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Verity Credit Union is preparing to open a new Rainier Valley branch this fall, bringing banking services, free financial education and financial coaching to a South Seattle community where the credit union says it hopes to expand access for residents who have historically faced barriers to traditional financial services.

U.S. Sen. Patty Murray and Washington Head Start advocates are sounding the alarm over a sweeping federal proposal that would eliminate or shift numerous national standards governing the early childhood program, warning that the changes could weaken protections involving class sizes, health screenings, teacher qualifications and services for children with disabilities.

For Black youth experiencing homelessness, something as routine as washing and caring for their hair can become another challenge in an already uncertain life. Some are moving between shelters and other temporary spaces while trying to attend school, prepare for job training or walk into an interview looking and feeling their best.

For young Black adults, advocates say those conversations also need to take place without stigma or assumptions about who is at risk. The possibility of unexpected fentanyl exposure means someone does not have to consider themselves an opioid user to benefit from knowing how to recognize and respond to an overdose.

President Donald Trump said Monday that “jihadists” are being elected “all over the place” — trying a new, incendiary line of attack against Democrats with the midterm election just three months away.

More Americans are falling even further behind on their home and car loans than at any time in the past decade, new data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York showed Tuesday.

Haitian communities across the United States face increasing fear and economic disruption following the expiration of Temporary Protected Status and subsequent enforcement actions by federal authorities.

Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed met with former President Barack Obama to discuss unifying the party following a narrow primary defeat by Representative Haley Stevens.

Shamell Naquan Joyner was convicted of 13 charges related to a series of armed robberies and a carjacking in early 2023, despite a delay in the trial caused by jurors discovering undisclosed drugs and foreign currency during deliberations.

Two separate incidents involving threatening passengers on United Airlines and Alaska Airlines flights led to emergency protocols and law enforcement intervention earlier this week.