HERE
Todd Mielke is
dropping out of the competition to become the next Spokane County CEO. (Spokesman-Review)
There was a
10-acre brush fire at Spirit Lake that had firefighters anxious through Monday afternoon. (KREM)
A
van exploded in a Shadle Walmart parking lot. (KHQ)
Summer in Washington is looking
ripe for stink bugs. (Seattle Times)
THERE
South Carolina's Republican governor called for
taking the Confederate flag off the state's capitol, a reaction to the recent church mass shooting in the state. (CNN)
Sean "Puffy/Diddy/P.Diddy/Puff Daddy" Combs
beat down one of his kids' football coaches — at UCLA, where his son is a junior in college and a player for the Bruins. (Washington Post)
President
Obama went on Marc Maron's WTF podcast and some people are freaking out over his use of "the n-word." (Atlantic)
SORT OF HERE
Patsy Cline is going to become the first country artist and first female artist to
return to the stage via hologram. Crazy. (BBC)