and allowed for medical purposes 33 states, it has joined alcohol and family gossip in the realm of onetime taboos that, in many places, parents and their grown children can now comfortably enjoy together.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/how-legal-weed-turned-thanksgiving-into-a-high-holiday/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 14:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/how-legal-weed-turned-thanksgiving-into-a-high-holiday/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Days of heavy rains in Congo’s capital kill at least 32]]></title><description><![CDATA[KINSHASA, Congo (AP) &mdash; Local officials in Congo say at least 32 people are dead in and around the capital, Kinshasa, after days of heavy rains caused flooding and landslides. Jean Nsaka, the magistrate in Lemba, said Tuesday that overnight rains killed at least 15 people and caused significant damage. He said a much higher [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/days-of-heavy-rains-in-congos-capital-kill-at-least-32/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 14:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/days-of-heavy-rains-in-congos-capital-kill-at-least-32/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man charged after spending night in the woods with child, 3]]></title><description><![CDATA[EUGENE, Ore. (AP) &mdash; An Oakridge man accused of hiding from law enforcement overnight in the woods with his 3-year-old child has been formally charged in Lane County Circuit Court. The Register-Guard reports 41-year-old Travis Gerlits faces felony charges of assault, coercion, fleeing a police officer and criminal mistreatment in addition to misdemeanors of menacing [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-charged-after-spending-night-in-the-woods-with-child-3/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 14:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-charged-after-spending-night-in-the-woods-with-child-3/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You do eat more at the holidays: Evolution trained you to.]]></title><description><![CDATA[A recent British study found that meal size could be 29 to 48 percent larger when someone eats with other people, particularly friends and family. The tendency goes back to the hunter-gatherer days, when people competed for resources.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/you-do-eat-more-at-the-holidays-evolution-trained-you-to/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 13:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/you-do-eat-more-at-the-holidays-evolution-trained-you-to/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Citizens asked to document king tides for climate science]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; Oregonians are being called to take pictures of the coast this week. For science. Coastwatch volunteer coordinator Jesse Jones says photos of extra high tides happening Nov. 24-28 and peaking Nov. 26, can help scientists learn how different communities will be impacted by climate change. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports photographs taken [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/citizens-asked-to-document-king-tides-for-climate-science/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 12:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/citizens-asked-to-document-king-tides-for-climate-science/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump donates 3rd-quarter salary to help fight opioid crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; President Donald Trump is donating his third-quarter salary to help tackle the nation&rsquo;s opioid epidemic. A White House official says Trump has given the $100,000 he would be paid in the quarter to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health, which oversees federal public health offices and programs, including the surgeon [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/trump-donates-3rd-quarter-salary-to-help-fight-opioid-crisis/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/trump-donates-3rd-quarter-salary-to-help-fight-opioid-crisis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UN: ‘Quick wins’ needed to keep climate goals within reach]]></title><description><![CDATA[GENEVA (AP) &mdash; Countries have procrastinated for too long and need to begin making steep cuts to their greenhouse gas emissions immediately, or risk missing agreed targets for limiting global warming, a senior United Nations official said Tuesday. The appeal by Inger Andersen, who heads the U.N. Environment Program, came days before governments gather in [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/un-quick-wins-needed-to-keep-climate-goals-within-reach/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 09:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/un-quick-wins-needed-to-keep-climate-goals-within-reach/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ebola responders on ‘lockdown’ after Congo city’s unrest]]></title><description><![CDATA[JOHANNESBURG (AP) &mdash; Ebola responders are on lockdown in the eastern Congo city of Beni after angry residents attacked a United Nations base to protest repeated rebel assaults, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. Every day that health workers don&rsquo;t have full access to Ebola-affected areas is a &ldquo;tragedy&rdquo; that prolongs the second-worst Ebola outbreak [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ebola-responders-on-lockdown-after-congo-citys-unrest/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 08:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ebola-responders-on-lockdown-after-congo-citys-unrest/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wintry weather threatens to snarl US holiday travel]]></title><description><![CDATA[DENVER (AP) &mdash; A strong storm expected to drop up to a foot of snow (0.3 meters) in parts of Colorado and Wyoming on Tuesday prompted airlines to announce travel alerts and the National Weather Service to issue blizzard and wintry weather warnings from the Rocky Mountains to the Great Lakes. About a quarter of [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/wintry-weather-threatens-to-snarl-us-holiday-travel/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 07:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/wintry-weather-threatens-to-snarl-us-holiday-travel/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heavy snow causes travel mayhem in Colorado, Wyoming]]></title><description><![CDATA[DENVER (AP) &mdash; A storm that dumped heavy snow in Colorado and Wyoming forced airlines to cancel hundreds of flights in Denver on Tuesday and has made driving impossible in some parts of the two states just as the busy Thanksgiving week travel period went into high gear. About 7 inches (18 centimeters) was on [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/heavy-snow-causes-travel-mayhem-in-colorado-wyoming/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 07:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/heavy-snow-causes-travel-mayhem-in-colorado-wyoming/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Safeguarding the seas, 1 protected area at a time]]></title><description><![CDATA[SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) &mdash; From the surface, these 22 square miles of water are unexceptional. But dip beneath the surface &mdash; go down 60 or 70 feet &mdash; and you&rsquo;ll find a spectacular seascape. Sponges, barnacles and tube worms cover rocky ledges on the ocean floor, forming a &ldquo;live bottom.&rdquo; Gray&rsquo;s Reef is little more [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/safeguarding-the-seas-1-protected-area-at-a-time/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 06:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/safeguarding-the-seas-1-protected-area-at-a-time/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattle City Council OKs new 57-cent tax on Uber, Lyft rides]]></title><description><![CDATA[The mayor and City Council have also promised to ensure Uber and Lyft drivers make Seattle&rsquo;s $16 minimum wage starting next summer.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-city-council-oks-new-57-cent-tax-on-uber-lyft-rides/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 03:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-city-council-oks-new-57-cent-tax-on-uber-lyft-rides/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattle City Council passes record $6.5 billion budget for 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the second straight year, there were no major political fireworks during the council's deliberations.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-city-council-passes-record-65-billion-budget-for-2020/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 02:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-city-council-passes-record-65-billion-budget-for-2020/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Holiday carousel readied at downtown Seattle’s Westlake Park]]></title><description><![CDATA[The carousel, in its 32nd year, will start up on Friday after Thanksgiving at 8 a.m.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/holiday-carousel-readied-at-downtown-seattles-westlake-park/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 01:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/holiday-carousel-readied-at-downtown-seattles-westlake-park/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tim Eyman says he’ll run for Washington governor against Inslee as an independent]]></title><description><![CDATA[Several Republican candidates have lined up challenge to Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee, who announced this summer he'd drop his presidential bid and seek a third term.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/tim-eyman-says-hell-run-for-washington-governor-against-inslee-as-an-independent/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 01:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/tim-eyman-says-hell-run-for-washington-governor-against-inslee-as-an-independent/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man banned from public transit for life released from jail]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; A 32-year-old man who received the first ever lifetime ban from Portland&rsquo;s mass transit agency following a history of cutting, gluing or masturbating into women&rsquo;s hair has been released from jail. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Jared Walter, who was dubbed the &ldquo;TriMet Barber&rdquo; in the media, was arrested March 26 and charged [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-banned-from-public-transit-for-life-released-from-jail/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 01:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-banned-from-public-transit-for-life-released-from-jail/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Agency agrees to designate habitat for threatened ice seals]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; A federal agency will decide by September how much ocean and coast will be designated as critical habitat for two ice seal species found in Alaska. The Center for Biological Diversity announced Monday it had reached an agreement with the Commerce Department for the Trump administration to issue a critical habitat [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/agency-agrees-to-designate-habitat-for-threatened-ice-seals/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 01:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/agency-agrees-to-designate-habitat-for-threatened-ice-seals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal government awards Alaska bus infrastructure grants]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Three Alaska Native groups will receive federal grants for bus infrastructure. The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Monday that $1.8 million in Alaska grants are part of $423 million in transit infrastructure grants approved nationwide. The Kenaitze (ken-EYET-zee) Indian Tribe will receive the largest Alaska grant. The tribe will receive $1.6 [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/federal-government-awards-alaska-bus-infrastructure-grants/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 23:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/federal-government-awards-alaska-bus-infrastructure-grants/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments sought on Idaho Medicaid expansion waiver]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho (AP) &mdash; Idaho officials are seeking public comments on a waiver to Medicaid expansion involving mental health treatment and substance abuse. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare said Friday it&rsquo;s taking comments through Dec. 24. The waiver would allow Medicaid recipients to receive inpatient treatment for mental health and substance abuse disorders [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/comments-sought-on-idaho-medicaid-expansion-waiver/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 22:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/comments-sought-on-idaho-medicaid-expansion-waiver/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Operator injured when crane tips over at Kirkland construction site]]></title><description><![CDATA[The operator was hospitalized in satisfactory condition.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/operator-injured-when-crane-tips-over-at-kirkland-construction-site/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 22:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/operator-injured-when-crane-tips-over-at-kirkland-construction-site/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man killed in officer-involved shooting near Black Diamond, stolen poodle recovered]]></title><description><![CDATA[The man who was killed has not yet been identified by the King County Medical Examiner's Office.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting-near-black-diamond-stolen-poodle-recovered/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 22:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting-near-black-diamond-stolen-poodle-recovered/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man killed in officer-involved shooting in Enumclaw, stolen poodle recovered]]></title><description><![CDATA[The King County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office said a man was killed in an officer-involved shooting in Enumclaw on Monday. The man was driving a pickup truck that had been stolen in Black Diamond on Friday with a poodle inside, the Sheriff&rsquo;s Office said. The shooting occurred in the 35200 block of Veazie Cumberland Road Southeast. A [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting-in-enumclaw-stolen-poodle-recovered/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 22:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/man-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting-in-enumclaw-stolen-poodle-recovered/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last living Mount Rushmore construction worker dies at 98]]></title><description><![CDATA[RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) &mdash; The last living worker who helped construct Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota&rsquo;s Black Hills has died. Donald &ldquo;Nick&rdquo; Clifford of Keystone, South Dakota, was 98. His wife, Carolyn Clifford, says he died Saturday at a hospice in Rapid City. At 17, Nick Clifford was the youngest worker hired [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/last-living-mount-rushmore-construction-worker-dies-at-98/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 22:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/last-living-mount-rushmore-construction-worker-dies-at-98/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney disputes characterizing check denial as a mistake]]></title><description><![CDATA[JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) &mdash; An attorney for a woman suing over initial denial of an Alaska oil-wealth fund check because of her same-sex marriage says a state employee indicated there have been other similar cases. Caitlin Shortell, in a court filing, didn&rsquo;t identify the employee, citing retaliation fears. She says the person said check division [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/attorney-disputes-characterizing-check-denial-as-a-mistake/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 21:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/attorney-disputes-characterizing-check-denial-as-a-mistake/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grant will go toward purchase of Spence Mountain for public]]></title><description><![CDATA[KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) &mdash; The Trust for Public Lands has received more than $400,000 in grant money toward the purchase of Spence Mountain. The Herald and News reported Monday that the trust is trying to gather $6 million to purchase the 7,500-acre property from private landowners so it can be managed by Klamath County. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/grant-will-go-toward-purchase-of-spence-mountain-for-public/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 20:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/grant-will-go-toward-purchase-of-spence-mountain-for-public/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grant will go toward purchase of Southern Oregon’s Spence Mountain for public]]></title><description><![CDATA[KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) &mdash; The Trust for Public Lands has received more than $400,000 in grant money toward the purchase of Spence Mountain. The Herald and News reported Monday that the trust is trying to gather $6 million to purchase the 7,500-acre property from private landowners so it can be managed by Klamath County. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/grant-will-go-toward-purchase-of-southern-oregons-spence-mountain-for-public/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 20:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/grant-will-go-toward-purchase-of-southern-oregons-spence-mountain-for-public/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tech service provider for nursing homes a ransomware victim]]></title><description><![CDATA[MILWAUKEE (AP) &mdash; A Milwaukee-based company that provides technology services to more than 100 nursing homes nationwide is the victim of a ransomware attack, and hackers are demanding $14 million before they&rsquo;ll restore the company&rsquo;s access to its hijacked servers. Virtual Care Provider Inc. informed its clients about the attack in a letter Nov. 18, [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/tech-service-provider-for-nursing-homes-a-ransomware-victim/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 20:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/tech-service-provider-for-nursing-homes-a-ransomware-victim/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Storm could hit central Oregon for holiday travel]]></title><description><![CDATA[BEND, Ore. (AP) &mdash; The National Weather Service says a winter storm could hit central and eastern Oregon during peak travel days for the Thanksgiving holiday. The Bulletin reported Monday that the storm could bring between seven and 13 inches of snow between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday night. Travel in the Cascade Mountains, central Oregon [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/storm-could-hit-central-oregon-for-holiday-travel/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 20:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/storm-could-hit-central-oregon-for-holiday-travel/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forecast: Stay home on Tuesday, Wednesday in parts of state]]></title><description><![CDATA[MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) &mdash; The National Weather Service is urging Oregonians in the southern part of the state to stay home on Tuesday and Wednesday as conditions develop for a major storm with high winds and white-out conditions. The agency said Monday that snow is also expected in central and eastern Oregon. KOIN-TV reports that [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/forecast-stay-home-on-tuesday-wednesday-in-parts-of-state/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 20:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/forecast-stay-home-on-tuesday-wednesday-in-parts-of-state/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idaho broadband group urges state to expand rural service]]></title><description><![CDATA[LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) &mdash; An Idaho government study group has concluded that expanding access to broadband services in rural areas should be a top priority for the state. The Lewiston Tribune reported Republican Gov. Brad Little created the broadband task force by executive order earlier this year and backed its findings. The 39-member group encourages [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/idaho-broadband-group-urges-state-to-expand-rural-service/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 19:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/idaho-broadband-group-urges-state-to-expand-rural-service/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rampant stomach virus shuts schools in Albany district]]></title><description><![CDATA[ALBANY, Ore. (AP) &mdash; The rapid spread of a stomach virus through the Greater Albany School District has forced the closure of all schools in the district for the rest of the week. The Gazette-Times reported Monday that the school district in Linn County was struggling to contain the spread of the virus, which causes [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/rampant-stomach-virus-shuts-schools-in-albany-district/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 19:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/rampant-stomach-virus-shuts-schools-in-albany-district/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rampant stomach virus closes elementary school in Oregon]]></title><description><![CDATA[ALBANY, Ore. (AP) &mdash; The rapid spread of a stomach virus through the Greater Albany School District has forced the closure of an elementary school. The Gazette-Times reported Monday that the school district in Linn County has been struggling to contain the spread of the virus, which causes vomiting and diarrhea. The district worked to [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/rampant-stomach-virus-closes-elementary-school-in-oregon/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 19:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/rampant-stomach-virus-closes-elementary-school-in-oregon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rampant stomach virus closes elementary school]]></title><description><![CDATA[ALBANY, Ore. (AP) &mdash; The rapid spread of a stomach virus through the Greater Albany School District has forced the closure of an elementary school. The Gazette-Times reported Monday that the school district in Linn County has been struggling to contain the spread of the virus, which causes vomiting and diarrhea. The district worked to [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/rampant-stomach-virus-closes-elementary-school/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 19:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/rampant-stomach-virus-closes-elementary-school/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fewer unwanted lake trout being caught in Yellowstone Lake]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) &mdash; Yellowstone National Park officials report significant progress in reducing the number of unwanted lake trout in Yellowstone Lake. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports that the National Park Service says Yellowstone and contract crews culled 282,960 fish this year from the lake. The total is smaller than last year and the year [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/fewer-unwanted-lake-trout-being-caught-in-yellowstone-lake/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/fewer-unwanted-lake-trout-being-caught-in-yellowstone-lake/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Repeat 911 callers need help firefighters can’t give, so Central Pierce tried something new]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new program, Community Assistance for Referral and Education Services, aims to curb the number of repeat 911 callers by addressing underlying problems and navigating patients to resources.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/repeat-911-callers-need-help-firefighters-cant-give-so-central-pierce-tried-something-new/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 18:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/repeat-911-callers-need-help-firefighters-cant-give-so-central-pierce-tried-something-new/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harris to propose doubling mental health treatment beds]]></title><description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) &mdash; Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris wants to double the number of mental health treatment beds available across the country and increase access to virtual mental health counseling. Harris will roll out her mental health platform Monday at a South Carolina event with radio host Charlamagne Tha God, who has spoken about [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/harris-to-propose-doubling-mental-health-treatment-beds/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 18:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/harris-to-propose-doubling-mental-health-treatment-beds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Texas, Nevada leaving state AGs suit vs T-Mobile-Sprint]]></title><description><![CDATA[The coalition of state attorneys general suing to stop the $26.5 billion merger of Sprint and T-Mobile has lost two more states, Texas and Nevada, two weeks before the trial is scheduled to begin. Both Texas and Nevada said Monday that they made their own settlements with T-Mobile. The coalition of state attorneys general, led [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/texas-nevada-leaving-state-ags-suit-vs-t-mobile-sprint/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 17:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/texas-nevada-leaving-state-ags-suit-vs-t-mobile-sprint/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Texas leaves state AGs antitrust suit vs T-Mobile-Sprint]]></title><description><![CDATA[The coalition of state attorneys general suing to stop the merger of Sprint and T-Mobile has lost another state, Texas, two weeks before trial is scheduled to begin. Texas said Monday that it has made its own settlement with T-Mobile. The state attorneys general go to trial Dec. 9, arguing that the T-Mobile-Sprint deal will [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/texas-leaves-state-ags-antitrust-suit-vs-t-mobile-sprint/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 17:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/texas-leaves-state-ags-antitrust-suit-vs-t-mobile-sprint/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Troopers release name of man killed in Craig house fire]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Alaska State Troopers have released the name of a man killed in a southeast Alaska house fire. Troopers say 69-year-old Michael Head died Nov. 16 in his home in Craig on Prince of Wales Island. Troopers that morning were notified of a fire at Mile 2.1 Port St. Nicholas Road east [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/troopers-release-name-of-man-killed-in-craig-house-fire/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 17:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/troopers-release-name-of-man-killed-in-craig-house-fire/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Explosion rocks Westhill neighborhood near Mount Vernon High School]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two people escaped the explosion, which was followed by a fire that engulfed the home. A natural-gas leak is suspected to have fueled the blaze; the fire department and Cascade Natural Gas are investigating.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/explosion-rocks-westhill-neighborhood-near-mount-vernon-high-school/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 17:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/explosion-rocks-westhill-neighborhood-near-mount-vernon-high-school/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman dies in crash of 2 pickups, SUV on Glenn Highway]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; A woman driving a pickup died in a weekend crash in Anchorage along the Glenn Highway. The woman&rsquo;s name was not immediately released. Anchorage police say the woman was driving out of the city when her truck crashed into another full-size pickup shortly before 3 p.m. near the Muldoon Road exit. [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/woman-dies-in-crash-of-2-pickups-suv-on-glenn-highway/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 17:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/woman-dies-in-crash-of-2-pickups-suv-on-glenn-highway/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virus prompts school closure in Albany, Oregon]]></title><description><![CDATA[ALBANY, Ore. (AP) &mdash; An elementary school in Albany, Oregon, has been closed due to an apparent stomach virus that has struck students, teachers and staff. KOIN reports the decision to close Periwinkle Elementary School on Monday was made after the school district consulted with the Linn County Health Department. Every school building in the [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/virus-prompts-school-closure-in-albany-oregon/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 17:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/virus-prompts-school-closure-in-albany-oregon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snow in the mountains and a cold week ahead for the Seattle area]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's been snowing in the mountains since Sunday night. That won't necessarily mean a white Thanksgiving in the lowlands, but temperatures are expected to drop into the 20s and 30s for much of the week.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/snow-in-the-mountains-and-a-cold-week-ahead-for-the-seattle-area/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 16:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/snow-in-the-mountains-and-a-cold-week-ahead-for-the-seattle-area/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snow in the mountains and a cold week ahead for Seattle]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's been snowing in the mountains since Sunday night. That won't necessarily mean a white Thanksgiving in the lowlands, but temperatures are expected to drop into the 20s and 30s for much of the week.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/snow-in-the-mountains-and-a-cold-week-ahead-for-seattle/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 16:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/snow-in-the-mountains-and-a-cold-week-ahead-for-seattle/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Florida school finds alternative for frog dissections]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. (AP) &mdash; No frogs were harmed in the making of a Florida high school&rsquo;s science class. J.W. Mitchell High School in New Port Richey began using synthetic frogs for educational dissections last Wednesday. Pasco County Superintendent Kurt Browning says it&rsquo;s the first school in the world to use the technology. The [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/florida-school-finds-alternative-for-frog-dissections/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 16:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/florida-school-finds-alternative-for-frog-dissections/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justices question Alaska $500-a-year contribution limit]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; The Supreme Court is raising doubts about Alaska&rsquo;s $500-a-year limit on contributions to political candidates. The justices are ordering a lower court to take a new look at the issue. The court says in an unsigned opinion Monday that federal judges who had rejected a challenge to the contribution cap did not [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/justices-question-alaska-500-a-year-contribution-limit/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 16:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/justices-question-alaska-500-a-year-contribution-limit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The icky reason health experts are telling us not to wash raw turkey]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; Go ahead and rinse your cranberries, potatoes and green beans. But food experts say don&rsquo;t &mdash; repeat don&rsquo;t &mdash; wash the turkey before popping it in the oven on Thanksgiving Day. They say that could spread the germs lurking on your turkey in the kitchen sink or nearby food. But it&rsquo;s [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/the-icky-reason-health-experts-are-telling-us-not-to-wash-raw-turkey/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 15:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/the-icky-reason-health-experts-are-telling-us-not-to-wash-raw-turkey/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stop! Washing your Thanksgiving turkey could spread germs]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; Go ahead and rinse your cranberries, potatoes and green beans. But food say experts say don&rsquo;t &mdash; repeat don&rsquo;t &mdash; wash the turkey before popping it in the oven on Thanksgiving Day. They say that could spread the germs lurking on your turkey in the kitchen sink or nearby food. But [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/stop-washing-your-thanksgiving-turkey-could-spread-germs/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 15:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/stop-washing-your-thanksgiving-turkey-could-spread-germs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattle council wants to expand program that keeps low-level offenders out of jail; others aren’t so sure]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Seattle City Council is poised to boost LEAD, energizing reformers despite some tension at City Hall over disagreement about how rapidly the program should grow.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-council-wants-to-expand-program-that-keeps-low-level-offenders-out-of-jail-others-arent-so-sure/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-council-wants-to-expand-program-that-keeps-low-level-offenders-out-of-jail-others-arent-so-sure/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattle council wants to expand program that keeps low-level offenders out of jail, getting help they need]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Seattle City Council is poised to boost LEAD, energizing reformers despite some tension at City Hall over disagreement about how rapidly the program should grow.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-council-wants-to-expand-program-that-keeps-low-level-offenders-out-of-jail-getting-help-they-need/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-council-wants-to-expand-program-that-keeps-low-level-offenders-out-of-jail-getting-help-they-need/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattle-area Thanksgiving traffic: best times to travel, what to expect at Sea-Tac and ferry terminals]]></title><description><![CDATA[The American Automobile Association predicts that nearly 1.3 million people in Washington state, and more than 55 million across the U.S., will make a trip of 50 miles or more this Thanksgiving.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-area-thanksgiving-traffic-best-times-to-travel-what-to-expect-at-sea-tac-and-ferry-terminals/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/seattle-area-thanksgiving-traffic-best-times-to-travel-what-to-expect-at-sea-tac-and-ferry-terminals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[LEAD, Seattle’s pioneering jail-diversion program, is about to get twice as much city funding]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Seattle City Council is poised to boost LEAD, energizing reformers despite some tension at City Hall over disagreement about how rapidly the program should grow.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/lead-seattles-pioneering-jail-diversion-program-is-about-to-get-twice-as-much-city-funding/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/lead-seattles-pioneering-jail-diversion-program-is-about-to-get-twice-as-much-city-funding/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Atlantic Street Center brings about a life-changing meeting between two mothers, a generation apart]]></title><description><![CDATA[Through the Teens As Parents Program, one-time teen mother Michelle Mitchell-Brannon gave Gabbie Price the support she needed to thrive as a mom.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/atlantic-street-center-brings-about-a-life-changing-meeting-between-two-mothers-a-generation-apart/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/atlantic-street-center-brings-about-a-life-changing-meeting-between-two-mothers-a-generation-apart/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask An Expert: Kansas City is exploring free transit. Should Seattle?]]></title><description><![CDATA[This month, the Kansas City, Missouri, City Council's transportation committee approved a resolution that includes eliminating fares for Kansas City Area Transportation Authority bus service within the city limits.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ask-an-expert-kansas-city-is-exploring-free-transit-should-seattle/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/ask-an-expert-kansas-city-is-exploring-free-transit-should-seattle/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes 7,200 students before Washington state will pay for a middle school’s nurse. How much will it cost to change that?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lawmakers just added billions to the state's K-12 budget to satisfy a Supreme Court order. Will they add billions more for nurses, social workers and psychologists?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/it-takes-7200-students-before-washington-state-will-pay-for-a-middle-schools-nurse-how-much-will-it-cost-to-change-that/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/it-takes-7200-students-before-washington-state-will-pay-for-a-middle-schools-nurse-how-much-will-it-cost-to-change-that/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More polio cases now caused by vaccine than by wild virus]]></title><description><![CDATA[LONDON (AP) &mdash; Four African countries have reported new cases of polio linked to the oral vaccine, as global health numbers show there are now more children being paralyzed by viruses originating in vaccines than in the wild. In a report late last week, the World Health Organization and partners noted nine new polio cases [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/more-polio-cases-now-caused-by-vaccine-than-by-wild-virus/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 12:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/more-polio-cases-now-caused-by-vaccine-than-by-wild-virus/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More college students looking for mental-health help, and facing long waits to get it]]></title><description><![CDATA[More college students are turning to their schools for help with anxiety, depression and other mental health problems, and many must wait weeks for treatment or find help elsewhere as campus clinics struggle to meet demand, an Associated Press review of more than three dozen public universities found. On some campuses, the number of students [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/more-college-students-looking-for-mental-health-help-and-facing-long-waits-to-get-it/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/more-college-students-looking-for-mental-health-help-and-facing-long-waits-to-get-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As stigma ebbs, college students seek mental health help]]></title><description><![CDATA[More college students are turning to their schools for help with anxiety, depression and other mental health problems, and many must wait weeks for treatment or find help elsewhere as campus clinics struggle to meet demand, an Associated Press review of more than three dozen public universities found. On some campuses, the number of students [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/as-stigma-ebbs-college-students-seek-mental-health-help/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/as-stigma-ebbs-college-students-seek-mental-health-help/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Samoa measles epidemic worsens with 24 children now dead]]></title><description><![CDATA[WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) &mdash; Authorities say a measles epidemic sweeping through Samoa continues to worsen with the death toll rising to 25, all but one of them young children. The government of the South Pacific nation said Monday that more than 140 new cases of people contracting the virus have been recorded within the [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/samoa-measles-epidemic-worsens-with-24-children-now-dead/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 07:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/samoa-measles-epidemic-worsens-with-24-children-now-dead/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Failing ice cellars signal changes in Alaska whaling towns]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; For generations, people in Alaska&rsquo;s far-north whaling villages have relied on hand-built ice cellars dug deep into the permafrost to age their subsistence food to perfection and keep it cold throughout the year. Scores of the naturally refrigerated food caches lie beneath these largely Inupiat communities, where many rely on hunting [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/failing-ice-cellars-signal-changes-in-alaska-whaling-towns/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 07:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/failing-ice-cellars-signal-changes-in-alaska-whaling-towns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alaska students raise the ukulele to orchestral proportions]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; The most prominent sign of the growing popularity of ukuleles among Anchorage students is East High&rsquo;s orchestra dedicated to the short-necked relative of the guitar. The Anchorage Daily News reported the Anchorage School District has seen a wave of aspiring student musicians who want to pluck the small, four-stringed instruments. Officials [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-students-raise-the-ukulele-to-orchestral-proportions/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 05:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-students-raise-the-ukulele-to-orchestral-proportions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alaska caribou decrease has officials searching for answers]]></title><description><![CDATA[BETHEL, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Southwest Alaska&rsquo;s Mulchatna Caribou herd has decreased to less than half its numbers, leaving wildlife officials with suspicions but no clear answers. KYUK-AM reported there were more than 27,000 Mulchatna Caribou three years ago and the figure is now only 13,500. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game says causes could [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-caribou-decrease-has-officials-searching-for-answers/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 05:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/alaska-caribou-decrease-has-officials-searching-for-answers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wat Misaka, who broke pro basketball’s color barrier, dies at 95]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seven months after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in professional baseball, Wat Misaka came off the bench in Madison Square Garden, scoring two points for the New York Knicks in an 80-65 win over the Washington Capitols. The son of Japanese immigrants, Misaka had become a fan favorite in college after helping lead the [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/wat-misaka-who-broke-pro-basketballs-color-barrier-dies-at-95/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 04:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/wat-misaka-who-broke-pro-basketballs-color-barrier-dies-at-95/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Madrona Park meet-up: cool cars and hot coffee]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cold weather didn't deter car fans from their weekly get-together.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/madrona-park-meet-up-cool-cars-and-hot-coffee/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 01:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/madrona-park-meet-up-cool-cars-and-hot-coffee/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[2 men shot in Skagit County]]></title><description><![CDATA[BURLINGTON, Skagit County &mdash; Police are investigating after two men were shot in the northern Washington town of Burlington and taken to the hospital. KOMO-TV reports Burlington police received reports of gunshots around 11 p.m. Saturday. Officers arrived to find a 26-year-old Mount Vernon man with a gunshot wound. Police say the shooter fled the [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/2-men-shot-in-skagit-county/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 00:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/2-men-shot-in-skagit-county/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can safely eat Puget Sound squid for 8 to 12 meals per month, officials say]]></title><description><![CDATA[Officials in Washington state say it&rsquo;s safe to eat squid caught in Puget Sound. KOMO-TV reported Sunday that King County officials recently tested squid from the sound for metals and other contaminants for the first time in two decades. King County officials say the results show it&rsquo;s safe to eat Puget Sound squid for eight [&hellip;]]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/you-can-safely-eat-puget-sound-squid-for-8-to-12-meals-per-month-officials-say/</link><pubDate>Sun, 24 Nov 2019 23:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/you-can-safely-eat-puget-sound-squid-for-8-to-12-meals-per-month-officials-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police: Woman killed in Federal Way car crash after she speeds away from traffic stop]]></title><description><![CDATA[Federal Way police asked the Washington State Patrol to handle the investigation, and State Patrol detectives were on the scene Sunday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/police-woman-killed-in-federal-way-car-crash-after-she-speeds-away-from-traffic-stop/</link><pubDate>Sun, 24 Nov 2019 23:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/police-woman-killed-in-federal-way-car-crash-after-she-speeds-away-from-traffic-stop/</guid></item></channel></rss>