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☆ Johnson looks to unify GOP with crack down on college campus protests
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Annie Grayer | Melanie Zanona | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“Anti-Israel protests on college campuses threaten Jewish students,” says the ad, which was shared first with CNN. While supporters of the legislation say it will help combat antisemitism on college campuses, opponents argue it overreaches and threatens to chill free speech. Some Democrats see the new investigative effort into college campuses and Johnson’s recent visit to Columbia University as a divisive political ploy. “Clearly it’s a very high priority for him,” GOP Rep. Frank Lucas of Oklahoma, the chairman of the House Science Committee, told CNN. House GOP Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik, who sits on the Education panel, is also expected to play a prominent role in the effort.

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☆ Tesla driver said he was using Autopilot when he fatally hit a motorcyclist
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewA 56-year-old Tesla Model S driver said he was using Autopilot when he hit and killed someone on a motorcycle last week about 15 miles outside Seattle. The driver told a Washington State Patrol trooper that he was in Autopilot mode and looked at his cellphone while the Tesla was moving, according to the CNBC report. In December, Tesla recalled over two million vehicles to update the Autopilot software. It's not known whether the driver involved in the Washington accident had the software update installed in his Tesla. AdvertisementTesla's website states Autopilot mode does not make the vehicle autonomous and drivers must use additional caution and pay attention.

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☆ Opinion | How America’s Two Abortion Realities Are Clashing
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( The Ezra Klein Show | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +65 min

mary zieglerWell, I think it’s much easier to ban abortion than it is to enforce a criminal law against abortion. mary zieglerNo, I think that’s right. If our abortion politics don’t reflect our abortion views, what does that tell us about the health of the democracy? We’ve seen upwards of 10 states — I think it’s 14 or 15 that have changed their definition of abortion in abortion restrictive states since Dobbs. So, the idea is that abortions that are presented as life saving either are not abortions or are simply pretexts for abortion that’s elective.

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☆ ‘Uncommitted’ Effort to Protest Biden Will Shift Its Focus to Washington State
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Reid J. Epstein | Mike Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After gaining some traction in Michigan and Minnesota, the next stop in the campaign to protest President Biden’s handling of Israel’s war in Gaza will be the Washington State primary next Tuesday. Like in Michigan, which has a large Arab American population, and Minnesota, where there is a significant population of East African immigrants and their children, the Washington State effort is counting on Middle Eastern immigrants and progressives to serve as a moral voice against America’s foreign policy alliance with Israel. Rami Al-Kabra, a Palestinian-American who is a City Council member in the Seattle suburb of Bothell, said activists have been reaching out to immigrant communities and others who have expressed disillusionment with Democrats. Some, he said, had thrown away their mail ballots, feeling like they did not have a voice. But after learning of the option to vote “uncommitted,” they have requested replacement ballots to submit.

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BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Evelyn Jefferson walks deep into a forest dotted with the tents of unhoused Lummi Nation tribal members and calls out names. “It took us eight days to bury him because we had to wait in line, because there were so many funerals in front of his,” said Jefferson, crisis outreach supervisor for Lummi Nation. Against the backdrop, tribes such as the Lummi Nation, about 100 miles (161 kilometers) north of Seattle, say the proposed funding — while appreciated — would barely scratch the surface. In September, Lummi Nation declared a state of emergency over fentanyl, adding drug-sniffing dogs and checkpoints, while revoking bail for drug-related charges. But truly thwarting this crisis must go beyond just Lummi Nation working on its own, said Nickolaus Lewis, Lummi councilmember.

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SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington state Senate unanimously approved legislation Tuesday that would ban police from hog-tying suspects, a restraint technique that has long drawn concern due to the risk of suffocation. “He was loved and he was somebody’s family member," Democratic state Sen. Yasmin Trudeau, who sponsored the bill, said during the Senate vote. The U.S. Department of Justice has recommended against the practice since at least 1995 to avoid deaths in custody. Democratic Sen. John Lovick, who worked as a state trooper for more than 30 years, described his experience with this restraint technique. And it is time for us to end the use of this dehumanizing technique.”The attorney general’s office in Washington recommended against using hog-tying in its model use-of-force policy released in 2022.

Persons: Manuel Ellis, Sen, Yasmin Trudeau, Democratic Sen, John Lovick, Lovick Organizations: SEATTLE, Democratic, U.S . Department of Justice, Trudeau Locations: The Washington, Tacoma, Seattle, Pacific Northwest, Washington

☆ I'm a gig worker who argued for Seattle's new minimum pay laws. Now, I'm fighting for my Instacart job.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Michelle Balzer, an Instacart driver in Seattle. Balzer was among those who advocated for PayUp, a series of bills meant to protect gig workers passed by Seattle's city council. One of the laws, which requires companies like Instacart to pay contractors the equivalent of the city's $19.97-an-hour minimum wage, took effect on January 13. An Instacart spokesperson told BI: "Due to new regulations imposed by the Seattle City Council, we're making several changes to how Instacart operates in Seattle. AdvertisementDo you work for Instacart, DoorDash, Walmart Spark, or another gig work app and have a story idea to share?

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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington state attorney general announced a $149.5 million settlement Wednesday with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, more than four years after the state sued the company over its role fueling the opioid addiction crisis. If approved, the deal would send over $20 million more to respond to the opioid crisis than if the state had signed onto a national settlement in 2021 involving Johnson & Johnson, the attorney general’s office said. Washington state’s Democratic attorney general sued Johnson & Johnson in 2020, alleging that it helped drive the pharmaceutical industry’s expansion of prescription opioids. “The Company’s actions relating to the marketing and promotion of important prescription opioid medications were appropriate and responsible,” according to the statement. The attorney general’s office noted that the company was one of the largest suppliers of the raw narcotic materials needed to produce opioid drugs.

Persons: drugmaker Johnson, Johnson, Bob Ferguson, Democratic Sen, June Robinson, Geoff Mulvihill Organizations: Washington State Department of Health, Johnson, Democratic Locations: The Washington, U.S, Washington, Cherry Hill , New Jersey

ILWACO, Wash. (AP) — A fire at a port building along the coast in Washington state destroyed more than 1,000 crab pots just ahead of the state's commercial Dungeness crab season, which opens Feb. 1. The remote area of the fire made it difficult to get enough water supply to fight the blaze, the Ilwaco Fire Department said in a Tuesday statement. About 8,500 crab pots on the deck surrounding the building made fighting the fire even more difficult, officials said. Heather Hall from the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife said the agency would do what they could to help crabbers who lost gear. The Washington Department of Ecology helped mitigate any potential environmental concerns from fire debris in the Columbia River on Tuesday.

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☆ Monsanto hit with $165 million verdict over PCBs in Seattle school
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Clark Mindock | Companies Need To Integrate Climate Reporting Across Functions To Comply With California S New Law | Henry Engler | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 21 (Reuters) - A U.S. jury has ordered Bayer's Monsanto to pay $165 million to employees of a school northeast of Seattle who claimed chemicals made by the company called polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, leaked from light fixtures and got them sick. The award included nearly $50 million in compensatory damages, and $115 million in punitive damages. Monsanto said in a statement that it will contest Monday's verdict, and that blood, air and other tests show the school employees were not exposed to unsafe levels of PCBs. PCBs are chemicals once widely used to insulate electrical equipment and in other common products like carbon copy paper, caulking, floor finish and paint. Employees, students and others have claimed in numerous lawsuits against the company that exposure to PCBs at the Sky Valley center caused their cancers, thyroid conditions and other health problems.

Persons: Wolfgang Rattay, Monsanto, Clark Mindock, Alexia Garamfalvi, Richard Chang Organizations: Bayer AG, REUTERS, Monsanto, Sky Valley Education, Thomson Locations: Leverkusen, Germany, U.S, Seattle, Washington, Sky, Monroe , Washington

☆ Why apple prices plunged in October
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

But apple prices plunged 7.9%. A Goldilocks year for applesIn general, apple prices dip in the fall, because that’s when they’re harvested and flood the market. An apple orchard near Leavenworth, Washington state. “We have a lot of volume, but I don’t know if we’re gonna be making any money this year.”Though gas prices have fallen, apple farmers have other rising costs, including labor. To cope with rising costs and improve sustainability, many farmers have been making adjustments to how they operate, said Todd Fryhover, president of the Washington Apple Commission, which promotes the state’s apple industry.

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☆ Mystery canine disease: A respiratory illness is spreading among dogs and baffling veterinarians. Here’s what owners can do
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Chris Boyette | Holly Yan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The mysterious illness is described as an “atypical canine infectious respiratory disease,” the Oregon Department of Agriculture said in a November 9 news release. In other words, dogs with the unidentified illness show similar signs of an upper respiratory disease but generally don’t test positive for common respiratory diseases. The Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory has also reported cases of a mysterious canine disease, the lab’s director told CNN in an email. While the news may be concerning, “We suggest caution rather than worry,” the Oregon Veterinary Medical Association’s website says. While this particular disease is unusual, “Periodic outbreaks of Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease Complex (CIRDC) can occur in a dog population.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Brad Wenstrup, who leads the House GOP's investigation of the origins of COVID-19, says he won't seek reelection next year. Wenstrup represents Ohio's 2nd Congressional District and was first elected to the House in 2012. Wenstrup, who is also a longtime member of the House Intelligence Committee, has accused U.S. intelligence of withholding key facts about its investigation into the coronavirus. Political Cartoons View All 1240 ImagesWenstrup's announcement came the same day another longtime congressman also said he would not seek reelection next year. They are among nearly two dozen House members to announce they won't be running again in 2024.

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☆ 18-year-old got hired as a Google engineer—his dad shares his No. 1 parenting rule: I take a 'hands off approach'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Stanley Zhong isn't your typical 18-year-old. In stepped Google, which offered Zhong a job as an L4 software engineer, one rung above entry level. And while the offer may have been surprising, especially considering the job title, one person says he wasn't shocked: Stanley's father, Nan Zhong. "And along the way, he gave me enough shocks that I was no longer shocked [when he got the Google job]. And that led to his Google job," Nan says.

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☆ Trump heads to the witness stand as new polls show him leaping past Biden in key swing states
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Biden, meanwhile, is absorbing brutal new polls showing him losing to GOP front-runner Trump in multiple key swing states. If the New York Times/Siena College survey is borne out in 2024, there would be no electoral path to victory for Biden. Biden supporters argue that his critics and media narratives set by the president’s low polls badly miss the most salient point that will define the 2024 election. Because this is a civil trial, Trump has no criminal liability. But the judge has already ruled that Trump, his adult sons and the Trump Organization committed “persistent and repeated” fraud.

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HONG KONG, Oct 30 (Reuters) - A Hong Kong court acquitted U.S. State Senator Jeff Wilson of illegally possessing a firearm in the Chinese-ruled city as long as he doesn't commit any crime for the next two years. A Republican party member, he has served in the state senate since 2021 and is also a Port of Longview Commissioner. "This is not the first time he came to Hong Kong or China, he used to be a trade delegate to Hong Kong and China. He should have known that the scrutiny in Hong Kong and China is strict," So said. Carrying a firearm without a license in Hong Kong is illegal and offenders can face up to HK$100,000 ($12,800) and a maximum of 14 years in prison.

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☆ Judge assigned to US antitrust case against Amazon recuses himself
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

The judge assigned to the US Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.com has recused himself from the case, according to a court document filed on Wednesday. Senior Judge John Coughenour was assigned to the case on Tuesday, when the antitrust lawsuit was filed against Amazon in federal court in Seattle. Coughenour, an appointee of Republican former President Ronald Reagan, did not cite a reason for dropping off the case in the court filing. The case has been re-assigned to US District Judge John Chun based on rotation, according to the document. Amazon is facing a series of similar but smaller private consumer cases filed in recent years that are pending in the same US federal court with Judge Ricardo Martinez and the FTC has argued its case should be assigned to the same judge to avoid duplication or conflict.

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☆ States announce major push to get to 20 million installed heat pumps, a cleaner alternative to gas furnaces that also provide AC
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Catherine Clifford | In Catclifford | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

A coalition of 25 state governors announced a major push to reach 20 million deployed heat pumps by 2030, they said in New York City on Thursday. Heat pumps are energy efficient replacements for fossil fuel powered furnaces and air conditioners. Heat pumps can also save consumers money -- around $300 a year in the United States, according to the IEA. In places like Europe, where gas prices are higher, having a heat pump can save customers around $900 a year, the IEA says. Maine, for example, has been remarkably successful in installing heat pumps with its own legislative action.

Persons: Matt Johnson, Jay Inslee, Inslee, Kathy Hochul, Ali Zaidi, Zaidi Organizations: Energy, RMI, International Energy Agency, IEA, U.S . Climate Alliance, Washington, Washington State Department of Health, Brookings Institution, New, Infrastructure Investment, Jobs Locations: New England, Windham , Maine, New York City, United States, Europe, U.S, Washington , New York, California, Seattle , Washington, Seattle, Georgia, it's Maine, Maine

☆ The 9 best college football towns for investing in short-term rentals
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Analytics site AirDNA ranked the best college football towns for investing in Airbnbs and Vrbos. It weighed competition, revenue potential, and occupancy to find the most ideal future investment. The Big 10 Conference towns dominate the top ranking with five spots, followed by the SEC with two. Analytics site AirDNA cobbled together college towns across five major conferences — SEC, ACC, Big 10, Big 12, and PAC-12 — in order to determine which places were the best for those seeking to invest in short-term rentals like Airbnbs and Vrbos. To be sure, the top-scoring towns aren't just the ones that have the highest revenue potential.

Persons: AirDNA, — Organizations: SEC, Service, ACC, Big, Washington State Cougars Locations: Airbnbs, Wall, Silicon, aren't, Washington

☆ Creator merchandise company Spring has been hit with 7 lawsuits this year
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Sydney Bradley | Amanda Perelli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Merch company Spring has been hit with numerous lawsuits this year. The creator merchandise company Spring has been hit with a slew of lawsuits this year following the sale of its assets, in late 2022, to the software company Amaze. Spring, as a company, still exists but has been effectively defunct since the asset sale. That hasn't stopped the lawsuits against Spring (formerly known as Teespring) from piling up, however. Since January, Spring has been sued by several vendors and business partners, with global shipping company DHL being the latest to sue the company.

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☆ Three US airlines warn of higher fuel costs in third quarter
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] A Southwest Airlines aircraft flies past the U.S. Capitol before landing at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 6 (Reuters) - Three U.S. airlines on Wednesday warned of higher fuel costs in the third quarter due to a jump in crude prices, adding to pressures the industry faces from expensive labor contracts. Shares of Southwest Airlines (LUV.N) fell 4.1%, United Airlines (UAL.O) was down 1.3% and Alaska Air Group (ALK.N) edged lower about 1% before the bell. U.S. airlines do not generally hedge against fuel costs, making them vulnerable to price swings. Southwest Airlines, the largest U.S. domestic carrier, said it expects revenue per available seat mile - a proxy for pricing power - to fall 5% to 7% in the current quarter.

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☆ Smoke Blankets Pacific Northwest as Wildfires Rage
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Remy Tumin | More About Remy Tumin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Thick smoke blanketed much of the Pacific Northwest on Monday as numerous wildfires in Canada, Washington and Oregon continued to burn, killing at least one person, destroying scores of buildings and threatening dozens more. At least six large fires were burning in Washington State, including the Gray Fire, which was discovered around noon on Friday and was only 10 percent contained as of Monday morning, and the Oregon Road fire, which had burned more than 10,000 acres and was also only 10 percent contained, according to a state fire tracking agency. In Oregon, another four large fires were burning, three of which were just outside of Eugene. The Washington State Department of Natural Resources said at least one person had died in the Gray fire and another death in connection with the Oregon Road fire was under investigation, but that the cause had not been determined. At least 265 structures were destroyed by the Gray and Oregon Road fires.

Persons: Gray Organizations: Oregon, Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Gray and Oregon Locations: Pacific, Canada, Washington and Oregon, Washington State, Oregon, Eugene

☆ Tacoma Listeria outbreak: Three dead after drinking Frugals restaurant milkshakes
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( Sara Smart | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Three people have died and three others have been hospitalized after drinking milkshakes contaminated with Listeria bacteria from a restaurant in Tacoma, Washington, health officials say. Investigators found the outbreak was linked to ice cream machines that were not cleaned properly at a Frugals restaurant in Tacoma, according to a release from the Washington State Department of Health. Two of the three who survived said they had a milkshake from the same Frugals in Tacoma before getting sick. The health department said no other Frugals restaurants are believed to be affected by the outbreak. Anyone who ate at the Tacoma restaurant between May 29 and August 7 and is showing symptoms of Listeria is urged to contact a doctor, the agency cautioned.

Organizations: CNN, Washington State Department of Health, Tacoma, Centers for Disease Control Locations: Tacoma , Washington, Tacoma, United States

☆ Wildfire Prompts Evacuations in Washington State Communities
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Eduardo Medina | More About Eduardo Medina | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A growing wildfire has prompted evacuations in two eastern Washington State communities as helicopter crews raced to rescue residents “trapped by the fires,” which had rapidly burned more than 3,000 acres in a few hours on Friday, the authorities said. The wildfire, which began around noon and has been named the Gray Fire, caused evacuations in the communities of Medical Lake and Four Lakes, which together have over 5,000 residents. Mayor Terri Cooper of Medical Lake warned residents on Facebook on Friday afternoon that they needed to “get out now” and that transportation to shelters was available. Joe Smillie, a spokesman for the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, said by phone on Friday that several structures had been destroyed in Medical Lake by the wildfire, which remained zero percent contained on Friday night and was being pushed by wind gusts of around 35 miles per hour.

Persons: Terri Cooper, Joe Smillie Organizations: Facebook, Washington State Department of Natural Resources Locations: Washington State, Medical, Four, Medical Lake

☆ These kids get free vacations thanks to their YouTube fame. But what happens behind the scenes?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Lilit Marcus | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

McCarty started a campaign called Quit Clicking Kids, aimed at stopping people using children on social media for monetary gain, in 2022. Child labor rights in the United States, from the factory to the internet: A timeline 1904 The National Child Labor Committee is founded, with the goal of ending all child labor. 1916 The first child labor bill – the Keating-Owen Act – is passed, which bans the interstate sale of any article produced with child labor and regulates the number of hours a child could work. In May 2023, the US Surgeon General’s office issued an advisory about social media and kids’ mental health. And for too many children, social media use is compromising their sleep and valuable in-person time with family and friends.

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