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The WNBA's success last year wasn't a fluke. Now, the league and its players want to cash in
NPR
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July 19, 2025
Golden State Valkyries guard Kate Martin (20) struggles to maintain possession against Seattle Storm forward Ezi Magbegor (left) as Valkyries center Temi Fagbenle (14) reaches for the ball during the second half of a WNBA game Wednesday in...
Washington State Fills Medicaid Gap for Planned Parenthood After Federal Cuts
Times News Global
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July 11, 2025
SEATTLE, WA – Washington Governor Bob Ferguson announced on Wednesday that the state will cover the loss of Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood following a new federal law. This decision comes after President Donald Trump signed the “Big...
16 years: Minimum wage falling further behind cost of living
Oelwein Daily Register - Iowa
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When the minimum wage does not go up, it goes down in buying power. The federal minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 per hour since July 24, 2009. For full-time workers that amounts to $15,080 if you are paid for 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year....
A's attendance lowest in MLB at midseason mark
KXTV, ABC 10 - California
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Through 51 home games at Sutter Health Park, the A's rank last in attendance across Major League Baseball. WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — With the first half of the Athletics' inaugural season at Sutter Health Park complete, the team's home attendance...
PA Urges Continued Water Conservation
My Clallam County - Washington State
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July 19, 2025
Port Angeles Urges Continued Water Conservation After Fuel Spill Near Reservoir PORT ANGELES – City officials are urging residents and businesses to continue conserving water through the weekend following a fuel tanker accident at Indian Creek...
How Latinos in Washington state are coping with ICE crackdowns: 'I don't really have time for therapy'
Nisqually Valley News - Washington State
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July 12, 2025
By Monica Carrillo-Casas / Murrow News Alejandra Guzman-Mercado was just weeks away from graduating college – the first in her family to do so – when a judge denied her father’s request to remain in the United States and ordered his deportation....
Ronnie Coleman reveals terrifying medical episode, credits young daughter for saving his life with quick action
The Times of India
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Ronnie Coleman details life threatening sepsis. Image via: Charley Gallay/ Getty Images Legendary bodybuilder Ronnie Coleman has broken his silence on a life-threatening health scare that nearly claimed his life. The eight-time Mr. Olympia...
2 motorcyclists die in separate Washington state wrecks
OregonLive.com
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July 12, 2025
A motorcyclist traveling southbound on Interstate 5 north of Vancouver lost control as he tried to exit, crashed and died early Saturday, Washington State Patrol said. Randel W. Miller, 40, of Battle Ground, died at the scene just before 2 a.m....
Washington State LGBTQ+ community faces healthcare barriers
KHQ - Washington State
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WASHINGTON STATE – New research from Washington State University (WSU) is shedding light on significant disparities faced by the state's LGBTQ+ community. Nearly 7,000 Washingtonians participated in the statewide survey. About one-third of the...
Designed with every mind in mind. Seattle firm transforms office spaces for neurodiversity
KUOW 94.9 - Washington State
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July 15, 2025
Eight years ago, a client asked Kay Sargent, the director of thought leadership for interiors at global design firm HOK, “How do you design space for someone who has ADHD?” As the mother of five children, two of whom have been diagnosed as...
Washington state will backfill $11M in federal cuts to Planned Parenthood, says Ferguson
The Daily Chronicle - Washington State
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Shauna Sowers / The Seattle Times (TNS) Washington leaders plan to backfill the loss of about $11 million in federal funding for local Planned Parenthood services if cuts to the organization by the latest U.S. spending bill are approved by a...
GOP Wrecking Ball Slams Through Medical System
The American Prospect
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July 15, 2025
Patients and medical centers are already feeling the pain as several provisions in the GOP’s deadly spending law take immediate effect, either as required or in practice. Hospitals are closing or actively considering doing so, cutting programs,...
Here’s how the mayor answered West Seattle Indivisible questions about ‘one of the most offensive gestures against human rights that we’ve ever witnessed’
West Seattle Blog - Washington State
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July 14, 2025
(WSB photo) By Tracy Record West Seattle Blog editor Steps away from the sun-splashed grounds of West Seattle Summer Fest, more than 60 people devoted the heart of their Sunday afternoon to a topic that was anything but festive. They were invited...
FOLLOWUP: West Seattle Saunter success!
West Seattle Blog - Washington State
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July 15, 2025
Last month, we noted that a Seattle walking fan named Holden was organizing “saunters” around the city and that his next one would be in West Seattle. Last Saturday was the big day, and it was a success! Holden sent this West Seattle Saunter...
Oregon State football position preview: Running back
OregonLive.com
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July 19, 2025
Oregon State football returns its leading rusher and bell cow back in 2025: Senior Anthony Hankerson. The Beavers were 29th in the nation in rushing yards last season, leaning on Hankerson for roughly half of that production. He rumbled for 1,082...
High pay, low test scores: Washington state teachers earn most when adjusted for cost of living
Nisqually Valley News - Washington State
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July 12, 2025
By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square Washington state ranks highest in the nation for adjusted pay among elementary, middle and high school teachers, according to USAFacts, based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. According to the...
Deadly ICE raid | Tree Top wage theft | Rural hospitals
The Stand - Washington State
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July 14, 2025
Monday, July 14, 2025 STRIKES ► From Truthout — Sanitation Workers Demand Higher Wages as Trash Pickup Strikes Spread Nationwide — The Teamsters said in an email on Friday that about 550 sanitation workers were on strike in multiple cities while...
Protein signatures may one day tell brain diseases apart before symptoms
Science News
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July 15, 2025
A large-scale study of proteins in blood and cerebrospinal fluid could pave the way for improved blood tests to diagnose multiple brain diseases — and potential early warning signs of disease risk — researchers report July 15 in several papers in...
Prescribed burns are an essential tool for forest health
Mercer Island Reporter - Washington State
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July 14, 2025
When I first moved to Seattle in the summer of 2003, I fell in love with the sunny, mild days splitting my life between vibrant city life and the great outdoors that the Cascade mountains offer. For years, there was a sense that Seattleites stayed...
One Man Dead, Nine Displaced After Fire at Adult-Family Home in Pierce County (WA)
Fire Engineering
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July 19, 2025
Puneet Bsanti The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.) (TNS) One man is dead after a fire engulfed parts of an adult-family home in the Midland area of Pierce County on Friday morning. Fire crews were dispatched to the house where 10 people had been...