Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
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Law & Courts
More money needed for Washington's rape kit backlog
Washington state needs more money to investigate and prosecute cold cases of rape, according to a report out Tuesday by an advisory group tracking the state’s backlog of untested rape kits.
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Arts & Life
Good news! Seattle's Union Gospel Mission got enough turkeys to serve Thanksgiving
Seattle's Union Gospel Mission even has enough for leftovers now "which is awesome," the food service director says
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Health
Washington's foster kids are spending more nights in hotels and offices this year
Social workers have used that last-resort option 335 more times so far this year than the same period last year.
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Swedish healthcare workers vote to strike for better pay and working conditions
The union that represents many health care workers, SEIU, says its biggest concerns around under-staffing are being ignored. Swedish says it wants workers to come to the table and talk.
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Business
Takeover or misunderstanding? The scuffle over Lake Union
A petition to "Save Lake Union" has gathered over 1,500 signatures. Kenmore Air says community concerns are a misunderstanding
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DNA samples from an estimated 30,000 convicted felons missing in Washington state
In the FBI’s database of convicted criminals, there should be more DNA samples from Washington state – potentially tens of thousands of them.
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Crime
She was raped 15 years ago. Her rape kit was finally tested and turned up a match
15 year-old J.D. was so embarrassed what had happened, she didn’t tell her father on the car ride home that she had just been raped.
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Health
Bellevue police arm themselves with Narcan to combat rise in overdoses
Heroin and fentanyl are becoming a bigger problem in Bellevue, and now police are arming themselves with an overdose antidote
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'A toilet is your face.' Seattle ponders the perfect public pissoir
A KUOW listener asked if any city has figured out public toilets. We investigated.
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Health
Has any city figured out public toilets?
On this episode we try and figure out if any city has figured out public toilets, and what Seattle can learn