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Gig Harbor Mayor Kit Kuhn stands on Fennimore St. in Gig Harbor near a pole where a utility radio antenna has been attached (at top left). The box is similar, although somewhat smaller, than 5G boxes would be. Kuhn is worried about new FCC regulations that would place 5G cell towers all over his city, citing health concerns and lack of resources to effectively install them. Many cities are facing similar problems far before a 5G rollout. While tech continues to push for 5G and the Internet of Things, many people, are worried about the lack of regulations on cell towers, and the effects on the beauty of their community. 211448

Gig Harbor, other cities feel steamrolled by FCC rules on accepting 5G cellular technology

The FCC's 5G Fast Plan reduces federal and municipal roadblocks to implementing those services. For instance, Bellevue planned to charge $1,500 a year for each antenna pole telecom companies put up — but the FCC capped the fee at $270.

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Friday, October 4, 2019. Million dollar homes built along 228th Ave. SE in Sammamish. Lake Sammamish is in the backround. 211718

Sammamish tops list of rich cities, so what do people there do for work? Here are the top jobs.

Of the eight most common full-time occupations, which account for 83% of all employed people living in Sammamish, five have median earnings over $100,000.

Gaspar Mateo, a bay worker (left) and Byron Brenner, a manager at Taylor Shellfish Farms in Shelton, WA, place sacks of harvested oysters into totes at a bay in Shelton May 6, 2015. After ten sacks are in each tote, they are partially covered with ice, then ten more sacks are placed on top. Those too are covered with ice. Then the totes are loaded onto a truck and taken to a refrigerated warehouse in Shelton. Washington state is starting a first-in-the-nation shellfish harvesting control plan to halt outbreaks of food poisoning. It’s overhauling the way oysters are harvested, using air and water temperatures instead of illnesses to determine when the shellfish are unsafe. Brenner and his crew cover the oysters with ice as quickly as possible to comply with the rules that went into effect May 1.

Judge tosses federal permit for Washington shellfish industry, saying it doesn’t do enough to protect environment

A federal judge found regulators did not comply with the Clean Water Act in granting a general permit in 2017 that authorizes most of the state shellfish operations. Washington is the nation's top producer of farmed shellfish.

San Francisco’s Mission District, Sept. 11, 2019. Dignity Health has funded a nonprofit that works to keep low-income tenants in the area from being displaced, as American medical providers that collectively spend $50 billion per year are channeling work to local businesses and residents. (Cayce Clifford/The New York Times) XNYT78 XNYT78

When a steady paycheck is good medicine

A coalition of nonprofit health-care providers is investing in the notion that ample paychecks, stable housing and nutritious food are no less critical to well-being and a healthy community than doctors, medical equipment and pharmacies.

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In this Monday, May 7, 2018, photo, pedestrians and cyclists gather near the Amazon Spheres, in Seattle. Seattle’s latest tax proposal to combat homelessness takes aim at large businesses such as Amazon that have helped drive the city’s economic boom. But businesses and others say the so-called head tax is misguided and potentially harmful and they question whether the city is effectively using the tens of millions of dollars it already spends on homelessness each year. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) WATW301 WATW301
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Speaking of Business: Amazon spends $1M on Seattle election ‘because we care deeply’

Huda Kattan arrives at the Huda Boss Facebook Watch screening celebration in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili) XKJ111 XKJ111
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Artificial intelligence lab called OpenAI, taught a robotic hand to solve a Rubik’s Cube. It’s not the first robot to solve the puzzle, but here’s what sets it apart from others.
The A.I. Age

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Boeing 737 MAX

Grounded 737 MAX passenger planes are parked across East Marginal Way near the south end of Boeing Field. Saturday Sept 28, 2019 211645

International regulator report slams Boeing, FAA over 737 MAX design and approval

Boeing pushed FAA to relax 737 MAX certification requirements for crew alerts

Boeing rejected 737 MAX safety upgrades before fatal crashes, whistleblower says

Just over seven weeks after it rolled out of the paint hangar, Boeing’s first 737 MAX “the Spirit of Renton” lifts off the runway and flew for the first time Friday, from Renton Municipal Airport at 9:48 a.m. January 29th, 2016.

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Technology

Even the New York City subway system is beginning to roll out turnstile terminals so that riders can zip through with mobile apps instead of swiping a card. (J.D. Biersdorfer/The New York Times) XNYT60 XNYT60

Stop fumbling with cards. Here’s how to set up and get the most out of digital wallets.

Tech Reviews & Tips

Everyone’s AirPods will die. We’ve got the trick to replacing them.

Real Estate

Tuesday, October 15, 2019. Workers installing the image of the Canton Lofts being built in an opportunity zone in the Pioneer Square area by Nitze-Stagen. The building behind is being demolished for the lofts. 211813

Seattle’s first Opportunity Zone development breaks ground in Pioneer Square, hopes to buck ‘tax scam’ label

Retail

Retailer buys controversial Trump-themed billboard in Times Square

A small athletic-wear company from Oregon says it is taking a stand against the president and has chosen a 30-foot billboard in Times Square depicting Trump being hog-tied in front of the White House to do so. The provocative ad for Portland-based Dhvani, which sells $58 yoga pants, takes aim at the Trump administration's efforts...

Maritime Industry

The Port of Seattle.

Port of Seattle partners with WeWork on maritime business incubator

Boeing & Aerospace

A Boeing 737 Max 8 sits behind the Boeing 737 Renton factory waiting for engines. The Angle of attack (AOA) instrument of the 737 MAX, is the bottom piece of equipment below just below the cockpit windshield. Photographed on March 13, 2019 209611 209611

Stunning messages from 2016 deepen Boeing’s 737 MAX crisis

Amazon

President Donald Trump is one of several politicians using Twitch to spread their messages. (Twitch)

Video giant Twitch pushes Trump rallies and mass violence into the live-stream age

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FILE – In this file photo made Nov. 16, 2009, Stephen Guymon, of Twin Falls, Idaho, separates packages for final shipment inside the 800,000 sq. ft. Amazon.com warehouse in Goodyear, Ariz. Amazon.com Inc., reports quarterly earnings Thursday, April 22, 2010, after the market close. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin file) NYBZ139

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Microsoft

In a handout image, at Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan mansion in 2011, from left: James E. Staley, a senior JPMorgan executive; former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers; Epstein; Bill Gates; and Boris Nikolic, the Gates Foundation’s science adviser. Beginning in 2011, Gates met with Epstein on numerous occasions, according to interviews with more than a dozen people familiar with the relationship. Gates said he regrets the “error in judgement.” (Handout via The New York Times) — NO SALES; FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY EPSTEIN-GATES BY FLITTER AND STEWART FOR OCT. 12, 2019. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED. — XNYT84 XNYT84

A relationship with Jeffrey Epstein that Bill Gates now ‘regrets’

Economy

In this July 12, 2017, photo, a construction worker walks along the top of a residential complex in Nashville, Tenn. On Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018, the Commerce Department reports on U.S. construction spending in December. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) TNMH491

Economists identify an unseen force holding back affordable housing

Special Project

T-Mobile’s brash CEO sprints to top of best-paid leaders at Pacific Northwest companies

Personal Finance

Bill Tuck and Linda Weller, along with their dog Goober, are the next Money Makeover subjects. Saturday Oct 5, 2019 211728

In their 50s, this couple is turning over a new financial leaf | Money Makeover

Markets

FILE – In this Oct. 7, 2019, file photo specialists Mario Picone, left, and Anthony Rinaldi work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The U.S. stock market opens at 9:30 a.m. EDT on Monday, Oct. 14. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) NYJK101 NYJK101

Stocks end lower; S&P 500 notches 2nd straight weekly gain

Artificial Intelligence

FILE- In this March 21, 2019 photo a robot called “Pepper” is positioned near an entrance to a Microsoft Store location, in Boston. Microsoft, a company that often tries to position itself as an early thinker on ethics and privacy issues, published its principles around developing artificial intelligence, released a short book that discussed the societal implications of the technology and has called for some government regulation of AI technologies. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Talk to us: What are your questions and concerns about artificial intelligence?

International Trade

In this photo taken Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019, Parmigiano Reggiano Parmesan cheese wheels are stored in Noceto, near Parma, Italy. U.S. consumers are snapping up Italian Parmesan cheese ahead of an increase in tariffs to take effect next week. The agricultural lobby Coldiretti on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, said sales of both Parmigiano Reggiano and Grana Padano, aged cheeses defined by their territory of origin, have skyrocketed by 220% since the higher tariffs were announced one week ago. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni) XAC114 XAC114

Europe’s specialty food makers brace for U.S. tariffs

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Days after opening its first U.K. restaurant, Chick-fil-A announces the location will close

Chick-fil-A opened the doors of its first United Kingdom restaurant Oct. 10, marking the popular but controversial chicken chain's second location outside the United States as it seeks to expand internationally. Nine days later, the company announced that it will close the location within six months. The news came as an LGBTQ group held protests...