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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2840: Seattle’s Floating Bridges

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on September 22, 2022 · Episode: 2840 Homer Hadley and Seattle’s Floating Bridges. Today, Homer Hadley's folly.

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More Than 20 Cities And States Sue Government Over Census Questions

HANSI LO WANG, NPR / PBS NewsHour

Posted on April 3, 2018 · The new lawsuit comes more than a week after California filed a similar lawsuit in San Francisco federal court against Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Census Bureau officials

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U.S. Expels 60 Russian Officials, Closes Consulate In Seattle

Laurel Wamsley, NPR

Posted on March 26, 2018 · The move follows the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the U.K. earlier this month. The Russians have been given seven days to leave the country.

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Amazon’s Cashier-Less Seattle Grocery Opens To The Public

Scott Neuman, NPR

Posted on January 22, 2018 · The store, which has been open only to Amazon employees for the past year, uses a smartphone app and a network of cameras to track a customer's purchases

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Temporary OK For Travel Ban Puts Focus on Wednesday Hearing

Associated Press

Posted on December 6, 2017 · The U.S. Supreme Court's decision allowing President Donald Trump's third travel ban to take effect has intensified the attention on a legal showdown Wednesday afternoon

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11 Cities That U.S. Millenials Are Moving To: And One Of Them Happens to Be in Texas

HPM Digital Team

Posted on November 29, 2017 · Business Insider compiled a list of places that the young generation is choosing to settle after college

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Houston-area man among 31 Patriot Front members arrested near an Idaho pride event

Martha Bellisle, Associated Press

Posted on June 13, 2022 · Authorities arrested 31 members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front near an Idaho pride event Saturday after they were found packed into the back of a U-Haul truck with riot gear.

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The Jan. 6 committee is holding hearings on its investigation of the Capitol riot

Heidi Glenn, NPR

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First bus of migrants who crossed into Texas makes trip to Washington, D.C.

Julián Aguilar, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on April 13, 2022 · The transport is part of Abbott’s plan to expand Operation Lone Star and came in response to the Biden Administration’s decision to end Title 42 – a pandemic-era rule that rapidly expels migrants from the U.S.

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Longtime Houston Democrat Garnet Coleman will retire from the Texas Legislature

Cassandra Pollock, The Texas Tribune

Posted on November 18, 2021 · The lawmaker has represented parts of central and southeast Houston in state House District 147 since 1991.

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