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Northwest news time 625.  a better life with dr sanjay gupta working weird hours can wreak havoc on your health not just when you're working those super early or super late or overnight shifts but even years later according to a new study out of nyu of course a lot of people who work those hours don't have a choice but aside from messing with your sleep one expert told us non-standard schedules  can make it difficult to maintain other lifestyle habits important for good health, like eating at regular hours, spending time with loved ones. What's more, another expert said, the financial instability of nonstandard work can also create anxiety. So if you find yourself in this position, what can you do?  Well, create a routine as best you can. One that includes an adequate amount of sleep in a quiet, dark, cool room. Plan your meals ahead of time so you don't just reach for junk and do make sure to make time to exercise. I'm Dr. Sanjay Gupta, helping you live a better life.  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Former President Trump took issue with the first question he was asked at the National Association of Black Journalists Convention. ABC's Rachel Scott challenged his record of attacking black journalists and inviting a white supremacist to the White House. First of all, I don't think I've ever been asked a question so, in such a horrible manner, a first question.  You don't even say hello, how are you? Are you with ABC? Because I think they're a fake news network. Vice President Harris responding to some of the remarks. The American people deserve a leader who tells the truth.  A leader who does not respond with hostility and anger when confronted with the facts. Harrison Houston at a gala for Sigma Gamma Rho, a historically black sorority. The Pentagon says three 9-11 defendants, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, have agreed to plea bargains. This is ABC News.  97.7 FM and AM 1000. All news, all the time. For Seattle, Tacoma, Bellevue, and beyond. The Northwest's only all news.  And thanks for joining us. I'm Kim Shepard. Eric Hines at the editor's desk. A day-long police standoff in Everett continues this evening. Coma 4's Joel Moreno is at the scene at 128th Street Southwest. Investigators say this started with a call for a woman being assaulted in one of the ground floor rooms of this Motel 6. Three young children were also staying in the room, and the woman who was assaulted scrambled to get them to safety as deputies arrived.  And she was coming out the door. She's also next door and threw the child to her. However, the gunman held on to his three-year-old son and deputies have been outside the room throughout the day trying everything they can to convince the suspect to give up and come out peacefully. They also brought in an armored vehicle and staged snipers at key locations around the motel while all the other guests staying there were cleared out.  The King County Sheriff's Office revising its pursuit policy as we hear from Northwest News Radio's Jeff Bojula. Effective tomorrow, deputies will be allowed to give chase for felony crimes and non-felony crimes against a person where there is an imminent and ongoing threat. The new policy also allows for pursuits following a burglary. The changes come amid a rollback of state restrictions on when officers could initiate a pursuit.  In a statement, Sheriff Patty Cole Dindle said, quote, I have the confidence in the good judgment of our deputies when weighing the dangers of a chase against the potential threat to the people of King County. Jeff Pogel on Northwest News Radio. Boeing has a new CEO starting August 8th. Kelly Ortberg will take the yoke of the troubled company. But even more telling is the fact that he'll be based in Seattle. Aviation analyst Scott Hamilton says it could be the first step in moving the company's headquarters back to western Washington.  You know, if the CEO is going to be here, you want your chief financial officer to be here. You want your chief operating officer here. You want your executive team here. Ortberg's first task will be to work out a new deal with local machinists, whose contract expires in September. Seafair is marking its 75th anniversary with Fleet Week festivities, including a Blue Angels performance. President and CEO Eric Corning tells Como 4 nearly 20 agencies are working together to keep things secure.  be able to keep the water safe and be able to close down the area that the Blue Angels need to be able to fly. In addition, we also have the rest of the lake and the waterfront here that need to be safe as well. So there's always considerations about where those assets are put and then how are we best using those. And part of the safety planning is to include a protest zone. Protesters showed up yesterday during the parade of ships. Sort of opposing seafair and uplifting the call for Philippine sovereignty. Corning says coordination for seafair security takes 9 to 12 months.  6.34 now and time to get a check on your drive in the High Performance Homes Traffic Center. Tama Fulton, how's it shaping up? Well, it's some good news in Bellevue. We've now just got one lane blocked on eastbound 90 just before the 405 interchange. It looks like it's blocking just before the split to go to northbound and southbound 405. So you want to stay to the left there. That right lane remains blocked.  That backup, though, from Island Crestway has really started to ease up as folks are getting past that scene and making other plans to get around it as it had been closed for quite some time as an overturned semi has now been re-rided. The earlier crash in Des Moines, southbound 5 at Highway 516, has been cleared away. Still seeing some residual slowing from South Center Boulevard. We still have a crash in Shoreline, northbound 5, just before 175th Street. The right lane there is blocked, causing a backup from 145th as you come into the Shoreline area.  Another crash in Seattle, westbound Denny Way at Minor Avenue. At that intersection is causing a backup from Bellevue Avenue. Still dealing with a stall southbound 99 at Royal Brumway in Seattle. That also causing a backup from Denny Way. Traffic lights not working at the intersection of 99 and South Idaho Street. The flashing in all directions, so you want to treat that like an all-way stop. And still dealing with a crash up in Marysville, northbound 5, just before Highway 529 that has the left lane blocked.  This report is sponsored by Bank of America. Bank of America has powerful digital solutions for local and global business so you can make every move matter. Visit bankofamerica.com slash banking for business to learn more. Bank of America N.A. Copyright 2024. Our next Northwest traffic at 644. And your forecast sponsored by Northwest Crawl Space Services.  Warm today with temperatures in the low 80s. Expect to continue with mostly clear skies through the rest of the evening and into tonight. But by Thursday morning, we're back into the fog and low clouds to start the day. However, we're going to clear out to sunshine around 8 a.m. and temperatures are going to be warming up.  We'll be in the upper 80s to around 90 degrees on your Thursday. Near the water, mainly lower 80s. But as we get to Friday, all the sunshine really pumping up that heat. Upper 80s to low 90s. And over the weekend, we'll continue with the upper 80s to low 90s. From the Coma 4 Weather Center, I'm meteorologist Rebecca Stephenson. 75 degrees now in Seattle. Northwest News Time, 636. King County elections workers getting ready to process ballots for next week's primary. Coma 4's Lee Stoll reports.  We're going to have about 300 employees who are going to process them for the primary. And that number jumps to 800 for the general election, now less than 100 days away. Earlier this month, staff ran their annual accuracy test for the ballot machines. They ran test ballots through the scanners, checked the results, all of them matched. The Secretary of State's office, they're spreading $2 million over 29 county election offices today.  to bolster security ahead of November. It is the second year for that funding in particular. The elections offices, they can use it to buy or upgrade election security software and hardware, hire IT security personnel and make structural improvements.  It is also now a felony to harass election employees. Several offices got suspicious envelopes in 2023. Two of them tested positive for fentanyl. So we're doing training, active shooter training, de-escalation training.  Those ballots are due by August 6th, which is this upcoming Tuesday. Election workers in King County, they say they expect to process about half a million ballots in this election cycle. That would be about a 40% voter turnout rate.  That's Goma Forrest, Lee Stoll reporting. A word to the wise, don't get caught up in the illusion of AI buzzwords. Northwest News Radio's Tim Hole explains. A new study from Washington State University has uncovered a surprising twist in consumer behavior. Products branded as AI-powered may not be the selling point companies hope for. In fact, the research suggests these labels could be a hard sell, leading to fewer purchases compared to identical products without the AI tag.  Published in the Journal of Hospitality Marketing and Management, the study surveyed over 1,000 U.S. adults and consistently found the mention of AI in product descriptions detracted from their appeal. Study authors say when AI is in the picture, emotional trust tends to take a backseat, which can leave consumers feeling hesitant to buy. Researchers say companies should focus instead on highlighting the specific features and benefits of their products. Tim Hall, Northwest News Radio. A lost Andy Warhol portrait of Blondie singer Debbie Harry could bring in millions.  Page six reports the portrait was created in 1985 on a Commodore computer. Warhol was working with the computer company as a brand ambassador and used an Amiga 1000 to show off what the tech could do live at Lincoln Center. The Blondie was recently rediscovered just hanging on a wall in a rural home in Delaware owned by a former Commodore technician.  He was the one who taught Warhol how to use the computer, so the artist gifted him the signed portrait along with 10 digital image files. He's now putting the whole lot up for sale, but not through an auction house. He's reportedly handling the sale personally. And while there's no asking price being disclosed, Christie's reportedly sold a similar collection for more than $3 million. Now that's value for money.  And that's your dose of nostalgia for today. Northwest News Time now, 640. Time for Beacon Plumbing's sports update with Bill Swartz. A tough end to a winning Mariners road trip. Well, Seattle swept three from last place Chicago White Sox and had a chance to take two of three from playoff contending Red Sox. Both bullpens were solid today, Kim, but in the 10th inning, Boston's best hitter, Rafael Devers, walked it off for the home team on New England's Sportsnet.  Swing and a fly ball up center field. Well hit. Raley's back there all the way to the wall. It is off the wall. Here comes the run. Here comes O'Neal. He will score. Raffy delivers. And the Red Sox win it in ten. Three to two.  So the Mariners return home with at least a share of the AOS lead. The Seahawks made roster moves, adding a couple of undrafted rookies, Ohio University defensive lineman Rodney Matthews, San Jose State running back Kyrie Robinson. The NFL will test the Hawkeye technology in preseason games, helping referees more quickly figure out  If a runner made the line to gain for a first down, the league would like to get rid of the 10-yard chain gang. At the Paris Olympics, USA men's basketball rolled to victory over South Sudan. The American women 3-0 in soccer headed to the knockout round. And Katie Ledecky won another gold in the 1,500-meter freestyle swim. Sports with Swartz at 10 and 40 after the hour. Northwest News Radio.  clogged downspouts backed up french drains water in your basement rain pros wants to remind you don't pay plumber prices for your drainage needs because rain pros can permanently fix them for half the price of a local plumber from start to finish rain pros has the expertise technology and digging solutions to tackle any drainage problem at a fraction of the cost of a plumber schedule your inspection today  just $70 per downspout. 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Also a crash in Marysville, northbound 5, just before Highway 529 as the left lane blocked. In Bellevue, still watching a crash eastbound 90 that's blocking the right lane just before the 405 interchange, causing a bit of a slowdown from Island Crest Way. And westbound 520, now a car fire in Bellevue at 108th Avenue.  Taking up three left lanes, fire crews arriving on the scene. That's causing a backup on westbound 520 from 405. This report is sponsored by Bank of America. Bank of America has powerful digital solutions for local and global business so you can make every move matter. Visit bankofamerica.com slash banking for business to learn more. Bank of America and a copyright 2024. Our next Northwest traffic at 654.  And your forecast sponsored by Northwest Crawl Space Services. Lows in the low 60s overnight, but tomorrow back to the sunshine. Highs in the mid 80s. We could hit 90 degrees on Friday and we'll be in the 80s again for the weekend. 74 now in Seattle. Northwest News Time, 645.  The Northwest's only all-news station. News Radio 97.7 FM and AM 1000, where the news watch never stops. Sponsored by K2 Vision RLE. Right now, there are more than 600 children with critical illnesses in Alaska and Washington waiting for their chance to have a dream come true through the Make-A-Wish Foundation.  And you can help without spending a dime. All it takes is a few of those unused airline miles. Make-A-Wish's Jeanette Tarchez joining us on the Northwest Newsline. So is there a particular airline you guys are working with or can folks donate miles from any carrier? Oh, that's such a great question. I'm glad you asked. We have partnerships with several different carriers. The ones that our volunteers are able to take today on the phones.  are Alaska Airlines, Delta, and United. If you have JetBlue, Southwest, or American, we also have partnerships with them, but those have to be done by the actual person donating them, and they need to go on those individual airline websites and make those donations themselves. Okay, so what's the most popular destination for Wishes these days?  Oh, my goodness. Well, you can imagine anything that there's a little mouse and his name is Mickey and he's got big ears. There's lots and lots of kids that want to go visit him and meet him, whether it's California or Florida or even the popular, you know, the Yolani destination in Hawaii. I would say probably 50 to 60 percent of our wishes for travel. They're all Disney related. So the kiddos love that for sure. Yeah. Yeah.  Well, this is the 15th year we've partnered with Make-A-Wish for this flight mileage drive. So I'm curious, what are the most interesting and unusual trips that you've seen kids take? Some of the ones that are just so sweet and special to me are the ones where it's like families being reunited. So we've had kids who, you know, their family serves in the military overseas and they want to go and visit them. We've sent kids to Germany for that. We've had a kid who wanted to be reunited with his dog.  That was cross country because he had to move for treatment and his dog was at his grandmother's house. So we flew the dog to be reunited with him. I mean, those are the ones that really tug at my heartstrings because, you know, they're really all about the essence of family and being around those who we need that love and that support from, especially when we're going through the toughest times in our lives.  Absolutely. And as a parent, I can only imagine how it must feel to get to see your child's wish come true when they've had to struggle with medical issues and not had a chance at a typical childhood. Oh, it's it really you strike a really good point because the wishes are definitely about the kids.  But they're also for the families. I mean, they go through illness too. And there's a lot of kids that have siblings that have to be, you know, split from their siblings. And mom has to, you know, go and travel hundreds of miles to be away from the rest of the family so that she can be with her child who's going through treatment. And dad is holding down the fort with the other kids.  And it really is an opportunity when they get these travel wishes for them to be a family together again and to sort of remember what that sort of normalcy feels like. And it's something that we all need and we crave and we all know how great it is when we go on amazing vacations. But just multiply that times a thousand when you're a kid in the family that's struggling through the throes of illness. Right.  So let's do it. Let's reunite more kids with their dogs. Let's bring more families together. How can people get involved? They can give us a call. Our phone lines are going to be open today until about 7, 730. And that number is 206.  404-4444, or they can go online and they can make a donation themselves. Our direct donation website is wishesinflight.akwa.wish.org. We're so thankful to our community here that's been helping to support our wish granting mission for the past 15 years. We couldn't do this  you know, this drive and to send all these kids on their wishes without the support of the community. So we're really, really thankful for that. Janet Tarchow with the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Again, that phone number 206-404-4444. And a check now on Money News.  The Biden administration today making a statement they probably hope will spell and assist at the ballot box this November. Starting today, tens of millions of borrowers with at least one federal student loan should be getting an email informing them of the administration's plan to cancel student debt for millions more people this fall. No application is required to be eligible.  And in case you missed it, U.S. job openings dropped slightly last month, and it's a sign that the American labor market continues to cool off in the shade of those staggering high interest rates. There were almost 8.2 million job vacancies last month, according to the Labor Department. That's down from 8.23 million in May.  Stocks finished the day higher. The Dow surged by 99 points. The S&P 500 ticked up 85, gaining 1.5%. And the tech-heavy Nasdaq grew by 452 points, good enough for 2.6% growth. That's your Money Now.  The News Watch never stops. Don't miss a thing with News Radio 97.7 FM and AM 1000. Check back often for breaking news, traffic, and weather on Seattle's only all-news station, 97.7 FM and AM 1000. 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We've got traffic and weather every 10 minutes on the fours in the High Performance Homes Traffic Center. Tama Fulton, please tell me I-90 is going to be clear for me to go home.  Yes, I-90 has now fully reopened all lanes, Kim. So that's great news. Eastbound 90 at 405. We had a couple of lanes blocked. In fact, the ramps to northbound and southbound 405 were just down to one lane due to an earlier overturned semi. The good news, it's all been reopened now. So folks are moving. It's a bit sluggish, though, coming across Mercer Island, but that should be getting up to speed here shortly.  We do have another issue in Bellevue, though. This is westbound 520. Now all lanes are blocked between 108th Avenue and Bellevue Way due to a serious car fire. Lots of emergency crews on the scene. That backup from 405 is stacking up here quickly. So if we can use westbound 90 as an alternate route over towards I-5, that's probably a good idea. Still dealing with a crash in the Marysville area, northbound 5 at Highway 529. The left lane there is blocked in Shoreline. That earlier crash northbound 5 at 118th.