Matthew Beniers played for gold-medal-winning Team USA at the IIHF World Junior Championship in January and again against NHL players at the IIHF World Championship in May. (Rena Laverty/USA Hockey’s NTDP / TNS)
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Dawn Bennett, left, Angela Smith and Grace Brown are three of eight Black women suing Seattle for alleged discrimination while working for Parks and Recreation. Brown spent more than 30 years as a laborer, mostly cleaning park bathrooms, without being promoted once. Bennett has struggled to secure promotions over more than 20 years working in recreation. Smith has yet to be promoted during her 17 years working in recreation. Friday, June 11, 2021 217359
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KENT – INSIDE OUT MARKET – 071021 People explore different vendors during the ‘Inside Out’ open-air dining and marketplace” on Saturday, July 10, 2021 in Kent. The event featured music, live entertainment, outdoor dining, art and more.
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FILE – In this July 16, 2019, file photo, Herschel Walker talks about 150 years of college football during the NCAA college football Southeastern Conference Media Day in Hoover, Ala. Walker appears to have a coveted political profile for a potential Senate candidate in Georgia. (AP Photo/Butch Dill, File) WX302 WX302
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FILE – In this May 12, 2021, file photo Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., speaks to reporters in Washington. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has named House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson as the head of a new select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. She also picked Cheney as a member. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) WX101 WX101
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FILE – In this Tuesday, May 25, 2021, file photo, travelers watch a JetBlue Airways aircraft taxi away from a gate at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport†ahead of Memorial Day weekend, in Arlington, Va. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., who chairs the Senate Commerce Committee, sent letters Friday, July 16, 2021, to the CEOs of American, Southwest, Delta, JetBlue, Republic and Allegiant. She wrote that she is concerned by reports that have highlighted the role of worker shortages in a surge of delayed and canceled flights. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) NYPH803 NYPH803

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Chef Kristi Brown of That Brown Girl Cooks! Brown shared a roasted salmon croquettes recipe with tangy remoulade. “My Mom used canned salmon, but since we’re in the Great Northwest and it’s salmon season!!! Issa upgrade!” wrote Brown. Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020 215261

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Macail Eaton (CQ) gets a quick-fix to her homemade protest vessel “Defiler of the Seas” as passengers line up to board a Celebrity cruise ship at Pier 66. Protesters want the city to envision a cruise-free Salish Sea saying the ships are three times as polluting as airplanes per passenger mile and harm marine ecosystems. They say the city’s cruise industry has an immense carbon footprint. Many protesters are with 350 Seattle, a climate change organization. Ref to more photos online Cruise Free Salish Sea protest Friday July 23, 2021 217732
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Broadcaster Dominic Moore tosses a fish as part of the announcement of the Kraken’s inaugural team Wednesday. The NHL’s Expansion Draft for the Seattle Kraken was held Wednesday, July 21, 2021 at Gas Works Park in Seattle, WA. 217659
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Don’t look now, but it’s liftoff for Fernando Botero’s sculpture “Adam” as it’s installed at the corner of Second Avenue and Madison Street. Shawn Dawley with NessCampbell Crane + Rigging signals the crane operator. “Adam,” a 1996 sculpture is estimated to weigh about 1,600-pounds. It’ll stand at the former Federal Reserve Building, now a Martin Selig property. Botero is a Colombian artist known for his large figures and forms. Also installed one block north on Saturday was Catherine Mayer’s “What Goes Up Must Come Down,” a giant paddleball at the corner of Second Avenue and Spring Street. It’s about 42-feet. Both installations by ArtSite Ref to more photos online of both sculptures Saturday July 17, 2021 LO Linesonly 217675
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BALLARD – DOG ADOPTION – LO-LINES ONLY-071121 Kevin Moore, 29, and Carolina Templeton, 29, pet Lois, a 14 week old Cattle and Chihuahua mix dog during a dog adoption event outside of Hot Cakes on Sunday, July 11, 2021 in Ballard. Hot Cakes donated 50% of the day’s sales to Dog Gone Seattle to aid their efforts to save homeless dogs from high-kill shelters through rescue, foster, and adoption.
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