Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Luis Castillo high-fives third baseman Eugenio Suarez after finishing out the eighth inning against the Yankees, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, in Seattle. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
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Larry Stone

Even jaded fans must admit the Mariners have a good chance to end their playoff drought | Larry Stone

It’s getting realistic to envision Mariners playoff games in October, even for the grumps and ingrained pessimists conditioned to expect the worst, columnist Larry Stone writes.

Politics

FILE — President Joe Biden walks through the White House in Washington on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. With final House passage of the Inflation Reduction Act on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, President Biden is poised to deliver the latest in a series of legislative victories that will ripple across the country for decades — lowering the cost of prescription drugs, extending subsidies to help people pay for health insurance, reducing the deficit and investing more than $370 billion into climate and energy programs. (Pete Marovich/The New York Times) XNYT178 XNYT178

Analysis | Biden’s legislative victories will ripple across the country for decades

Opinion

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Local News

Artist Norma Baum, a member of the Fremont Arts Council, volunteers her time to restore artist Patrick Gabriel’s mural on N 38th Street. The 550-ft mural winds around N 38th at the North end exit off the Aurora Bridge. Over the years graffiti artists had begun to deface the original design. At one point Patrick suggested the mural be removed all together. Not so fast, said Baum, a local artist. The Fremont Chamber of Commerce, through a grant, is picking up the bill for more than 50 gallons of paint. Baum is volunteering her time. She’s been working on and off since May repainting the mural, using archival photographs of the original painting in 1996. She hopes to finish it in the end of August, 2022. LO LO LO 221260

Meet the artist volunteering her time to restore an iconic Fremont mural VIEW

Featured Columnist

‘We are at war’: So much for the GOP general election pivot to the middle

Project Homeless

Longtime King County Housing Authority leader accused of racial, gender-based discrimination
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Business & Tech

There are signs that the pause on payments and interest on most federal student loans will be extended past the end of this month. But the details on loan forgiveness remain unclear. (Thomas Fuchs/The New York Times) – FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY SLUGGED STUDENT DEBT OUTLOOK BY ANN CARRNS FOR AUG. 12, 2022. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED – XNYT52

What to know as the pause on student loans is set to expire

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West Seattle, where the city was founded, remains an inviting place

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Nation & World

Isaac Ignatius, president of Phi Kappa Tau, moves belongings from one fraternity house to a new house on 28th Street ‘Frat Row’ which he says is a better location for the 26 resident members, on Aug. 12, 2022, in Los Angeles. Fraternities at USC are possibly going to disaffiliating with USC because they don’t want to follow extremely strict university rules on parties that were implemented last year. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/TNS) 55664724W

After strict party rules imposed by USC, frats weigh disaffiliation, prompting harsh warnings

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Food & Drink

Smarty Pants’ Italian beef sandwich, in all its messy glory, with a Seattle Handshake: a glass of PBR and a shot of Malort, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022 in Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood.

Where to get the sandwich made famous on ‘The Bear’ in Seattle

Pacific NW Magazine

A backstage pass to the creation of Heart, its evolution and the revival of its classic hits

The signature sounds of Heart beat through the heat of two summers 45 years apart

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Arts & Life

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Summer is halfway over. What you need to know to plan a late-summer Pacific Northwest vacation

Photography

T-Mobile Park – Seattle Mariners vs. New York Yankees – 080922 Seattle Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford celebrates as he runs into the dugout after getting the final out of the top of the second inning, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, in Seattle, Wash. 221221
Sports

Photos: Mariners beat Yanks in extra inning battle VIEW

Stan Sayres Pits – Safari Sunday hydroplane racing – 080722 The log boom is obscured by heat waves as the Miss HomeStreet Bank boat comes back into the pits after the second H1 Unlimited Heat, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022, in Seattle, Wash. 221111
Other Sports

26 photos of fun in the sun at Seafair 2022 VIEW

Sue Bird becomes emotional with the ovation the Climate Pledge Arena crowd gives her at a ceremony marking here pending retirement before Sunday’s game. The Las Vegas Aces played the Seattle Storm in WNBA Basketball Sunday, August 7, 2022 at Climate Pledge Arena, in Seattle, WA. 221190
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Photos: Sue Bird saluted in last regular season home game VIEW

Robbie Ray senses Andrew Velazquez running and throws to first. Velazquez would be gunned down trying to reach second to end the sides in the third, with Abraham Toro making the tag. The Los Angeles Angels played the Seattle Mariners in Major League Baseball Friday, August 5, 2022 at T-Mobile Park, in Seattle, WA. 221192
Mariners

Photos: Mariners and Angels get reacquainted VIEW