An autoclave sterilizes medical instruments. Hospital officials said the equipment was sterilized at the right temperature and length of time, but had debris on them anyway.
An autoclave sterilizes medical instruments. Hospital officials said the equipment was sterilized at the right temperature and for the right length of time, but had debris on them anyway. Stas Walenga/Shutterstock.com

Seattle Children’s Bellevue Clinic Says Patients at Risk of Possible Infection: Up to 12,000 children and young adults could be at risk of infection after it was discovered that reusable surgical instruments were not properly cleaned, reports the Seattle Times. Hospital administrators have asked all patients since 2010 to get blood tests for diseases including hepatitis B and C and HIV.

A still from the documentary Pinkwashing Exposed: Seattle Fights Back, which looks at how Israel promotes itself as gay-friendly while engaged in human rights violations.
A still from the documentary Pinkwashing Exposed: Seattle Fights Back, which looks at how Israel promotes itself as gay-friendly while engaged in human rights violations.

Seattle Taxpayers Paid for Mayor's Security on Trip to Israel: According to records obtained by the Times, the SPD spent about $20,000 for two officers to accompany Ed Murray to Israel for two weeks in June—a trip that many people criticized.

Federal Judge Calls Our Reporting on SPD "Inflammatory" but Then Says He Learned from It: Yesterday, at a hearing to discuss the process of SPD's reform under the 2011 Department of Justice consent decree, federal judge James Robart criticized Ansel's reporting this week about how that process is going, calling it "inflammatory," but then also said he learned a few things. As for the result of the hearing, the judge directed the city and/or the DOJ to submit a formal statement regarding their proposal for reviewing the SPD's current accountability systems by September 30.

This is what fish farming looks like.
This is what fish farming looks like. Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.com

Groups Threaten to Sue Government Over Fish Farms in Puget Sound: The Wild Fish Conservancy issued a letter stating its intent to sue the EPA and NOAA over the rules governing large net pens, alleging that conditions have negatively affected wild fish populations.

Thousands of People Respond to Call for Volunteers to Fight Wildfires: State officials said they had to turn some people away because there were too many who wanted to help fight the fires.

There's Lots of Poo in Seward Park: We've got one more summery day before the rain sets in and we can't even go swimming! As Christopher reported, 12,000 gallons of sewage spilled into Lake Washington yesterday morning from an underground sewage storage tank. The cause is under investigation, and the park will remain closed until test results come back this afternoon. Poo!

A lawsuit alleges that Bertha suffers from several design flaws.
A lawsuit alleges that Bertha suffers from several design flaws. Alex Garland

Insurers Sue to Avoid Paying for Bertha Repairs: Eight insurers filed a lawsuit in an effort to avoid paying the anticipated $143 million in repair costs for the tunnel-boring machine. The complaint alleges that Bertha had design flaws from the beginning.

Dad and Stepdaughter Possibly to Blame for Last Week’s Bremerton Motel Explosion: Police had initially been called to the scene to handle a family disturbance, and that’s when the gas leak was reported. Q13 Fox reports:

“The report of the disturbance was in relation to a juvenile female who had fled her home in Brownsville (Wash.) following a family argument,” Strachan said. “Her stepfather … had located her and had taken her to the motel to let everyone cool down and to keep her away from her mother.”

When the mother showed up at the motel, the stepfather decided to escape with his stepdaughter out of the motel’s second-floor window.

“The stepfather has admitted that he stepped on the gas meter to assist his stepdaughter out of the second floor window,” Strachan said. “The stepdaughter may also have contacted the meter and the pipes leading to it. The man has further admitted that after contacting the meter and pipes they heard a loud hissing sound.”

They drove away before the explosion occurred about 30 minutes later.”

This is what protests in Olympia looked like after the police-involved shooting.
This is what protests in Olympia looked like after the police-involved shooting. Charles Mudede

Documents Released on Officer-Involved Shooting in Olympia: Remember those two skateboarding brothers suspected of shoplifting beer who were shot by police back in May? Documents related to the investigation have been released. There was no recommendation about whether the officer should face charges.

Shooter of Virginia News Reporter and Cameraman Kills Himself: He shot himself in the head while driving away from police yesterday, according to the New York Times.

Colorado Shooter Gets 12 Life Sentences: For killing 12 people and wounding 70 others in a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, three years ago. He also received 3,318 years in prison for his nonlethal crimes, reports the New York Times.

You can no longer buy this at Walmart.
You can no longer buy this at Walmart. Vartanov Anatoly/Shutterstock.com

Walmart to Stop Selling Semiautomatic Rifles: Here's some good news about guns. The United States’ top seller of guns and ammunition announced yesterday that it will stop carrying the AR-15 (the gun used at Sandy Hook) as well as other semiautomatic rifles because of sluggish sales. Instead, the retailer will focus on “hunting and sportsman firearms.”

50 Partly Decomposed Bodies Discovered in Truck in Vienna: Police discovered the gruesome scene on the highway that links Budapest and Vienna, and believe the people were migrants being smuggled across Europe, reports the New York Times.


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