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With restaurants reopening for indoor dining at limited capacity, will you be returning to a restaurant anytime soon? Why or why not? Tell us by filling in this Seattle Times reader survey. Top Featured Tags: – Washington News Press Release Distribution Service

NEW YORK (AP) — Kawhi Leonard scored 28 points and the Los Angeles Clippers rang up the highest point total of the season against the NBA’s leading defense, beating the New York Knicks 129-115 on Sunday for their 10th win in 11 games. The Clippers shredded the NBA leaders in fewest points per game allowed…

ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Every May 8 for the last four years — and, he vows, every one going forward — freestyle skier Colby Stevenson could be found in a similar setting: hanging out with friends, usually on top of a mountain somewhere. It’s his “celebrate life” day, a reminder of how everything can change…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Rhyne Howard scored 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and No. 15 Kentucky closed the game with an 11-2 run to defeat Missouri 61-55 on Sunday. In the final three minutes, after the Tigers scored nine straight pints to take a 53-50 lead, the Wildcats were 9 of 10 from the…

Here’s what’s happening Saturday with the pandemic in the U.S.: THREE THINGS TO KNOW TODAY: — An Associated Press analysis shows that Black people in many parts of the U.S. are lagging behind whites in receiving COVID-19 vaccinations. Statistics released by 17 states and two cities tell the same story: Through Jan. 25, Black people…

CULLOWHEE, N.C. (AP) — Noah Gurley had 17 points to lead five Furman players in double figures as the Paladins topped Western Carolina 75-69 on Saturday. Alex Hunter added 16 points for the Paladins (11-5, 5-2 Southern Conference). Mike Bothwell chipped in 13, Clay Mounce scored 13 and Jalen Slawson had 12. Cory Hightower had…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Qudus Wahab made a jumper with 1:16 remaining to give Georgetown the lead en route to a 73-72 win over Providence on Saturday. Chudier Bile registered 19 points to lead the Hoyas. Bile hit 10 of 12 free throws. Jamorko Pickett had 12 points for Georgetown (4-8, 2-5 Big East Conference), which…

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ___ False claims target Bible used for Biden’s presidential inauguration CLAIM: President Joe Biden…

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said Friday he has named a former state comptroller as an independent investigator into allegations that inmates in a state women’s prison were beaten and sexually assaulted by corrections officers, adding that a criminal investigation is underway. Murphy, a Democrat, said during an unrelated news conference…

The U.S. Department of Justice closes the Trump administration’s investigation into the city of Seattle racial justice training. Top Featured Tags: – Washington News Press Release Distribution Service

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas abortion rights opponents and supporters are so confident that a proposed anti-abortion constitutional amendment will make it onto next year’s primary ballot that they’ve already begun previewing their pitches to voters, including one that suggests such an amendment would hurt the state’s businesses. Ahead of the state Senate’s planned debate…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia’s police commissioner is defending her department and the city’s response to days of widespread protests against police brutality last summer in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May. Commissioner Danielle Outlaw held a news conference Thursday to answer harsh criticism of her direct decision-making issued…

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Freshman forward Matt Cross has left the Miami Hurricanes’ program, the latest personnel loss for a reeling team plagued by injuries. No reason was given when Miami made the announcement Thursday. Cross started nine games, ranked fifth on the team in points and fourth in rebounds, and shot 20 for…

Although the number of serious-injury collisions in Seattle fell to the lowest in at least a decade, nearly as many people died in 2020 as in 2019. Of the 24 people killed last year, 13 were pedestrians. Top Featured Tags: – Washington News Press Release Distribution Service

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Opponents of abortion joined with some of South Carolina’s most powerful Republican politicians to mark what they think may be the end of a long fight to pass a bill that would ban almost all abortions in the state. The governor, House Speaker and Senate Majority leader gathered in the lobby…

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Local officials and residents in New Mexico’s oil patches are anxious as the Biden administration takes aim at the oil and natural gas industry with a series of new executive orders. But the state’s two U.S. senators are supporting the actions, saying it’s time to rethink the nation’s energy policies. Democrat…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Washington, D.C., judge on Tuesday issued an emergency order preventing the release from custody of a Georgia woman involved in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Lisa Eisenhart is accused of breaking into the Capitol with her son, Eric Munchel of Nashville, Tennessee, who was photographed carrying flexible…

ATLANTA (AP) — Brian Snitker choked back tears as he remembered Hank Aaron’s affection for those who didn’t possess his unparalleled talent on the baseball field. During his post-playing career running the Atlanta Braves farm system, the Hammer had a penchant for looking beyond the can’t-miss prospects. “He always wanted to move a player up,…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A police officer in a Milwaukee suburb who resigned after being involved in his third fatal shooting in five years has been hired as a sheriff’s deputy. Joseph Mensah was hired in Waukesha County after an extensive review that found his use of force was proper in all three shootings, Sheriff Eric…

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — A hate crime charge has been added to attempted murder in the case of a gay Louisiana teenager who was attacked by another teen he met on a dating app last year. Police initially said the evidence did not support a hate crime in the attack on Holden White, who spent…

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. MOVIES — An intimate melodrama set in England just before the outbreak of World War II, “The Dig” is the kind of well-crafted, well-acted period drama not unearthed so often. Simon Stone’s adaptation…

With more female referees now in the NBA than ever before, it was only a matter of time before two women would be scheduled to work the same game. And Monday is that day. Natalie Sago and Jenna Schroeder make up two-thirds of the crew assigned to the Charlotte at Orlando game, the first time…