People and emergency teams rescue a person on a stretcher from a collapsed building in Adana, Turkey, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. A powerful quake has knocked down multiple buildings in southeast Turkey and Syria and many casualties are feared. (IHA agency via AP)
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Business owner “Annie” weights down copies of the Chinese Daily News newspaper showcasing pictures of a suspected Chinese spy balloon, in the Chinatown district of Los Angeles Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. The balloon’s presence in the sky above the United States before a military jet shot it down over the Atlantic Ocean with a missile Saturday has further strained U.S.- China ties. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) CADD703 CADD703

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Seattle area priests of the area’s many Ethiopian Orthodox Churches, as well as other church officials are joined with demonstrators at Westlake Park to protest the Ethiopian government, accusing it of constant attacks and trying to split the church by not recognizing only Patriarch Abuna Mathias as its head of leadership, or synod, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023, in downtown Seattle. Rain didn’t stop large numbers of congregants of the area’s many Ethiopian Orthodox Churches from showing up to listen to speakers, and to pray, chant and sing before marching to the Space Needle.

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A new crab-fishing boat, the Billikin, named for an Eskimo good-luck charm, has been launched by the Marine Iron Works in Tacoma. The 135-foot, all-steel boat is owned by Trident Seafoods of Seattle and will be used for catching and processing crab in the Bering Sea. The Billikin is a new design able to operate a month or more at sea, to stay in competition with the Japanese, Russians and Koreans. The Billikin will carry a crew of 16 for six to eight weeks crabbing at a time. She will cruise at 12 1/2 knots. Trident’s president is Charles Bundrant. Mrs. Mary Bundrant sponsored the Billikin at her launching.

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Phil Hanseroth, from left, Brandi Carlile and Tim Hanseroth accept the award for best rock song for “Broken Horses” at the 65th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday in Los Angeles. (Chris Pizzello / The Associated Press)

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Seattle area priests of the area’s many Ethiopian Orthodox Churches, as well as other church officials are joined with demonstrators at Westlake Park to protest the Ethiopian government, accusing it of constant attacks and trying to split the church by not recognizing only Patriarch Abuna Mathias as its head of leadership, or synod, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023, in downtown Seattle. Rain didn’t stop large numbers of congregants of the area’s many Ethiopian Orthodox Churches from showing up to listen to speakers, and to pray, chant and sing before marching to the Space Needle.
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Seattle congregants protest treatment of Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Ethiopia WATCH

Ronan Mooney, right, and other Seattle Sounders FC fans react in the second half of the game while watching their team play Al Ahly of Eygpt in the FIFA World Cup held in Tangier, Morocco from a large screen at the Seattle Center Armory on Saturday, February 4, 2023. The Sounders lost 1 – 0 in their first appearance at the World Cup. “We did well to get here in the first place,” says Mooney.
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Washington center Braxton Meah (34) dunks against UCLA guard Jaime Jaquez Jr., left, and guard Amari Bailey during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Los Angeles, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
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