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Seattle’s Carmen Best is being considered for NY police commissioner job
The New York Times is reporting former Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best is on the short list of candidates for police commissioner at the New York Police Department.
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Want to get your 5-11 year old vaccinated against Covid? Here's what you need to know
It’s official. A whole new cohort of children in Washington state, and across the country, are now eligible to get kid-sized doses of the Covid-19 vaccine. Federal authorities have approved and recommended the use of the Pfizer vaccine for five to 11 year olds, and the Western State Scientific Advisory Group has also given their stamp of approval. Experts have deemed the vaccine safe and effective for children.
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A lone holdout. Why Washington’s secretary of state says she didn’t impose vaccine mandate
Washington has nine independently elected statewide officeholders. All but one of those elected officials has required their employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The holdout was the lone Republican.
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Dance Church is NOT church. But it inspires religious feelings
From the outside looking in, Dance Church looks like a mashup of a fitness class and living-room dance party. On the inside, it inspires spiritual feelings for some participants.
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Early votes put Seattle’s 'centrist' City Attorney candidate out front
Initial results were promising last night for Seattle’s “centrist” political candidates – they led their more progressive opponents in the races for mayor, one at-large city council seat and the race for city attorney that attracted national attention. In that race attorney Ann Davison leads by 17 points over former public defender Nicole Thomas-Kennedy, 58 to 41 percent. Davison described public safety as top of mind for Seattle voters this year.
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Seattle did not earn its reputation as a progressive city on Election Night
Three leftist candidates lagged far behind their opponents in the first ballot drop at 8:15 p.m. These dramatic margins suggest that, despite the protests for civil rights last year, Seattle isn’t ready to reimagine public safety as activists had hoped.
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Washington AG Bob Ferguson rallies other state leaders to help build back local journalism
“For us to thrive as a country, as a democracy and a republic, we need to have a free, independent media.”
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Seattle mayor proposes new climate measures to tackle pollution from traffic and buildings
At the global climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced policies she says will take a big bite out of Seattle’s climate-harming emissions from buildings and cars.
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Former Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best speaks plainly about being 'Black in Blue' in new book
Former Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best started her law enforcement career the same year Rodney King was brutally beaten by Los Angeles police officers. She ended her career in 2020, just a few months after George Floyd was murdered by police in Minneapolis. And the intervening years were marked with too
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Amazon ready to begin building its world-encircling network of satellites
Amazon asked the FCC today to let it begin launching experimental satellites into low-earth orbit. The system is being developed in Redmond, and it's called Project Kuiper.
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For kids afraid of needles: Try detective thinking
The FDA has authorized the use of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine for children ages five to eleven. Many young children are afraid of injection needles. So are some adults. KUOW‘s Bill Radke asked one Seattle child how she overcame her fear.
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Weekend arts & culture picks: an immersive exhibition, and a gallery show with an amazing backstory
Paige Browning talks with Seattle Times features reporter Brendan Kiley about some of his favorite arts and culture events happening this weekend and beyond.