Nick Rolovich, Washington State coach, walks off the field after the team’s game against Stanford, Oct. 16, 2021, in Pullman, Wash. (Young Kwak / AP)
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FILE – In this Jan. 10, 2021 file photo, a Washington State Patrol vehicle drives past the Insurance Building with the Legislative Building in the background at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash., the night before the opening of the 2021 legislative session. The 2021 session of the Washington Legislature ended Sunday, April 25 and lawmakers had no shortage of weighty topics to consider while having to conduct their work amid a pandemic that meant most meetings and votes were conducted remotely. The Capitol building was also closed to the public since last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and was surrounded by security fencing and national guard members at times due to fears of protests. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
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FILE – Anchor Neil Cavuto is photographed during his “Cavuto: Coast to Coast” program, on the Fox Business Network, in New York, Thursday, March 9, 2017. The Fox News Channel anchor Cavuto tested positive for COVID-19, which he said left him surprised but grateful that he was vaccinated. Cavuto, who received word after Monday’s Fox News Channel’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto” show that he had the virus, was off the air on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) NYPH600 NYPH600

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