The beef kadaafi with rice and the chicken kati kati at Juba Restaurant & Cafe are flavorful, comforting Somali dishes perfect for blustery winter nights. (Jackie Varriano / The Seattle Times)
The beef kadaafi with rice and the chicken kati kati at Juba Restaurant & Café are flavorful, comforting Somali dishes perfect for blustery winter nights. (Jackie Varriano / The Seattle Times)
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U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s Ketty D. Larco, from left, Seattle Police’s Deanna Nollette, U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran and special agent in charge Seattle Division of the FBI Raymond Duda attend a press conference Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at the United States Attorney’s office in Seattle. The FBI has arrested four “racially motivated violent extremists” in Washington, Florida, Texas and Arizona with conspiracy to threaten and intimidate activists and journalists. 213113
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FILE – In this April 11, 2018, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a House Energy and Commerce hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, about the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the 2016 election and data privacy. Federal regulators asked Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, for Facebook to be ordered to divest its Instagram and WhatsApp messaging services as the U.S. government and 48 states and districts accused the company of abusing its market power in social networking to crush smaller competitors. The antitrust lawsuits were announced by the Federal Trade Commission and New York Attorney General Letitia James. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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Robin Robertson, with family support (l) and Viktoriya Doma CQ, an assistant teacher, search for two learning packets from the approximately 500 packets for three- and four-year-old students from seven school as families wait in their cars at left at a drive-through (not in photo) Wednesday, November 25, 2020, at the Kent Family Center in Kent. Boxes of food contains cheese, milk, eggs, meat, vegetables, yogurt, cottage cheese and other items were also available for families who needed one. 215754

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Chelsea Henrickson, an inventory coordinator at Treehouse in Seattle, packs a box of clothes to be mailed to a family in need on Thursday, October 19, 2020. Bags at lower left are filled with clothing and toys waiting to be picked up by local families. Treehouse has converted its store for foster youth into a packaging operation: the nonprofit packs up clothes and supplies and is sending them to youth statewide. 215686

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FILE – In this Nov. 7, 2020, file photo, President-elect Joe Biden, right, embraces his son Hunter Biden, left, in Wilmington, Del. Biden’s son Hunter says he has learned from federal prosecutors that his tax affairs are under investigation. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool) WX131 WX131
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Hastin Engineer, 2, puts his little hand up to the snow globe during his visit with Santa. Santa has modified his approach this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, and has set up in a plastic snow globe on the corner of Greenwood Avenue North and North 76th Street. He’ll be there daily from approximately 11:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. with a 30 minute break starting at 2:00 p.m. Dan Kemmis has been known as “The Seattle Santa” going on 15 years. Saturday December 5, 2020. 215829
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Downtown Seattle brightens up for the holidays  VIEW

A nearly full moon shines above Seattle on Saturday night. The moon was at it’s fullest early Monday morning. This photo was made with a 600 mm lens, using f4 at 1/2000 of a second, ISO 1000. 215768
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