The crew of the Pinnacle pulls up a crab pot from beneath an ice floe on Jan. 21 in the Bering Sea southwest of St. Matthew Island. Sea ice can damage buoys and make it hard to find the crab pots. (Loren Holmes / Anchorage Daily News)
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With their seasons canceled, crabbers want to know what’s going on in the Bering Sea

After snow and king crab seasons were scuttled because of low population surveys, some crabbers are urging further regulation of other fishing fleets. Updated

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Politics

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) holds a press conference with Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) celebrating Senator Raphael Warnock’s re-election in Georgia and the new 51-49 majority that Democrats will hold in the chamber beginning in January, in Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. Schumer attributed Warnock’s victory to a public realization that Republican candidates were too extreme, particularly in the wake of the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson, which eliminated the constitutional right to abortion. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times) XNYT47 XNYT47

Schumer reelected Senate leader after Dems expand majority

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Former Seahawk Doug Baldwin has long been active in social justice issues and criminal justice reform. He’s recently been appointed to the state Clemency Board, which makes recommendations to the governor on whether or not incarcerated individuals should receive pardons or clemency. —— Photographed at Vault89 in Renton on Nov. 15, 2022.

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Mental Health

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Business & Tech

Amazon boxes during a delivery in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. Amazon.com Inc.’s two-day Prime Day sale kicks off on Tuesday and is expected to give the world’s largest e-commerce company an early advantage over brick-and-mortar rivals still contending with pandemic-spooked consumers wary of battling Black Friday crowds. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg 775576481

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Nation & World

Office workers in London, watch the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s controversial documentary being aired on Netflix Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. Britain’s monarchy is bracing for more bombshells to be lobbed over the palace gates as Netflix releases the first three episodes of a new series. The show “Harry & Meghan” promises to tell the “full truth” about Prince Harry and his wife Meghan’s estrangement from the royal family. The series debuted Thursday. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP) LON801 LON801

Harry and Meghan slam British tabloids in new Netflix series VIEW

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Food & Drink

The Rainy Day Reuben at Louski’s Deli in Skykomish is available whether or not the power is out in the small town, as Louski’s is the only restaurant in the town with a generator.

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Martha Bellisle, an AP global investigations reporter by day and a top-flight biathlon athlete, trains on roller-skis for a competition on a trail on the east side of Lake Sammamish Monday, November 28, 2022. 222302

This Issaquah investigative reporter doubles as a decorated biathlete

Photography

Hundreds of Boeing employees line the fence to witness the final Boeing 747 aircraft as it rollouts out of its hangar at the Everett factory, Tuesday night, Dec. 6, 2022. The 747-8 freighter, which is the model of this aircraft, can hold approximately 19 million ping-pong balls or golf balls. 222295
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Tyler Slater tosses a crab pot into the water off the Edmonds Fishing Pier on a chilly evening Edmonds on December 3, 2022. Slater is hoping to catch red rock crab or dungeness crab using chicken, squid and herring for bait. The recreational crab fishing season is open in this area until December 31st.
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Members of the Seattle SeaCordsmen finish off a carol with smiles during the 37th Annual Great Figgy Pudding Caroling Celebration at Pike Place Market on Friday night. The competition benefits the Pike Market Senior Center & Food Bank. 222197
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