2021 Seattle mayoral candidates. Top row from left: Colleen Echohawk, Jessyn Farrell, Lorena González, Bruce Harrell. Bottom row, from left: Andrew Grant Houston, Arthur Langlie, Lance Randall, Casey Sixkiller.
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Seattle’s next mayor faces a big decision: Picking a new police chief. Here’s what the candidates want

The eight leading candidates running for Seattle mayor all agree on this: If they win, the most pressing decision they'll face is picking a new police chief. That single act, the candidates agree, carries both real-world and symbolic importance.

Students wait to receive the Covishield, Serum Institute of India’s version of the AstraZeneca vaccine, during a special vaccination drive for students traveling overseas, in Hyderabad, India, Friday, June 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
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Have Gates Foundation efforts to vaccinate the world against COVID-19 helped — or hindered?

The Gates Foundation is facing an unprecedented level of criticism from activists who say the powerful Seattle-based philanthropy stumbled in its attempt to bring COVID-19 vaccines to low- and middle-income countries.

Becca Uhlrich painted her interpretation of Nickelsville with markers and nail polish living in this tiny village in South Seattle. living in Nicklesville in South Seattle. With Debbie Monda on Friday April 19, 2019 216809
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A Seattle Times story called her a homeless meth user. She asked to be seen as more VIEW

Seattle Sounders forward Raul Ruidiaz, left, and defender Abdoulaye Cissoko, center, try to get a shot past LA Galaxy goalkeeper Jonathan Bond during the second half of a Major League Soccer match Saturday, June 19, 2021, in Carson, Calif. The Sounders won 2-1. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) CAMT113 CAMT113
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CENTRAL DISTRICT – JUNETEENTH MARCH- 061921 Tyriel Dominik, 31, graduated with a Masters degree in social work from University of Washington and celebrated during the Juneteenth Freedom March and Celebration on June 19, 2021 in Seattle. Hundreds of people came together to celebrate and recognize the federal holiday commemorating the day news of emancipation reached enslaved people of Galveston, Texas in 1865. 217452
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‘Today is about breaking the loop’: Celebration and calls for action at Seattle Juneteenth march VIEW

The small lake is the source of the Silverdaisy Creek in the upper Skagit River “donut hole” in British Columbia, where Imperial Metals wants to mine.
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Environmental wins and two that need protection: Bristol Bay, Skagit River headwaters

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FOR TZR An analysis of 6.3 million online job ads showed Washington uses jargon in job ads more than any other state in the U.S. Per 1,000 job ads, 598 contained complicated words and phrases that conveyed little meaning. (Courtesy of Canva)
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Seattle police investigating double shooting in Rainier Valley

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How test-optional policies are changing college admissions in Washington

Mercer Island Police and Fire continued searching for the body of a man who drowned in Lake Washington Wednesday when he tried to rescue his son after he fell off a boat.
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Bellevue man who drowned in Lake Washington identified

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Seattle police arrest man who allegedly assaulted woman, drove off with her child

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2021 Seattle mayoral candidates. Top row, l-r: Colleen Echohawk, Jessyn Farrell, Lorena González, Bruce Harrell. Bottom row, l-r: Andrew Grant Houston, Art Langlie, Lance Randal, Casey Sixkiller.

No incumbent in Seattle mayoral race, but candidates still running against City Hall

Friday, Feb. 11, 2021 Homeless tents run down 3rd Ave. in the heart of downtown Seattle. For the Seattle downtown bounce from COVID story. 216349
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FILE — Members of the Supreme Court pose for a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington on April 23, 2021. Seated from left: Associate Justice Samuel Alito, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer and Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Standing from left: Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Associate Justice Elena Kagan, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch and Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times) XNYT92 XNYT92
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FOR TZR An analysis of 6.3 million online job ads showed Washington uses jargon in job ads more than any other state in the U.S. Per 1,000 job ads, 598 contained complicated words and phrases that conveyed little meaning. (Courtesy of Canva)

Washington is the country’s worst offender when it comes to using too much jargon

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‘They’re always from somewhere else’: A Northwest town debates who owns its homelessness crisis

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King County promised to end youth homelessness by June 2021. It didn’t.

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Whether your bank account grew or shrank during the long months of lockdown, now is the time to take stock of your financial situation and decide your next steps. (Jan Buchczik/The New York Times) — NO SALES; FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY PANDEMIC FINANCES BY MICHELLE ANDREWS FOR MAY 29, 2021. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED. — XNYT24 XNYT24

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Dancer Prescylia Mae, of Houston, performs during a dedication ceremony for the massive mural “Absolute Equality” in downtown Galveston, Texas, Saturday, June 19, 2021. The dedication of the mural, which chronicles the history and legacy of Black people in the United States, was one of several Juneteenth celebrations across the city. (Stuart Villanueva/The Galveston County Daily News via AP) TXGAL700 TXGAL700

Juneteenth, recalling end of slavery, is marked across US VIEW

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Laila Ward, left, and her grandmother Roberta Ward take a photo with People enjoying themselves at Pike Place Market, where commerce, tourism and the Seattle spirit is rekindling as we look forward to the state’s economic and social reopening. The Market is a place where all these things intersect. Washington state nears 70% vaccination threshold.

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Coast Salish people persevered in the Puget Sound region despite settlers who took their land and forced them into unfair treaties

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Christina and Ryan Hillsberg are former spies with more than 20 years working at the Central Intelligence Agency before transitioning to the private sector. They live near Seattle with their five children and two Rhodesian Ridgebacks.

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Seattle Mariners’ Shed Long Jr., left and J.P. Crawford wave to the crowd while wearing uniforms of the Negro Leagues’ Seattle Steelheads before the Mariners’ baseball game against the Texas Rangers, Saturday, June 19, 2021, in Seattle. (AP Photo/John Froschauer) WAJF101 WAJF101

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Zanu, center, attends the Juneteenth Freedom March & Celebration CQ in Seattle Friday, June 19, 2020. The event is hosted by King County Equity Now Coalition CQ, an alliance of Black-led community organizations. 214296

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Kate Dorman juggles while swimming laps at Colman Pool as it reopens on Saturday. The exercise is called swuggling (CQ) and Dorman says it makes it more fun beside being rigorous. Colman Pool in West Seattle is the city’s only open-air salt water pool on the Sound. Water temperature is 83-degrees and swimming is at 25% capacity for one-hour sessions. REF to more photos online (and Video) The slide and the diving board were closed while I was there. June 19 through September 6 at reduced capacity. LO Linesonly 217421
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Trayon Michael, a member of the Royal House of Noir, competes in face during the Royal Youth Kiki Ball outside the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center in Seattle Saturday, June 5, 2021.
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Seattle’s Royal Youth Kiki Ball brings LGBTQ+ people of color back together, ‘out of a dark space’ VIEW

University of Washington Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT) degree candidates gather for a group photo in front of Suzzallo Library. Mackenzie Koehler, left, Kori Wilson (with camera iPhone), Bernie Brady and Larissa Grieves are among the 24 in their class receiving degrees. The campus graduation ceremony is virtual again this year on Saturday. These students have already had a virtual commencement for the two dozen receiving MOTs> (The one person hidden, NO I.D.) They use the covered front entrance to shelter from the rain. (See more photos online) LO Linesonly Friday, June 11, 2021 217370
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Rain doesn’t dampen UW grads’ enthusiasm

The two-week-old penguin chick mistakes Dr. Karen Wolf’s finger for a piece of herring. Keepers and veterinary staff are hand-rearing the rare Magellanic chick back to good health after it was suffering from what appeared to be dehydration. Staff determined the chick needed extra assistance to survive including syringe feedings four times a day. It now weighs over one-pound. Dr. Wolf says, “without veterinary intervention the chick would not have survived. It was weak, dehydrated and unable to feed.” Feedings include a blend of herring and krill, vitamin supplements and herring with skin, bones and fins removed. Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium has fifteen Magellanic penguins in the colony. (Wolf is the head vet at PDZA) It’s the first penguin in the colony they’ve had to hand-feed. Ref to more photos online Linesonly Thursday June 10, 2021 217364
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Nursing a young penguin back to health at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium VIEW