Police and protesters converge during a demonstration, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. A grand jury has indicted one officer on criminal charges six months after Breonna Taylor was fatally shot by police in Kentucky. The jury presented its decision against fired officer Brett Hankison Wednesday to a judge in Louisville, where the shooting took place. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Police and protesters converge during a demonstration following news that a grand jury brought no charges against Louisville police for the killing of Breonna Taylor, Wednesday, in Louisville, Ky. (John Minchillo / AP)
Nation

2 Louisville officers shot amid Breonna Taylor protests

Hours after a Kentucky grand jury decided not to indict Louisville police in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor and protests began, authorities said two officers were shot and wounded Wednesday night during the demonstrations expressing anger over the killings of Black people at the hands of police.  VIEW Updated

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson leaves the U.S. District Court in Seattle Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, following arguments in his lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s funding of the wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. The administration is diverting $3.6 billion in military construction money, including $89 million for a naval pier in Washington, toward the wall. (AP Photo/Gene Johnson) FX406
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Storm players honor the memory of Breonna Taylor by wearing her name on the backs of their jerseys. All WNBA players have Taylor’s name on their jerseys this season. Taylor was fatally shot by police in her Louisville, Kentucky, home in March. (Stephen Gosling/NBAE via Getty Images)
Storm

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In this Dec. 30, 2019, photo provided by the Washington State Department of Agriculture, a dead Asian giant hornet is photographed in a lab in Olympia, Wash. The world’s largest hornet, a 2-inch long killer with an appetite for honey bees, has been found in Washington state and entomologists are making plans to wipe it out. Dubbed the “Murder Hornet” by some, the Asian giant hornet has a sting that could be fatal to some humans. It is just now starting to emerge from hibernation. (Quinlyn Baine/Washington State Department of Agriculture via AP) SEA205 SEA205
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New study determines ‘aggressive efforts’ needed to prevent spread of Asian giant hornet in Washington

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Quarterbacks coach Austin Davis, defensive end L.J. Collier and safety Jamal Adams celebrate stopping the Patriots at the goal line, securing their 35-30 home opener win, as the Seattle Seahawks take on the New England Patriots at CenturyLink Field in Seattle Sunday September 20, 2020. 215067 215067
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Mariners short stop J.P. Crawford catches his breath after scoring in the 5th inning against the Astros on a Kyle Seager double, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020 at T-Mobile Park in Seattle. 215088
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University Village QFC worker Motoko Kusanagi (CQ) wears a Black Lives Matter button. PAUL. ROBERTS STORY 215148
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Local News

Police deploy tear gas at protesters to disperse the crowd gathered in downtown Seattle on Saturday. The protests were planned Saturday in Seattle to mourn George Floyd- a Black man who died in a confrontation with Minneapolis police – and demand more police accountability. Saturday, May 30, 2020

Report: Seattle Police Department should ban tear gas, remind officers to protect protesters’ rights

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Traffic Lab

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Election & Politics

President Donald Trump listens to a question during a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) DCEV325 DCEV325

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Business & Tech

FILE — A package on a conveyer belt at an Amazon warehouse in Carteret, N.J., on Oct. 18, 2018. After losing some online shoppers to rivals during the coronavirus pandemic, the retail giant is turning back to faster shipping times and big sales. (Demetrius Freeman/The New York Times)

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This June 10, 2020 photo shows Michael Johnson, part of a group that believed antifa was coming to Leitchfield, Ky., when a local resident organized a Black Lives Matter rally. He said the sign he affixed to his truck was meant to say that all people’s lives should matter equally. Johnson said he was troubled by George Floyd’s death under the knee of a police officer, but worried the protests across the country would devolve into violence and vandalism. (AP Photo/Claire Galofaro) RPCG301 RPCG301

Trump, social media, right-wing news stir up antifa scares

Coronavirus

Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, testifies during a Senate Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Hearing on the federal government response to COVID-19 on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP) WX368 WX368

Fauci schools Sen. Rand Paul over New York, herd immunity  WATCH

Food & Drink

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Bill Schilling, right, returns the pickleball during a recent game with doubles partner George Gallant at Battle Point Park on Bainbridge Island. Pickleball is a racquet sport played on a court and created on Bainbridge Island during the mid-1960s. Pickleball is one of America’s fastest growing sports. Photographed on August 13, 2020. 214706

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Washington’s cheerleaders lead the team out on to the field Saturday against USC. The University of Southern California played the University of Washington in NCAA Football Saturday September 28, 2019 at Husky Stadium in Seattle, WA. 211622

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Arts & Life

The Ken Griffey Jr. statue stands outside T-Mobile Park at the corner of Edgar Martinez Drive and Dave Niehaus Way, perhaps the holiest spot in the Mariners fandom.

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Photography

Les Schnick is building a hidden internal structure along with Ric Brenden (CQ) to keep the skull, jaw bones and neck bones together. The skull is 8-feet, 3-inches long and weighs 500-pounds and is in Schnick’s workshop in Port Townsend. REF to more photos online (Schnick and Brenden are friends of Stefanie Worwag and Mario Rivera who own the skeleton. They live near Port Hadlock) REF to more photos online (The coil of safety rope on the skull is where the eye would be) Northwest Wanderings The skeleton of a 42-foot whale with skull at the workshop pf Les Schnick in Port Townsend, and the rest of the skeleton at the home of Mario Rivera and Stefanie Worwag. Also includes Ric Brenden Wednesday September 2, 2020 214930
Local News

A gray whale’s massive, bone-dry remains have a home in a Washington yard. The owners named him ‘Gunther.’  VIEW

A dragonfly flies over a patch of Lily pads at Martha Lake in Lynnwood on August 11, 2020. The dragonfly is an insect belonging to the order Odonata, infraorder Anisoptera. Adult dragonflies, a sure sign of summer, have large, multifaceted eyes and two pairs of wings. Their huge compound eyes allow near-360-degree vision. Their wings with muscles in the thorax that can work each wing independently. LO LO LO 214751
Photography

So long! Look back at Seattle summer fun as season ends  VIEW

Quarterbacks coach Austin Davis, defensive end L.J. Collier and safety Jamal Adams celebrate stopping the Patriots at the goal line, securing their 35-30 home opener win, as the Seattle Seahawks take on the New England Patriots at CenturyLink Field in Seattle Sunday September 20, 2020. 215067 215067
Seahawks

Photos: Seattle Seahawks beat New England Patriots 35-30  VIEW

People visit the observation area of the Space Needle after smoke and rains gave way to perfect weather, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020 in Seattle. In the background is Lake Union. 215129
Local News

Seattle, remember blue sky? It’s back.