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Bill Gates is funding a new at-home COVID-19 testing program and it's already...
Bill Gates has announced he's helping to fund a new COVID-19 scanning program in Seattle.The system is called the Seattle Coronavirus Assessment Network (SCAN) and will send home nasal swabs to people...
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A progressive entrepreneur makes the case for a $25 minimum wage so workers...
Progressive entrepreneur Joe Sanberg says it's time to pay workers a $25 minimum wage."[Coronavirus] has thrown everything into disrepair and uncertainty — this is the moment to rebalance things,"...
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The FDA ordered an at-home coronavirus testing program funded by Bill Gates...
The US Food and Drug Administration has ordered a Bill Gates-backed coronavirus testing program in Seattle to discontinue indefinitely, The New York Times first reported.SCAN, or the Seattle...
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Look inside the glass 'farmhouse' a family built on their historic property...
The owners of a historic farm on an island off the coast of Seattle have transformed the property into a rustic retreat consisting of interconnected glass structures.They partnered with Seattle-based...
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Amazon just opened a permanent homeless shelter in its Seattle HQ, offering...
A homeless family shelter opened in Amazon's Seattle headquarters in March, as the coronavirus pandemic ramped up in the US.Mary's Place Family Center has been a safe place for families from other...
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These far-flung US regions could become the next big startup hubs as techies...
The COVID crisis has forced tech companies to embrace remote work, and many have come to realize their employees can be just as productive working out of the office as in it.Some are now planning to...
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A Sunday in America: An hour-by-hour look inside the protests that unfolded...
George Floyd, a black man, died while police in Minneapolis subdued him on May 25.Since then, protests have erupted all across America. Many of those protests have been peaceful, but some have turned...
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Seattle ditched its curfew several days early, officials said it was only...
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan ended the city's curfew several days early after meeting with community leaders.Durkan said Seattle's police chief, Carmen Best, thought ending the curfew was...
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A man drove his car through a Black Lives Matter protest in Seattle and then...
A man with a gun drove his car into a crowd of protesters in Seattle and shot someone on Sunday evening, the city's police and fire departments confirmed.Videos showed the man leaving his car,...
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'Don't you have a bunker to be in?': Lawmakers hit back at Trump after he...
Lawmakers from Washington state sparred with President Donald Trump on Twitter on Wednesday after he ranted about protests in Seattle. In a series of tweets, Trump said Seattle was being taken over by...
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Protests this past week have been largely peaceful, but Fox News continues to...
The nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd took a peaceful turn in the last week. But Fox News has stuck with visuals and segments focused on instances of rioting and looting, often running...
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Police retract claims that Seattle's 'Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone'...
Seattle police retracted claims that protesters at the "Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone" have been extorting local businesses, The Seattle Times reported. A police spokesperson said Wednesday that they...
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'It is patriotism': Seattle's mayor rebukes Trump for saying 'autonomous...
Seattle's mayor on Thursday said that "autonomous zone" protesters were patriots and not, as President Donald Trump called them, "domestic terrorists."Since Monday, protesters have occupied a section...
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We need more experiments like Seattle's police-free zone
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A new startup lets you rent converted Ford Transit camper vans through an app...
Cabana is creating mobile hotel rooms built on 2019 Ford Transit camper vans.The platform is currently only available in Seattle, but has plans to launch in San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, and...
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Fox News reportedly edited photos of Seattle's largely peaceful 'autonomous...
Fox News on Friday displayed digitally altered images on stories on its website that in one case combined photos that were taken more than 10 days apart, according to The Seattle Times.The images, used...
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I ate a sit-down meal at a restaurant for the first time since the pandemic...
One of the things I missed the most about life before the pandemic was dining out.So when Seattle allowed restaurants to reopen their dining rooms, I jumped at the chance to sit down for a nice meal...
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Fox News misreported a Monty Python reference on Reddit as a true account of...
A Fox News host on Friday read out a post on Reddit that she claimed was evidence of infighting in an "autonomous zone" set up by Seattle protesters. The post is entitled "I didn't vote for Raz," and...
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A Chinatown restaurant was looted during protests after a troll spread...
Seattle restaurant Jade Garden has been vandalized twice since March, and the owner believes that both incidents were racially motivated.Jade Garden was one of 21 Chinatown restaurants damaged during...
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Seattle mayor says authorities will shut down the cop-free autonomous zone...
Mayor Jenny Durkan of Seattle on Monday said the police were to reestablish a presence in the area known as the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone.Three people were shot, one fatally, in a spate of violence...
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