Franz Kline’s “Painting No. 11,” seen here above the couch in the Lang family home in Medina, was the first piece of art purchased by Jane Lang Davis and Richard E. Lang for their collection. (Spike Mafford / Zocalo Studios)
Franz Kline's "Painting No. 11," seen here above the couch in the Lang family home in Medina, is one of 19 artworks from the Lang Collection being gifted to Seattle Art Museum. (Spike Mafford / Zocalo Studios)

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FAA chief Steve Dickson walks around a Boeing 737 MAX, conducting a pre-flight check ahead of take-off from Boeing Field in Seattle on September 30, 2020. Dickson, who previously flew for Delta Air Lines, is piloting the plane on a planned two-hour test flight, one of the final steps before he grants approval for the MAX to fly passengers again. The MAX has been grounded since March 2019, after the second of two deadly crashes that killed 346 people. The MAX Dickson is flying includes flight control design changes to prevent the scenario that played out on the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines crash flights. 215162
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Caterina Salvi, 90, waits visits inside a protective inflatable plastic tunnel at the Martino Zanchi nursing home in Alzano Lombardo, northern Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. The protective tunnel was set up to allow home residents to have personal contact with their families and still stay safe respecting the anti-COVID-19 precautions. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) XDS102 XDS102

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Our food critic Tan Vinh ranks the Catfish po-boy sandwich as Le’s Deli in Othello as one of the best sammies he ate this month. Catfish po boy sandwich from Le’s Deli & Bakery in the New Holly area, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, in Seattle. 21xxxx

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Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021 Gene Moy, Army Veteran from 1941 to 1945 at 103-years-old is thought to be oldest living Chinese American Veteran. Today Moy received his second dose of COVID-19 vaccine at the Seattle VA Puget Sound Health Care Hospital. “I feel like a movie star” said Gene as cameras clicked away. 216465
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Singing for their supper: California sea lions serenade outside the waterway leading to the Hiram Chittenden Locks yesterday. They could be craving succulent winter steelhead returning to Puget Sound at this time. All of these sea lions are males; their mates are staying with their young in the Channel Islands of California. LO LO 216418
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Hanh Nguyen, attends the first day of the Lunar New Year, commencing the Year of the Ox, at the Ksitigarbha Temple in Lynnwood, Wash. Friday, Feb. 12, 2021.”I feel excited for the new year coming up,” she says. “Last year was the worst year ever.” Nguyen said she lost several people during 2020, and hoped for health and good luck for everyone in her family. 216386
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