Washington State head coach Nick Rolovich watches the second half of a game against Oregon State on Oct. 9 in Pullman. (Young Kwak / The Associated Press)
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Betie Tesfaye, R. N., gives a COVID shot to basketball player and Highline College student Rakim Nelson at the college Monday, October 11, 2021. Johnson & Johnson, Maderna and Pfizer vaccines, as well as booster shots, are available there every Monday from 10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. to anyone who would like one. They have been available at the campus since August and will continue to be there until next year. Any K-12 educators/school staff, health care workers or state workers will have to be fully vaccinated by Oct. 18 if they want to keep their jobs (with some leeway depending on union negotiations). Highline College is located at 2400 S 240th St. in Des Moines. 218481
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FILE — President Donald Trump fist bumps Herschel Walker, a former NFL player, at an event about Black economic empowerment in Atlanta, Sept. 25, 2020. A dizzying amount of money is already pouring into the battles for the House and the Senate more than a year before the 2022 elections. Walker, who was encouraged to run in Georgia’s Senate race by Trump, raised $3.7 million in a little more than a month. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times) XNYT8 XNYT8
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Former first lady and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, middle, exits the University of California Irvine Medical Center in Orange, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. Former President Bill Clinton was admitted to the Southern California hospital Tuesday with an infection but he is “on the mend,” his spokesman said. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) CADD401 CADD401
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**EMBARGO: No electronic distribution, Web posting or street sales before SATURDAY 3:01 a.m. ET OCT. 16, 2021. No exceptions for any reasons. EMBARGO set by source.** Jarrel Hughes, an educator, greets achildren arrive as they arrive for after-school programs in New York, Oct. 4, 2021. Hughes woke up on Sept. 23 and turned on the local news. That was how he learned the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for educators like him in the city’s public school system had been upheld in court. (James Estrin/The New York Times) XNYT156

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During breaks in the football action, the Ballard High marching band plays short and crisp in the Memorial Stadium stands. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)
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A kayaker paddles on Lake Washington in front of Mount Rainier, cloaked in high-elevation snow as seen from Seward Park earlier this week. The mountain passes may see snow in the coming days as the freezing levels are forecast to descend to 3,500 feet starting Sunday night and continuing through Wednesday. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)
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