In One Day, Washington Goes in Two Directions on Guns
The Supreme Court delivered a victory for gun rights, while the Senate passed a gun control bill for the first time in decades.
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Here’s What Is In the Senate’s Gun Bill — And What Was Left Out
The Senate passed the most substantial gun safety measure in decades. It includes enhanced background checks for younger buyers and money for mental health and school safety.
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FDA Orders Juul to Remove E-Cigarette Products from U.S. Market
The agency ruled against the company’s application to stay on the market, a decisive blow to a once-popular vaping brand that appealed to teenagers.
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Amtrak Awards Contract to Expand Penn Station Train Tracks
As debate rages on a plan to renovate the nation’s busiest hub, Amtrak awarded a contract to design a $12 billion expansion that would add train capacity.
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In Afghan Quake: ‘I Did Not Expect to Survive’
As aid workers and volunteers rushed to help, survivors told harrowing tales of death and destruction.
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Panel Provides New Evidence That G.O.P. Members of Congress Sought Pardons
The House Jan. 6 committee played testimony from former Trump aides who said at least half a dozen Republicans had pre-emptively sought clemency.
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Harry Gesner, Architect of Soaring California Style, Dies at 97
His houses cantilevered from cliffs, straddled canyons and sprung from mountains; they would come to define the Southern California landscape.
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Cleveland High teachers resign to protest principal’s departure, call for her reinstatement

Cleveland High School educators are resigning to protest Seattle Public Schools' decision to remove the school's principal for revealing COVID protocol changes.
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How I Learned to Love Finishing Last
In a sport that rewards speed, sometimes it’s healthier to be the tortoise than to be the hare.
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Seattle planners ask for public input on growth plans

Seattle city planners are seeking public input on the city's 20-year growth plan.
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7 Tips for House Plant Care
If you are known to turn a lush house plant into a rotting carcass, here are a few expert tips for making greenery thrive.
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Nancy Pelosi’s husband charged with DUI in California

Paul Pelosi, the husband of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, has been charged with driving under the influence by prosecutors in Northern California.
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Maine’s End Run Around the Supreme Court Is an Example for Other States
The move in a religion case offers hopes to those worried about the dominance of the court’s conservative majority.
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Rockslide damages pier in historical Alaska cruise ship port

A rockslide early Thursday damaged part of a cruise ship dock in the historic Klondike Gold Rush community of Skagway in southeast Alaska.
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U.S. Supreme Court ruling won’t directly affect WA concealed carry, but delivers a blow to gun-safety efforts, state officials say

In response to the Supreme Court decision, Gov. Jay Inslee committed Thursday to upholding the state's relatively stringent gun control efforts.
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The Stranded Sons of Shakhtar Donetsk
One of Ukraine’s top soccer teams rushed its youth academy players out of the path of war in February. Months later, many of the boys are stuck in a lonely limbo.
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To Catch a Snake: Largest Python Found in Everglades Signals a Threat
The Burmese python caught by a team of trackers breaks a record and shows the invasive species surviving in Florida’s ecosystem despite efforts to remove those snakes.
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Scientists Discover the Largest Bacteria Ever Seen
Researchers found bacterial cells so large they are easily visible to the naked eye, challenging ideas about how large microbes can get.
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Police: Man arrested in YMCA child sex abuse incident

Police say officers arrested a convicted sex offender in southern Oregon after a child was sexually touched at a YMCA swimming pool.
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Lawsuit says Sweeney should advance in Alaska US House race

A state court judge says he is tentatively inclined to agree with the state elections office that the fifth-place finisher in a special primary for Alaska’s U.S. House seat cannot replace a candidate who abruptly dropped out.
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