Seattle

Calls to outlaw discrimination based on caste, a division of people based on birth or descent, have grown louder among South Asian diaspora communities in the United States.

An oil train derailment near Seattle is under investigation. In late 2020, 10 tanker cars went off the rails. Now, the rail workers unions says they believe the disaster was caused by sabotage.

The city has noticed a rise in illegal sewage spills as the number of people living out of RVs and other vehicles has increased dramatically.

Police have the driver in custody, but no motive has been given. Videos on social media depict the vehicle apparently swerving into a group of protesters on a freeway this weekend.

The first U.S cluster of coronavirus cases began in the Seattle area, and the case count is growing. Now nurses face shortages of protective gear, and confusion and fear about how to stay safe.

A hospital in Seattle has set up a drive-through coronavirus testing clinic in its garage. The idea is to quickly test workers who have symptoms without putting other staff or patients at risk.

Organizers hope potential residents are more comfortable coming to a facility that attends to their specific cultural needs.

As the Trump administration calls for expanding access to Medicare Advantage, a federal whistleblower lawsuit accuses a large Medicare Advantage plan of bilking Medicare out of $8 million.

On this week's All Songs Considered we explore the city that gave us the noise of Jimi Hendrix and Nirvana and the introspection of Fleet Foxes and Death Cab For Cutie.

The league's Board of Governors unanimously approved the city's bid to become the 32nd active franchise in the NHL. The team expects to take the ice for the first time in 2021.