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As protests continue, several cities in Washington extend curfews. Drivers can expect I-5 closures in downtown Seattle.

Police deploy tear gas near East Pine Street and 11th Avenue in Seattle late Tuesday. (Courtesy of Jason Kessler)

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Coronavirus daily news updates, June 2: What to know today about COVID-19 in the Seattle area, Washington state and the world Updated 11:35 pm
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‘No sense of de-escalation’ at crucial moment during latest Seattle protest, videographer says
Man with ties to Seattle area extradited to U.S. to face money-laundering charges
Crisis demands Congress check Trump’s leadership failure | Editorial

A plexiglass shield stands between King County Superior Court Chief Criminal Judge Patrick Oishi and public defender Carey Huffman during a motion-to-remand hearing May 6. The shield is part of modifications made during the coronavirus outbreak in one of the busiest courtrooms in Seattle. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

Crime

Your right to a jury trial is on hold. Here’s how coronavirus is changing the justice system

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Local Politics

Inslee extends eviction moratorium in response to new coronavirus, issues guidance for library curbside pickup, drive-in theaters

Chef Dre Neeley’s menu at his Vashon Island restaurant, Gravy, is mostly European bistro. But there’s plenty of Southern influence, too. Neeley learned to cook at his grandmother’s knee in Birmingham, Alabama.

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How to support Black-owned restaurants in Seattle

Coronavirus

King County Executive Dow Constantine discusses the specifics of hospital capacities around the city at CenturyLink Field Event Center on Saturday, March 28, 2020. Constantine is joined by Gov. Jay Inslee, Mayor Jenny Durkan, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, FEMA Region 10 Administrator Mike O’Hare and U.S. Army Reserve Brigadier General Doug Cherry.

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King County will apply to enter a modified Phase 1 of coronavirus recovery. Here’s what that means.

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As coronavirus travel restrictions loosen, how do you know if your hotel room is really clean? | Travel Troubleshooter

How to properly wear a face mask to slow the spread of coronavirus

Will you go back to the gym when coronavirus shutdown ends? Here’s what you need to consider

When can you get a haircut, go to the gym or eat at restaurants, etc., in Washington?

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Seahawks running back Chris Carson fist-bumps fellow running back Rashaad Penny before the Seattle Seahawks take on the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina Sunday November 25, 2018. 208380

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Seahawks mailbag: Which position should Seattle still address? What’s the future at tailback?

Yam and plantain curry with crispy shallots, in New York, March 12, 2020. This brothy version of asaro is packed with yams, plantains and hearty greens. Food styled by Barrett Washburne. (David Malosh/The New York Times) XNYT87

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A recipe for a bright, comforting one-pot stew with West African roots

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Acrimony with Russian air cargo customer doesn’t threaten Boeing’s dominance in freighter market

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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, left, looks on as Suzi LeVine, right, the state’s Employment Security Department Commissioner, talks to reporters, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Inslee announced that Washington state will offer unemployment benefits to federal employees like Coast Guardsmen, FBI agents and Border Patrol workers who are required to be on the job without pay during the partial federal government shutdown. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) WATW102

How Democratic Party fundraiser and former ambassador Suzi LeVine came to run Washington state’s embattled unemployment system

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Now isn't the time to backpedal on consent decree in Seattle

Education Lab

Washington students want to have a say in what high school looks like in light of the coronavirus. This is how they’re doing it.

Washington’s constitution protects K-12 funding. The coronavirus will test that promise.

‘People don’t understand quite how bad this is going to be’: Washington colleges brace for coronavirus funding impact

17 and on the move, with many shelters closed and no assurances: Life as a homeless student amid coronavirus

Watch: It’s hard for some girls to get pads and tampons. Two middle-schoolers are trying to fix that.

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LaTonya Floyd, third from left, participates in a march to protest the death of her brother, George Floyd in Houston on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Floyd died after a Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck for several minutes even after he stopped moving and pleading for air. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) CER918 CER918

Protesters return to the streets as Trump decries ‘lowlifes’ VIEW

Times Watchdog

Venus Mills, Executive Director of Drug Free Business in Bothell has had her workers hit by false unemployment claims and faces possible costs increases herself, due to the fraudulent payments.

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How a Nigerian fraud ring dubbed 'Scattered Canary' targeted Washington state's unemployment system | Times Watchdog

Coronavirus Video

"There are businesses that haven't been able to operate at all," says Laura Clise, founder and CEO of Intentionalist. Night Light Nails is one of them. "We've been struggling," says owner Van Nguyen. (Corinne Chin & Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)

To shape Seattle's coronavirus recovery, 'spend like it matters' (4:16)

When COVID-19 began to crush Guayaba's music goals for 2020, they changed course and found a new outlet for creativity. (Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)

'No safety net for our art': A musician copes with loss of work... (1:51)

When COVID-19 shutdown potato processors, the Washington Potato Commission found it had too many spuds to keep in storage. To avoid food waste, the Emergency Food Network worked to giveaway 200,000 pounds of spuds. (Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)

The pandemic caused a potato surplus, now farmers give them away (1:49)

When the novel coronavirus outbreak canceled the rest of their season, Pacific Northwest Ballet dancers Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan and Kyle Davis built a ballet studio in their living room and started teaching via Zoom. (Corinne Chin / The Seattle Times)

Dancing through the pandemic – in a homemade studio (2:39)

Tricia Jenkins, an emergency room nurse, and her husband – also an essential worker – sent their two kids to live with her mom during the coronavirus pandemic. "I desperately miss my children," Jenkins said. (Corinne Chin / The Seattle Times)

ER nurse: 'I don't want to bring the virus home' (3:12)

Jessica Esparza became an ICU nurse just as the coronavirus pandemic reached Washington. Previously an oncology nurse, Esparza is often overwhelmed by how ill her COVID-19 patients are – "Nothing compares to this." (Corinne Chin / The Seattle Times)

Night shift nurse: 'Nothing compares to this' (2:56)

After the novel coronavirus outbreak shut down most of Pike Place Market, many Hmong flower farmers were left with nowhere to sell. It’s not the first time these families have had to overcome what felt impossible. (Corinne Chin / The Seattle Times)

With Pike Place closed, Hmong flower farmers cultivate resilience (5:55)

Michael Flor battled with coronavirus for 62 days at Swedish Issaquah. His stay makes him the longest coronavirus patient at a Swedish hospital. (Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)

After 62-day battle with COVID-19, 70-year-old patient leaves... (1:08)

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Sadie Davis-Suskind, a former “MasterChef Junior” contestant, says it’s fairly easy to whip up a batch of biscuits and gravy.

Wow your taste buds with homemade biscuits and sausage gravy | Cooking with Sadie

Pacific NW Magazine

Providence Ciceroâ€™s finished Spring Lamb Meat Pie hot from the oven. The pie is based on a recipe from Beast and Cleaver in Ballard. Credit: Providence Cicero

Beast and Cleaver butcher/chef Kevin Smith respects the whole animal by using all of it

Editorials & Opinion

President Donald Trump walks past police in Lafayette Park after he visited outside St. John’s Church across from the White House Monday, June 1, 2020, in Washington. Part of the church was set on fire during protests on Sunday night. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Crisis demands Congress check Trump’s leadership failure | Editorial

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You can’t be the ‘president of law and order’ if you thrive on chaos

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A win for science

Sports

FILE – In this Oct. 2, 2016 file photo, from left, San Francisco 49ers outside linebacker Eli Harold, quarterback Colin Kaepernick and safety Eric Reid kneel during the national anthem before an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys in Santa Clara, Calif. A new poll shows that most white Americans disapprove of athletes protesting during the playing of â€œThe Star-Spangled Banner.â€ (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Will George Floyd’s death compel people to finally consider substance of Colin Kaepernick’s message? | Larry Stone

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Seahawks sign tight end Colby Parkinson, first of 2020 draftees officially under contract

Arts & Life

An employee of Red Bluff Tap House puts out an open sign on Saturday morning. Red Bluff Tap House waited to reopen after Skamania County was one of the first to move into Phase 2. The tap room opened with fewer staff and limited seating to the required 50% capacity.

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Which phase is your county in? And what can you do under the modified Phase 1 of Washington’s reopening?

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A group dubbed “The Puffy Pandemic Parade” cross NE 65th St. in the Ravenna neighborhood for a march past the Ida Culver House retirement home, Wednesday, May 27, 2020 in Seattle. Organizer Jean Bryant describes the group as all NE Seattle friends. The group has marched one other time and the goal is to spread cheer during the coronavirus outbreak. On this march, the 14 staged in the parking lot of a pub, getting into their inflatable costumes to wave to residents at the retirement home for half an hour. Many residents and staff waved back. “I was tearing up when I was doing this,” said Bryant as she saw “lots of smiles, dancing and waving.” The group plans to keep marching. In a follow-up text Bryant said “We will definitely continue as long as the pandemic is around.” 214066

Stepping Up

Why did the pig and the polar bear cross the road? VIEW

For no other reason but to send out “good vibes,” married couple Mike and Jacqui Schultz, who want to include mention of their camera-shy daughter Marley, have put up an inflatable in their Crown Hill neighborhood in Seattle, seen Sunday, May 24, 2020 during the coronavirus outbreak. They said it’s working, and many neighbors have responded with happy comments and have made regular visits during walks. 214046

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Framed by small flags on veterans’ graves, bagpiper Neil Hubbard plays appropriate songs on Memorial Day at Floral Hills Cemetery in Lynnwood. Songs included “Amazing Grace,” “Going Home,” the anthems of the military branches, “America the Beautiful,” and more. Ref to gallery online. Hubbard walked the grounds and played for two hours.

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Bagpipes mark Memorial Day VIEW

Plenty of roam to roam on the Fisher Green lawn at Seattle Center with no Northwest Folklife Festival this weekend, except online.

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Sorry folks, no Folklife this weekend VIEW