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Narasimhan succeeds longtime Starbucks leader Howard Schultz, who came out of retirement last spring to serve as interim CEO while the company searched for a new chief executive.

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State lawmakers nationwide are responding to the deadliest overdose crisis in U.S. history by pushing harsher penalties for possessing fentanyl and other powerful lab-made opioids that are connected to about 70,000 deaths a year

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Detective Denise “Cookie” Bouldin filed the tort claim Friday. It alleges she has faced daily discrimination during her 43 years with the department.

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Two BNSF trains derailed in separate incidents in Arizona and Washington state on Thursday, with the latter spilling diesel fuel on tribal land along Puget Sound.

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The package would dedicate about $200 million to the construction of more affordable housing, rehouse about 1,200 people without homes, prevent homelessness for more than 8,000 and expand shelter capacity by 600 beds.

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$300,000 grant will fund an ambitious new program.

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The district attributes significant improvement in graduation rate to its multi-tiered efforts to better serve students of color, including allocating funds in alignment with racial equity and social justice.

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No Labels says it is seeking ballot access in many states and will use it to run a Republican and Democrat for president and vice president “if the two parties select unreasonably divisive presidential nominees."

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Oregon lawmakers are deciding whether to make the state the second in the nation with Connecticut to mandate climate change is taught in shools. High schoolers have submitted support for the bill saying students must learn about one of the world’s most pressing issues, but parents and teachers are divided

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Senate Bill 5352 would allow a law enforcement officer to initiate a chase if the officer has reasonable suspicion that a person in a vehicle has committed or is committing a crime.

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