Spectators at Gas Works Park watch the multicolored Independence Day fireworks show in 2017. (Kjell Redal / The Seattle Times)
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July 4 fireworks: Where to see professional displays, and what to know about reporting illegal use

A new ban on the use of fireworks is in effect in unincorporated King County, which joins similar established firework bans in cities across the region.

Politics

FILE — President Donald Trump speaks at a rally on the Ellipse Grounds in front of the White House in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. Just before Trump went onstage near the White House last year and urged his supporters to “fight like hell” and march on the Capitol, an aide testified on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, he was told that some of them were armed. (Pete Marovich/The New York Times) XNYT244 XNYT244

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Telma Aguilar, with the Salsa de la Vida Cooperative, plants beans at Marra Farm in Seattle’s South Park neighborhood Thursday, May 19, 2022. Aguilar learned about growing vegetables from her grandfather in Guatemala. 220435

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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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Abortion ruling forces business to take sides, whether it wants to or not

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Residential properties and roads are submerged under floodwater from the swollen Hawkesbury River in Windsor, northwest of Sydney, Australia Monday, July 4, 2022. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP Image via AP) AAPMY802 AAPMY802

After 3 feet of rain, 32,000 in Sydney area may need to flee 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