Family members visit wounded patients who have been admitted into Wazir Akbar Khan Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. Twin bombings struck near the entrance to Kabul’s airport Thursday, ripping through crowds of Afghans and foreign nationals waiting for evacuation from the country. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times / TNS)
Family members visit wounded patients who have been admitted into Wazir Akbar Khan Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times / TNS)
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The spot prawn (aka: amaebi) at left, and king salmon nigiri, at right, at Sushi Kappo Tamura, Tuesday, Aug., 17, 2021 in Seattle’s Eastlake neighborhood. The story is about how recent price increases on food (largely due to pandemic-related supply issues) are forcing Seattle restaurants to raise prices, cut menu items, work hard to source ingredients and deal with slimmer profit margins. 217934
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A queen on the nest destroyed by the The Washington state Department of Agriculture in Blaine on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2021.
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Gerald Everett works out with quarterbacks Monday. . The Seattle Seahawks practiced Monday, August 2, 2021 at the VMAC in Renton, WA. 217791
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FILE – At left, in a March 4, 2018, file photo, Connecticut’s Katie Lou Samuelson dribbles during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the American Athletic Conference tournament quarterfinals at Mohegan Sun Arena, in Uncasville, Conn. At right, in a March 3, 2017, file photo, Stanford’s Karlie Samuelson looks to pass against Washington State in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the Pac-12 Conference tournament, in Seattle. With 11 pairs of sisters and a mother-daughter combo, the women’s NCAA Tournament has definitely been a family affair. (AP Photo/File) NY153
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The Caldor Fire burns on both sides of Highway 50 about 10 miles east of Kyburz, Calif., on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, as the fire pushes east prompting evacuation orders all the way to Echo Summit. The Caldor Fire, the nation’s top priority for firefighting resources, grew to more than 213 square miles (551 square kilometers) southwest of Lake Tahoe but containment remained at 12%, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Climate change has made the West warmer and drier in the past 30 years and will continue to make the weather more extreme and wildfires more destructive, according to scientists. (Sara Nevis/The Sacramento Bee via AP) CASAB401 CASAB401

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The spot prawn (aka: amaebi) at left, and king salmon nigiri, at right, at Sushi Kappo Tamura, Tuesday, Aug., 17, 2021 in Seattle’s Eastlake neighborhood. The story is about how recent price increases on food (largely due to pandemic-related supply issues) are forcing Seattle restaurants to raise prices, cut menu items, work hard to source ingredients and deal with slimmer profit margins. 217934

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I’m walking’ here. Baby penguin Rio seems to know the way from the Pacific Seas Aquarium to Penguin Point as he heads down the path to join the colony at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. Rio had to be hand-raised, hand-fed from birth to survive. Now the Magellanic penguin joins 14 others. He’s followed by zoo staff who work in the Rocky Shores area. Hatched end of May, he now weighs 7.7-pounds and has his waterproof feathers. Ref to more photos online Link to previous coverage: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/nursing-a-young-penguin-back-to-health-at-point-defiance-zoo-aquarium/ LO penguin reunited with colony Linesonly Wednesday August 25, 2021 218037
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The Montlake Bridge opens only its north span for a sail boat, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021 in Seattle, as construction crews continue work at the south span. Although vehicles cannot use the bridge, pedestrians and cyclists can still use the bridge’s western sidewalk, and coming this fall for up to five weekends, both bridge spans will be in the up position and closed to everyone…except sailboats. 217992
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Following the event program of the unveiling of he National Nordic Museum newest permanent feature, a visitor walks the a 32-foot by 35-foot labyrinth based on common Nordic patterns with links to Viking Age sites in Ireland. Gordon Huether created the design. See more photos online LO Labyrinth unveiling at the National Nordic Museum in Ballard, Saturday August 21, 2021 218007
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It’s a good view of the lights of the Seattle skyline on a clear night from the Don Armeni Boat Ramp in West Seattle along Harbor Avenue SW. LO Linesonly late Tuesday / early Wed August 17-18, 2021 217946
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