Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson warms up before the Seattle Seahawks take on the Minnesota Vikings at CenturyLink Field in Seattle Sunday October 11, 2020. (Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times)
Russell Wilson warms up before the Seahawks take on the Vikings at CenturyLink Field on Sunday. (Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times)
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Oliver Parker, a fourth-grader with autism, draws his ‘ninja cat’ character with chalk outside his home. Children with disabilities have been poorly served, or not served at all, by online learning since the start of the pandemic. His mother Jana Parker says Oliver hasn’t received services he’s entitled to by federal law. Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020 215273
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Lummi tribal members Teresa Taylor and Freddie Lane secure a Washington Native Vote Day sign outside the tribe’s Administration Building. The image on the sign is one by Edward Curtis titled “Lummi Woman” from 1899, modified for it. Get out the vote encouragement to Lummi tribal members. Wednesday Oct 7, 2020 215279
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Fashion designer Kenzo Takada poses for a photo in Tokyo in October, 2019. Takada’s family said in a statement to French media Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020 that Takada died from complications from COVID-19 in a hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris. He was 81. (Kyodo News via AP) TKMY802 TKMY802 TKMY802
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The Simon siblings, Amelia, 8, Judah, 4 and Isaac, 11, check out the penguins at the Woodland Park Zoo. Isaac has asthma and masks are a problem for him. The zoo has carved out time each week for people who can’t wear COVID-19 masks. They get exclusive access to the zoo on Wednesday afternoons. Ref to more photos online Wednesday Sept 30, 2020 215159
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Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison faces off with U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham during the South Carolina U.S. Senate debate at Allen University in Columbia, S.C., Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020. (Joshua Boucher/The State via AP)

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A vendor holds a 200 Czech koruna banknote at a vegetable stall in Holesovicka market hall in central Prague, Czech Republic, on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2017. The Czech Republic posted its biggest ever budget surplus last year after the government spent less than planned and economic growth boosted tax receipts, a rare success that ruling party leaders seized on to stake out their positions before fall elections. Photographer: Martin Divisek/Bloomberg (Bloomberg)

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Bar stools sit on top of the counter at Cafe Racer on March 18, 2020. Cafe Racer was in the midst of a fundraiser to save the cafe before the coronavirus effectively shut the city down.

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Members of the Washington Society of the Sons of the American Revolution fife and drum corps and color guard form up at the statue of George Washington on the UW campus for a wreath-laying ceremony on President’s Day, Monday February 18, 2019 215004

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Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll watches warmups before the Seattle Seahawks take on the New England Patriots at CenturyLink Field in Seattle Sunday September 20, 2020. 215067

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A woman pops out through the sunroof of a car and photographs the fall colors that line the street at Gene Coulon Park in Renton Monday, October 5, 2020. Sunny skies are predicted for the next two days, and rain is expected by Friday. 215278

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Lucy Mordue gazes up at her Loren Cup flag during the National Anthem as Republicans rally for their candidates on the ballot in the upcoming election, including President Donald Trump and gubernatorial candidate Loren Culp at Bellevue’s Downtown Park Saturday October 10, 2020. 215324
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Republicans rally in Bellevue for Culp, other GOP candidates  VIEW

Hikers walk along the Skyline Trail as it crosses Myrtle Falls this week. Fall color is at its peak at Mt. Rainier National Park. The lack of snow this fall has allowed the fall colors to progress into warm tones of red and yellow. Temperatures in the 60s have brought many hikers to the Paradise side of the mountain. The forecast predicts sunny skies this week turning to clouds and rain on Friday. Snow is in the forecast next week. Photographed on October 5, 2020. 214933
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Chua Saechao CQ works to transplant Laotian Hot Peppers from her P-Patch plot at Marra Farm in Seattle’s South Park neighborhood Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. Saechao said the peppers won’t survive at Marra Farm with autumn’s colder weather and was transferring the plants to a better location at her home. LO 215135
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