Driven by his faith and remorse, FAA safety engineer Joe Jacobsen is going public with his concerns about the FAA’s certification of Boeing’s 737 MAX. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)
Driven by his faith and remorse, FAA safety engineer Joe Jacobsen is going public with his concerns about the FAA’s certification of Boeing’s 737 MAX. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)
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Pedestrian checks their phones in downtown Seattle off Pike Street and 2nd Avenue on Thursday. Sensor surveillance technology is located at more than 300 intersections throughout downtown and is tracking people’s every movement through their cell phones. Thursday, March 4, 2021. 216350
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Jacquetta McGowen is looking for reasons to send her 14-year-old son back to school when it reopens. But concerns about physical safety and past incidents of racism, she said, put that in doubt: “The negative is winning.” (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)
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On 3rd and 10, Puca Nacua goes for 65 yards for a touchdown on a Dylan Morris pass in the 1st quarter. The University of Arizona Wildcats played the University of Washington Huskies in Pac-12 football Saturday, November 21, 2020 at Husky Stadium in Seattle, WA. 215716
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Meadows of wildflowers frame the Pacific Crest Trail as Mount Adams emerges in the distance. Credit: Joshua M. Powell/Courtesy Sasquatch Books (from the facing page of the title page of “The Pacific Crest Trail: A Visual Compendium” by Joshua M. Powell)
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FILE – In this Jan. 7, 2021, file photo, the Legislative Building is shown partially shrouded in fog at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Washington state’s richest residents, including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, would pay a wealth tax on certain financial assets worth more than $1 billion under a proposed bill whose sponsor says she is seeking a fair and equitable tax code. Under the bill, starting Jan. 1, 2022, for taxes due in 2023, a 1% tax would be levied not on income, but on “extraordinary” assets ranging from cash, publicly traded options, futures contracts, and stocks and bonds. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
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Exterior shot of the now closed Red Lion hotel in Renton where Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC) is housing over 200 homeless people, shot Monday, May 11, 2020. DESC is a non-profit Seattle organization that provides services for Seattle’s homeless population. At this point, the group has a 90-day lease at the location. 213925
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A undated photo provided by the Department of Defense, shows Gen. Jacqueline D. Van Ovost of the Air Force, left, and Lt. Gen. Laura J. Richardson of the Army. Promotions for female generals were delayed over fears of then President Donald Trump’s reaction. (Department of Defense via The New York Times) — FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY.

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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) rides an elevator at the Capitol in Washington on Friday, March 5, 2021. President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package ground to a halt in the Senate as Manchin, a crucial moderate, balked at a compromise on jobless aid, highlighting the difficulties of governing in a 50-50 chamber. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times) XNYT219 XNYT219
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FILE – In this Jan. 7, 2021, file photo, the Legislative Building is shown partially shrouded in fog at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Washington state’s richest residents, including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, would pay a wealth tax on certain financial assets worth more than $1 billion under a proposed bill whose sponsor says she is seeking a fair and equitable tax code. Under the bill, starting Jan. 1, 2022, for taxes due in 2023, a 1% tax would be levied not on income, but on “extraordinary” assets ranging from cash, publicly traded options, futures contracts, and stocks and bonds. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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Pope Francis, surrounded by shells of destroyed churches, leads a prayer for the victims of war at Hosh al-Bieaa Church Square, in Mosul, Iraq, once the de-facto capital of IS, Sunday, March 7, 2021. The long 2014-2017 war to drive IS out left ransacked homes and charred or pulverized buildings around the north of Iraq, all sites Francis visited on Sunday. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) xds150 xds150

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Carolyn Smith, 65, gets her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the UW Neighborhood Clinic in Kent/Des Moines Saturday February 27, 2021. “I feel great, I’ve been waiting for this for so long,” said Smith, who said she had been struggling with the confinement of quarantine. “I just want to be free, go shopping, do what I want to do.” Patients for the pop-up clinic were invited with a call or text message to sign up for appointments, in an effort to vaccinate harder-to-reach communities in South King County. Smith said she got a phone call about the clinic and was able to book an appointment that way, something she had been stressing out about being able to do. 216510

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Chef Monica Dimas at her restaurant Little Neon Taco in First Hill Sunday November 15, 2020. Governor Jay Inslee has ordered indoor dining to be shut down soon as part of sweeping new restrictions to curb a deadly swell of cases of COVID-19. 215666

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Meadows of wildflowers frame the Pacific Crest Trail as Mount Adams emerges in the distance. Credit: Joshua M. Powell/Courtesy Sasquatch Books (from the facing page of the title page of “The Pacific Crest Trail: A Visual Compendium” by Joshua M. Powell)

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MARINERS FILE — Pitcher Logan Gilbert starts on the mound for their intrasquad game as the Seattle Mariners continue Summer Camp training at T-Mobile Park in Seattle Saturday July 11, 2020. 214448

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Tamra Sherwood reacts to the bracing cold water during an open-water swim at Alki Beach in West Seattle on a snowy Sunday February 14, 2021. 216352

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The Seattle Art Museum reopens featuring Jacob Lawrence in a major traveling exhibition. In the first room of Lawrence works is Rich Black Specimen #460 by Hank Willis Thomas in aluminum with powder coat and automotive paint representing a runaway slave. SAM will be open Fridays through Sundays and next First Thursday in April with free admission all day. Capacity will be limited. This is the fourth stop on a five-city tour, and the only WestCoast stop. For more information see seattleartmuseum.org Ref to more photos online LO Linesonly Friday March 5, 2021 216560
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Rabbi Rafi Mollot, dressed as Haman, and Ari Hoffman, on the horse, dressed as Mordechai, pretend to ride through the streets of Shushan as Haman shouts, “This is what you do for somebody the king wants to honor!” In the story of Purim, the evil leader Haman is tricked into dressing Mordechai in the king’s robes. “One of the themes of the holiday is opposites,” said Hoffman, who said he finally gets to play the good guy in the story for a change. Congregants of Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath synagogue in the Seward Park neighborhood of Seattle celebrate Shushan Purim with candy and pony rides for children Sunday February 28, 2021. Purim is a Jewish holiday that celebrates the saving of their people from a threatened genocide at the hands of an ancient Persian leader, Haman. 216509
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Purim celebrated in Seattle’s Seward Park neighborhood VIEW

Larger than life, a mural of the slain civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., looks out from the corner of East Madison Street at East Pike Street. It’s by artist Lawrence Genette and is part of the Capitol Hill Arts District. Dr. King was only 39-years-old when assassinated: April 4, 1968 in Memphis, He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. (Maybe a Black History Month ref) LO MLK Friday Feb 26, 2021 216505
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Sgt. Darreld Sheppard (CQ) with the Summit Safety Patrol has to climb a berm of snow to get to his office Thursday morning. It was shoveled out later. Ref to more photos online More than 386-inches of snow have fallen this winter at Snoqualmie Pass according to the WSDOT website. and another 30-plus is expected this weekend. (Note: Ck numbers) LO Snow at Snoqualmie Pass Thursday Feb 25, 2021 216500
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