Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell speaks during a news conference at City Hall on Monday morning, calling the spate of weekend shootings “just unacceptable.” (Kori Suzuki / The Seattle Times)
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Law & Justice

Flurry of Seattle weekend shootings ‘unacceptable,’ Mayor Harrell says

Between Friday and Sunday evenings, seven shootings in Seattle and Renton injured at least 11 people, including a 14-year-old girl, and killed one man. Updated

Politics

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Largest Kansas counties will recount abortion vote after roughly $120,000 raised

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Local News

Will Baur demonstrates for other teachers an experiment they can take back to their classrooms illustrating how lightning forms. Science teachers from around the state will be training on a new curriculum at the Northshore School District headquarters. A new curriculum is supposed to offer marked achievement and engagement among students. At a training for teachers in Bothell, educators get the chance to preview some of the experiments that students would partake in, including simulating lightning strikes. Photographed Wednesday, August 3, 2022 221156

Hungry for more student interest, WA teachers test a free science curriculum

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Mental Health

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Business & Tech

A man walks on a bridge above the Lewis Street underpass in downtown Pasco. Lewis Street goes under the railroad tracks that separate East Pasco from the rest of the city. The bridge created a physical barrier between the city’s segregated sections. As of March, plans to replace the 84-year-old Lewis Street underpass with a bridge are making progress after awarding a $22.3 million construction contract to Cascade Bridge, according to the Tri-City Herald. May 11, 2021

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Nation & World

St. George, Utah, the nation’s fastest-growing metropolitan area, at sunset. The area has 180,000 residents, which is predicted to more than double by 2050. MUST CREDIT: Photo for The Washington Post by Bridget Bennett.

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Arts & Life

The Shabazz Palaces perform at Day In Day Out on Saturday Aug. 13, 2022.

Review: Seattle’s Day In Day Out festival steps out of Capitol Hill Block Party’s shadow in focused year 2

Photography

Seattle Sounders FC Defender Yéimar Gomez Andrade moves the ball during a game against Real Salt Lake in Seattle, WA on August 14, 2022.
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Photos: Sounders host Real Salt Lake VIEW

Longacres Mile at Emerald Downs – 081422 Slew’s Tiz Whiz with jockey Jose Zunino aboard comes home in first place during the Longacres Mile at Emerald Downs, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022, in Auburn, Wash. 221251
Horse Racing

Photos: The 2022 Longacres Mile at Emerald Downs VIEW

T-Mobile Park – Seattle Mariners vs. New York Yankees – 080922 Seattle Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford celebrates as he runs into the dugout after getting the final out of the top of the second inning, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, in Seattle, Wash. 221221
Sports

Photos: Mariners beat Yanks in extra inning battle VIEW

Stan Sayres Pits – Safari Sunday hydroplane racing – 080722 The log boom is obscured by heat waves as the Miss HomeStreet Bank boat comes back into the pits after the second H1 Unlimited Heat, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022, in Seattle, Wash. 221111
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