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We want to know: how has the environment affected communities of color and immigrant communities here in Seattle?

The women were identified as Kornkamon Leenawarat, 25, and Thiti-on Chotechuangsab, 32. Both were law students at the University of Washington.

One local Nepali government is encouraging families to keep their daughters by paying parents who have baby girls.

Ethiopians and Eritreans who are now living in Seattle are happy to see the end of the 20-year cold war that separated families and friends. But while some people have a wait-and-see reaction to the peace agreement, others are ready to celebrate.

Trump administration issued a memo earlier this month focusing enforcement on those who overstay or violate student visa rules.

Backers of Initiative 1631 say it was important to address the needs of the people most affected by pollution — who often are communities of color and low-income communities.

Carmen Best, a 26-year veteran of the Seattle Police Department, becomes the first African American woman to lead the department since it was founded 149 years ago.

“I clean up cities and I take home garbage and I create art.”

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It’s the first time in 25 years that Hollywood has backed a major modern-day film with all the main actors of Asian descent – and filmmakers hope this opens the door for more Asian American stories.