Trump Jr. met with Russian for Clinton dirt, ID's new area code, and morning headlines

Monday, July 10, 2017

Posted By Samantha Wohlfeil on Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 9:33 AM

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NEWS: An initiative that would have required Washingtonians to use the bathroom that matches their biological sex at birth did not turn in enough signatures to get on the November ballot. The group backing the measure cancelled its appointment with the Washington Secretary of State on Friday.

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IN OTHER NEWS:

From Russia, with Love
The New York Times this weekend reported that Donald Trump Jr. met with a Kremlin-tied Russian lawyer in June 2016 on the promise that the lawyer had damaging information on Hillary Clinton. Ironically, the woman "stated that she had information that individuals connected to Russia were funding the Democratic National Committee and supporting Mrs. Clinton," Trump Jr. said in a statement to the Times, but he says it became clear she didn't have evidence, and instead wanted to talk about allowing Americans to adopt Russian children. (NYT)

Idahoans will soon have to remember another area code and dial all 10 digits when making calls.

More people, more digits
Idaho is getting a new area code, which means the state's residents won't be able to assume everyone has a 208 in front of their number and will have to start dialing 10 digits in August, the Coeur d'Alene Press reports. The new code, 986, will start being assigned to people in September. (CDA PRESS)

Come rain, sleet or snow, but not threats
Some Spokane residents haven't been getting their mail delivered since mid-June due to threats to their mail carrier, the Spokesman-Review reports in an in-depth feature today. (S-R)