Bruce Harrell and M. Lorena González are running to be Seattle’s next mayor. Harrell picked up the endorsement of Seattle’s firefighters union Tuesday, while González has gotten support from several Democratic legislative district organizations. (Seattle Times file)
Bruce Harrell and M. Lorena González are running to be Seattle's next mayor. (Seattle Times file)
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, left, and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testify during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the conclusion of military operations in Afghanistan and plans for future counterterrorism operations, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington.. (Stefani Reynolds/The New York Times via AP, Pool) NYNYT470 NYNYT470
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An ivory-billed woodpecker specimen is on a display at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021. Death’s come knocking a last time for the splendid ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 assorted birds, fish and other species: The U.S. government is declaring them extinct. It’s a rare move for wildlife officials to give up hope on a plant or animal, but government scientists say they’ve exhausted efforts to find these 23. (AP Photo/Haven Daley) FX703 FX703

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The Mariners have embraced the “Believe” mentality found in the hit TV show “Ted Lasso”. . The Oakland Athletics played the Seattle Mariners in Major League Baseball Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA. 218349
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The Seattle Kraken take the ice for the first time against the Vancouver Cannucks in exhibition play Sunday. . The Vancouver Canucks played the Seattle Kraken in NHL Preseason Hockey Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021 at Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena in Spokane, WA. 218266
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