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January 31, 2023
A worker collects parts at SMC, a Japanese pneumatic engineering company factory in Beijing on Jan. 10, 2023. China's trade surplus swelled to a record $877.6 billion in 2022 as exports rose 7% despite weakening U.S. and European demand and anti-virus controls that temporarily shut down Shanghai and other industrial centers.
China's Trade Surplus Swells to $877.6B as Exports Grow
January 13, 2023
Shoppers carry shopping bags down Fifth Avenue, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022, in New York. After a two-year hiatus, holiday procrastinators are back this year, during a holiday season when retailers need them even more. Shoppers have been pulling back on buying and waiting for the best deals as inflation weighs on their shopping habits.
Holiday Procrastinators Are Back in Force. Blame Inflation.
December 23, 2022
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The United States Navy's nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Vermont is christened at Electric Boat in Groton, Conn., Oct. 20, 2018. A metallurgist in Washington state pleaded guilty to fraud Monday, Nov. 8, 2021, after she spent decades faking the results of strength tests on steel that was being used to make U.S. Navy submarines.
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Metallurgist Admits Faking Steel-Test Results for Navy Subs
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In this March 6, 2020 photo, bus, bike, pedestrian and car traffic is light on Pike St. in downtown Seattle at 5:20 pm during the Friday evening commute.
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Seattle Businesses Pinched, Virus Keeps Workers Home
Amazon and other companies told tens of thousands of people to work from home.
March 10, 2020
Dozens of barrels fill an outside storage area at Seattle Barrel and Cooperage Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, in Seattle. The century-old Seattle barrel company has been indicted along with its third-generation owner in what prosecutors describe as a long-running pollution conspiracy. The 36-count indictment, made public in U.S. District Court in Seattle on Wednesday, says the company used a hidden drain to pump caustic wastewater directly into the King County sewer system. That's despite telling officials that the company reused all its wastewater and didn't discharge any.
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Barrel Company Used Hidden Drain to Pollute
The company blamed a former employee who was fired nine months ago.
December 19, 2019
Washington state Labor and Industries Director Joel Sacks, left, and Deputy Director Elizabeth Smith talk about new overtime rules during a news conference, Dec. 11, 2019, in Tukwila, Wash.
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Wash. State OKs Aggressive Overtime Rules
By 2028, salaried workers making up to $83,400 a year will be entitled to time-and-a-half pay if they work more than 40 hours per week.
December 12, 2019
In this 2017 file photo, Mark Keely, of Kalama, WA stands with other protesters outside the Washington Department of Ecology's Vancouver field office.
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WA Deals Setback to Massive Methanol Plant
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November 25, 2019
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3 Cos. Fined for Roles in Crane Collapse
Sections of the crane landed on the new Google building where it had been used and on traffic below, striking six vehicles.
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Bill Gives Cannabis Access to Banking
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September 26, 2019
Amazon workers begin to gather in front of the Spheres, participating in the climate strike Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, in Seattle. A wave of climate change protests swept across the globe Friday, with hundreds of thousands of young people sending a message to leaders headed for a U.N. summit: The warming world can't wait for action.
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Amazon Workers Join Climate Rally
The employees held signs, including some made from recycled Amazon boxes, that read, "No AWS for Oil and Gas," and "Amazon Let's Lead: Zero Emissions by 2030!"
September 23, 2019
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FBI Busts Amazon Drivers for Theft
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August 2, 2019
Vehicles are parked outside the home of Paige A. Thompson, who uses the online handle 'erratic,' Wednesday, July 31, 2019, in Seattle. Thompson was taken into custody Monday at her home and has been charged with computer fraud and abuse in connection with hacking data from more than 100 million Capital One credit holders or applicants.
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Alleged Hacker Didn't Hide
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In this July 16, 2019, file photo, a man walks across the street from a Capital One location in San Francisco. A security breach at Capital One Financial, one of the nation's largest issuers of credit cards, compromised the personal information of about 106 million people, and in some cases the hacker obtained Social Security and bank account numbers.
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Capital One Hack Ensnares 106 Million
Among the information obtained by the hacker was 140,000 Social Security numbers and 80,000 bank account numbers.
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In this Dec. 18, 2017, file photo, cars from an Amtrak train lay spilled onto Interstate 5 below as some remain on the tracks above in DuPont, Wash. The National Transportation Safety Board has published its final report Monday, June 24, 2019, on a deadly Amtrak derailment in Washington state in 2017, with the agency's vice chairman blasting what he described as a 'Titanic-like complacency' among those charged with ensuring train operations are safe. The train was on its first paid passenger run on a new route from Tacoma to Portland, Oregon, when it plunged onto Interstate 5, killing three people and injuring dozens.
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The train was on its first paid passenger run on a new route to Portland, when it plunged onto Interstate 5, killing three people and injuring dozens.
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