The coronavirus has become more adept at reinfecting people, both the vaccinated and the previously infected. This is a scene from a mass-vaccination site at Seattle’s Lumen Field Event Center in March 2021. (Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times)
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Incoming press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre listens as White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) DCSW120 DCSW120

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Local News

Downtown Seattle – sign language fire rescue – 051522 Kendal Sprague, left, and Gracie Reynolds lean out of the window of their downtown Seattle apartment building Sunday, May 15, 2022, in Seattle, Wash. Sprague and Reynolds saw a fire across I-5 from their building, called 9-1-1 and then went over to the fire where they saw two people who were stranded on a balcony. They realized they were deaf and Reynolds communicated with them in sign language she had learned in high school that help was on the way. 220404

Quick thinking and sign language played a role in downtown Seattle fire rescue

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Business & Tech

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 jet flies over Mesa, Ariz., en route to Phoenix’s Sky Harbor International Airport Wednesday afternoon, March 13, 2019. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the U.S. is issuing an emergency order grounding all Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9 aircraft in the wake of the crash of an Ethiopian Airliner that killed 157 people. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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Nation & World

Airline passengers, some not wearing face masks following the end of COVID-19 public transportation rules, wait at a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint to clear security before boarding to flights in the airport terminal in Denver on April 19, 2022. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images/TNS) 48005918W 48005918W

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Food & Drink

The Dirty Shirley, a grown-up version of the classic Shirley Temple, made of vodka, grenadine, lemon lime soda and maraschino cherries, at Fanelli’s Cafe in New York, April 29, 2022. Vodka-spiked Shirley Temples, nostalgic, colorful and unapologetically sweet, have found a way to upstage the vodka soda. (Lanna Apisukh/The New York Times) XNYT178 XNYT178

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Arts & Life

People travel at Pearson International Airport during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto, Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. New travel testing and restrictions have been put in place due to the omicron variant. (Nathan Denette / The Canadian Press via AP) NSD108

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Photography

Scott Falkin and his daughter Mimi almost beat the University Bridge going up in the 8K race from Husky Stadium and back to it Saturday morning. Thousands participated in the fundraising event, the 40th in the series of Beat The Bridge to beat diabetes. (Nordstrom main and presenting sponsor on the website) Ref to more photos online LO Linesonly Beat the Bridge 8K 220400
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Beat the Bridge runners race to beat diabetes VIEW

A great blue heron rises up from a nest in the Commodore Park colony. This Saturday from 11 am until 1 pm there will be a heron chick birthday party in the park with scopes and naturalists on hand as Heron Habitat Helpers (CQ) keep watch. Rain and the heron colony at Commodore Park, Magnolia, along the Ballard Locks. Thursday May 12, 2022 LO Linesonly 220396
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Great blue heron takes flight over Commodore Park in Seattle

T-Mobile Park – Seattle Mariners vs. Philadelphia Phillies – 050922 Cardi P gives her owner Brandon Lindgren a kiss while Meaty Pablo sits like a good boy during Bark in the Park before a Mariners game Monday, May 9, 2022, in Seattle, Wash. 220343
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Photos: Phillies at Mariners on Bark at the Park Night VIEW

There are fish to be caught in Victor Steinbrueck Park and no hooks on the lines as a passerby ducks out of the way in a fly casting school by Orvis. Led by instructor David Spratt, classes continue through June each Saturday. In the background is the cruise ship Norwegian Bliss at Pier 66, preparing for a trip to Alaska. Ref to more photos online. Saturday May 7, 2022 LO Linesonly 220340
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Learning how to fly-fish — at a downtown Seattle park?