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Defiant business owners reopen despite stay-at-home orders

May 5, 2020, 12:35 PM | Updated: Oct 7, 2024, 11:02 am

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BY KIRO NEWSRADIO NEWSDESK


KIRO Newsradio staff

KIRO Radio’s Dave Ross and reporter Aaron Granillo discuss the small business owners who are opening their doors despite Governor Inslee’s “Stay Home, Stay Healthy” initiative.

A huge spike is predicted for coronavirus deaths nationwide. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IMHE) at the University of Washington released an updated model on Monday, now projecting nearly 135,000 coronavirus related deaths by early August.

New IHME model nearly doubles projected COVID-19 deaths for the US

And the City of Seattle swept a homeless encampment in the Ballard Commons — against CDC recommendations. If we couldn’t solve the homelessness crisis before coronavirus, how are we solving it now?

Associated Press

Police say woman fatally stabbed 7-year-old girl walking in Chicago

CHICAGO (AP) — A 7-year-old girl was fatally stabbed while walking in front of businesses in a Chicago neighborhood, and people nearby detained the woman who attacked her, police said. Chicago police said the girl was walking in the Chatham neighborhood late Saturday morning when a woman carrying an unspecified sharp object approached her and […]

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Associated Press

Now it’s Typhoon Nolo after Pacific hurricane crosses the international dateline

MIAMI (AP) — Nolo is no longer a hurricane. The powerful storm remains about as strong, but it changed names Sunday to a typhoon as it crossed the international dateline in the Pacific Ocean. Now Typhoon Nolo is located about 395 miles (640 kilometers) west-southwest of Lisianski Island and moving west at 17 mph (28 […]

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Associated Press

US Air Force removes all bombers from British air base targeted by a suspected terror attack

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Air Force has brought home its bombers stationed at a U.S.-run military air base in England used to strike Iran following an investigation into a planned terror attack at the RAF Fairford base. The bombers were redeployed back to their home bases in the United States, according to a Pentagon […]

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FILE - Matsapha Correctional Complex is seen in Matsapha, near Mbabane, Eswatini, July 17, 2025. (A...

Associated Press

An immigrant deported by the US and held in an African prison for more than a year has been released

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A Laotian citizen deported by the United States to Eswatini under the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown was released from a maximum-security prison in the African nation on Sunday after being held there for more than a year, his lawyer said. Phone Chomsavanh was among five immigrants deported to Eswatini […]

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KIRO Newsradio staff

Early morning shooting in downtown Tacoma leaves two dead, one injured

Police in Tacoma are investigating the deaths of two men following a shooting in the city's downtown area.

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Associated Press

2 shot dead and dozens injured at Vienna, Georgia, block party shooting

VIENNA, Georgia (AP) — Two people were shot to death and nearly three dozen others were injured at a block party early Sunday morning in Georgia, according to state law enforcement officials. Deputies from the Dooly County Sheriff’s Office were on patrol at a neighborhood block party around 1:25 a.m. Sunday in Vienna when shots […]

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Defiant business owners reopen despite stay-at-home orders