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- 1 dead in Burien fire
Wednesday - 01/23/2019 - 12:02 PMBURIEN — A woman was found dead and a second was injured as fire burned an apartment building in Burien.
KOMO reports that firefighters arrived at the Forest View Apartments around 6 p.m.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘Scumbag’ comment gets juror removed in Pasco double-murder trial. Judge says it’s not her fault
Wednesday - 01/23/2019 - 12:03 PMPASCO, Wa. — A relative of a Pasco homicide victim, who phoned a juror last week, admitted calling the accused killer a “scumbag” during the brief telephone conversation.
The relative was tracked down and interviewed by a defense investigator on Friday after the juror in Hector Orozco Jr.’s double-murder trial told court officials about the phone call.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Week 5: House Dems float ’21st Century’ border security plan
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More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Georgia SOS seeks to replace criticized voting machines
Wednesday - 01/23/2019 - 12:27 PMATLANTA — Georgia’s new elections chief is asking lawmakers for $150 million to replace the state’s aging electronic voting machines, which experts have warned are vulnerable to hacking.
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger told Georgia legislators holding budget hearings Wednesday that a new voting system is his top priority.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Unrest roils Venezuela amid new push to topple Maduro
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More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Transgender woman sues over ‘false personation’ arrest
Wednesday - 01/23/2019 - 12:33 PMNEW YORK — A transgender woman is suing New York City and the police officers she says charged her with “false personation” after she provided them with both her previous and current names.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Police capture pair of runaway emus in coastal Texas
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More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - White supremacist pleads guilty to NYC sword killing
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More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘We don’t even know her, and we feel so bad:’ Friends and customers remember Kelso store clerk
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More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Los Angeles teachers return to schools after reaching deal
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- New trial starts for 2 charged in homeless camp killing
Wednesday - 01/23/2019 - 12:03 PMSEATTLE — A new trial has started for brothers accused of fatally shooting two people and wounding three others at the Seattle homeless encampment known as the Jungle.
The Seattle Times reports James and Jerome Taafulisia are being tried for again on murder and assault charges in connection with the Jan.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New building for Pacific Northwest National Lab campus
Wednesday - 01/23/2019 - 12:03 PMRICHLAND — The federal government’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will build a new $90 million energy sciences research building on its Richland campus.
A contract to design and construct the building has been awarded to a Houston-based team of Harvey Cleary Builders and Kirksey Architecture.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Iowa Rep. King returns to district after uproar over comment
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More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Muslim enclave that was foiled attack target urges justice
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More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Staying inbounds; the risk of innuendo in Super Bowl ads
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More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Blue Origin shoots NASA experiments into space in test
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More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Hundreds of schools close, flights delayed amid Midwest snow
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More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - House Democrats investigate White House security clearances
Wednesday - 01/23/2019 - 12:45 PMWASHINGTON — A powerful House committee now led by Democrats is opening an investigation into how security clearances have been handled in President Donald Trump’s White House and 2016 presidential transition.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Nurse arrested in case of incapacitated woman who gave birth
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More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Letter: Republican idea nothing new
Wednesday - 01/23/2019 - 09:00 AMDavid Nierenberg is a smart guy. It is disingenuous for his letter on Jan. 9 to praise Jaime Herrera Beutler for the idea of the Democrats giving on border security and the Republicans giving on DACA, when that was actually agreed to by Trump and six bipartisan senators in 2018.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Woman sues Home Depot for $1.5M after termination
Wednesday - 01/23/2019 - 12:02 PMBEND, Ore. — A Bend Paralympic athlete is suing Home Depot for $1.5 million, claiming the company did not consider her disability when it fired her in 2017.
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The Bulletin reports in a complaint filed Tuesday in Deschutes County Circuit Court, Barbara Buchan claims that after suffering a concussion in a fall at work, management fired her for keeping $11 worth of presentation materials in her vehicle overnight. - Adoptee from Vancouver deported by U.S. sues S. Korea, adoption agency
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More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Catholic student says he didn’t disrespect Native American
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More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - NASA replaces astronaut on Boeing’s 1st crew launch
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More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - South Korea human rights body to investigate abuse in sports
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More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Amid wall debate, pope says fear of migration makes us crazy
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More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Turkey’s president in Moscow for Syria talks with Putin
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More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Detective: Florida school shooting deputy statement faulty
Wednesday - 01/23/2019 - 12:48 PMFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida detective told investigators the former deputy entrusted to protect a high school where 17 people died in a mass shooting last year gave an initial statement filled with inaccuracies about his actions.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Trump wants to deliver State of Union next week as planned
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More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A fond farewell — with cookies
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