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WA agrees to $79M payouts for 2 Pierce County kids gravely hurt before adoptions

Washington state has agreed to pay nearly $80 million to settle multiple lawsuits filed on behalf of two adopted Pierce County children who survived grave injuries in their biological parents’ care while under the watch of the state’s child-welfare agency. The $45 million and $34 million settlements resolve allegations that the Department of Children, Youth & Families was negligent, ignored ...
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Making World Cup safe in Seattle will take hundreds of officers

SEATTLE – Seattle police Capt. Dan Nelson and King County Undersheriff Jeff Flohr are among the core group of local, state and federal officials who’ve spent the last 2½ years imagining horrifying scenarios and planning how to respond during the six upcoming FIFA World Cup matches at Lumen Field.
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Leaking chemicals found at another WA mill, records show

Toxic and highly corrosive chemicals — similar to those spilled in the fatal disaster at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging mill late last month — are leaking out of another pulp mill some 90 miles to the northwest, federal records show. This second mill, Cosmo Specialty Fibers, has been closed and degrading for years, accumulating millions of dollars in fines from state and federal agencies. The ...
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Family of UW student Juniper Blessing speaks about death, legacy

The family of Juniper Blessing, the University of Washington student killed last month in her off-campus housing laundry room, spoke publicly for the first time about their memories of the talented and kindhearted 19-year-old. Tributes to Juniper have poured in from across the globe, as vigils were held as far as the U.K. She was mourned at UW and in her hometown of Santa Fe, N.M., from where ...