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Extending Thanksgiving — Be part of anti-poverty campaign Volunteer with...

United Way of King County Last year, the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) helped raise 92,000 people above the poverty line in Washington State. The EITC helps alleviate the impact of income taxes by...

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City-sanctioned homeless encampment opens

SEATTLE (AP) — Residents have started moving in to Seattle’s first-ever permitted homeless encampment. The “Tent City Five Interbay” encampment, which can accommodate up to 80 people, opened Nov. 19....

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Vandana Slatter — First Indian American city councilmember in Bellevue has...

By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly Bellevue is the fifth-largest city in Washington and, just a few weeks after this month’s election, its city council continues to reflect the 28 percent of...

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Happy Thanksgiving! (Feliz día de gracias!) — Dual-language education grants...

By Pavan Vangipuram OneAmerica Five Washington School Districts were awarded grants to develop and implement dual-language programs, models that educate students in two languages simultaneously. School...

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Refugee resettlement — Seattle Mayor Ed Murray’s statement about allowing...

“We join with the people of France, of Lebanon, and other countries across the world in mourning the victims of the Paris and Beirut attacks. While I am heartbroken by the recent tragic events, I feel...

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Refugee resettlement — Gov. Jay Inslee’s statement regarding White House...

“Today [Nov. 17] I participated in a briefing with federal officials regarding the policies and protocols in place to screen all refugees – including Syrian refugees – seeking to resettle in the United...

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Teen honored for helping Indian widows ‘Sew a Future’

By Amy Kuperinsky NJ.com PLAINSBORO, N.J. (AP) — It’s not every day that a drone shows up at your front door, drops a package with an iPad in it and whirls away, leaving you a personalized video...

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Japanese dance tradition continues under master instructor

By Steven Mark HONOLULU (AP) — Watching a fan in the hands of Gertrude Yukie Tsutsumi is like watching a feather dance in the breeze. She holds it out like a mirror and lets it fall toward her forearm,...

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Oregon and Washington delay crab season because of toxin

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP)  — Oregon and Washington have joined California in delaying the start of their commercial crab seasons after dangerous toxin levels were found in the crabs. Officials say elevated...

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LETTER: VFA supports embracing refugees

Dear Editor, Recently, there has been a lot of discussion, discourse and, at times, heated debate about the impact and inclusion of refugees and immigrants to the United States. We at the Vietnamese...

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LETTER: There are options for non-immigrant survivors of violence

By Minal Ghassemieh Attorney at Law (WA State) In 2015 women and children are still being forced into dark corners due to domestic violence. As a child survivor of domestic violence, I am all too...

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Singapore woman, son reunited after AP’s ‘McRefugee’

By Kelvin Chan Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — After being tricked into selling her Singapore home and traveling to China to invest the proceeds, Mary Seow eventually found herself homeless in Hong...

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Kim Young-sam, former president of South Korea, dies

AP Wire Service By Hyung-jin Kim SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Former President Kim Young-sam, who formally ended decades of military rule in South Korea and accepted a massive international bailout during...

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China breaks up $64-billion illegal banking network

By Erika Kinetz Associated Press SHANGHAI (AP) — Authorities in China have cracked the country’s biggest-ever underground banking network, which handled illegal foreign exchange transactions worth 410...

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Singapore jails church leader who funded wife’s music career

By Annabelle Liang Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — A Singapore court has sentenced the founder of a popular church to eight years in jail for misappropriating more than $35 million in donations to...

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Sia video features child karate master with Olympic dreams

By Yuri Kageyama Associated Press NAGAOKA, Japan (AP) — She has a soft spot for Duffy the Disney Bear and her favorite food is chocolate. She does her homework before dinner but really loves...

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Lindy Li to make election bid as candidate for U.S. Congress

Lindy Li will be running for the U.S. Congress in 2016 in Philadelphia. If she wins, Li, now age 24, will be the youngest woman elected to the U.S. Congress. The average age is 57 and the youngest...

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Twisp Mayor Soo Ing-Moody honored as Woman of Valor

Twisp mayor Soo Ing-Moody, who helped guide the city through the devastating Washington fires in 2014, was honored at the Women of Valor ceremony held at the Westin Seattle hotel on Nov. 23 and hosted...

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Presentation highlights climate and oppression

A public presentation, “Women of Color Speak Out – Climate Change and the Systems of Oppression” was held by the Ethiopian Community of Seattle on Nov. 18. “Women of Color Speak Out” is a collective of...

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Sung honored for contributions regarding suicide prevention

The Sue Eastgard Training Excellence Award was presented to Jeffrey Sung, M.D., an acting instructor with the UW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and president-elect of the Washington...

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