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Gov. Inslee repeals vaccine mandate for state employees

Gov. Inslee repeals vaccine mandate for state employees

Gov. Inslee repeals vaccine mandate for state employees

Wednesday's announcement aligns with the end of the federal public health emergency.

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New COVID origins data point to raccoon dogs in China market

Efforts to determine COVID's origin have been complicated by factors including the massive surge of human infections and bitter international political disputes.
US pregnancy deaths are down to pre-COVID levels

“From the worst to the near worst? I wouldn’t exactly call that an accomplishment,” said one New Yorker whose partner died after childbirth in 2019.
House votes 419-0 to declassify info about origins of COVID-19

U.S. intelligence agencies are divided over whether a lab leak or a spillover from animals is the likely source of the deadly virus.

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Mask order in healthcare, long-term care and correctional facilities ending in April
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520,000 Washington households will be impacted as extra SNAP benefits expire
China dismisses FBI statement on COVID-19 lab leak theory
Coronavirus lab leak theory finds growing support
CDC director tours public health lab in Shoreline

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Police continue searching for leads in 2015 Tacoma homicide

Steven Speakman, a 26-year-old with intellectual disabilities was found shot multiple times less than a block away from his Hilltop neighborhood apartment.
Tacoma woman with tuberculosis detained after refusing treatment

A judge issued a civil arrest warrant after the woman refused to isolate and get treatment.

Sports

Emerald Ridge sophomore is jumping to new heights

This year, JaiCieonna Gero-Holt won championships in the high jump, 100-hurdles, the javelin, and was second in the long jump.
Cal Raleigh's RBI single in 10th inning gives Mariners 1-0 win over Yankees

Cal Raleigh's single leading off the bottom of the 10th inning scored pinch-runner Jose Caballero to give the Seattle Mariners a 1-0 win over the New York Yankees.