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Seattle Is Now a World Cup Draw: ‘Just a Great Soccer City’

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Anna Griffin and Ruth Fremson
Seattle has become a leading American soccer city with successful professional franchises and a devoted fan base.

Lumen Field has become a major U.S. soccer venue as the home of the Seattle Sounders of M.L.S. and the Seattle Reign of the N.W.S.L.
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Chanting and Celebrating, U.S. Soccer Fans March to the Match

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Anna Griffin and Ruth Fremson
Adopting a tradition from Europe, thousands of caffeinated and beer-fueled fans marched through Seattle to the contest between the United States and Australia.

© Ruth Fremson/The New York Times

U.S. soccer fans march through Seattle to the match with Australia.
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Chanting and Celebrating, U.S. Soccer Fans March to the Match

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Anna Griffin and Ruth Fremson
Adopting a tradition from Europe, thousands of caffeinated and beer-fueled fans marched through Seattle to the contest between the United States and Australia.

© Ruth Fremson/The New York Times

U.S. soccer fans march through Seattle to the match with Australia.
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Seven Takeaways From the First World Cup Games at U.S. Venues

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Heather Knight and Jenna Russell
The crowds have been big, the fans rabid and the lines, well, long. Here’s a glimpse of the atmosphere at sites across the country as the tournament started.

© Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times

Spectators at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., reacting to the fourth goal by the United States, which beat Paraguay.
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Wildfire in Washington State Prompts Evacuation Orders

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Yan Zhuang and Amy Graff
Dry and windy conditions could exacerbate the fire, which has already destroyed some structures near Spokane, officials warned.

© Spokane Fire District #9

Smoke billowing from a wildfire in Spokane, Wash., on Tuesday.
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26-Year Mystery of a Skeleton in a Tent Ends With DNA Identification

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Christine Hauser
Remains of the man, Joseph Louis Serrao Jr., discovered in a remote area in Olympic National Park in 2000, were identified using forensic genealogy.

© Ruth Fremson/The New York Times

Olympic National Park in Washington State.
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Workers at Washington Paper Mill Died of Chemical Burns

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Anna Griffin
The coroner of Cowlitz County confirmed the cause of death of 10 of the 11 workers who perished last month in the worst industrial accident in the state’s modern history.

© David Ryder/Reuters

The Nippon Dynawave Packaging pulp and paper mill in Longview, Wash., after the deadly accident.
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Seattle’s Incredibly Loud Street Preachers Eagerly Await the World Cup

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Anna Griffin
Long the bane of Mariners and Seahawks fans, evangelical ministers with large speakers are preparing for the “incredible opportunity” of screaming the word of God at 750,000 soccer fans.

© Grant Hindsley for The New York Times

Ron Cardiel, a preacher, calls it a “no-escape mentality to hearing the word of God,” evangelizing through loudspeakers to captive audiences on lines in Seattle.
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11 Dead as All Bodies Recovered After Washington Chemical Explosion

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Orlando Mayorquín
The remains of the two workers who were still missing after the blast this week at a Washington State paper mill were recovered on Saturday, officials said.

© David Ryder/Reuters

A drone view of a chemical tank after its rupture at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging pulp and paper mill in Longview, Washington this week.
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ICE Protesters Convicted in a Spokane Case That Tested a Trump Strategy

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Anna Griffin
The three demonstrators in Spokane, Wash., had been accused of conspiracy, charges that the region’s former top prosecutor has said were unwarranted.

© Rajah Bose for The New York Times

Downtown Spokane, Wash., in 2022. The city’s mayor called the verdict in the protesters’ case “politically motivated.”
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Death Toll Rises in Washington Paper Mill Explosion

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Anna Griffin and Aaron West
At least nine are now confirmed dead, and firefighters believe there are two more bodies they have yet to reach, making the crisis the worst industrial disaster in the state’s modern history.

© Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images

Community members placed electric candles at a vigil at R.A. Long Park after a fatal chemical storage tank failure in Longview, Wash.
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After an Explosion at a Washington Paper Mill, Mourning Mixes With Dread

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Anna Griffin and Aaron West
The disaster at the mill in Longview, Wash., which took at least eight lives, was greeted with sadness but not surprise by a community that knew cutbacks and other pressures had raised risks.

© Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images

A vigil on Tuesday for the victims of a fatal chemical storage tank failure in Longview, Wash.
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9 Missing After Tank Implosion at a Paper Mill in Longview, Washington

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Von: Anna Griffin · Billy Witz · Christine Hauser · Alexandra Berzon and Christina Morales
Officials said they did not believe anyone was still alive inside the facility. The explosion has left at least two people dead and several others injured.

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Community members hold photographs of loved ones during a vigil at R.A. Long Park after a fatal chemical storage tank failure in Longview, Wash.
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Deaths Reported at Washington State Paper Mill After Chemical Tank Ruptures

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Christine Hauser · Mark Walker and Yan Zhuang
Nine other people, including a firefighter, were injured at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Company in Longview, the authorities said.

© Longview Fire Department

A chemical tank rupture released about 500,000 gallons of a highly caustic chemical at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Company in Longview, Wash., on Tuesday, officials said.
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Conspiracy Trial Will Test Trump’s Aggressive Tactics Against Protesters

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Anna Griffin
Prosecutors in Spokane, Wash., are trying three activists who they say conspired to impede federal officers. Legal experts call it a stretch.

© Ryan Sun/Associated Press

Protests against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown have taken place across the country, including in Spokane, Wash. and Seattle (above).
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Seattle’s Socialist Mayor Taunts the Rich as Rift With Starbucks Widens

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Anna Griffin and Emily Cochrane
Seattle voters elected Mayor Katie Wilson as tensions rose over wealth inequality, but as Starbucks, one of the city’s most iconic companies, expands in Nashville, she is finding her limits.

© M. Scott Brauer for The New York Times

Starbucks workers were among many union workers at the annual May Day rally and march celebrating International Workers’ Day in Seattle on May 1.
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6 Are Injured in Stabbing at a High School in Washington State

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Von: Rylee Kirk and Hannah Ziegler
Five students were injured, four of them critically, after an altercation at Foss High School in Tacoma, Wash., the authorities said. A security guard was also injured.

© John Froschauer/Associated Press

Officers were investigating at Foss High School, in Tacoma, Wash., after six people were injured in a stabbing on Thursday.
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Heat Wave in California and Other Western States Wilts a More Air-Conditioned U.S.

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Alan Blinder and Sonia A. Rao
In recent years, more homes have added air-conditioning, something that may come in handy this week as some areas are expected to see temperatures 40 degrees above normal.

© Mike Kai Chen for The New York Times

San Francisco residents at Baker Beach during last week’s heat wave.
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