Police watch protesters and hold a line on Pine Street and 11th Avenue in Capitol Hill on June 3, 2020. (Amanda Snyder / The Seattle Times)
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These juvenile (CQ) pinto abalone are being grown at the Seattle Aquarium in a restoration project, part of a special survival plan. Thousands will be relocated somewhere in the San Juan Islands next year. (Undisclosed location) REF to More photos online Endangered pinto abalone arrive and to be propagated at the Seattle Aquarium. Wednesday June 16, 2021 218177
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Steve Luke of Cloudburst Brewing smells organic Simcoe hops in the kiln at Perrault Farms in Toppenish, Washington. Steve drove to the farm from Seattle that morning to pick up fresh, or wet, hops to make beer with later that afternoon. Local, craft beers made with fresh or wet hops have been gaining popularity in recent years. Hops are harvested in the morning, then brewers pick up the hops directly from the farms and make beer with them that afternoon. Thursday, August 30, 2018, at Perrault Farms, Inc., in Toppenish, Washington 082918 207445
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FILE – In this Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, file photo, Harry Styles performs on NBC’s Today show at Rockefeller Plaza in New York. Styles will hit the road on a U.S. tour this fall, with 40 concerts scheduled in such cities as New York City, Denver, Dallas, Detroit, Chicago, Atlanta, Boston and Los Angeles. “Love On Tour” kicks off on Sept. 4, 2021, in Las Vegas and will include five dates in New York City at Madison Square Garden. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File) NYPH801
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A sign that reads “No Jab” is held by a person taking part in a demonstration opposing mask and COVID-19 vaccine mandates outside the Legislative Building, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced Wednesday that Washington state is expanding its vaccine mandate to include all public, charter and private school teachers and staff, as well as those working at the state’s colleges and universities. Inslee also expanded the statewide indoor mask mandate in place for non-vaccinated individuals to include those who are vaccinated. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) WATW109
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Cheryl McNeil hugs Rick Rovegno, owner of the Locker Room Tavern, after a fire damaged his business in White Center Monday morning, Sept. 13, 2021. Rovegno says his tavern was also impacted by a fire three months ago. “I already didn’t have power,” he said. “I can tell you it wasn’t electrical.” 218197
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In this photo provided by the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service, U.S. Army 1st Lt. Blaine Woodcock, a critical care nurse, provides care to a COVID-positive patient during the COVID-19 response operations at Kootenai Health regional medical center in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, on Sept. 6, 2021. Roughly 11,000 kids in Coeur d’Alene were getting ready for their first day of school when Idaho public health officials announced this week that northern hospitals were so crowded with coronavirus patients that they would be allowed to ration health care. Kootenai Health has had to move some patients into a conference room and get help from the military to deal with the flood of coronavirus patients. (Sgt. Kaden D. Pitt/DVIDS U.S. Army via AP) FX409 FX409
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Logging opponents have been deploying a range of determined tactics as they attempt to stop logging of old growth forest near Fairy Creek at the south end of Vancouver Island. Here the Royal Canadian Mounted Police work to talk a logging opponent down from a tripod erected in a logging road.
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The Supreme Court building in Washington, hours before the justices left in place a Texas law barring most abortions in the state via an unsigned ‘shadow docket’ ruling, on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021. With increasing frequency, the court is taking up weighty matters in a rushed way, considering emergency petitions that often yield late-night decisions issued with minimal or no written opinions. (Sarahbeth Maney/The New York Times) XNYT235 XNYT235
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A Boeing 777X lands at Boeing Field in Seattle after its first flight in January 2020. The 777X features giant carbon-composite wings, the largest Boeing has ever designed. The wings are so long that to fit at standard airport gates, each has to fold upward on a hinge 11 feet from the tip. Photographed on January 25, 2020. 212736

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The fossils of a 43 million-year-old four-legged prehistoric whale known as the “Phiomicetus Anubis,” right, in an evolution of whales from land to sea, which was unearthed over a decade ago in Fayoum in the Western Desert of Egypt, at the university’s paleontology department lab, in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura, 110 kilometers (70 miles) north of Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) NM504 NM504

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Steve Luke of Cloudburst Brewing smells organic Simcoe hops in the kiln at Perrault Farms in Toppenish, Washington. Steve drove to the farm from Seattle that morning to pick up fresh, or wet, hops to make beer with later that afternoon. Local, craft beers made with fresh or wet hops have been gaining popularity in recent years. Hops are harvested in the morning, then brewers pick up the hops directly from the farms and make beer with them that afternoon. Thursday, August 30, 2018, at Perrault Farms, Inc., in Toppenish, Washington 082918 207445

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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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An injured harbor seal pup lays on the beach before being rescued by trained volunteers with Seal Sitters, part of NOAA’s marine mammal stranding network. Lynn Shimamoto, a trained investigator with Seal Sitters, part of NOAA’s marine mammal stranding network, rescues an injured young harbor seal pup along the beach at Seacrest Park in West Seattle, Sunday September 12, 2021. “We were concerned because it’s very thin and seems to have some respiratory issues,” said Shimamoto. Also, she added, “it keeps coming up on these really busy beaches,” and was recently chased by a dog into the water. The seal, safely put into a carrier for transport, was be taken to the SeaLife Response Rehab and Research (SR3) marine animal hospital in Des Moines. Shimamoto says it is incredibly important for the public not to disturb marine wildlife. Wildlife hospitals will not accept drop-offs of marine animals from the public. If you observe an animal on a West Seattle beach in distress, call their hotline at 206-905-SEAL and visit their website at www.sealsitters.org for more information.
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After the offense gave up a fumble in 3rd quarter, the defense got the ball back on a similar play, taking a 4th and 1 for Indianapolis and turning the ball over. . The Seattle Seahawks played the Indianapolis Colts in NFL Football Sunday, September 12, 2021 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, IN. 218183
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The Stars & Strips flies from the Seattle Fire Department’s ladder 4 at Seattle Center during a 9/11 memorial on Saturday. When the World Trade Center’s towers collapsed, 343 FDNY firefighters died along with workers there. Saturday, September 11, 2021 218189 (Alan Berner / Alan Berner)
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