FILE – In this Aug. 31, 2021, file photo, Jack Kingsley R.N. attends to a COVID-19 patient in the Medical Intensive care unit (MICU) at St. Luke’s Boise Medical Center in Boise, Idaho. The summer that was supposed to mark America’s independence from COVID-19 is instead drawing to a close with the U.S. more firmly under the tyranny of the virus, with deaths per day back up to where they were in March 2021. (AP Photo/Kyle Green, File) NYAG406 NYAG406 (Kyle Green / The Associated Press)
Registered nurse Jack Kingsley attends to a COVID-19 patient at St. Luke’s Boise Medical Center in Idaho on Tuesday. St. Luke’s Health System has paused certain elective surgeries and procedures because of increasing COVID-19 cases. (Kyle Green / The Associated Press
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After surveillance video indicated this young Afghan, Nader Shah, was checking on improvised explosive devices, a U.S. soldier tried to kill him with a shot to the head. The bullet missed, entering and exiting his knit cap. The man was brought in for questioning and then released. Photo Credit: Hal Bernton Place: Combat Outpost Mushan, Panjwai District Afghanistan Cutline: Suspect questioned about his involvement with IEDS during a Shura held at the outpostDate: September, 2012
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FILE – Rana Abdelhamid, a community organizer who is taking on a longtime Democratic incumbent to represent New York’s 12th District in Congress, at a restaurant in Queens, April 12, 2021. Abdelhamid and her peers who came of age after 9/11, were witnesses to how their communities were deeply affected by profiling, discrimination and surveillance of Muslims. (Benjamin Norman/The New York Times)
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A “Bans Off Our Bodies” protest at the Texas State Capitol in Austin on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021. While the Supreme Court ruling was a win for conservatives, it poses political risks for Republicans and could stir a backlash that energizes Democrats. (Montinique Monroe/The New York Times) XNYT226 XNYT226
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Julian Snider, 30, right, tightly holds Rachel Riesel, 30, at Gas Works Park as they watch the light fade on Lake Union on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. Snider who was raised in Seattle and now lives in Toronto describes wanting to show his girlfriend where he grew up. LO
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FILE – This March 27, 2008, aerial file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. The Pentagon is reconsidering its awarding of a major cloud computing contract to Microsoft after rival tech giant Amazon protested what it called a flawed bidding process. U.S. government lawyers said in a court filing this week of March 13, 2020 that the Defense Department “wishes to reconsider its award decision” and take another look at how it evaluated technical aspects of the companies’ proposals to run the $10 billion computing project. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) NYBZ501

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President Joe Biden heads to the Oval Office, at the White House in Washington on Friday, Sept. 10, 2021. Biden, in his first remarks since unveiling an extensive plan to push two-thirds of American workers to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, said Friday that his sweeping mandates would withstand challenges by Republicans who said they plan to defy them. (Pete Marovich/The New York Times) XNYT109 XNYT109
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Project Homeless

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Compassion Seattle homelessness measure will not appear on November ballot, state Court of Appeals rules

Tension over visible homelessness has risen in Seattle — and the country

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Business & Tech

FILE – In this April 29, 2015, file photo, a Dell laptop computer running Windows 10 is on display at the Microsoft Build conference in San Francisco. In a statement issued to the BBC on May 24, 2016, Microsoft denied claims that it was forcing users of older Windows versions to upgrade to Windows 10. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

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Food & Drink

Emme Collins, the executive chef for Seattle Public Schools, is competing on an episode of “Chopped” that airs Sept. 14.

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Design For Acceptance: Looking up from his drawing board, Minoru Yamasaki, architect-designer, had reason to smile as he worked in his office in Birmingham, Mich. He is one of many Japanese-Americans who have built successful careers since Second World War. Highlight for Yamasaki was his return to his home town, Seattle, as architect-designer of the United States Science Pavilion at this year’s World’s Fair. On the wall were two views of the Central Hotel, Los Angeles, which he designed.

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King County Sheriff Mitzi G. Johanknecht, center, announces an arrest in a murder case nearly 28 years ago. At left is Sarah Yarborough’s mother, Laura Yarborough, just behind the sheriff is King County Sheriff Detective Kathleen Decker. Federal Way teen Sarah Yarborough was murdered in 1991. 211717

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Washington’s Theresa Plaisance, right, fouls Seattle’s Jewell Loyd as she shoots in the 3rd. . The Washington Mystics played the Seattle Storm in WNBA Basketball Tuesday, September 7, 2021 at Angel of the Winds Arena, in Everett, WA. 218128
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Vikki Cool, front, and Robin Stevens move to the music from the dance stage at the corner of Republican and Broadway at PrideFest. The event continues Sunday and features two stages, vendors, food, non-profits and more. The event is free. Ref to more photos online LO Linesonly Seattle PrideFest 11 am to 7 pm Saturday September 4, 2021 Features two stages, vendors, food, non-profits and more on Broadway. Continues Sunday 218134
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Chester Isaacson falls off the log and does a split over it, but it’s a 2-out-of-3 and he’ll comeback to win over Tristan VanBeek at the International Lumberjack Show at the Evergreen State Fair in Monroe. Continues through Labor Day. Ref to more photos online Also, their link: TikTok – @the_lumberjack_show LO Linesonly Thursday Sept. 2, 2021 218114
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