SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Lawyers in Seattle and San Francisco have accused men of hate crimes in separate incidents, with authorities saying people of Asian descent have been targeted amid high-profile and sometimes deadly violence against Asian Americans since the epidemic began. Hundreds of protesters marched on the streets of …
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More Americans than the initial but optimistic milestone in the race to end the epidemic have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. As of Monday afternoon, 26.5 million Americans had received one or both doses of the current vaccine, according to data compiled by Bloomberg Vaccine Tracker. …
Read More »Hospitals in Seattle take vaccines faster after freezer failure
Seattle (AP) – Hospitals in Seattle rushed hundreds of people with Covid-19 vaccines in the middle of the night while they were being stored in the freezer. The cause of the freezer failure on Thursday night is unclear, but UW Medical Center’s Northwest and Montlake campuses and the Swedish Medical …
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Spoke ANN, Wash Wash. WASHINGTON (AP) – Scientists in Washington state have discovered the first structure of so-called killing hornets in the United States and plan to destroy them by Saturday to protect the local bee, officials said. Workers working with the state’s Department of Agriculture spent weeks searching for …
Read More »Food trucks hit by virus find new foodies
LYNNWOOD, Wash. (AP) – On a hot summer night, two food trucks pulled up a tree-lined street in a hilltop neighborhood outside Seattle. The smell of grilled meat filled the air, and neighbors slurped on boba tea drinks. Toddlers, teens, their parents and dogs sat in the grass, chatting behind …
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