Amanda Knox on a ferry in Washington state, Oct. 6, 2021. Ten years after being cleared of a heinous crime, she is still trying to tell her story on her own terms. (Ricardo Nagaoka/The New York Times)
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Washington State defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Jake Dickert watches during the second half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021, in Pullman, Wash. Dickert was named Washington State interim head coach, Monday, Oct. 18, 2021, after head coach Nick Rolovich was fired for refusing a state mandate that all employees get vaccinated against COVID-19. (AP Photo/Young Kwak)
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The Supreme Court building in Washington, hours before the justices left in place a Texas law barring most abortions in the state via an unsigned ‘shadow docket’ ruling, on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021. With increasing frequency, the court is taking up weighty matters in a rushed way, considering emergency petitions that often yield late-night decisions issued with minimal or no written opinions. (Sarahbeth Maney/The New York Times) XNYT235 XNYT235

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In this Oct. 1, 2021 photo, President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., walk in a basement hallway of the Capitol after meeting with House Democrats, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Divided Democrats struggling to enact President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda are confronting one of Congress’ cruelest conundrums — your goals may be popular, but that doesn’t ensure they’ll become law or that voters will reward you. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) WX105 WX105 (J. Scott Applewhite / The Associated Press)
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FILE – Peter Scolari arrives at the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 18, 2016. Scolari, a versatile character actor whose television roles included a yuppie producer on “Newhart” and a closeted dad on “Girls” and who was on Broadway in “Hairspray” and “Wicked,” died Friday morning in New York after fighting cancer for two years, according to Ellen Lubin Sanitsky, his longtime manager. He was 66. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File) NYET524 NYET524

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Dreamland Bar and Diner in Fremont serves delicious Halloween coctails like the gin, blanc vermouth and apricot liqueur “Viper Black” (left) and the “Swamp Crawler,” (right) made with quince and apple liqueurs and brandy.

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Councilman Sam Smith. left, and Councilwoman Mrs. Phyllis Lamphere were among the pickets at City Hall yesterday. Virtually all were protesting the Pike Plaza urban-renewal plan. Mrs. Lamphere, who supports the urban-renewal plan, was in a sense picketing pickets. At center was Victor Steinbrueck, architect and a leader of Friends of the Market, an organization backing preservation of the Pike Place Market area. Eighty to 100 persons picketed the building yesterday noon. Friends of the Market contends urban renewal would destroy the market’s spirit and result in mistreatment of market-area residents and businessmen. Some city officials contend the market is in disrepair and cannot be saved without the invest-ment of public money. (4/2/1971)

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Washington State defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Jake Dickert watches during the second half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021, in Pullman, Wash. Dickert was named Washington State interim head coach, Monday, Oct. 18, 2021, after head coach Nick Rolovich was fired for refusing a state mandate that all employees get vaccinated against COVID-19. (AP Photo/Young Kwak)

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11-year-old Sully Oswald, of Seattle, tries on a Michael Myers mask (Oswald said he is a fan of the Halloween franchise) as Champion Party Supply does a brisk business with many shoppers getting outfitted early for Halloween, Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021 in Seattle. Oswald said he’s going to celebrate Halloween as Rorschach from Watchmen though. 218550
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