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Happy Friday. From the KUOW Newsroom, this is Seattle now. I'm Paige Browning. On today's show,

a growing number of EV early adopters are scrapping their cars because they've got battery clunkers on their hands.

That's coming up, but first, here are today's top stories.

It's Friday, May 3rd.

You knew this was coming.

Candidates for governor in Washington are weighing in on the student protests happening at colleges here and across the country.

Jeannie Lindsay rounded up what people are saying on the campaign trail.

A few pro-Palestinian college protests have popped up around the state, including an encampment at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Democrat Mark Mullet, who is running for governor, says college leaders should keep close watch to

prevent anti-Semitism.

People should feel their kids on college campuses can go about their business without any threat

of anyone targeting them.

The leading Republican candidate for governor, Dave Reichert,

put it another way. So you have the right to express yourself freely, your ideas and thoughts,

but that does not give you the right to stop all over the rights of other people. According to

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