Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill.
Majumdar receives a Neddy Award
Sangram Majumdar, a Seattle-based painter and associate professor in the School of Art+Art History+Design at the University of Washington, has received the 2026 Neddy Artist Award in the painting category—one of Washington state’s longest-running awards for visual artists.
Knife wielding man arrested for burglary in Little Saigon
Seattle police arrested a 32-year-old man on Tuesday afternoon after investigators said he threatened a woman with a knife during a burglary in the Little Saigon neighborhood.
Teen arrested in CID for assaulting woman with knife
Seattle police arrested an 18-year-old man on Tuesday afternoon after authorities said he threatened several people with a knife and an improvised weapon at Hing Hay Park in the Chinatown-International District (CID).
How Trump’s immigration crackdown is affecting everyday Americans, according to a new AP-NORC poll
Most U.S. adults say the United States is no longer a great place for immigrants, according to a new AP-NORC poll, as about one-third of Americans report knowing someone impacted by the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement.
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.”
AAPI influence on display at star-studded 2026 Met Gala
Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) talent took center stage at the 2026 Met Gala, with a wide range of figures across sports, music, film and fashion delivering some of the night’s most talked-about appearances.
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.
Nearly 200,000 people affected as over 5,400 flee ash from Philippine volcano
Nearly 200,000 people in 124 villages in the northeastern Philippines were affected and over 5,400 fled massive plumes of ash that billowed from Mayon volcano over the weekend due to the collapse of lava deposits from its slopes, officials said Monday.
Seattle Asian American Jews meet with visiting Kaifeng Jewish guest
An individual from China’s ancient Kaifeng Jewish community sat down with Seattle’s Asian American Jewish community for an intimate dinner that organizers called a rare opportunity to hear a living voice from one of the world’s most isolated and historically significant Jewish communities.