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Seattle Police Department Chief Adrian Diaz take questions from reporters during a news conference about a fatal shooting at Ingraham High School in November in Seattle. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)
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FILE – Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at an annual leadership meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition, Nov. 19, 2022, in Las Vegas. David McIntosh, the president of the influential Club For Growth group, said Tuesday, Feb. 7, that the group has invited a half dozen potential Republican candidates for the White House to its donor summit in Florida next month including Haley. (AP Photo/John Locher, File) WX104 WX104

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A robot nicknamed Icefin operates under the sea ice near McMurdo Station in Antarctica in 2020. The pencil-shaped robot is giving scientists their first look at the forces eating away at the Thwaites glacier. Two studies published Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, show the rate of melting isn’t as fast as feared, but fracturing is taking the heaviest toll on the glacier. (Schmidt/Lawrence/Icefin/NASA PSTAR RISE UP via AP) CLI401 CLI401

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The Roanoke Inn’s Wednesday pot roast special is tasty in a good, basic way, served with classic brown gravy that’s nicely salty, mashed potatoes doing their job and plain broccoli that’s pleasingly got some life left in it. (Bethany Jean Clement / The Seattle Times)

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Tony Wetzsteon attends as many as three karaoke events per week across Seattle. At Dreamland, he sang “Shakin’ All Over” by Johnny Kidd & the Pirates and “Mother” by Danzig.

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Fern Schultz, left, from Olympia shows Bryan Keleman a duck she is decorating at the Decoration Station. Duck Brunch held “My Ducky Valentine” at the Eastlake Bar and Grill in Seattle on Saturday, February 11, 2023. Duck Brunch is a pop-up party held monthly, always at different venues, always with a different theme, and always featuring rubber ducks.
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Eastside Catholic’s Alex Elston squeezes between Rainier Beach defenders Mario Clark (left) and Ni’Raye Ballard for a bucket in the firt half. 222976
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Lakesides Claire O’Connor looks for points in the paint, but gets called for traveling in the first half. 222975
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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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