State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki stands in on a meeting in Washington, Friday, Feb. 27, 2015. President-elect Joe Biden will have an all-female communications team at his White House, led by campaign communications director Kate Bedingfield. Jen Psaki will be his press secretary. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki, pictured here in February 2015, will be President-elect Joe Biden's press secretary. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais / The Associated Press)
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Biden chooses an all-female senior White House press team

President-elect Joe Biden will have an all-female senior communications team at his White House, reflecting his stated desire to build out a diverse White House team as well as what’s expected to be a return to a more traditional press operation. Updated

Wed. October 21 2020 The Snake River, sacred grounds for the Nez Perce Tribe. This stretch is now bordered by Washington and Idaho about 60 miles upstream from Lewiston, Idaho. 215390
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The sun sets on the White House on Tuesday Nov. 17, 2020, in Washington, D.C. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Jabin Botsford
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Chelsea Henrickson, an inventory coordinator at Treehouse in Seattle, packs a box of clothes to be mailed to a family in need on Thursday, October 19, 2020. Bags at lower left are filled with clothing and toys waiting to be picked up by local families. Treehouse has converted its store for foster youth into a packaging operation: the nonprofit packs up clothes and supplies and is sending them to youth statewide. 215686

Adapting to the pandemic, this agency helping foster youth built 'something that will be a lasting, new part of our program'  VIEW

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PHOENIX, AZ – NOVEMBER 6, 2020: A Trump supporter gives a thumbs down as Biden supporter Ron Russ of Peoria walks through a crowd of of about 1,000 pro-Trump supporters who have gathered in the parking lot of the Maricopa county elections building to protest election results on November 6, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona. Russ said he came here because his father was a WWII vet and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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FILE – In this Jan. 1, 2018, file photo Bishop Reginald T. Jackson, the presiding prelate of the Sixth Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church, speaks at the 155th Emancipation Proclamation Day Celebration held at the Greater Emmanuel Tabernacle in Savannah, Ga. (Steve Bisson/Savannah Morning News via AP, File) GASAV222 GASAV222
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FILE – In this Nov. 4, 2018, file photo, then-Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp, left, walks with President Donald Trump as Trump arrives for a rally in Macon , Ga. President Trump said Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020 he was “ashamed” for endorsing the Republican governor of Georgia after he lost in the state to Democrat Joe Biden. Trump said on Fox News that Gov. Brian Kemp has “done absolutely nothing” to question the state’s results.. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File) NYPS211 NYPS211
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L – R: Theodore, 4; Jessica Long holding her son Zachary, 1; and dad Loren Kite stand in front of their Seattle home Monday, November 23, 2020. They are the Money Makeover subjects for Nov. 29. Loren teaches carpentry to kids, Jess is a teacher. 215729

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Robert Fitts screams as a K-9 attacks him after he was pulled over by police for a traffic violation in Selma, Ala., on Aug. 3, 2018. (Selma Police Department).

Some cities are curtailing K-9 use after these brutal police dog attacks were captured on video

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Washington State wide receiver Jamire Calvin, left, runs a route while pressured by Oregon cornerback Deommodore Lenoir during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Pullman, Wash., Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Young Kwak) OTK OTK

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Seattle–Chef-Owner Renee Erickson’s Boat Street Cafe for a Ticket lead restaurant review of Boat Street Cafe/Boat Street Kitchen. (photo by Kevin P. Casey)

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‘Doesn’t matter. Get Better.’ Is all Huskies can do after season-opening blowout vs. Baylor

Arts & Life

A decorated tree is on display outside of Westlake Center in Seattle Friday, November 20, 2020. Due to Covid, the Westlake Tree Lighting, the lighting of Seattle Star and the Seattle Center WinterFest will be going mainly virtual this year. 215711

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With dad Ryan Wells close by, 2-year-old Paige Wells shreds at “Sunset Pump Park” for the first time on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020 in Seattle. According to her father, the track was made encircling a vacant Ballard house by a neighbor who wanted to give kids nearby someplace to let off some energy. After several loops Paige appears a complete natural. 215763
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Successful first ride at Ballard’s ‘Sunset Pump Park’  VIEW

Anna McAllister of Seattle walks her rescued retired racing grey hound Trevor along the Seattle Turkey Trot run route on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020 in Seattle. The run was virtual this year and participants went on their own schedules. McAllister said she always runs the race but decided this year she would make a Trot donation, forgo the tee-shirt, sleep in and walk the route ending at Golden Gardens. 215763
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Seattle Turkey Trot participant dresses for the occasion

Joe Mills zips up his daughter’s, Honoka, caught as her brother Hayato plays on the steps at Green Lake on Thanksgiving Day on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020. Their father Joe took them to the park to burn off some energy and watch the sunset. 215764
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Waterfront Park’s Pier 62 is now open, and the one-acre area is getting a steady flow of socially-distanced visitors, and not just for the fishing, Monday, Nov. 23, 2020 in Seattle. A series of lanterns changing colors show archival images that serve to symbolically honor and celebrate Seattle communities and families. The sprawling piece was made by the art collective Psych-Pop, two former Garfield High School classmates: Devon Midori Hale and Chi Moscou-Jackson. The duo was invited to create here by Friends of Waterfront Seattle’s Artist-in-Residence Takiyah Ward, who asked local artists “How do we honor our elders, determine our self, and protect our youth?” according to a sign at the pier. The 2020 lantern piece is called “Artifacts From Utopia.” The pier is open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. For more information about Pier 62 go to waterfrontparkseattle.org . 215738
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Outdoor art on Seattle’s waterfront shines light on local communities, families