Wed. May 20, 2020 Gov. Jay Inslee in Tumwater talking to the press about Washington State’s effort at contact tracing. 214011 (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)
Gov. Jay Inslee in Tumwater on May 20. On Thursday, Inslee announced a range of new emergency actions to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)
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The Pork and Chicken Wonton with Spicy Sauce, and the Signature Pork Onion Buns, and the Pork Chives Shrimp Dumpling, at Dumpling, the Noodle, in Wallingford. Dumpling, the Noodle – is a restaurant in Wallingford boasts a tasty dumpling our writer found irresistible. Photographed June 25, 2020 214336
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Food critic Tan Vinh ate 1,000 frozen dumplings from Seattle-area restaurants. Here are his top 10.

Coach Perry Hill runs the team through infield drills Saturday. The Seattle Mariners held its first full squad practice of the 2019 season Saturday, February 16, 2019 at the Peoria Sports Complex in Arizona. 209352
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Washington’s Greek Row, just north of campus, has been hit hard by an outbreak of COVID-19 with at least 10 fraternities reporting cases. Photographed Wednesday, July 1, 2020 214403
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Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott speaks at the Pac-12 Conference NCAA college football Media Day in Los Angeles, Wednesday, July 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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A Boeing 737 MAX-7 lands at Boeing Field in Seattle after a test flight Monday afternoon June 29, 2020. The FAA has given approval for Boeing to resume testing the MAX jets. Photographed on June 29, 2020.
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FAA completes re-certification test flights of Boeing’s 737 MAX

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You know what they say about weather here: wait 10 minutes. Such was the case Wednesday morning as rain, fog and sun blew through almost simultaneously, Jan. 3, 2007. A Washington State Ferry passes through a hole in the clouds as it sails Elliott Bay to Colman Dock. This view is from the Magnolia Boulevard Viewpoint park.

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SDOT says a shallow tunnel could be an option to replace the cracked West Seattle Bridge

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This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. (NIAID-RML via AP)
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The Yakama Indian Reservation is pictured from above on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020 near Harrah, Wash.

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The Pork and Chicken Wonton with Spicy Sauce, and the Signature Pork Onion Buns, and the Pork Chives Shrimp Dumpling, at Dumpling, the Noodle, in Wallingford. Dumpling, the Noodle – is a restaurant in Wallingford boasts a tasty dumpling our writer found irresistible. Photographed June 25, 2020 214336

Food critic Tan Vinh ate 1,000 frozen dumplings from Seattle-area restaurants. Here are his top 10.

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Sports

The Huskies come out against Washington State. The Washington State Cougars played the Washington Huskies in the 2019 edition of the Apple Cup game at Husky Stadium in Seattle, WA Friday, November 29, 2019. 212245

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Arts & Life

“Hamilton,” starring Lin-Manuel Miranda and Phllipa Soo, is streaming on Disney +.

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Photography

Seattle artist Mari Shibuya paints a portrait of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency medial technician who was killed when shot eight times in her apartment by Louisville, Kentucky police in March of this year. Mari said she is painting the portrait to bring visibility to Breonna’s memory and her story. The mural is on a piece of plywood covering a window of Eastern Cafe in Seattle’s International District. The cafe is still open for business. Around 200 volunteers have volunteered to paint murals on plywood covering the windows of 140 businesses in the International District as part of the Beautify & Protect project. On the second day the volunteers were out, Monday June 8, around 80 artists shared their talents by painting the murals. Another “Mural Painting Day” will take place this weekend. 214188
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Laine Anderson tends to her plants at the UpGarden P-Patch Community Gardens in Seattle’s lower Queen Anne neighborhood, Sunday, June 14, 2020. Anderson weeds around her carrots, peas, raspberries, strawberries, cherry tomatoes and green onions. At right is the garden’s famous 1963 Ford Galaxie planter, filled with Rosemary and even a fruit tree. According to the p-patch’s lead coordinator Bob Grubbs, the UpGarden is raising money to eventually temporarily move several garden plots along the south, north and middle so a garage renovation planned for November can install gutters. The garden has 60-90 members at any given time. 214251
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Dr. Socia Love-Thurman (Cherokee, Delaware, Yuchi), front, center. leads Seattle Indian Health Board (SIHB) doctors and staff kneeling in a peaceful protest outside the doors of the clinic, kneeling for 8-minutes. They’re protesting the murder of George Floyd and to support Black Lives Matter. Friday May 5, 2020. LO Linesonly Love-Thurman is the Family Medicine Residency Director 214174
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Seattle Indian Health Board staff kneel to protest death of George Floyd