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Coach Mike Hopkins tries to keep his team in the game even as it gets away from them in the 2nd half. He wears a towel on his shoulder to honor the late coach John Thompson of Georgetown. The Stanford Cardinal played the Washington Huskies in Pac-12 men’s basketball Thursday, February 18, 2021 at Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle, WA. 216432
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Barbara Hoffman, a community health program manager and R. N., taps bubbles out of a syringe filled with the COVID-19 vaccine as people line up in their cars in the parking garage at the Suquamish Clearwater Casino Resort in Suquamish Wednesday, March 17, 2021, waiting to be vaccinated. A vaccine clinic run by the Suquamish Tribe has been set up for teachers and others from the North Kitsap School District and approximately 220 people are being vaccinated Wednesday. Ten to twelve people are vaccinated every 20 minutes during three morning and three afternoon hours. Native communities are helping speed the teacher vaccination efforts with COVID-19 vaccines. 216642
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Jonny Velasquez, 9, wears a mask as he raises his hand with a question while working in a fourth-grade classroom, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, at Elk Ridge Elementary School in Buckley, Wash. The school has had some students in classrooms for in-person learning since September of 2020, but other students who attend the school are still learning remotely. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee visited the school Tuesday to observe classrooms and take part in a discussion with teachers and administrators about plans to further open in-person learning in Washington in the future. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Megan Rapinoe, right, with cell phone and Sue Bird next to her, photographs Maddie Chaplain, left, and Jeanne Manthey as she and Bird volunteer at Lumen Field Event Center directing people to COVID vaccine stations. The sports stars were there more than 3 1/2 hours Wednesday. Ref to more photos online Wed. March 17, 2021 216670
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Artist Mari Shibuya acknowledges the honk of a passing car as she works on the mural of Seattle Storm stars Jewell Lloyd, left, Sue Bird and Breanna Stewart. Artist Zahyr Lauren L.Haz (CQ) works on depictions of championship trophies out of frame. The mural is on Mercer at Queen Anne. It measures about 50 by 20 feet and Shibuya says “it’s a message of solidarity, a message for social change.” Spray can paint used for most of the work. See more photographs online LO Seattle Storm Stars Mural on Mercer at Queen Anne by artists Mari Shibuya and Zahyr Lauren L.Haz (CQ) Saturday March 13, 2021. 216636
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Chris Ribarich joins three other friends, members of the Alki Volleyball Association, for a pick-up volleyball game after not playing for four months Thursday, March 11, 2021. They are getting back in shape for the upcoming season of beach volleyball. Sunny skies should continue until Sunday when there is a 40% chance of rain. 216631
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