Seattle City Councilmember Tammy Morales hugs Michael Renaissance, left, a community organizer from the groups 350 Seattle and Whose Streets, Our Streets, after the council voted Tuesday against an ordinance to give the city attorney the power to prosecute public drug use and drug possession in Seattle. (Karen Ducey / The Seattle Times)
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Seattle City Council narrowly rejects drug prosecution bill

In a 5-4 vote, the City Council rejected a bill that would have given the city attorney the authority to prosecute drug possession and public drug use cases. VIEW

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FILE — Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) walks at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on May 22, 2023. A group of hard-line Republicans hijacked the House floor on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, grinding legislative business to a halt for several hours in a striking display of ire at Speaker Kevin McCarthy for making a deal with President Biden to suspend the debt limit and banding together with Democrats to muscle it to passage. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) XNYT0932 XNYT0932

Hard right grinds House to a halt, rebuking McCarthy for the debt deal

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An employee works on the tail of a Boeing Co. Dreamliner 787 plane on the production line at the company’s final assembly facility in North Charleston, South Carolina, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016. On the day President-elect Donald Trump lashed out at Boeing Co. for the cost of replacing Air Force One, mechanics and engineers at the planemaker’s South Carolina factory were focused on another challenge: making the first 787-10 Dreamliner. The manufacturer is counting on the newest and longest Dreamliner to help turn its marquee carbon-fiber jet into a cash machine. Photographer: Travis Dove/Bloomberg

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Richmond Interim Chief of Police Rick Edwards gives a news briefing about a shooting that happened at the Huguenot High School graduation, Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in Richmond, Va. (Margo Wagner/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP) VARIT202 VARIT202

2 dead in shooting after high school graduation ceremony in Virginia capital VIEW

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Arts & Life

Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancer Lesley Rausch.

Longtime PNB dancer Lesley Rausch prepares for final bows WATCH

Photography

Los Angeles Sparks guard Lexie Brown, left, and forward Azura Stevens pressure Seattle Storm guard Ivana Dojkic into a turn over during the second quarter. 224095
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Photos: UW lose to Stanford in Game 3 of the WCWS, 1-0 VIEW

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Portland Thorns FC defender Natalia Kuikka and OL Reign forward Megan Rapinoe go up for a header during the first half. 224068
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Photos: Portland Thorns beat OL Reign, 2-0 VIEW