King County Metro will launch the free waterfront shuttle service on May 21 with expanded routes serving the Chinatown-International District (CID) as Seattle prepares for a busy summer of soccer events ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026.
AAPI influence on display at star-studded 2026 Met Gala
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Filipino Shayla Hufana’s work to be featured for Pride during the 2026 World Cup
The last time we spoke with Shayla Hufana, owner of ConceptShell Art + Design Studio, she told us she expected to do more projects related to sports.
A missing sense of smell inspires one Bellevue teen’s ‘bionic nose’
After years of barely being able to smell, 16-year-old Oliver Cho thinks he may have found a workaround: he built what he calls a “bionic nose.”
Shooting at Korean supermarket in Texas
A man shot five people, killing two, in back-to-back shootings Tuesday at a shopping center and then an apartment building because he was angry over business dealings, police said.
Mina Kimes takes over as Scripps National Spelling Bee host as part of reimagined broadcast
Mina Kimes is taking over as television host of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, and the Korean American ESPN NFL analyst hopes to use her outsider’s perspective to capture the excitement of the 101-year-old competition.
Anti-Asian hate crimes remain high, advocates warn five years after federal law
Five years after President Joe Biden signed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act into law, anti-Asian hate crimes remain at nearly three times their pre-pandemic rate, and advocacy leaders warned that federal rollbacks under the Trump administration are making the crisis worse.
