Amazon and other businesses squelched a Seattle tax to fund homeless services, leaving the city with no clear path forward to deal with the crisis. Many cities that are experiencing a tech boom are grappling with a similar situation, but it’s particularly acute for Seattle.
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Gunmen injure 20 at all-night festival
About 1,000 people were attending the New Jersey arts event when at least two people opened fire.
Read More »Trey Gowdy Threatens DOJ, FBI Officials Over Clinton Probe Documents
House oversight committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) threatened on Sunday to
Read More »Trump-Kim summit: Korea war veteran’s question for US president
Mr Trump says “mothers and fathers” of missing soldiers called him asking about their remains.
Read More »My Father and Sandy Koufax
David Sipress writes about his father’s adulation of Sandy Koufax, a pitcher for the Dodgers, whom he describes as “a super smart and handsome Jewish flamethrower from Bensonhurst.”
Read More »What is at stake in Colombia’s runoff vote?
The June 17 vote will determine Colombia’s future.
Read More »Family Dog Stayed With Missing 3-Year-Old During the 12 Hours She Was Gone
She was unharmed.
Read More »Protests against Trump administration’s family separation policy as first lady weighs in
Democratic members of Congress arrived for an “unannounced inspection” of a New Jersey detention facility as protesters rallied the separation policy. In a statement, Melania Trump’s office said she “hates to see children separated from their families.”
Read More »Greece and Macedonia sign agreement on name change
Foreign ministers sign deal in Greek village that would see Macedonia change its name to Republic of Northern Macedonia.
Read More »Protesters demand an end to Trump policy separating migrant children from their parents
MSNBC’s Mariana Atencio reports from the Ursula Border Patrol Processing Center in McAllen, Texas where a protest was held in support of all the children held inside without their parents.
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