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Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Wade LeBlanc throws to a Chicago White Sox batter during the first inning of a baseball game Friday, July 20, 2018, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

LeBlanc, relievers shut down White Sox in Mariners’ 3-1 win

By DOUG MILLER - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 27, 2018, file photo, Seattle Mariners manager Scott Servais walks in the dugout during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins, in Seattle. The Seattle Mariners have given manager Scott Servais a multiyear contract extension with the club in position to potentially end the longest current playoff drought in the four major pro sports. Seattle announced the extension for Servais on Friday, July 20, 2018, with the Mariners sitting at 58-39 and holding the second wild-card spot in the American League with the second half of the season about to begin. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Mariners give manager Scott Servais multiyear extension

By TIM BOOTH - Associated Press

Loyd scores season-high 31 points, Storm beat Sun 78-65

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NRA, others sue Seattle over gun-storage law

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FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2011 file photo, lead Singer of Soundgarden Chris Cornell poses for photographs on the red carpet as he arrives for the movie &quot;Machine Gun Preacher&quot; at the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto. The late grunge pioneer will be remembered in the city where he was born. Cornell’s wife, Vicky, on Friday, July 20, 2018, announced a statue will be erected on Aug. 29 at Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture. The announcement comes on what would have been Cornell’s 54th birthday.(AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan Denette, File)

Statue honoring Chris Cornell to be erected in Seattle

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FILE - In this Saturday, July 2, 2016 file photo, Dallas Wings' Odyssey Sims (0) defends as Connecticut Sun's Alex Bentley (20) moves to the basket in the second half of an WNBA basketball game in Arlington, Texas. Alex Bentley is happy to be back in familiar surroundings following her surprising trade to Atlanta from Connecticut on Monday, July 9, 2018. The former All-Star guard had spent the past five seasons with the Sun after getting traded there from Atlanta following her rookie season. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

Bentley returns to Atlanta, happy for change of scenery

By DOUG FEINBERG - Associated Press

Colorado Rockies starter Jon Gray watches a pitch to a Seattle Mariners batter during the eighth inning of a baseball game Saturday, July 14, 2018, in Denver. Colorado won 4-1. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Gray’s strong outing leads Rockies past Mariners, 4-1

By DENNIS GEORGATOS - Associated Press

This May 23, 2018, file photo shows plastic drinking straws in New York. The European Union is proposing bans on plastic products like cotton buds, straws, stirs and balloon sticks when alternatives are easily available in an attempt to cut marine litter. (AP Photo/Barbara Woike, File)

Plastic straw bans won’t save oceans, alarm disabled people

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Garrett Richards delivers against an Seattle Mariners batter during the first inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Tuesday, July 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)

Angels place Richards on disabled list due to UCL damage

By DOUG PADILLA - Associated Press

Beard lifts Sparks to 77-75 OT win over Seattle

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In this June 19, 2018 photo, paper straws sit at Duke Moscrip, owner of Duke's Restaurants, bar at his restaurant in Seattle. Businesses that sell food or drinks won’t be allowed to offer the plastic items under a rule that went into effect Sunday, July 1. (Greg Gilbert/The Seattle Times via AP)

Seattle bans plastic straws, utensils at restaurants, bars

By PHUONG LE - Associated Press

Athletes gear up for Special Olympics USA Games in Seattle

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In this April 16, 2018, file photo, Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation, talks to the media after a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Barbs for Bezos but Bill Gates largely admired in Seattle

By SALLY HO - Associated Press

In this June 12, 2018 photo, Seattle residents Garrett Kelly, left and Jeremy Puma, sitting next to the Time Travel Mailbox located at 20th and Union, are creating a crowd sourced map of Liminal Seattle that shows people all the magical and liminal places in town. Kelly found a message in the mailbox thanking the recipient for believing in time travel. (Mike Siegel/The Seattle Times via AP)

Explore Seattle with map of sites known for ‘high weirdness’

By CHRISTINE CLARRIDGE - Associated Press

Former ICE chief lawyer in Seattle gets 4 years for ID theft

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

Melvin and Iris, both from Honduras, tell of their separation from their children at the border during a news conference at the Annunciation House, Monday, June 25, 2018, in El Paso, Texas. 32 parents waiting to be reconciled with their children have been released by Border Patrol the the Annunciation House. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Judge: Separated families must be reunited within 30 days

By ELLIOT SPAGAT and MICHAEL BALSAMO and WILL WEISSERT - Associated Press

Seattle’s ban on plastic straws, utensils begins in July

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Seattle voters to decide $620M education levy in November

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Members of the College Republicans at the University of Washington eat pizza and other snacks as they watch a broadcast of President Donald Trump as he gives his State of the Union speech during an on-campus viewing party, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

University of Washington to pay $122,500 to settle UW College Republicans’ free-speech lawsuit

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Demonstrators opposing the repeal of a tax on large companies such as Amazon and Starbucks that was intended to combat a growing homelessness crisis hold a sign that reads &quot;Tax Amazon&quot; as they wait for the start of a Seattle City Council meeting, Tuesday, June 12, 2018, at City Hall in Seattle. Members of the Council were expected to vote Tuesday on whether or not to repeal the tax. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Will Amazon’s work to kill Seattle tax spook other cities?

By PHUONG LE - Associated Press