In this photo taken by mobile phone released by Xinhua News Agency, wreckage of the China Eastern’s flight MU5735 is seen after it crashed on the mountain in Tengxian County, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Monday, March 21, 2022. A China Eastern Boeing 737-800 with 132 people on board crashed in a remote mountainous area of southern China on Monday, officials said, setting off a forest fire visible from space in the country’s worst air disaster in nearly a decade. (AP)
Wreckage from China Eastern Flight 5735 litters a mountainside in the Guangxi region of southern China on Monday. (Xinhua News Agency via AP)
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Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson listens during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee Monday, March 21, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) DCJM303 DCJM303
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Thursday, March 17, 2022. Portions of the estuary coming out from the Snohomish River are now being protected under a new tideland reserve created by Commissioner of Publc Lands Hilary Franz. This includes protections for eelgrass and kelp along Priest Point on the Tulalip reservation. 219865
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Friday, March 18, 2022. One of four electric car chargers in the parking lot of the Bank of America on Rainier Ave. in Seattle. 219899
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Ukraine-Russia War

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FILE – An Apple logo is seen in raindrops on a window outside an Apple Store at the Country Club Plaza shopping district in Kansas City, Mo., on Dec. 26, 2018. A former Apple employee has been charged with defrauding the tech giant out of more than $10 million by taking kickbacks, stealing equipment and laundering money. Federal prosecutors say they filed charges Friday, March 18, 2022, against Dhirendra Prasad. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) LA601 LA601
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Nashville’s Matt Benning (5) draws the penalty for tripping Seattle’s Marcus Johansson, and that gives Seattle the power play it needed to score first against Nashville. The Nashville Predators played the Seattle Kraken Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, WA. 219277
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Amazon Scout navigates through a neighborhood. The Kirkland City Council has issued a moratorium on Amazon using its Scout robots to deliver items.
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FILE – Justice Clarence Thomas sits during a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, on Friday, April 23, 2021. Thomas has been hospitalized because of an infection, the Supreme Court said Sunday, March 20, 2022. Thomas, 73, has been at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., since Friday, March 18 after experiencing “flu-like symptoms,” the court said in a statement. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File) NYNYT601 NYNYT601
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Mirwais, 7, left, and his family wait outside their new school, Southern Heights Elementary, where they will take a tour of the grounds and classes on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022 in Burien. The family are Afghan refugees and arrived in Seattle after the fall of Kabul. The boys and their sisters were set to begin school the next week.

Displaced and traumatized, Afghan refugee children find welcome in Seattle-area schools VIEW

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Chinese structures and buildings at the man-made island on Mischief Reef at the Spratlys group of islands in the South China Sea are seen on Sunday March 20, 2022. China has fully militarized at least three of several islands it built in the disputed South China Sea, arming them with anti-ship and anti-aircraft missile systems, laser and jamming equipment and fighter jets in an increasingly aggressive move that threatens all nations operating nearby, a top U.S. military commander said Sunday. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) XAF120 XAF120

AP Exclusive: US admiral says China fully militarized isles VIEW

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Coronavirus

FILE — Hospital staff with a two-month-old about to be placed on a ventilator following complications of COVID-19 at Children’s Hospital in New Orleans, Aug. 20, 2021. Babies and children younger than age 5 were hospitalized with coronavirus at much higher rates during the latest U.S. surge, when the highly transmissible Omicron variant was dominant, compared with earlier periods in the pandemic, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times) XNYT37 XNYT37

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Food & Drink

Whiskey-glazed salmon with salt-crusted potatoes, in New York, Jan. 31, 2022. A simple dinner, which Genevieve Ko created for her college-bound daughter, also yielded a smart trick for silky, scentless fish. Props styled by Paige Hicks. Food styled by Monica Pierini. (Jenny Huang/The New York Times) XNYT51 XNYT51

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Celia Prieto edit a reel-to-reel tape, 1982. Editing and producing a news segment or radio drama from beginning to end required skill to splice the magnetic tape in the right place. There was no “undo” button back then. (Courtesy Rosa Ramón)

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Lumen Field – Seattle Seahawks vs. Chicago Bears – 122621 Seattle Seahawks running back Rashaad Penny pulls out of the tackle of Chicago Bears linebacker Bruce Irvin during the fourth quarter Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021, in Seattle. 219168

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Arts & Life

In this June 8, 2020 photo, singer-songwriter Norah Jones poses for a portrait in upstate New York to promote her latest album “Pick Me Up Off the Floor.”

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Participants at the Seattle Gaels’ open field day at Magnuson Park for players and those wishing to learn the rules and skills of Gaelic football, hurling and camogie warm up and go through drills on Saturday March 19, 2022. SEE: more info at seattlegaels.com Ref to more photos online 219912
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Learning the rules of some Gaelic games VIEW

Lumen Field – OL Reign vs. Portland Thorns – Challenge Cup – 031822 OL Reign midfielder Jess Fishlock tries to knock down a pass by Portland Thorns FC defender Kelli Hubly during the first half Friday, March 18, 2022 in Seattle, Wash.
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­Young fans line the fence hoping to get an autograph from Mariners players as they arrive for Friday’s Spring Training game with the San Diego Padres. The Seattle Mariners played the San Diego Padres in the first game of Spring Training Friday, March 18, 2022 at Peoria Sports Complex in Peoria, AZ. 219854
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Former Marine Jake Powell dispalyed several of his works, incliuding this one. Powell is among many veterans still dealing with the trauma experienced while serving in our armed forces. Powell served in the Marine Corps for ten years, including 3 tours in Afghanistan. He received an associates degree in fine art from Shoreline College in 2016. He has found painting to be therapeutic and helps to combat the effects that come with it. His work, along with the work of other veterans, was on display Wednesday, March 16 at the college’a Pagoda Union Building. The exhibit is called “Putting Away The Trauma”. 219870
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Through art, Puget Sound area veterans learn to cope with trauma VIEW