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Science history: The Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses, forcing a complete rethink in structural engineering — Nov. 7, 1940

One morning, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge began bouncing up and down and twisting to and fro before ultimately collapsing into the Puget Sound.

LiveScience

Microsoft issues new hybrid policy that will see global workers in office 3 days per week

When some rivals go full-time, Microsoft is still happy for workers to WFH two days per week.

TechRadar

Flying boats make for a rare sight as Washington clears an island of derelict vessels by helicopter

The Washington Department of Natural Resources has been using one of its firefighting helicopters to haul abandoned boats off an uninhabited island in the southernmost reaches of Puget Sound this week

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Microplastics and pesticides aiding death of sea stars in Washington state – study

After sea star died off in Puget Sound, researchers found toxic substances impacted growth of young ones

The Guardian - US

Grieving orca mom carries dead calf around on her head for a 2nd time

An orca famous for carrying a dead calf around has once again been spotted with a deceased newborn on her head in Puget Sound, but there's some good news for her endangered southern resident killer whale pod.

LiveScience

Grieving killer whale who carried calf’s body spotted again with dead baby

Experts say sighting of orca in Puget Sound with second deceased calf is ‘devastating’ for ailing population

The Guardian - US

Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult lead thriller about the real FBI manhunt for a white supremacist leader

Forty years ago, on Dec. 8, 1984, one of the largest manhunts in FBI history came to an explosive end on Whidbey Island in Puget Sound

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In Seattle, phones ding. Killer whales could be close

In a city known for its stunning views of Puget Sound, Seattle's most coveted sightings are of orcas and other whales

The Independent UK

In one year, Arlington, Texas, will try to put on greatest All-Star celebration in MLB history

SEATTLE — It’s a beautiful morning on Puget Sound. A slight marine layer of haze is leisurely giving way to brilliant sunshine. The breeze, however, isn’t going anywhere. It is a constant and pleasant companion.

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Bringing Lolita home: How to release a long-captive orca?

An ambitious plan announced last week to return Lolita, a killer whale held captive for more than a half-century, to her home waters in Washington’s Puget Sound thrilled those who have long advocated for her to be freed from her tank at the Miami Seaquarium

The Independent UK

Tokitae, the oldest orca in captivity, has path to freedom after 50 years

Miami Seaquarium, where the whale performed, announced a ‘binding’ agreement to relocate her to her home – Puget Sound

The Guardian - US

Miami Seaquarium, owner of NFL’s Colts tease announcement about last Puget Sound orca in captivity

SEATTLE — The Miami Seaquarium set a news conference Thursday to announce an initiative among the aquarium’s parent company, the owner of the Indianapolis Colts and a Florida nonprofit to “return beloved orca, Lolita,” to her home waters.

Tribune News Service

Trains derail in Arizona and Washington, with oil spilled on Puget Sound tribal land

The derailment in Washington state occurred on a berm along Padilla Bay, on the Swinomish tribal reservation near Anacortes. Most of 5,000 gallons of spilled diesel fuel leaked on the land.

WEKU

How stray logs in Puget Sound turn industrial shorelines green

POSSESSION SOUND, Wash. — Squinting out the windowed wheelhouse of the ship he's helmed for two decades, Captain Skip Green spots something several hundred yards in the distance.

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Activists say Amazon is building on sacred land in South Africa

A group of activists is bringing a dispute from South Africa's Cape Town to Amazon's Puget Sound headquarters, hoping to stand in solidarity with some Indigenous people and appeal directly to CEO Andy Jassy.

The Independent UK

FAA issues warning about type of seaplane that crashed

Federal authorities have issued a warning about a part of the tail in the type of seaplane that crashed in Washington state’s Puget Sound last month, killing 10 people

The Independent UK

5 more bodies recovered from Puget Sound floatplane crash

Emergency management officials say six of the 10 victims in a floatplane crash in Puget Sound have been recovered and five have been identified

The Independent UK

Bodies and floatplane parts recovered from Puget Sound

The bodies of some of the 10 victims and most of a floatplane that crashed in Washington state’s Puget Sound earlier this month have been recovered

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The Independent UK

Navy, NTSB to begin efforts to recover crashed seaplane

Crews later this month will begin trying to recover the wreckage of a seaplane that crashed in Puget Sound off Whidbey Island in Washington state, killing 10

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The trash island built by fishermen

The fishing industry is dumping trash in the ocean — and the microplastics trickle up to our bodies

Tribune News Service

Moochers welcome: How to catch a salmon the Seattle way

"Fish on!"

The Independent UK

Actor Megan Hilty speaks out on ‘depth of grief’ after family killed in Seattle plane crash

The NTSB is investigating the crash

The Independent UK

Civil rights activist celebrating her birthday among ten killed in Puget Sound plane crash

“Her voice will be missed, I think even by those who hated to see her walk into the meeting,” brother says

The Independent UK

Coast Guard suspends search for nine people missing after plane crash in Puget Sound

One person dead and nine others remain missing after Puget Sound crash

Tribune News Service

1 dead, 9 unaccounted for in floatplane crash in Puget Sound

SEATTLE — One person died and nine others were unaccounted for in a floatplane crash Sunday afternoon in Puget Sound.

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