Top Seattle news: Overnight shootings leave 1 wounded, 2 arrested; mold found at Seattle Children’s

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Here's what you need to know about what's happening in Seattle.

Washington is 1st state to allow composting of human bodies

SEATTLE (AP) — Ashes to ashes, guts to dirt. Gov. Jay Inslee signed legislation Tuesday making Washington the first state to approve composting as an alternative to burying or cremating human remains.

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Some operating rooms at Seattle Children’s close due to mold

Four of the 14 operating rooms at the Seattle campus of Children's Hospital are closed after a common mold was detected last weekend. Dozens of surgeries have been rescheduled or moved.

Read the full story on The Seattle Times.

Overnight Seattle shootings leave 1 wounded, 2 arrested

Seattle police officers were investigating two shootings between Monday night and Tuesday morning, one that left a man wounded and another that ended in two arrests.

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In the wake of a school-bus crisis, an audit of Seattle schools’ transportation arm finds ‘lack of urgency to change’

As the district tries to move past its recent school-bus crisis, an external review found that its transportation department lacks the urgency to change.

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Seattle part of national protest on abortion bans

People will gather in Seattle and other cities throughout Washington state as part of a national 'Stop the Bans' movement.

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