The Ballard Farmers Market, seen in November, controls crowd size and requires masks. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times, 2020)
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From right; White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, Anita Dunn, an advisor to President Biden, and Chief of Staff Ron Klain wait for President Joe Biden to speak in the Rose Garden of the White House on Thursday, May 13, 2021. Because of his longevity in politics and underdog personality, combined with the depth of the crises he is facing, Biden is undoing a longstanding Washington tradition in which staff members enjoy their own refracted fame. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The New York Times)
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FILE – Actor/comedian Charles Grodin, appears at a news conference announcing him as host of CNBC’s new primetime show “Charles Grodin” in New York on Nov. 15, 1994. Grodin, the offbeat actor and writer who scored as a newlywed cad in “The Heartbreak Kid” and the father in the “Beethoven” comedies, died Tuesday at his home in Wilton, Conn. from bone marrow cancer. He was 86. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File) NYET231 NYET231

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Members of artist John Grade’s team secure part of his large sculpture “Boundary” in the North Satellite Terminal at SeaTac International Airport. Monday May 10, 2021 When completed, the piece of salvaged Alaskan Yellow Cedar measures 40’ H x 85’ W x 25’ D Grade has other massive pieces in the Seattle Art Museum lobby and at MOHAI. LO Linesonly 217084
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Keira Sweeney looks up at an Allosaurus, the largest meat eater during the late Jurassic Period, featured in the Dinosaur Discovery exhibit at the Woodland Park Zoo on Thursday, May 6, 2021. The zoo’s new exhibit features dozens of “the world’s largest and most life-like dinosaurs.” Visitors are able to learn more about the historic creatures as the dinosaurs move, breathe and roar throughout the exhibit. The exhibit was created by Dino Don Inc., the only maker of full-sized robotic dinosaurs, which are featured in zoos and museums around the world, according to the Woodland Park Zoo.
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LINESONLY For the first time since closing in the pandemic, the pedestrian bridges at the Ballard Locks were open to foot traffic Wednesday, April 28, 2021. So too was the first floor of the Visitor’s Center. The pedestrian bridges connected two neighborhoods separated by the canal. The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers said the fish ladder however will remain closed due to an impending maintenance project. 216958
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