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ED KOMENDA

ED KOMENDA

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Environment|News|World

The trees arrived with Polynesian voyagers. After Maui wildfire, there's a chance to restore them

After the deadly wildfire that destroyed the historic town of Lahaina this summer, people across the world focused their attention on the green leaves sprouting from a scorched, 150-year-old banyan tree as a symbol of hope

The trees arrived with Polynesian voyagers. After Maui wildfire, there's a chance to restore them
Political|World

Protesters calling for Gaza cease-fire block road at Tacoma port while military cargo ship docks

Hundreds of protesters calling for a cease-fire in Gaza are blocking traffic at the Port of Tacoma, where a military supply ship had recently arrived

Protesters calling for Gaza cease-fire block road at Tacoma port while military cargo ship docks
Travel

Japanese Americans were jailed in a desert. Survivors worry a wind farm will overshadow the past.

In the vast, high desert of southern Idaho is a place called Minidoka

Japanese Americans were jailed in a desert. Survivors worry a wind farm will overshadow the past.
Crime|Election|News

Election offices are sent envelopes with fentanyl or other substances. Authorities are investigating

Authorities are trying to determine who sent suspicious letters, including some containing fentanyl or other substances, to local election offices in at least five states

Election offices are sent envelopes with fentanyl or other substances. Authorities are investigating
Crime|News|US

Defense digs into Manuel Ellis’ drug use at trial of Washington officers accused in man's death

A lawyer for one of three Washington state police officers charged in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis urged jurors Monday to focus on Ellis’ past drug use and arrests

Defense digs into Manuel Ellis’ drug use at trial of Washington officers accused in man's death
Election|Health|US

Officials stock up on overdose antidote naloxone after fentanyl-laced letters disrupt vote counting

Election officials around the country are stocking up on the overdose reversal medication naloxone after a series of suspicious mailings — some containing traces of fentanyl — were sent to vote centers or government buildings in six states

Officials stock up on overdose antidote naloxone after fentanyl-laced letters disrupt vote counting

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