Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
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Health
Turmeric poisoned their kids. Four Seattle-area cases show gaps in lead testing
Turmeric has been identified as the source of lead poisoning in at least four Seattle-area families recently. Health professionals worry that many more cases haven’t been identified because of inadequate childhood lead testing in Washington state.
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Health
Syphilis infections on the rise in Seattle area
This is a story about sex and one type of bacteria that loves it: Treponema pallidum, which causes syphilis.
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A cautionary tale of teen fentanyl abuse prompts advice for parents and friends
'They were telling her, essentially, to hold the line, to cut off their son, and she didn't.'
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Health
A Seattle teen quit smoking fentanyl. Every morning he thanks God he’s alive
“I spent a lot of time thinking that I was the cool guy,” he says, sitting on his parents’ couch in northwest Seattle. “But now I go get a shot in my butt every month and I go to AA, you know what I mean? It's humbling.”
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Crime
Seattleites reported hundreds of bias incidents and hate crimes last year. A small fraction made it to court.
Let’s start at the beginning of a case.
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Health
Fentanyl is a great drug for cartels. But those blue pills are killing King County
Fentanyl pills are often called blues, and they’re on sale everywhere. It’s just gotten so easy to make and smuggle fentanyl that it’s flooding the illegal drug market in this area – and killing people – more than ever.
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Law & Courts
Seattle settles for 3.5 M in lawsuit over the 2017 police killing of Charleena Lyles
The family of Charleena Lyles has settled with the City of Seattle and police officers Jason M. Anderson and Steven A. McNew in a civil lawsuit over her death on June 18, 2017. The city will pay $3.5 million in exchange for dismissal of the case.
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Arts & Life
Dance Church is NOT church. But it inspires religious feelings
From the outside looking in, Dance Church looks like a mashup of a fitness class and living-room dance party. On the inside, it inspires spiritual feelings for some participants.
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Environment
Reflections on the meaning of life from a dead salmon
I crouched by the banks of the Cedar River. The water was still and clear. The atmosphere was peaceful. And the air smelled like rotting flesh.
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Government
Hey Seattleites, the state has your $273 million. Here’s how to claim it. (Not a scam, we swear)
TL;DR Go to Claimyourcash.org and plug in your name.