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Review: ‘Say Nothing’ draws strength from telling a focused story about the Troubles
From the late ‘60s until 1998, when the Good Friday Agreement wound down hostilities between the Catholic nationalist Irish Republican Army and the U.K.-supported loyalist protestant militias, Northern Ireland was afflicted with the conflict known as the Troubles. One could read and watch a lifetime of reporting on this subject and still not have a firm handle on its nuances, contradictions, factions, facts and figures of the fight for, and against, Irish independence and reunification — a story going back centuries. |
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‘My heart is happy’: Indigenous voices are a priority of new Columbia River Basin Treaty
SPOKANE — Seeing salmon return to the Columbia River Basin has made Ktunaxa Nation member Troy Hunter’s “heart happy.” |
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With Trump headed back to the White House, here’s how the UAW moves forward
The United Auto Workers’ campaigns to keep President-elect Donald Trump out of the White House, to organize more nonunion auto plants and to pressure Stellantis NV over its commitments to an idled Jeep plant in Illinois haven’t gone as planned. |
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Tech review: Gifts to keep the techie in your life charged up
Christmas is coming, and gift giving can be a challenge for the techies on your list. |
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Lower taxes, higher tariffs: What Trump’s tax plans mean for you
Taxes may not be the first thing on your mind following the presidential election, but there’s no doubt that tax policy will play a key role in the year ahead, given that the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) is set to expire at the end of 2025. |
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Point Defiance Zoo gets ready for holiday lights
Tacoma —The spooky season has officially come to an end, and it is now time to prepare for the holiday season. As you get into the holiday spirit, the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium is doing the same. |
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Georgia caregivers hope Trump makes good on proposal to help them financially
ATLANTA — President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign announcement that he will propose tax breaks to ease the strain on family caregivers is welcome news to many facing that challenge. |
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After more than 20 years of study, scientists are ready to say what they found off Monterey’s coast
More than two decades ago, researchers spotted a mysterious sea slug swimming more than 8,000 feet deep in the Monterey Bay. |
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Apple headphones can work as hearing aids. Leading hearing aid maker Starkey says it welcomes competition
Ross Graham loves loud bands like Nine Inch Nails, and in his younger days he used to frequent ear-numbing concerts and crank up the volume on his headphones. He thinks it was a 2013 concert by the Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band in Indianapolis that probably wrecked his hearing. |
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WA businesses brace for curbs on immigration, trade under Trump 2.0
While the American business community is broadly bullish on a second Trump administration, many businesses in Washington state want to see the fine print on the president-elect’s economic policies. |
