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Seattle nominees, broadcast updates and more you need to know about the 2020 Grammy Awards

The 62nd annual Grammy Awards are coming up! Here is everything you need to know about the Seattle nominees, live broadcast and more.

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Boeing enjoys rare moment of brightness as massive 777X makes first flight

The first flight marks the beginning of a rigorous flight test program, which will be under intense scrutiny after criticism of the FAA following revelations about the 737 MAX certification.  VIEW

NFC quarterback Russell Wilson, of the Seattle Seahawks, live videos fans after a practice for the NFL Pro Bowl football game Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, in Kissimmee, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara) FLCO102 FLCO102
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What’s next? Russell Wilson’s ‘goofball’ persona remains the Seahawks’ best offseason story line

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Students from the Northwest School use their placards for cover from the rain at the rally in Westlake Park expressing concerns over the recent shootings. The students wanted to express their position over gun-violence and needed measures to reduce it. Ref to more photos online Business leaders, residents, and students gather for an anti-violence in downtown rally at Westlake Park on Friday Jan 24, 2020 212777
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'Enough is enough': Business owners, neighbors rally against downtown crime, urge city to act

A crowd of frustrated downtown business owners, affordable-housing providers, neighborhood groups and high-school students gathered at Seattle's Westlake Park Friday to demand change from city officials. Their message: "Enough is enough."

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A health official scans the body temperature of a passenger as she arrives at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. Indonesia is screening travelers from overseas for a new type of coronavirus as fears spread about a mysterious infectious disease after its first death reported in China. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana) XTS105 XTS105
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Married couple Holly and Brent Shelton, volunteers, unsuccessfully attempt to get a survey from a woman, under umbrellas at right, for Snohomish County’s homeless count, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020 in Everett. The woman shakes Holly’s hand goodbye, and since opting out of the survey will not be included in Snohomish County’s homeless count. 212741

Across Washington, volunteers fan out to count homeless people – but in very different ways  VIEW

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King County councilmember proposes spending $1 million to bus homeless people out of the region

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Homelessness divided a small Western Washington town. And then the fighting started.

He owes over $17,000 in parking fines. But is he really a vehicle kingpin?

Business & Tech

Friday, January 3, 2019. Audrey Bastian is our next Money Makeover subject. She’s a 28-year-old software designer in Seattle photographed in her apartment. 212573

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Passengers wearing protective face masks enter the departure hall of a high speed train station in Hong Kong, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. Cutting off access to entire cities with millions of residents to stop a new virus outbreak is a step few countries other than China would consider, but it is made possible by the ruling Communist Party’s extensive social controls and experience fighting the 2002-03 outbreak of SARS.(AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) XAI107 XAI107

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FILE – In this Jan. 19, 2020, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg speaks at the Greenwood Cultural Center in Tulsa, Okla. They are circling each other like wary boxers, with taunts on Twitter, snarky asides and belittling depictions of one another. They rose to prominence in Manhattan on parallel tracks, amassed wealth real and perceived and displayed a penchant for putting their names on things. President Donald Trump and Mike Bloomberg could hardly be more different as people but now they both want the same job: Trump’s. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File) WX102 WX102

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Food & Drink

Bellevue has a new mega-golfcentric gaming center, Forum Social House, a 20,000 square-foot entertainment center with miniature golf courses and suites with golf simulators along with two bars and a restaurant.

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THEN: Between Maple Valley and Renton, the Seattle Water Department’s Lake Youngs Supply Lines No. 4 and No. 5, gleam on May 27, 1930. The parallel, wooden stave pipes carrying Cedar River water reach their intersection with steel-riveted bypasses and connectors. A system-control works had just been built next to the 500-acre lake to screen debris and chlorinate water before delivery. The lake is directly behind the photographer, who points his camera east toward Robertson’s Pond which, for a time, was connected to the lake. Since drained, it has been returned to its original wetland status.

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Sports

NFC quarterback Russell Wilson of the Seattle Seahawks is seen at the 2020 Pro Bowl Skills Showdown Wednesday, January 22, 2020, in Kissimmee, Fla. The event will be broadcast tomorrow at 9pm ET on ESPN. (AP Photo/Gregory Payan) NYOTK NYOTK

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Caroline Bowman as Elsa in the North American tour of “Frozen,” coming to The Paramount Theatre Feb. 7-March 1, 2020. (Deen van Meer)

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Workers at T-Mobile Park roll up the tarp that had covered the dirt portion of the infield. New sod (CQ) will be installed at the baseball stadium for the coming Mariner season. Where sod used to be is now mainly sand. The means there won’t be a Fanfest this year. Among the improvements are new speakers, electrical upgrades, concession upgrades, all part of $30 million the team is spending. (see PDF printouts from M’s at the photo desk) Ref to more photos online LO Linesonly Friday 212720
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Mariners roll out big changes at T-Mobile Park  VIEW

Highway 2 between Stevens Pass and Gold Bar has been closed several days due to the dangerous road conditions. Downed trees along the highway have turned several sections of the highway to one lane until crews are able to clear the roadway. Photographed on January 15, 2020. 212704
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Photos: Snow arrives in Puget Sound  VIEW

Seattle Seahawks cornerback Shaquill Griffin (26) and Seattle Seahawks outside linebacker Shaquem Griffin (49) embrace on the field after losing to Green Bay in a NFC Divisional playoff game at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin on Sunday, January 12, 2020. 212658
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Photos: Seahawks at Green Bay  VIEW

Approximately 4.3 billion gallons of water is expected to pass through this section of the Snoqualmie River, over Snoqualmie falls today, according to a USGS flow report. 212607
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Hear the roar at Snoqualmie Falls