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Crime

'We've got to do it together.' Skyway residents unite against gun violence

In a grocery store parking lot in Skyway today, dozens linked arms to show unity and in one voice chanted, “I am my brother’s keeper, I am my sister’s keeper.”
Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
National

5 big ideas for the White House's Global COVID Summit

We asked experts from around the world: What would they like to see on the agenda for this virtual event. Their ideas include fair pay for all health workers — and a makeover for foreign aid.
Kamala Thiagarajan
Health

How public health officials are navigating the current pandemic moment

The United States is approaching one million deaths from the COVID-19 virus, a figure far and above the rest of the world. As pandemic restrictions are lifting, both at the state level and federally, how are public health officials navigating tracking and guidance?
Jeannie Yandel

Alec Cowan
Health

Covid sewage data kept under wraps despite possible public health benefits

Looking for Covid in wastewater can serve as an early warning system for outbreaks -- at least in theory.
John Ryan
National

Pressure to end pandemic restrictions mounts as Ukrainians reach the U.S. border

One Ukrainian family was allowed to enter the U.S. after being denied entry under border restrictions known as Title 42. The Biden administration faces renewed pressure to end the Trump-era policy.
Joel Rose
Law & Courts

Their son died in a hazing incident at WSU. They've since worked to change Washington's laws around hazing

‘One question that I ask myself over and over again since that night is what if just one of those young men had been trained to recognize hazing and had said no, had intervened or called for help?’
Kim Malcolm

Andy Hurst
Health

Opinion: 5 steps we must take to vaccinate the world's vulnerable—and end the pandemic

Three doctors present their proposal to get vaccines to everyone in the world. "We already have the resources, knowledge and systems," they write. Global leaders just have to make it happen.
Edward Cliff

Isaac Chan

Salmaan Keshavjee
Education

Major Covid outbreaks occurred at Seattle-area schools with lax protocols

There have been 29 confirmed Covid outbreaks at K-12 public and private schools in King County since September. Most of these were small outbreaks, with no more than four confirmed cases, but others were massive, with 80 or more people infected at two separate Christian school campuses outside Seattle.
Ann Dornfeld
Government

‘That’s their individual choice’: Seattle mayor on officers who defy vaccine mandate

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan says she's hopeful those unvaccinated Seattle police officers will come around. And if they don't: "That's their individual choice."
Katie Campbell
National

More than 17,000 deaths caused by police have been misclassified since 1980

Public health data experts have a new way to calculate the underreporting of people killed by police. Criminologists call the results "interesting" but are reserving judgment on the accuracy.
Martin Kaste

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