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WSU researchers study a coronavirus spread by camels in Kenya
The virus, discovered long before the COVID-19 pandemic, originated in Saudi Arabia and can be deadly to humans.
Ashli Blow
Ashli Blow is a Seattle-based freelance writer who talks with people — in places from urban watersheds to remote wildernesses — about the environment around them. She’s been working in journal
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Amazon reported a 12% decrease in single-use plastics for 2022
Responding to pressure from advocacy groups and investors, the mega-retailer reduced its footprint through paper packaging and eliminating mailers.
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WA homelessness group exposed sensitive data on kids, young adults
A Way Home Washington launched an internal investigation after health and safety information on hundreds of young clients was made public.
Investigations
Federal aid is supercharging local WA police surveillance tech
Pandemic relief funds are bankrolling new – and often unregulated – law enforcement tools such as license-plate readers, drones and AI video software.
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Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project are part of my family history
A Seattle photojournalist discovers that his electrician great-grandfather was connected to the ‘X group’ and the genesis of the nuclear bomb in Los Alamos, N.M.