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The headquarters for the Tacoma Police Department is shown Thursday, May 27, 2021, in Tacoma, Wash., south of Seattle. The Washington state attorney general on Thursday charged two Tacoma police officers with murder and another with manslaughter in the death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who died after repeatedly telling officers he couldn't breathe as he was being restrained on March 3, 2020, in Tacoma. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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3 Tacoma officers plead not guilty in death of Manuel Ellis

Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins and Timothy Rankine appeared in orange jumpsuits.

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2020, file photo, Idaho Gov. Brad Little gestures during a press conference at the Statehouse in Boise, Idaho. Gov. Little has issued an executive order repealing a mask-mandate prohibition put in place while he was out of the state by the lieutenant governor, describing her actions as a tyrannical abuse of power and an "irresponsible, self-serving political stunt." The Republican governor on Friday, May 28, 2021, rescinded Republican Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin's executive action taken Thursday. (Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman via AP, File)

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Idaho governor nixes lieutenant governor’s mask-mandate ban

In fact, he called it a tyrannical abuse of power and an “irresponsible, self-serving political stunt.”

FILE - In this May 19, 2021, file photo, Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin announces her candidacy to become governor of Idaho at a rally on the Statehouse steps in Boise, Idaho. Lt. Gov. McGeachin on Thursday, May 27, 2021, issued an executive order banning mask mandates statewide among state political entities and schools. McGeachin is acting governor while Republican Gov. Brad Little is out of state at the Republican Governors Association conference. (Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman via AP, File)

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Idaho lieutenant governor bans masks while governor is away

The order applies to government buildings, public schools and libraries, but not hospitals.

A sign that reads “Gone but not forgotten” is shown on a cross displayed May 27 at a memorial that has been established at the intersection in Tacoma, where Manuel “Manny” Ellis died on March 3, 2020, after he was restrained by police officers. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Murder charges filed against Tacoma cops in Black man’s death

The final words spoken by Manuel Ellis — “I can’t breathe, sir!” — were captured by a home…

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Ex-State Patrol sergeant decertified over sex on duty

Some of the encounters were deemed nonconsensual. Also, he’s married to the patrol chief’s daughter.

FILE - This Nov. 7, 2017, file photo provided by the National Park Service shows a wolf in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. The Humane Society and other groups filed a legal petition Wednesday, May 26, 2021, asking Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to use her emergency authority to return thousands of wolves in the region to the endangered species list. (Jacob W. Frank/National Park Service via AP, File)

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New wolf killing laws trigger push to revive US protections

A petition seeks to restore protections in all or parts of Idaho, Eastern Washington, Eastern Oregon and elsewhere.

FILE - In this May 2, 2021, file photo, Austin Kennedy, left, a Seattle Sounders season ticket holder, gets the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic in a concourse at Lumen Field prior to an MLS soccer match between the Sounders and the Los Angeles Galaxy. Air travel in the U.S. hit its highest mark since COVID-19 took hold more than 13 months ago, while European Union officials are proposing to ease restrictions on visitors to the continent as the vaccine rollout sends new cases and deaths tumbling in more affluent countries. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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Seattle shutting down mass vaccination sites; 60% vaccinated

Clinics at Lumen Field, Rainier Beach, West Seattle and North Seattle College will close in June.

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FAA sees increase in violent conduct at airports, on planes

More than half of the reported cases involved a dispute over masks.

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Washington asks state high court to uphold tax on big banks

The 1.2% business and occupation surtax applies to banks that make more than $1 billion in annual profits.

Amber Coole, right, a medical assistant with Peninsula Community Health Services, gives Omar Rodas, left, the first shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, Tuesday, May 25, 2021, in the galley area of a Washington state ferry sailing from Bremerton, Wash. to Seattle. Tuesday was the first day of several dates that the vaccine would be offered to people on ferry sailings between the two cities. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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COVID vaccinations offered aboard Washington ferries

Shots will be available aboard the Seattle-Bremerton run.

One of three bobcats, that were orphaned, looks back after leaving its crate and heads back into the wild on Thursday, May 20, 2021 in Acme, Washington. The bobcats were cared for the past year at the PAWS Wildlife Center in Lynnwood. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

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Orphaned bobcats get a second chance at life in the wild

The trio was brought to PAWS in Lynnwood, where they grew and learned to hunt. Then they were…

Kaloni Bolton, 12, died from an asthma attack after waiting over an hour for help at an urgent care center in Renton. (Kristina Williams)

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Girl dies from asthma waiting for help at Renton urgent care

The family of Kaloni Bolton, 12, wants answers to why the urgent care staff didn’t treat her.

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Federally administered vaccinations not in statewide count

More than 600,000 active-duty military and veterans live in Washington, or about 8% of the population.

FILE - In this March 3, 2020, file photo, is the Iron Gate Dam, powerhouse and spillway are on the lower Klamath River near Hornbrook, Calif. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation said this week that it won't release water into the main canal that feeds the massive Klamath Project irrigation system, marking the first time in 114 years that no water has flowed in the so-called A Canal. The agency announced last month that irrigators would get dramatically less water than usual, but a worsening drought picture means water will be completely shut off instead, the agency said. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus, File)

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Water crisis ‘couldn’t be worse’ on Oregon-California border

Irrigators have reacted with disbelief as the news of a water shut-off in the canals spread.

This Dec. 16, 2017 photo shows passengers lounging in the observation car of Amtrak's Coast Starlight on the way from Los Angeles to Seattle. The scenic 35-hour route travels from southern California to Seattle. (AP Photo/Nicole Evatt)

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Amtrak resumes routes, including Everett Empire Builder stop

Increased routes will include trips between Seattle and Chicago, Los Angeles, Portland and Eugene.

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Man, daughters suffer carbon monoxide poisoning on boat

Family members were hospitalized in Seattle after experiencing dizziness, delirium and loss of consciousness.

Former Attorney General Rob McKenna, who is serving as outside counsel for daily fantasy sports betting sites FanDuel and DraftKings, testifies before the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee in Olympia, Wash.,n Friday, Nov. 20, 2015. McKenna said that he sees little difference between daily, weekly or season-long betting, calling all a game of skill. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte)

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Second lawsuit seeks to invalidate state capital gains tax

Former Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna argues it is an illegal income tax.

In this photo taken Wednesday, May 30, 2018, a sail boat maneuvers near a large cruise ship near Juneau, Alaska. Congress has voted to let large cruise ships sail directly from Washington state to Alaska without stopping in Canada, a step that could clear the way for cruises later this year. The legislation approved by the House on Thursday, May 20, 2021 goes to President Joe Biden, who is expected to sign it. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, file)

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Seattle-to-Alaska cruises are expected to resume in July

The legislation approved by the House will go to President Joe Biden, who is expected to sign it.

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All Washington counties move to Phase 3 reopening

Cowlitz, Ferry, Pierce and Whitman counties were previously in Phase 2.

This May 18, 2021, photo, provided by Allen Minish shows lacerations on Minish's head as he recuperates at a hospital in Anchorage, Alaska, following a mauling by a brown bear. The bear charged Minish after a chance encounter in a wooded area near Gulkana, Alaska, and he estimated the encounter lasted less than 10 seconds. (Courtesy of Allen Minish via AP)

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10 seconds of terror: Alaska man survives brown bear mauling

The encounter left him with a puncture wound in his scalp so deep that the doctor said he…