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Recall of Seattle Councilmember Kshama Sawant leading with 50.3% of votes.
City Councilmember Kshama Sawant speaks to supporters Tuesday, Dec. 7, in Seattle. She is facing a recall, with ballots continuing to be counted Wednesday. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant speaks to supporters Tuesday in Seattle. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
Local Politics

Day 2 of ballot counting shows recall of Seattle Councilmember Kshama Sawant leading with 50.3% of votes

The effort to recall Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant continues to advance, with Wednesday's ballot count resulting in 50.3% of voters agreeing to remove her from office. Updated

FILE – In this March 4, 2018, file photo, then-MacKenzie Bezos arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. Scott, philanthropist, author and former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has married a Seattle science teacher. Dan Jewett wrote in a letter to the website of the nonprofit organization the Giving Pledge, on Saturday, March 6, 2021, that he was grateful to be able to marry such a generous person and was ready to help her give away her wealth to help others. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
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Former Washington state legislator and UW football star George Fleming dies at 83 Updated

Tuesday, December 7, 2021. Workers from Seattle Parks and their contractors remove tents and debris from the Ballard Commons Park that was being cleared of the homeless encampment. 219009
Project Homeless

Two large North Seattle homeless encampments are being removed this week Updated

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Ken Jennings appears at the 2020 ABC Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif., on Jan. 8, 2020, left, and actress Mayim Bialik appears at the 23rd annual Critics’ Choice Awards in Santa Monica, Calif., on Jan. 11, 2018. Bialik and Jennings will continue as tag-team hosts of “Jeopardy!” through the rest of this season. (AP Photo) NYET406 NYET406
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Seattle's Ken Jennings, and Mayim Bialik, stay as 'Jeopardy!' hosts for the season

Firehouse, which will feature gear, coffee, grub and more, aims to be the new front porch for visitors to Snoqualmie Pass.
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Snoqualmie Pass is getting new 'front porch' — inside century-old firehouse VIEW

Rupee Bar in Ballard is one of the hardest reservations to score due to limited seating. But this hot spot now has additional seating out front. (Courtesy of Rupee Bar)
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10 great Seattle-area restaurants that offer a cozy winter outdoor dining experience

Supporters of Seattle Councilmember Kshama Sawant, who is facing a recall, print out ballots and offer campaign literature and advice to voters on Capitol Hill.
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Sawant campaign reveals need for election reform

Fund for Those in Need

Seven-year-old Jacob Knapp, born with a rare genetic disorder, smiles after putting on a big hat at the Kindering Center on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. Behind him is his occupational therapist, Aaron Wong-Weinrieb, The family has relied on Kindering Center for therapy since Kuba was three months old, when Kuba was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder that severely impacts his cognitive development.
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Kindering helps children with special needs — and their parents — live better lives VIEW

Friday, November 5, 2021. Fund for Those in Need. Kicking off the Fund for Those in Need we visit Wellspring Family Services visiting preschool kids having breakfast. 218714
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Demand for services ‘skyrockets’ as The Seattle Times kicks off Fund for Those in Need campaign VIEW

Carneisha Grace, top right, and her sons Josiah Grace, left, Samari Glover, top, and Shawn Glover II at Childhaven in Auburn on Wenesday, November 10, 2021. Carneisha Grace describes being homeless for a six month period prior to receiving services from Childhaven in 2016. 218753
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How one Seattle-area mother and her boys are overcoming life’s challenges

Akberet Kahsay eats a bowl of soup at Northgate Community Center on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021. In partnership with Sound Generations and other organizations, the East African Elders Program provides meals, exercise and socialization for members of the East African community. 218826
Fund for Those in Need

Around King County, community meals return with a lifeline of nutrition and good company VIEW

Politics

Pedestrians walk past South Dakota Trust Company’s office in downtown Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on June 17, 2021. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Salwan Georges

House Democrats denounce South Dakota, other U.S. states as hubs for financial secrecy

After months of delay, the hugely controversial abortion pill, RU-486, in this Thursday, May 17, 2001 photo, will be available to women in Tucson, Ariz. Appointments to obtain the pill, actually a series of drugs, are now being scheduled to start next week, said officials at Planned Parenthood of Southern Arizona. (AP Photo/Arizona Daily Star, C. Richards) AZTUS102
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Court suggests religious schools OK to get Maine tuition aid Updated
Biden signs order to make U.S. government carbon neutral by 2050 Updated
Utility giants agree to no longer share sensitive records ICE used to track the public
Biden: “Severe consequences” for Putin if he attacks Ukraine Updated
$56K Alzheimer’s drug avoiding Biden’s cost curbs, for now Updated
Instagram head faces senators amid anger over possible harm WATCH Updated

Local News

Mayor Jenny A. Durkan speaks at the podium during a news conference, Monday, June 22, 2020 in Seattle to discuss the CHOP, gun violence and other issues.

After fatal shooting in protest zone, Seattle mayor’s email called situation ‘foreseeable and avoidable’

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Resolutions in Charleena Lyles and Ahmaud Arbery cases don't equal justice

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Washington’s Opportunity Scholarship program celebrates 6,196 grads, and counting

At rally, Seattle students demand changes to the way sexual assault cases are treated

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Business & Tech

Mike Sievert, president and chief operating officer for T-Mobile US Inc., speaks during a keynote at CES 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. Every year during the second week of January nearly 200,000 people gather in Las Vegas for the tech industry’s most-maligned, yet well-attended event: the consumer electronics show. 775460727

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This image released by HBO shows Pastor Craig Duke, of Newburgh, Ind., appearing in drag in a scene from the HBO series “We’re Here.” Duke’s pastoral duties have been terminated – the result of a bitter rift surfacing in his Indiana church after he sought to demonstrate solidarity by appearing in drag alongside prominent drag queens in the reality show. (Jakes Giles Netter/HBO via AP) NYET801 NYET801

Joining drag queens on TV show costs pastor his job VIEW

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FILE – This 2020 electron microscope image made available by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases shows a Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 particle isolated from a patient, in a laboratory in Fort Detrick, Md. Coronaviruses, including the newest one, are named for the spikes that cover their outer surface like a crown, or corona in Latin. Using those club-shaped spikes, the virus latches on to the outer wall of a human cell, invades it and replicates, creating viruses to hijack more cells. (NIAID/NIH via AP)

The coronavirus attacks fat tissue, scientists find

Food & Drink

Rupee Bar in Ballard is one of the hardest reservations to score due to limited seating. But this hot spot now has additional seating out front. (Courtesy of Rupee Bar)

10 great Seattle-area restaurants that offer a cozy winter outdoor dining experience

Pacific NW Magazine

Journeyman Boilermaker Supervisor Caitlin Batson is photographed at Vigor’s Harbor Island Shipyard. 218587

Washington's maritime industry is pushing to be more inclusive, welcoming

Editorials & Opinion

Congresswoman Jolene Unsoeld is proposing a Roads-to-Trails program that turn unused logging roads to recreation trails near Mt. Rainier and will be option for the rest of the country. (7/1/1993)

Remembering Jolene Unsoeld, Northwest trailblazer | Op-Ed

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Biden Democracy Summit highlights saving press

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An ‘A’ in evasion and shiftiness

Sports

Lumen Field – Seattle Seahawks vs. San Francisco 49ers – 120521 Seattle Seahawks safety Jamal Adams reacts after a batted ball falls to the ground during the first quarter Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021, in Seattle. 218981

‘He’s really rocked by it’: Second shoulder surgery bookends roller coaster year for Seahawks safety Jamal Adams

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Seahawks’ Jamal Adams to undergo shoulder surgery, miss rest of 2021 season

Arts & Life

Shaina Shepherd, solo artist and lead singer of rock band BEARAXE, is photographed in Seattle’s Central District Thursday, May 13, 2021.

SMooCH celebrates its 10th year with a show featuring Modest Mouse, Josiah Johnson and Shaina Shepherd WATCH

A ‘daunting task’: How choreographer Justin Peck created dances for Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story’

Fund for Those in Need

Every dollar raised goes directly to 13 nonprofits, which help local children, families and older adults

Photography

Russell Wilson and Adrian Peterson warm up for Sunday’s game. . The San Francisco 49ers played the Seattle Seahawks in NFL Football Sunday, December 5, 2021 at Lumen Field, in Seattle, WA. 218988
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Photos: Seahawks beat the 49ers at home, 30-23 VIEW

Anne Wiltgen, dressed as a Jedi, moves to the music of the 8-Bit Brass Band as they busk outside the Emerald City Comic Con on Saturday. She’s with the band that plays music from video games, sci-fi, TV, movies, anime, and cartoons. Comic Con continues Sunday at the Washington State Convention Center. Ref to more photos online LO outside Emerald City Comic Con Saturday Dec 5, 2021 218987
Local News

From Jedi to a tiger named Hobbes: Emerald City Comic Con rolls into Seattle

The rescued green sea turtle, now named Shi Shi, is lifted from a holding pool by Angela Smith, left, Dr. Caitlin Hadfield, hidden, and Lindy McMorran at the Seattle Aquarium where it’s receiving critical care. (Hadfield is the senior veterinarian at the aquarium) Ref to more photos and video online Friday Nov. 19, 2021 Its sex is not yet determined. Age: called sub-adult Found washed ashore at Shi Shi beach near Neah Bay, WA by a Makah tribal member. 218882
Environment

A sea turtle found off Washington’s coast, cold and clinging to life, recovers at Seattle Aquarium WATCH

Alex Zerbe brings his Zaniac one-hour comedy show to the Seattle Center stage at Winterfest, aimed mainly at youngsters. He juggles, dances, engages the audience and tells jokes. It’s free and is among the things visitors can see without charge including the return the expansive train set in the Armory. Visitors should check the Seattle Center website. Ref to More online LO free events at Seattle Center on Saturday November 27, 2021 218920
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Trains, rockets and laughs among the festivities at Seattle Center VIEW