CLAIRE GALOFARO | The Seattle Times

This undated photo provided by NASA shows SOFIA over the snow-covered Sierra Nevada mountains with its telescope door open during a test flight. The world’s largest airborne observatory was supposed to be parked in Seattle this week, so thousands of scientists attending the “Super Bowl of Astronomy” could behold this marvel: a Boeing 747, like this one shown, for example, outfitted with a massive telescope used to study the fundamental mysteries of the universe. (Jim Ross/NASA via AP) NYHK705 NYHK705

January 6, 2019 at 4:31 pm

In Seattle and around U.S., shutdown keeps hundreds of federal scientists from conferences

The impact stretches well beyond empty chairs at this week's conferences, said one group's leader. It means some of the nation's smartest scientific minds are...

November 22, 2018 at 9:05 pm

In era of online retail, Black Friday still lures a crowd VIEW

NEW YORK (AP) — It would have been easy to turn on their computers at home over plates of leftover turkey and take advantage of...

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People sit in a long line of bumper to bumper traffic on US 421 in Harrells, N.C., Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018 as they try to make their way toward Wilmington, N.C. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton) NCCB110 NCCB110

September 19, 2018 at 1:20 pm

Frustration builds as Carolina residents wait to go home WATCH

WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Exhaustion and frustration are building in the Carolinas as thousands of people wait to go home days after Hurricane Florence unleashed...

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September 17, 2018 at 9:41 pm

North Carolina residents consider fleeing as rivers rise

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — The river seethed a quarter-mile away, bulging from its banks, so the patrol cars circled the neighborhood three times. "Get out...

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In this Sunday afternoon, Sept 16, 2018 photo, Waheeda Reese watches it rain from a window in her home in a mandatory evacuation area in Fayetteville, N.C. The Cape Fear River that runs about a quarter-mile away from her subdivision is expected to crest Tuesday, and authorities have ordered people within a mile of its banks to get out immediately. (AP Photo/Claire Galofaro) AX602 AX602

September 17, 2018 at 9:50 am

In Carolinas, a question as the rivers rise: Stay or go? VIEW

As the days drag on, Hurricane Florence has taken a deceptive turn: The violent winds have subsided and the pounding rain has eased, lulling many...

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September 15, 2018 at 8:43 am

Deluged by Hurricane Matthew, rural town waits for Florence WATCH

LUMBERTON, N.C. (AP) — She takes a break from hauling rugs and family heirlooms into the attic to look out the front door and watch...

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May 23, 2018 at 10:02 pm

Texas shooting survivors seek purpose in shadow of Parkland VIEW

SANTA FE, Texas (AP) — She had seen the memorials on television, the familiar white crosses erected after each massacre, and now there were 10...

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Christina Delgado talks about the Santa Fe High School shooting Sunday, May 20, 2018, in Santa Fe, Texas. Delgado watched in horror last week as the extreme gun violence she had marched to prevent arrived in her town. A gunman opened fire inside Santa Fe High School on Friday, killing 10 people. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) TXDP202 TXDP202

May 20, 2018 at 9:56 pm

Texas mom marched after Parkland school shooting, then her town was next

Christina Delgado of Santa Fe, Texas, had been dreading the next school shooting for months. Then she woke up Friday morning to find that the...

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May 19, 2018 at 8:45 pm

Texas mourners endure grief that ‘none of us can comprehend’ VIEW

SANTA FE, Texas (AP) — Congregations in this deeply religious community near Houston gathered Sunday for their first services since a gunman blasted his way...

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May 2, 2018 at 3:13 am

Waffle House regulars seek return to normal after massacre

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — He felt like an invisible force was drawing him into the parking lot, past the four new white crosses in the...

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