Core Plus graduate Brayden Terry speaks at a celebration for Core Plus at the Museum of Flight Tuesday. One thousand students from Core Plus have been hired by Boeing, including, from left, Gada Ahmed, Terry and Jasmine Lehal. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)
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Education Lab

Boeing celebrates hiring over 1,000 WA high school students

The two-year program teaches teens to build airplanes for an average salary of six figures a year, per graduate, at Boeing and other manufacturing companies eager for new employees.

Politics

The House of Representatives at the Capitol is seen in Washington, early Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, on the morning after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job in an extraordinary showdown with hard-right conservatives. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) DCSA102 DCSA102

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Local News

State assistant attorneys general Kent Liu demonstrates how Manny Ellis raised his hand in his opening statement during the trial of Tacoma Police Officers Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins and Timothy Rankine in the killing of Manny Ellis at Pierce County Superior Court, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, Tacoma, Wash.

Historic trial of Tacoma officers starts with wildly divergent accounts VIEW

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Business & Tech

The canning process Tuesday morning at Mac & Jack’s Brewing Co. in Redmond, Washington in October 3, 2023. 225120

Redmond’s Mac & Jack’s Brewing is sold to Seattle company VIEW

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Nation & World

— EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 3:01 A.M. ET ON TUESDAY, OCT. 3, 2023. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS — A raccoon, caught in Forest Park in New York, awaits sampling, Sept. 17, 2023. Wildlife researchers are trapping animals in urban areas to determine what diseases they carry in an effort to understand the potential risks to people, pets and the animals themselves. (Andres Kudacki/The New York Times)

In New York City, wildlife researchers are on the prowl VIEW

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Health

Angela Agelopoulos, a licensed clinical psychologist, owner and clinical supervisor of Seattle Counseling and Wellness Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, in her office in Seattle.

Out of 400 therapists in Washington, why just 32 confirmed openings for new patients

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