For the past 18 years, Edwin Obras has worked for the City of Seattle’s Human Services Department.
Seattle police surveillance program under the microscope
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An Indian airline captain is hailed as a hero after a cockpit attack on a FlyDubai flight
An Indian airline captain who was at the controls of a FlyDubai flight when his copilot stabbed him in an apparent attempt to crash the plane has been hailed as a hero, with his actions to thwart the disaster drawing praise from world leaders and those who knew him.
Police arrest a California couple in the public shooting death of their son-in-law
A couple in their late 70s gunned down their son-in-law in a California city park over the weekend, authorities said, and court documents showed the victim had been in a bitter custody dispute with their daughter.
George Liu, longtime presence at Northwest Asian Weekly, dies at 78
K. L. “George” Liu, husband of Northwest Asian Weekly founder Assunta Ng, has died.
Ahead of midterm elections, fear and uncertainty swirl amongst Asian American voters
In the latest voting rollercoaster, the U.S. Supreme Court last week reaffirmed states’ rights to administer mail-in voting, but this week allowed the federal government to implement a voter eligibility database that states could opt into.
Supreme Court lets Trump administration use revamped federal voter eligibility database for now
The Supreme Court on Friday lifted restrictions on a controversial federal voter database before November’s elections, granting President Donald Trump a temporary win in his aggressive campaign against noncitizen voting.
