Meta, Facebook's parent company, is asking a court to strike down parts of Washington state's decades-old campaign finance law, arguing that requiring media companies to disclose information on …
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David Gutman / The Seattle Times
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8/18/22
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Washington State Patrol troopers cited 170 high-occupancy vehicle lane violators during a 2 1/2 hour emphasis patrol on Wednesday, according to Trooper Rick Johnson.
HOV violations are the most …
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Christine Clarridge / The Seattle Times
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8/18/22
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Oakley Carlson, a missing 5-year-old from Oakville, will be featured on the season four premiere of the Investigation Discovery series “In Pursuit With John Walsh,” airing at 9 p.m. on …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/18/22
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Parker Vermilyea might not be walking yet, but that doesn’t mean the 14-month-old can’t hit the gas when he wants to.
And in a larger-than-normal field at the KELA/KMNT Diaper Derby on …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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8/18/22
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NEW YORK — The Trump Organization’s long-serving financial gatekeeper pleaded guilty to 15 felonies on Thursday and directly implicated Donald Trump’s family real estate business in …
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Molly Crane-Newman / New York Daily News (TNS)
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8/18/22
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In what appears to be the first documented instance of monkeypox spreading from humans to animals, a dog was likely infected with the virus by its owners in France, scientists say.
The …
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Rong-Gong Lin II and Luke Money / Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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8/18/22
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Applications for U.S. unemployment insurance fell for the first time in three weeks, suggesting demand for labor remains healthy.
Initial unemployment claims decreased by 2,000 to 250,000 in the …
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Molly Smith / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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8/18/22
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ORLANDO, Fla. — With NASA’s first Artemis mission to the moon set to launch before the end of the month, teams are gearing up for future missions with astronauts including just exactly …
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8/18/22
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Researchers discovered Aug. 9 that 21,000 fish had died in their enclosures at UC Davis’ Center For Aquatic Biology and Aquaculture — a mass die-off that appears to have been caused by …
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Ariane Lange / The Sacramento Bee (TNS)
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8/18/22
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Columbia County Undersheriff Robbie Patterson did not break departmental policy or violate the Constitution by speaking publicly about his religious and political beliefs while in uniform, according …
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Emry Dinma / Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
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8/18/22
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A recent study found that people in 33 out of the 39 Washington counties have become more overweight over the last 10 years, according to BarBend, an online strength training resource and fitness …
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Alyse Messmer-Smith / The Bellingham Herald
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8/18/22
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On the 110th episode of News Dump, Aaron VanTuyl, Eric Schwartz, Franklin Taylor and Isabel Vander Stoep discuss everything happening at THE FAIR — from Little Miss Friendly to concerts to the …
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8/18/22
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The Seattle City Attorney's Office is making the decision on whether to prosecute misdemeanors in a fraction of the time they were last year, and choosing to prosecute more than twice as often, …
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Sarah Grace Taylor / The Seattle Times
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8/17/22
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Fire destroyed a mobile home and damaged an abandoned motel near the Great Wolf Lodge in south Thurston County early Wednesday morning.
Rob Smith, Interim Fire Chief at West Thurston Regional …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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8/17/22
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A small fire that started early Tuesday in Capitol State Forest spread throughout the day but was considered contained by Tuesday evening.
What started about 2:45 a.m. as a fire in a slash pile …
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Ty Vinson / The Olympian
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8/17/22
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Penny, a 3-month-old goat, was reunited with her family this week after being stolen from the Grays Harbor County Fair in Elma.
The Grays Harbor Sheriff’s Office announced the …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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8/17/22
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Thurston County reported 419 new COVID-19 cases and no additional deaths during the period of Aug. 8 through Aug. 14.
There were 499 cases reported and two deaths between Aug. 1 and Aug. …
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By Nisqually Valley News staff
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8/17/22
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Emma Britton told The Chronicle on Tuesday morning she would be thrilled if one of her friends — the other four top candidates — won. Perhaps that attitude is what earned her the title of …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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8/17/22
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The Southwest Washington Fair started its six-day run on Tuesday. Here is a collection of photographs by Chronicle photographer Jared Wenzelburger. Find out more about the fair online at …
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8/17/22
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On Monday, less than 24 hours before the start of the Southwest Washington Fair, volunteers in the horse arena found themselves in a predicament.
“4H horse department is in a bind,” …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/17/22
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