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  • Washington Economy

    Guaranteed Approval of Bad Credit Loans

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    January 30, 2019
    Are you looking for loans with a guaranteed approval regardless of what? Personal loans that are guaranteed to approve for those with bad credit ...
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  • Washington Health Care

    The owner of a nursing home whose residents suffered in Ida arrested

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 22, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions NEW ORLEANS – The owner of seven Louisiana nursing homes who sent more than 800 of his elderly residents ...
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  • Washington Cities

    Bowser wins Democratic DC mayoral nomination and AP projects

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 22, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions Muriel E. Bowser (D), the no-nonsense politician who has led the district for eight years, won the Democratic nomination ...
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  • Washington Population

    Men’s football signs six for 2022

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 21, 2022
    History links WASHINGTON – GW Men’s Football has signed six newcomers to join the program this fall, head coach Craig Jones ...
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  • Washington Environment

    GOP Senate candidate Eric Greitens criticized for ‘RINO hunting’ campaign ad

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 21, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions Former Missouri Governor Eric Greitens, a Republican Senate candidate, is widely criticized after he released a campaign ad on ...
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  • Washington Health Care

    Toddler shots: COVID vaccinations begin for America’s toddlers

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 20, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions Little Fletcher Pack woke up Monday morning and asked, “Is today vaccine day?” For the 3-year-old from Lexington, South ...
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  • Washington Cities

    Xi Jinping, director of career planning in China?

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 20, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions Over the next few weeks, China will produce a record 10.8 million university graduates. Finding jobs for them is ...
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  • Washington Population

    Elections in Colombia: Gustavo Petro defeats Rodolfo Hernández for president

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 20, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Gustavo Petro, a former rebel who rallied young and poor voters with promises to transform an ...
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  • Washington Environment

    Virginia public health chief backtracks on opinions, expresses regret

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 19, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions Colin Greene, the embattled Virginia health commissioner who in comments to his staff and media interviews dismissed the role ...
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  • Washington Health Care

    Apple workers in Maryland vote to unionize

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 19, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions Apple workers in Towson, Maryland, voted on Saturday to join a union, becoming the first of the tech giant’s ...
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  • Washington Cities

    Freedom House in Alexandria, now owned by the city, opens June 19

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 18, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions Twelve-year-old Braden Smith looked at the names on the entry wall, each listed next to an age not much ...
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  • Washington Population

    At Westminster Dog Show, new focus on vet welfare

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 18, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions NEW YORK — Dogs are in the spotlight, but Westminster Kennel Club’s upcoming show also shines a light on ...
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  • Washington Health Care

    Colombian presidential election: what you need to know

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 17, 2022
    BOGOTÁ, Colombia – Colombia will hold a presidential election on Sunday unprecedented in its history. Voters in Latin America’s third-largest country demanded change, rejecting ...
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  • Washington Cities

    2026 FIFA World Cup host cities: Los Angeles, New York/New Jersey among top venues; Washington DC snubbed

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 17, 2022
    Getty Images NEW YORK — Host cities for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico were announced in New ...
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  • Washington Population

    Musk aims to ease concerns by addressing Twitter employees

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 16, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions In an unusual move for what has been an unusual takeover bid by the world’s richest man on Twitter, ...
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  • Washington Environment

    Floods leave Yellowstone’s landscape ‘radically changed’

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 16, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions Heavy rains and rapid snowmelt within days have caused dramatic flooding that could forever change the human footprint on ...
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  • Washington Health Care

    McMaster, Cunningham win primaries; face off in november

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 15, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions COLUMBIA, SC — Former U.S. Representative Joe Cunningham won the Democratic gubernatorial nomination on Tuesday, setting up a November ...
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  • Washington Cities

    Black Fathers Matter could use more black dads

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 15, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions The DC Black Fathers Matter motorcade is an unapologetic public celebration of the black dad. The Father’s Day Parade ...
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  • Washington Population

    Reviews | Is Google’s LaMDA artificial intelligence sensitive? Bad question.

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 14, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions “You never treated him like a person, so he thought you wanted him to be a robot.” That’s what ...
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  • Washington Environment

    Researchers use whale photo archive to help protect important whelping site in WA | Whales

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 14, 2022
    Researchers are combing through thousands of photos of whales to help protect a calving site off Australia’s west coast that has been badly damaged ...
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  • Washington Health Care

    Washington State Family and Medical Leave Program Update

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 13, 2022
    Related practices and jurisdictions In 2017, Washington’s Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) program was enacted to provide partial salary replacement to employees on ...
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  • Washington Cities

    Back home: Erling Haaland completes Man City move

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 13, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions MANCHESTER, England — Erling Haaland is back home. The Norwegian striker completed a move to Manchester City from Borussia ...
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  • Washington Population

    Moscow-backed officials are trying to consolidate power in Ukraine

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 12, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions KYIV, Ukraine — Kremlin-installed officials in occupied southern Ukraine celebrated Russia Day on Sunday and began issuing Russian passports ...
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  • Washington Environment

    Washington Post fires journalist at center of online battle

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 11, 2022
    NEW YORK — The Washington Post has fired Felicia Sonmez, who sparked a vigorous online debate this week over social media politics and the ...
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  • Washington Health Care

    New York fund apologizes for role in Tuskegee syphilis study

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 11, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – For nearly 40 years from the 1930s, when government researchers deliberately let hundreds of black men ...
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  • Washington Population

    House passes FDA user fee package, awaits Senate action

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 10, 2022
    The House of Representatives passed the 2022 Food and Drug Amendments (FDA22, HR 7667) on June 8 by a bipartisan vote of 392 to ...
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  • Washington Environment

    New Zealand proposes cow and sheep burping tax to reduce methane emissions

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 10, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions New Zealand has more sheep than people, by a factor of about five. Now these sheep and other animals ...
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  • Washington Health Care

    Brightwork Health IT Appoints Tabitha Lieberman President, EHR and Health Applications

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 9, 2022
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  • Washington Cities

    Active model brings daily chances of severe thunderstorms across the United States

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 8, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions An active weather pattern will bring daily chances of strong to severe thunderstorms across the central and eastern United ...
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  • Washington Population

    Growing LGBT ID across major racial and ethnic groups in the United States

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 8, 2022
    Story Highlights LGBT identification on the rise among black, white and Hispanic adults More Hispanic adults than white and black adults identify ...
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  • Washington Environment

    Questions over Pope Francis’ resignation swirl as he uses a wheelchair

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 7, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions VATICAN CITY — The pain became evident five months ago when Pope Francis began to avoid getting up. “An ...
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  • Washington Health Care

    Britain’s Johnson struggles to regain authority after rebellion

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 7, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was meeting with his cabinet and trying to mend his tattered authority ...
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  • Washington Cities

    COVID loan fraud investigated at Tri-Cities, Hanford, WA

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 6, 2022
    A federal task force is investigating multiple cases of federal loans for COVID-19 relief in the Tri-Cities area based on fraudulent claims, federal prosecutors ...
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  • Washington Population

    Israeli nationalists fight against the Palestinian flag

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 6, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions JERUSALEM — It’s not a bomb, gun or rocket. The latest threat identified by Israel is the Palestinian flag. ...
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  • Washington Environment

    This vegan slider recipe satisfies with plant-based meat and cheese

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 5, 2022
    Vegan pub sliders Total time:35 minutes Servings:4 to 8 Total time:35 minutes Servings:4 to 8 Placeholder while loading article actions I’m not going to ...
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  • Washington Health Care

    Doctors transplant 3D-printed ear from human cells

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 5, 2022
    Doctors hsuccessfully transplanted a 3d printed ear made from human cells on the face of a 20-year-old woman born with a deformed ear, a ...
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  • Washington Cities

    Milley visits Sweden to show support for NATO bid

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 4, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions STOCKHOLM — The United States on Saturday prepared to launch a sprawling naval exercise in the Baltic Sea with ...
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  • Washington Population

    Lake Elmo’s growth rate increases to make it the fastest growing city in the state

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 3, 2022
    LAKE ELMO — New homes continue to rise in Lake Elmo, the once sleepy outpost surrounded by fields of grass that census figures now ...
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  • Washington Environment

    Tech companies say India’s cyber rules risk creating an ‘environment of fear’

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 3, 2022
    A broken Ethernet cable is seen in front of binary code and the words ‘cybersecurity’ in this illustration taken March 8, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File ...
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  • Washington Health Care

    Kentucky Democrat wears noose in new ad attacking Rand Paul

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 2, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky Democrat Charles Booker appears on camera with a noose around his neck to condemn Republican ...
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  • Washington Cities

    Free fishing weekend in WA set by Fish and Wildlife

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    June 2, 2022
    Anyone can fish for free — no license required — in Washington state on June 11 and 12. A discovery pass to park in ...
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  • Washington Environment

    Despite rising tuition due to economic inflation, Howard remains committed to keeping education accessible

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 31, 2022
    Howard’s undergraduate tuition and compulsory fees remain significantly lower than those of comparable institutions despite a 7.5% increase for the 2022-2023 academic year over ...
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  • Washington Population

    Brazil death toll floods to at least 91, with dozens dead

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 30, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions Authorities in Brazil’s northeastern state of Pernambuco said on Monday that 91 deaths were confirmed following flooding over the ...
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  • Washington Environment

    How San Diego secured its water supply, at a cost

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 29, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions As a worsening drought forces millions of Californians to face mandatory water restrictions, one corner of Southern California has ...
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  • Washington Cities

    Real Madrid beat Liverpool to win Champions League final

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 28, 2022
    Reported organizational problems outside the Stade de France, site of Saturday’s Champions League final, led to multiple delays and complaints of tear gas. Many ...
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  • Washington Population

    Kansas equity efforts bring little change after George Floyd

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 28, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions TOPEKA, Kan. – First she saw the graphic cellphone video showing the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia, ...
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  • Washington Environment

    Former Virginia Tech player acquitted in 2021 beating death

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 28, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. — A jury on Friday acquitted a former Virginia Tech football player who was charged with fatally ...
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  • Washington Health Care

    AAMC and Coalitions Submit FY23 Funding Priorities to Owners and Authorizers

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 27, 2022
    The AAMC and two coalitions convened by the association, the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research and the Health and Nursing Education Professions Coalition ...
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  • Washington Cities

    Teenager shot dead in southeast Washington

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 27, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions A 16-year-old was fatally shot Thursday morning inside an apartment building in the southeastern Washington neighborhood of Shipley, police ...
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  • Washington Population

    Northern Virginia students walk out of school to demand gun control legislation

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 27, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions In the wake of the fatal Texas elementary school shooting, DC-area students have walked out of class demanding tougher ...
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  • Washington Environment

    The Fed is in no mood to pause on inflation

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 26, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions Investors who think the Federal Reserve is about to collapse in its fight against inflation should start bracing themselves ...
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  • Washington Health Care

    Fairfax Behavioral Health in Kirkland closes youth unit, shortly after state cites safety breach

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 26, 2022
    By Seattle Times Mental Health Project Reporter The Mental Health Project is a Seattle Times initiative focused on coverage of mental and behavioral health ...
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  • Washington Cities

    Vincent Orange fights against a request to dismiss a defamation action

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 25, 2022
    Vincent Orange is fighting to maintain his libel suit against the Washington Business Journal and his former reporter (and current city ​​paper Loose Lips ...
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  • Washington Environment

    Social media hammered by growing advertising questions

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 24, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions Social media has had a tough 2022 with lingering questions about ad spend, political ads and a $44 billion ...
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  • Washington Cities

    DC’s Mary Cheh Gets Russia Ban After Boris Nemtsov Plaza Effort

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 24, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions Call it a shameful name change. As cities have long named streets and squares for heroes — from the ...
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  • Washington Population

    Live Updates | Ukraine: Russia intensifies assault on Donbass

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 23, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions KRAMATORSK, Ukraine – A Ukrainian official said Russian forces are stepping up their bombardment of the Donbass region. Pavlo ...
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  • Washington Environment

    Zibanejad leads Rangers to 3-1 win over Hurricanes in Game 3

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 23, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions NEW YORK — After two tough road losses that put them into another series deficit, the New York Rangers ...
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  • Washington Health Care

    Biden on monkeypox: ‘Everyone’ should be worried about the spread

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 22, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions President Biden said on Sunday that the United States was examining what vaccines might be available to protect people ...
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  • Washington Cities

    DC-area residents battle the heat

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 22, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions correction An earlier version of this story misspelled Amelie Balemaken’s name. This story has been corrected. Amelie Balemaken wore ...
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  • Washington Population

    Amazonian ‘camera traps’ provided images for massive archive

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 21, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions The Amazon is teeming with life. And many of the animals there are caught on camera encountering camera traps ...
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  • Washington Environment

    Art is an investment to be enjoyed

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 21, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions Tech stocks have taken a deep dive, blue chip stocks are struggling, stablecoins are unstable and not even asking ...
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  • Washington Health Care

    Reviews | Joe Manchin’s trail of destruction is about to get worse

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 20, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions Just when you thought Senator Joe Manchin III’s shenanigans couldn’t get any more damaging, two new developments tell us ...
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  • Washington Cities

    The Washington Square building could become the home of single mothers

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 20, 2022
    By Olivia Kennah May 19, 2022 GREEN RIVER – On December 26, 2019, the community of Green River nearly lost a historic landmark when ...
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  • Washington Population

    Small town, two-way end has UW bottom 5 picks

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 18, 2022
    Kade Eldridge is a small-town kid with some pretty big college football options. On Wednesday, the 6-foot-4, 235-pound Lynden Christian High School winger revealed ...
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  • Washington Environment

    Pollution caused 1 in 6 deaths worldwide over five years, study finds

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 18, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions In 2015, 1 in 6 deaths worldwide was due to poor air quality, unclean water and toxic chemical pollution. ...
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  • Washington Health Care

    South Carolina governor signs transgender sports ban bill

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 17, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions COLUMBIA, SC — The governor of South Carolina has quietly signed into law a bill that would ban transgender ...
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  • Washington Cities

    Washington man sentenced to 16 years in prison for beating to death

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 17, 2022
    TACOMA, Wash. A federal judge on Monday ordered a King County man to serve 16 years in prison after he was found guilty of ...
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  • Washington Population

    Ukraine ends Mariupol battle and evacuates fighters from Azovstal steelworks

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 17, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions Ukrainian fighters ended their week-long defense of a beleaguered steel mill in the strategic port city of Mariupol, as ...
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  • Washington Environment

    Map: Find out where Americans are most at risk from wildfires

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 16, 2022
    When a wildfire ripped through drought-stricken towns near Boulder, Colorado late last year, it reminded Americans that fire risk is changing. It didn’t matter ...
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  • Washington Health Care

    Reviews | In shootouts like Buffalo, hate isn’t the root cause

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 15, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions James Densley is a professor of criminal justice at Metro State University. Jillian Peterson is an associate professor of ...
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  • Washington Population

    ‘I’m outraged’: Voices of abortion rights protesters across the US

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 14, 2022
    May 14 (Reuters) – Thousands of abortion-rights supporters demonstrate across the United States on Saturday, sparking what organizers called a “summer of rage” if ...
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  • Washington Health Care

    Calls for change resonate during nurses’ march in Washington

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 13, 2022
    Nurses traveled from across the country this week to rally in Washington, DC, and raise their voices for change on International Nurses Day. The ...
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  • Washington Cities

    Man City unveil statue honoring record holder Aguero

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 13, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions MANCHESTER, England — Manchester City have unveiled a statue of Sergio Aguero on the 10th anniversary of the retired ...
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  • Washington Population

    Migrant boat capsizes near Puerto Rico, killing 13, officials say

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 13, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions A makeshift boat overloaded with migrants capsized on Thursday en route to Puerto Rico, officials said, leaving at least ...
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  • Washington Environment

    Alabama sinking holds key to relatives of enslaved Africans

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 12, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions MOBILE, Ala. – The keys to the past and future of a community descended from enslaved Africans lie at ...
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  • Washington Health Care

    North Korea reports positive covid case for first time

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 12, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions TOKYO — North Korea reported its first coronavirus outbreak since the pandemic began nearly two years ago on Thursday, ...
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  • Washington Cities

    North Carolina Beach Homes Collapse Due to Severe Coastal Storm

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 11, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions Two beachfront homes on North Carolina’s Outer Banks were lost to the sea on Tuesday to the same storm ...
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  • Washington Population

    Factbox: Key races in Nebraska and West Virginia primaries on May 10

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 11, 2022
    The sun rises over the U.S. Capitol ahead of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial in Washington, U.S., February 8, 2021. REUTERS/Tom ...
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  • Washington Environment

    Washington universities are struggling to meet the mental health needs of all of their students. here’s why

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 10, 2022
    The Mental Health Project is a Seattle Times initiative focused on coverage of mental and behavioral health issues. It is funded by Ballmer Group, ...
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  • Washington Health Care

    Warhol’s ‘Marilyn’ Auction Returns $195 Million; most for american artist

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 10, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions NEW YORK – Andy Warhol’s “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn” sold for a whopping $195 million on Monday, making the ...
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  • Washington Cities

    Reviews | Why Twitter might start flying to Texas

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 9, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions The day after Twitter announced that it had accepted Elon Musk’s bid, California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom hosted a ...
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  • Washington Population

    Washington residents pay more for gasoline than most people in the country. But why?

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 9, 2022
    For years, Washingtonians have paid a premium at the pump. Despite having five oil refineries in the Puget Sound area, the state has recorded ...
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  • Washington Environment

    GDI Wins $89.5 Million High-Performance Computing Contract With EPA

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 8, 2022
    Kevin Connell, GDI General Dynamics Information Technology has received the High-End Scientific Computing II Support Services work order from the Environmental Protection Agency. The ...
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  • Washington Health Care

    Russia-Ukraine War News: Live Updates

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 8, 2022
    KOSICE, Slovakia — President Biden and leaders of other Group of Seven nations will meet virtually with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday to ...
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  • Washington Cities

    Police: Suspect arrested after assaulting and attempting to disarm police in Washington City

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 8, 2022
    File photo: Washington City Police Facebook WASHINGTON CITY, Utah, May 7, 2022 (Gephardt Daily) — Washington City police say a man they arrested for ...
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  • Washington Population

    Less immigrant labor in the United States contributing to higher prices

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 7, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions Just 10 miles from the Rio Grande, Mike Helle’s farm is so short of immigrant workers that he has ...
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  • Washington Environment

    The April jobs report was flat at 3.6%

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 6, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions US employers added 428,000 jobs in April, capping a year of solid growth, adding more fuel to an already ...
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  • Washington Health Care

    Utah is becoming a hub for healthcare innovation

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 6, 2022
    AAs more and more people gain a better understanding of the US healthcare system, urgency-driven regulatory change and innovation have been positioned to overcome ...
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  • Washington Cities

    Nats Pitching Prospect Cade Cavalli continues to show potential

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 5, 2022
    Every time the Triple-A Rochester Red Wings team leaves Minor League Baseball, the Nationals’ pitching hope Cade Cavalli gain valuable experience. He learns to ...
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  • Washington Population

    Israel upholds eviction order against West Bank hamlets

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 5, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions JERUSALEM — Israel’s Supreme Court upheld a longstanding eviction order against eight Palestinian hamlets in the occupied West Bank, ...
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  • Washington Environment

    Nutrien Wins Safety Awards, Beaufort County Government Also Recognized – Washington Daily News

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 4, 2022
    Beaufort County’s largest employer also appears to be among the safest. Nutrien’s Aurora plant won the Million Hours Award and many more at the ...
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  • Washington Health Care

    Howard University College of Dentistry Announces Stanley M. Bergman as 2022 Graduation Lecturer

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 3, 2022
    WASHINGTON – The Howard University College of Dentistry announced that Stanley M. BergmanChairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Henry Schein, Inc., ...
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  • Washington Cities

    Ukrainian refugees in Mexico City camp await US action

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 3, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions MEXICO CITY — On a dusty field east of Mexico’s sprawling capital, some 500 Ukrainian refugees wait in large ...
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  • Washington Population

    More schools closed for these Muslim holidays | WDVM25 and DCW50

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 2, 2022
    (The conversation) – Some public school districts across the country will be closed on Monday, May 2, 2022or Tuesday, May 3, 2022on the occasion ...
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  • Washington Environment

    Treatment begins for invasive Japanese beetle in eastern Washington

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 2, 2022
    GRANDVIEW – The state Department of Agriculture plans to begin treatments today to eradicate ...
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  • Washington Health Care

    Rachel Levine: No arguments about ‘gender-affirming care’ among pediatricians

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 1, 2022
    Jhe top transgender official in the Biden administration argues that “gender-affirming care” is supported by most people in the pediatric industry. Deputy Health Secretary ...
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  • Washington Cities

    Biden roasts Trump, GOP, himself at correspondents’ dinner – Twin Cities

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 1, 2022
    WASHINGTON — The annual White House Press Corps Gala returned Saturday night with the Washington roast, the reporters who cover it and the man ...
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  • Washington Population

    New Mexico firefighters battle a blaze against the wind

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    May 1, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions More than 1,000 firefighters supported by bulldozers and aircraft battled the largest active wildfire in the United States, after ...
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  • Washington Environment

    Offseason moves to show how Blackhawks feel about rebuilding

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    April 30, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions CHICAGO — As Kyle Davidson plots next moves for the Chicago Blackhawks, Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane are watching. ...
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  • Washington Health Care

    Soto, Nats end 8-game skid, rout virus-ravaged Giants 14-4

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    April 30, 2022
    Juan Soto of the Washington Nationals celebrates after hitting a home run against the San Francisco Giants in the first inning of a baseball ...
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  • Washington Cities

    Murder trial of WA officer postponed; family protests delay

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    April 29, 2022
    SEATTLE A King County judge said Friday that the murder trial of a suburban Seattle police officer will be delayed again. Superior Court Judge ...
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  • Washington Environment

    Biden’s Student Loan Debt Cancellation Problem

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    April 28, 2022
    Lawmakers in his party continue to bring the issue to the fore, urging the president to forgive $50,000 for each of the 43 million ...
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    Univ. Team Washington to Compete for $100,000 in Microsoft Imagine Cup Finals

    By Tomas S. Mercer
    April 28, 2022
    Melodic team, left to right: Shuoxuan Wang, Xiaoyang Qiu, and Jinyao Ouyang, from the University of Washington’s Masters in Technology Innovation program at the ...
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    Washington County is considering groundwater rights, but it’s unclear if the water is really there

    By Tomas S. Mercer
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    the Washington County Water Conservation District needs more water for its growing population. They hope to secure nearly 13,000 acre-feet of what they say ...
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    Biden administration bolsters access to antivirals as covid cases rise

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    April 26, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions The Biden administration on Tuesday announced plans to nearly double the number of pharmacies that offer antiviral pills to ...
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    Washington County commissioners were notified on Monday that a jury trial was scheduled in July for a zoning lawsuit involving ongoing bitcoin mining in ...
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    A strong heat wave hits India. It’s not even summer yet.

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    Placeholder while loading article actions Temperatures in India remain high amid an ongoing series of heat waves that have plagued the country with dry ...
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    April 24, 2022
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    By Tomas S. Mercer
    April 24, 2022
    The Senate Agriculture Committee holds a long-awaited hearing this week on a bill to mandate more traded exchanges in livestock markets, then the panel ...
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    By Tomas S. Mercer
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    Ukraine beat again; Zelenskyy asks US officials to surrender

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    Placeholder while loading article actions kyiv, Ukraine— Russian forces in Ukraine attempted to storm a steelworks housing soldiers and civilians in the southern city ...
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