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A 55-person delegation of aerospace suppliers, business leaders and workforce development officials will attend the Farnborough International Airshow in the United Kingdom. The event starts Monday, runs for five days, and is the second-largest expo of its kind after the Paris Air Show.

Washington delegation jets off to UK airshow, hoping new deals will take flight As the state wrestles with a cash-squeezed budget, Washington’s Department of Commerce is deploying staff and a state lawmaker to one of the world’s biggest air shows in hopes it will deliver rewards for the local aerospace industry.

Since the video of Jimothy was posted on Instagram earlier this week, it has racked up more than 10 million views across social media. Jimothy has emerged as a pop culture icon overnight, becoming the subject of clothing merchandise, artwork and slogans.

‘Hot Jimothy summer.’ Why a quirky raccoon is taking Seattle and the internet by storm A video just a few seconds long and accompanied by a simple question, “What am I looking at?” was enough to turn a Seattle raccoon into a global internet sensation this week.