Washington State Supreme Court narrowly sided with Gov. Jay Inslee, ruling he didn’t exceed his emergency powers when he barred many evictions for more than a year.(Lindsey Wasson / The Associated Press)
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FILE – Parker Smith and Hillary Smith hike along a closed road outside Arches National Park in Utah which is closed due to the partial government shutdown, in January 2019. Arizona’s Grand Canyon National Park and all five national parks in Utah will remain open if the U.S. government shuts down, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and Utah Gov. Spencer Cox say that the parks are important destinations and local communities depend on dollars from visitors. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, File) UTSAC202 UTSAC202

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U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (2nd from left) listens to Brad Finegood (back to camera at far left) with Seattle-King County Public Health as she holds a roundtable discussion with local leaders regarding the fentanyl crisis in Washington state Monday, July 24, 2023 at the Seattle Fire Department station at 400 S. Washington St. Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell is second from right and Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz is at right. All of the attendees spoke about the state’s fentanyl crisis. Data released earlier this year by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) projects that the State of Washington experienced the single highest increase among U.S. states in reported drug overdose deaths from between February 2022 and February 2023, an increase of 21.42%. 224522

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People ride on Rivoli street in Paris, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. Years of efforts to turn car-congested Paris into a more bike-friendly city are paying off ahead of the 2024 Olympics, with increasing numbers of people using the French capital’s growing network of cycle lanes. (AP Photo/John Leicester) XPAR103 XPAR103

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A pharmacist administers a Moderna Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine at a drug store, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, in Cypress, Texas. Fall 2023 vaccination season is in full swing, with health officials in the U.S. urging both an updated COVID-19 shot and flu vaccine for most everyone. New this year are vaccines for older adults and women in late pregnancy to guard against another virus named RSV. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP) TXHOU733 TXHOU733

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