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Free MLB player props, odds for July 5: Use Framber Valdez, Evan Carter, Cal Raleigh in Saturday MLB prop bets
CBS Sports - Florida
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July 5, 2025
The Saturday MLB schedule features a loaded 15-game slate, headlined by Game 2 of the Subway Series between the New York Yankees and New York Mets. The Yankees are still seeking their first win of July after losing their fifth straight game on...
In their Pilates era! From Love Island's Georgia Steel to Strictly's Kristina Rihanoff - a look at the stars who have quit reality TV to become fitness instructors
Daily Mail
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July 5, 2025
Popular reality TV shows such as Love Island, Made In Chelsea and Big Brother have produced a host of celebrities. Many often go on to live glamorous showbiz lives as influencers, actors, TV stars or models - but others have embarked on a brand...
Maple Leafs depth chart 2.0: Life after Marner gets complicated
The New York Times
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July 5, 2025
The Maple Leafs roster for the 2025-26 season feels unfinished at the moment. That may change by the time that training camp rolls around in September. How do things stand today in a post-Mitch Marner world? It’s complicated. Forwards Line LW C RW...
Labor rights groups seek to put $20-per-hour minimum wage on Olympia’s fall ballot
The Daily Chronicle - Washington State
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Ty Vinson / The Olympian (TNS) Two labor rights groups rallied outside Olympia City Hall last week before handing in nearly 10,000 signatures toward qualifying the Workers’ Bill of Rights, including raising the minimum wage to $20 per hour, for...
Seattle bans controversial rent-setting software from Richardson-based RealPage
The Dallas Morning News - Texas
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June 26, 2025
Seattle will soon ban the controversial rent-setting platform RealPage and similar services, becoming the latest local government to target a technology that critics say drives up housing costs. The Seattle City Council voted unanimously Tuesday...
Eastern WA pest is acting up in the North Cascades
The Columbian - Washington State
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Parts of the North Cascades and Mount Baker are facing an outbreak of the western spruce budworm, aerial surveys reveal. The outbreak is still early and, compared with past events, modest in size at around 63,500 acres. Nonetheless, the budworm’s...
Flash floods in Texas leave 24 dead and at least 23 young campers missing
The National News
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At least 24 people were killed in Texas as torrential rain unleashed flash floods along the Guadalupe River in Texas on Friday, authorities said. Rescue searched for people stranded by high water or missing in the disaster. It was reported that...
Seattle Mayor Launches AI-Driven Initiative To Streamline Housing And Business Permitting
The Seattle Medium - Washington State
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June 26, 2025
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell On Monday, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell announced an executive order aimed at accelerating the permitting process for housing and small businesses in the city. A key component of this initiative will involve the use of...
Make beads, not war: a bedazzled fighter jet lands in Seattle
The Guardian
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June 29, 2025
Most retired planes settle for an afterlife at a boneyard or disassembly facility. A defunct MiG-21 fighter jet that recently arrived at Seattle’s Museum of Flight is not most planes. While many decommissioned vessels collect rust, the...
Medical researchers, patients decry Trump admin's layoffs, budget cuts
CBS News
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They might easily be mistaken for Congressional staffers, reluctant to face the day, but these are among the most accomplished cancer specialists in the country, meeting with Representatives, Senators and staff. Among them: Dr. Elizabeth Jaffee,...
Join Aquarium staff for free public programming on the Seattle waterfront this summer
Shoreline Area News - Washington State
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June 29, 2025
These drop-in programs will explore art, science, self-reflection and connection. We’ll gather on Pier 62 (just north of the Aquarium’s Pier 60 building) and on the Ocean Pavilion rooftop. Activities include SEA and create: Create art with your...
Washington state deploys new tools hoping to prevent summer traffic deaths
The Daily Chronicle - Washington State
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By Paul W. Taylor / TVW Summer in Washington is supposed to be a season of celebration: high school graduations, family road trips, long weekends at the lake. But traffic safety officials view it as the most dangerous time of year. The 100 days...
Technology enhances today’s agriculture
Agrinews - Ilinois
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This is the second in a series of columns featuring conversations with state Farm Bureau presidents about current issues in agriculture. John Boelts is president of Arizona Farm Bureau. He continues a family farming tradition with his wife,...
Raleigh ties M's record with 35 HRs before break
ESPN Tri Cities - Tennessee
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July 5, 2025
SEATTLE -- Cal Raleigh hit his 34th and 35th home runs to set a career high and match Ken Griffey Jr.'s Seattle record for homers before the All-Star break, helping the Mariners beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-0 on Friday. Raleigh, the major league...
Seattle Joins Other Cities in Banning Rent-Setting Software
Government Technology
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June 25, 2025
(TNS) — Seattle will soon ban the controversial rent-setting platform RealPage and similar services, becoming the latest local government to take aim at a technology that critics say helps drive up housing costs. The Seattle City Council voted...
Seattle astronomers celebrate new photos from the Rubin Observatory
KNKX - Washington State
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June 25, 2025
Some of the first images of space captured by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile were released earlier this week. In Seattle, researchers and students at the University of Washington gathered to view the photos at the campus' planetarium on...
Seattle to ban controversial rent-setting software RealPage
The Columbian - Washington State
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SEATTLE — Seattle will soon ban the controversial rent-setting platform RealPage and similar services, becoming the latest local government to take aim at a technology that critics say helps drive up housing costs. The Seattle City Council voted...
Seattle Storm star Gabby Williams explains how she gets her endurance from tattoos: "Pain tolerance is definitely a little different"
Sportskeeda
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June 25, 2025
Seattle Storm star Gabby Williams revealed an unorthodox method to build tolerance towards pain during an interview with Women's Health Magazine on Tuesday. The Frenchman, who dons a plethora of tattoos, explained how the inking process has helped...
Seattle City Council outlaws rent-setting software used by corporate landlords
The Center Square
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June 25, 2025
(The Center Square) – The Seattle City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a bill banning algorithmic rent-setting tools that some claim have helped set higher rents in the city. Council Bill 121000 bans software that analyzes market data to...
Club news: July 5, 2025
The Union - California
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The Union publishes Club News each Saturday. To share the latest from your western Nevada County club or organization, email readers@theunion.com. Unfortunately only a small fraction of club submissions are published in the print...