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Epoch Times
4 days ago
- Business
- Epoch Times
Washington State Sues to Prevent Trump Admin From Accessing Food Aid Immigration Data
Washington state is suing financial services company Fidelity Information Services (FIS) to prevent it from sharing food aid data with the federal government, according to a July 24 lawsuit filed with the State of Washington Thurston County Superior Court. The Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) administers the federally funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and state-funded Food Assistance Program (FAP).
American Military News
17-07-2025
- American Military News
Video: Iraqi parents on trial for attempted ‘honor killing' of teen daughter in Washington
Two Iraqi parents in Washington state are currently facing trial in the Thurston County Superior Court for allegedly attempting to execute an 'honor killing' of their 17-year-old daughter after she refused to go to a foreign country as part of an arranged marriage to an older man. According to Fox News, 44-year-old Ihsan Ali and 40-year-old Zahraa Ali have been charged with second-degree attempted murder, first-degree attempted kidnapping, second-degree attempted kidnapping, and second-degree domestic violence assault. Zahraa Ali has also been charged with second-degree burglary and for violating a domestic violence protective order, while Ihsan has been charged with fourth-degree assault. Fox News reported that the alleged 'honor killing' attempt occurred outside Timberline High School in Lacey, Washington, on October 18, 2024. The outlet noted that the 17-year-old victim told law enforcement officials that her Ihsan Ali was 'trying to force her to go to another country, which had prompted her to run away earlier in the day.' The victim explained that she was planning to travel on a city bus from the school to a local shelter that her school counselor had helped her find. However, an affidavit obtained by Fox News claimed that Ihsan Ali allegedly approached the victim while she was waiting for the bus and told her that she 'needed to go home.' READ MORE: Video: Parents violently choke their own daughter in 'honor killing' incident 'He would not take no for an answer and began pulling at her shirt,' the affidavit stated. 'She said that once she was placed into a choke hold, she was unable to breathe or speak, and then passed out.' The affidavit also noted that the 17-year-old claimed she lost consciousness multiple times as her father attempted to choke her. According to The Post Millennial, eyewitnesses of the attempted 'honor killing' incident explained that the victim's father repeatedly told her, 'It's not right… you are not supposed to this,' while he placed her in a chokehold. A graphic video shared on X, formerly Twitter, shows students and other bystanders trying to help the victim as her father continued to choke her. The 17-year-old's boyfriend, who was allegedly punched by Zahraa Ali while attempting to intervene in the incident, told law enforcement officials he thought his girlfriend was 'going to die while her father was choking her out on the ground.' According to KOMO News, the victim and her boyfriend were ultimately able to escape from the incident, ran inside the school, and reported that the victim's father had attempted to kill her. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT: 📍 Lacey, WA Attempted Honor Killing Ihsan Ali attempted to choke his 17 year old daughter to death outside Timberline High School. The attempted 'honor killing' was after she refused an arranged marriage to an older man in another country. Bless those who helped her. 🙏 — PNW Conservative (@UnderWashington) November 17, 2024
Yahoo
10-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Controversial homeless village near Spanaway Lake clears another legal challenge
A project near Spanaway Lake promising to house nearly 300 chronically unhoused individuals has cleared the latest legal challenge made by a group who has opposed the project at every turn. Despite having little-to-no success in their opposition to the development, the group says it is not giving up. On March 28, a Thurston County judge denied the appeal of a Pierce County land examiner's decision to allow the Good Neighbor Village project to be constructed on land adjacent to multiple wetlands near Spanaway Lake. Spanaway Concerned Citizens is a group representing neighbors to the project who oppose the development due to concerns regarding its potential impact on nearby wetlands and endangered species. Tacoma Rescue Mission, one of Pierce County's largest homeless shelter operators, purchased the land at 176th Street and Spanaway Loop Road. With support from former Pierce County Executive Bruce Dammeier and the Pierce County Council, the organization planned to construct a micro-village community for those who have been living chronically unhoused. Tacoma Rescue Mission's Executive Director Duke Paulson has promised the Good Neighbor Village will provide nearly 300 units of permanent supportive housing for veterans and the elderly. In an interview with The News Tribune in May, Paulson said the village would serve people who don't have many sustainable, long-term options to get off the streets and they would come to the village to work, pay rent and rehabilitate themselves. The cost of the project is estimated at more than $62 million and is projected to cost $3.2 million annually to operate upon its expected completion in 2029, according to project materials. Spanaway Concerned Citizens and its attorneys presented their case last spring against the Good Neighbor Village during a Pierce County Land Examiner's hearing that lasted weeks. Pierce County hearing examiner Alex Sidles decided to approve the project in June. In September, Spanaway Concerned Citizens filed a petition in Thurston County Superior Court challenging the hearing examiner's decision. The judges decision, filed on March 28, stated that Spanaway Concerned Citizens failed to meet the burden of proof and the land examiner's original decision was 'supported by substantial evidence' and was a 'correct interpretation of the law and application of the law to the facts of this case.' In a newsletter sent April 7, Spanaway Concerned Citizens announced their lawyers had filed a motion in Thurston County Superior Court, asking the judge to reconsider her dismissal of their appeal. According to the letter, the challenge will make two arguments — Tacoma Rescue Mission does not own the entire project site and the proposed development contradicts the Pierce County Comprehensive Plan's requirements for housing density. Lawyers representing Spanaway Concerned Citizens have previously argued Tacoma Rescue Mission does not own the entirety of the land they purchased to build Good Neighbor Village. During the initial land use hearing last spring, their legal team cited a 1920 land easement in which a Pierce County drainage district acquired a strip of the property from a previous owner. They argued this strip of property still is owned by the drainage district and therefore could not be sold to Tacoma Rescue Village. 'We have made significant strides over the past two and a half years — and we are not stopping now,' Spanaway Concerned Citizens wrote in their April 7 newsletter. In November, the project broke ground as construction crews began to clear trees and level ground where homes would be built. As Tacoma Rescue Mission and supporters of the Good Neighbor Village celebrated, they were met by picketed protesters representing Spanaway Concerned Citizens.
