Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson announced on Thursday a series of initial steps aimed at protecting residents amid increased federal immigration enforcement activity, even as the city says it has no indication of an immediate surge by federal agents.
- “ICE is … totally out of control”: Ferguson, Brown outline plans to protect Washingtonians from federal immigration actions
- The Seahawks are going back to the Super Bowl!
- Ming-Ming Tung-Edelman breaks silence following controversial dismissal from RAI
- Bruce Lee play and Vocal Arts DC join growing list of Kennedy Center cancellations
- Quest for broader representation in history education makes a comeback
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Representing more than one flag: Asian American athletes at the 2026 Winter Olympics
The Winter Olympics will take place next month in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo Italy from Feb. 6-22, 2026.

Japan’s last pair of pandas have arrived back in China
Japan’s last pair of pandas have returned to China, leaving Japan without the lovable bears for the first time in half a century.

Cambodian grandmother faces imminent deportation after four decades in U.S.
A survivor of child abuse, imprisonment and torture in Cambodia is now facing deportation, 44 years after she fled to the US.

First-time Kent City Councilmember Sharn Shoker plans to focus on inclusive governance, BIPOC communities
Following a tough race she won by little more than 200 votes, Sharn Shoker was sworn in on Jan. 6 to represent Position Six on the Kent City Council.

Partial federal shutdown seems increasingly likely as Democrats demand major changes to ICE
Democratic senators are narrowing a list of demands for changes to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement with a partial government shutdown looming by week’s end, hoping to pressure Republicans and the White House as the country reels from the deaths of two people at the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis.
Community
Violent sex offender arrested in CID
Locke honored with Richardson Prize for public service
Padmanabhan to lead ACoM
Starlux, Sorayama launch AIRSORAYAMA
Fentanyl seized after brief chase in CID
WA lawmakers hear proposal to recognize Diwali, Bandi Chhor Divas
Malays in diaspora reimagine identity beyond borders
Sports
Representing more than one flag: Asian American athletes at the 2026 Winter Olympics
The Seahawks are going back to the Super Bowl!
Giants OF Jung Hoo Lee stopped briefly at LAX because of missing travel documents, AP source says
Naomi Osaka makes grand entrance and big fashion statement at Australian Open
Diversity still a major issue at the Winter Olympics. The US is making some strides
National News
Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha Vance say they are expecting their fourth child
Chinese asylum seeker who exposed rights abuses fights to stay in the US
FBI renews search for suspect in 1991 Boston Chinatown killings
US citizen says ICE took him at gunpoint in only underwear despite frigid cold and no warrant
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