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Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant (24) points to a player behind him after making a basket in the closing seconds against the Orlando Magic in Game 2 of the NBA basketball finals in Los Angeles. Bryant, the 18-time NBA All-Star who won five championships and became one of the greatest basketball players of his generation during a 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, died in a helicopter crash Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. He was 41. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, 2009) — Kobe Bryant, an 18-time NBA All-Star who won five championships and became one of the greatest basketball players of his generation during a 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, died in a helicopter crash Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. He was 41.

Matt Calkins

Kobe Bryant’s greatness was the glue that helped bond so many basketball fans

And his sudden death Sunday should remind us all to not take for granted those around us.

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Tanya Tucker, left, and Brandi Carlile accept the award for best country song for “Bring My Flowers Now” at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP) CAGB509 CAGB509

Music

‘It’s one of the great honors of my life’: Brandi Carlile helps Tanya Tucker win her first Grammy, and adds to her own haul

On music's biggest night, Brandi Carlile added another two trophies to her collection, while Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament and his brother Barry won a Grammy for best recording package for their art direction on the “Chris Cornell” double album.

The Elephant Car Wash, located at 616 Battery St, is photographed Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. 212312

Pacific NW Magazine

Seattle’s Queen of Neon: Meet the designer of the city’s most iconic signs — from the Elephant Car Wash to Dick’s Drive-In

A real-life Rosie the Riveter designed several of Seattle’s most revered signs, starting back in the 1940s. Her name was Beatrice Haverfield, and her creative work has helped shape Seattle’s metropolitan identity. VIEW

A fledgling peregrine falcon under goes a medical check up at PAWS Wildlife Center in Lynnwood. PAWS received three fledgling peregrine falcons taken from a nest in Boeing’s Renton assembly plant this summer. Boeing, wildlife officials and falcon experts are working to remove the adults from the assembly plant while the 737 MAX is out of production.

Local News

Boeing’s assembly plant is shuttered amid 737 MAX crisis. Now the company has a falcon problem.

Dark days are afoot at Boeing’s Renton assembly plant. The 737 MAX remains grounded, some workers have shuffled off to other job sites and headlines about engineering problems linger after crashes killed hundreds. But with production of the troubled jet on hold, the company hopes for one last flight — from the creatures who invented... New 6:00 am