Sue Bird becomes emotional with the ovation the Climate Pledge Arena crowd gives her at a ceremony marking here pending retirement before Sunday’s game. The Las Vegas Aces played the Seattle Storm in WNBA Basketball Sunday, August 7, 2022 at Climate Pledge Arena, in Seattle, WA. 221190 (Dean Rutz / The Seattle Times)
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Storm fans shower Sue Bird with love in emotional home regular-season finale

Las Vegas defeated the Storm 89-81 and Bird finished with 9 points, 6 assists, 4 rebounds and 3 turnovers in what could be her last game in front of Seattle fans.

SEAFAIR WEEKEND

Unlimited hydroplane owners believe, and hope, low boat count at Seafair this year is an anomaly
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Heat wave

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Politics

FILE — Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., speaks to reporters after a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 27, 2022. “The billion-dollar question,” as one Republican pollster put it, is whether Democratic candidates in crucial Senate races can continue to outpace the president’s unpopularity. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times) XNYT52 XNYT52

In Senate battle, Democrats defy Biden’s low standing (for now) VIEW

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Local News

The log boom was crowded with sun worshipers, Saturday, August 6, 2022. 221110 (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)

For first time since COVID-19, thousands return to Lake Washington for Seafair VIEW

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‘This is crackpot stuff’: Election fraud mania reaches the trenches of democracy

Times Watchdog

WA task force urges faster action on sexual misconduct in health care
Seattle mayor orders SPD to assign some stalled sexual assault investigations to detectives
Family of teen killed in CHOP zone alleges Seattle’s failings enabled ‘state-created danger’
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Business & Tech

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Nation & World

Smoke rises after Israeli airstrikes on a residential building in Gaza, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) XAH108 XAH108

Cease-fire between Palestinians, Israel takes effect in Gaza VIEW

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Arts & Life

U. S. Navy Capt. Brian Kesserling, Blue Angel flight leader, climbs into an F/A-18E Super Hornet jet, Friday, Oct. 29, 2021, in Rome, Ga. Practice for all but one of the Angels was canceled this afternoon due to rain. This weekend, the Blue Angels will fly in two air shows as part of the Wings Over North Georgia Air Show. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Blue Angels, hydroplanes and more: Seafair Weekend Festival and other fun around Seattle WATCH

Photography

Stan Sayres Pits – Safari Sunday hydroplane racing – 080722 The log boom is obscured by heat waves as the Miss HomeStreet Bank boat comes back into the pits after the second H1 Unlimited Heat, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022, in Seattle, Wash. 221111
Other Sports

Seattle soaks up Seafair Sunday VIEW

Sue Bird becomes emotional with the ovation the Climate Pledge Arena crowd gives her at a ceremony marking here pending retirement before Sunday’s game. The Las Vegas Aces played the Seattle Storm in WNBA Basketball Sunday, August 7, 2022 at Climate Pledge Arena, in Seattle, WA. 221190
Storm

Photos: Sue Bird saluted in last regular season home game VIEW

Robbie Ray senses Andrew Velazquez running and throws to first. Velazquez would be gunned down trying to reach second to end the sides in the third, with Abraham Toro making the tag. The Los Angeles Angels played the Seattle Mariners in Major League Baseball Friday, August 5, 2022 at T-Mobile Park, in Seattle, WA. 221192
Mariners

Photos: Mariners and Angels get reacquainted VIEW

The astronaut replica suit Ted Huetter of the Museum of Flight gets into is a special-commission for around $10,000 but is not suitable for use in space. It’s lightweight but warm. from the Museum of Flight, Make-A-Wish people, virtual reality headsets at the Infinite experience. Saturday July 23, 2022 221069
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A spacesuit, a dream and virtual reality meet at ‘The Infinite’ in Tacoma VIEW