Carmin Edgmon worries about her son Charlie, who’s been housed at Seattle Children’s for more than a year while waiting for outpatient psychiatric care that will allow him to live at home in Covington. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)
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Mental Health

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Politics

Cassidy Hutchinson, who worked for former President Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows, takes her seat before a House committee hearing investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, in Washington, June 28, 2022. Hutchinson now 26, was at the center of the political action as an aide in the Trump White House. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) XNYT62 XNYT62

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Local News

Seattle Police Department officers Steven McNew, left, and Jason Anderson answer questions from Karen Koehler, attorney for the family of Charleena Lyles, center, during the Charleena Lyles inquest Friday, July 1, 2022 in Seattle at the Judge Patricia H. Clark Children and Family Justice Center. 220881

Lawyer for Charleena Lyles’ family challenges officer’s recollection; video shows him backing into hallway when shots fired VIEW

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Business & Tech

New cars parked at Laborgini’s factory in Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy, on June 8, 2022. Ferrari and Lamborghini are trying to design battery-powered cars that inspire the same devotion as their costly internal combustion models. (Federico Borella/The New York Times)

Icons of Italian automotive style struggle to go electric VIEW

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Nation & World

FILE – More than 100 opponents of the Republican redistricting plans vow to fight the maps at a rally ahead of a joint legislative committee hearing at the Wisconsin state Capitol in Madison, Wis., on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. In overturning a half-century of nationwide legal protection for abortion, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Roe v. Wade had been wrongly decided and that it was time to “return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives” in the states. But some question whether gerrymandering has diminished the ability of state legislatures to truly represent the people’s will. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer, File)

Abortion ruling puts spotlight on gerrymandered legislatures VIEW

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Greta McKay, 2, enjoys a homemade ice cream sandwich filled with no-churn strawberry ice cream. (Gretchen McKay/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/TNS) 51636478W 51636478W

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Arts & Life

The Admiral Pete foot ferry makes a 10-minute crossing between Bremerton and Port Orchard in Kitsap County.

11 stops to make on a charming Saturday trip to Port Orchard VIEW

Photography

Jonathan La Plan of San Jose, Calif., makes quick repairs to his winning bot Crunch Time at Seattle Center Saturday. He competes in the 30-pound bot category and his is capable of 30-mph. The free event continues Sunday. LO Bot Battles competition at Seattle Center Armory House. Continues Sunday Saturday July 2, 2022 220894
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Danish artist Thomas Dambo’s “Nordic Swan” is guided onto a forklift during installation at the National Nordic Museum in Ballard. The sculpture Is made of hundreds of recycled plastic buckets and wood. It represents the country’s national bird. With a wingspan of about 13-feet, the sculpture weighs 200-pounds and will sit upon base at the entrance to the museum. On July 7, the Danish ambassador, her excellency Lone Dencker Wisborg, will visit the museum to celebrate the installation and do a presentation on sustainability and art. It’ll be on display until the end of the year. Dambo uses discarded and recycled materials in his art. Here’s a link to a video: https://thomasdambo.com/works/nordic-swan-2/ Ref to more photos online LO Linesonly Thursday June 30, 2022 220847
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A giant swan arrives at the National Nordic Museum, with a message WATCH

Downtown Seattle – Seattle Pride Parade – 062622 A performer with Entre Hermanos looks up into the sun with rose shaped sunglasses during the Pride Parade Sunday, June 26, 2022 in Seattle, Wash. 220748
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Photos: 2022 Seattle Pride Parade VIEW

Women’s rights supporters, from left, Lacy Nadeau, Carolyn Nadeau, Rebecca Rutzick and Joe Ward, all of Olympia, Wash., rally on the Capitol Campus in Olympia, Wash., Friday, June 24, 2022, following the morning’s announcement of the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v Wade. (Tony Overman/The News Tribune via AP) WATAC103 WATAC103
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See how WA residents are reacting to the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade VIEW