EMTs transferring a patient from the acute care covid-19 unit at Harbourview Medical Center in Seattle, Washington on May 7, 2020Photo: Karen Ducey (Getty Images) The beginning of the covid-19 pandemic in the US may have been earlier and much larger than official records indicate, according to a new study. …
Read More »Seattle police officer Carmen Best resigns after city council votes to trim department, sources say
Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best has resigned, several sources tell the CBS branch there, KIRO-TV. One source calls the development “destructive.” The move came to light the same day that the city council approved the reduction of the department’s ranks by as many as 100 officers through dismissals and attrition, …
Read More »Seattle police chief fired after department cuts
SEATTLE – The Seattle police officer says she is stepping down, a move made public the same day the city council approved the department by reducing as many as 100 officers through dismissals and dismissals. Carmen Best, the city’s first Black police officer, said in a letter to the department …
Read More »City of Seattle approves cuts to police positions, budget
SEATTLE – Seattle City Council on Monday approved proposals that the police department be reduced by as many as 100 officers due to dismissals and atrocities – an action supported by protesters who marched in the city following the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, but strongly against the …
Read More »11 children in Washington State Hospital due to coronavirus-related syndrome
Eleven children in Washington state have been diagnosed with a rare condition that is thought to have been triggered by COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. Four children were diagnosed with the rare disorder – known as Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) – in May and seven have …
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