Civil rights groups to Inslee: Stop sending children to facilities like the one that killed Cornelius Fredericks
This spring, a Black teenager named Cornelius Fredericks was restrained by the staff at a youth academy in Michigan because he threw a sandwich. Fredericks, 16, was pinned down for more than 10 minutes, saying “I can’t breathe” before he died, according to a lawsuit. Continue reading at The Inlander. (Tina Pinedo)

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Kindergarten enrollment is way down in WA. What does it mean for kids and families?
The children struggle to mute and un-mute their microphones. Squirming at kitchen tables and makeshift desks, their small voices occasionally squeak through laptop speakers, asking the teacher — who long ago established herself as a saint and a zen master — why the feed is glitching or how come they can’t see the lesson on the screen. Continue reading at The News Tribune. (Bob Brawdy)

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UW releases latest US COVID-19 model, projecting death toll
Researchers at the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) released new numbers, updating its COVID-19 death toll forecast through Feb. 1, 2021, in the U.S. The U.S. has seen daily deaths increase slightly to about 750 per day since August, and the newest model shows that number climbing to nearly 2,900 daily by the end of December, bringing the total deaths to about 363,000. Continue reading at KIRO7 TV.

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