Kai Uyehara

1 week ago | swoknews.com | Kai Uyehara

SEATTLE — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security last week sent a letter to two Estonian men telling them to leave the U.S. “immediately.”One problem: The two men are set to be sentenced in federal court for running a $577 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme. The court had ordered the men to stay on parole in King County until the sentencing in August. kAm“%96D6 4@>>F?:42E:@?D 92G6 42FD65 xG2? 2?5 $6C86: D:8?:7:42?E 2?I:6EJ[” 2EE@C?6JD 7@C $6C86: !@E2A6?<@ 2?5 xG2? %FC@8:?

1 week ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Kai Uyehara

By Kai Uyehara, The Seattle Times SEATTLE - Anti-Elon Musk activists from Seattle's Troublemakers group this week are airing a satirical pharmaceutical advertisement video on the "Tesla Regret Syndrome.""Do you find yourself giving preemptive disclaimers about your car?" a narrator says in the video as a man begins to lower his garage door, covering the back of his Tesla and its signature T logo.

1 week ago | spokesman.com | Kai Uyehara

With the May 7 deadline to get REAL ID-compliant identification just three weeks away, there’s no time to procrastinate, federal and Washington state officials said Wednesday at a news conference at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Some Department of Licensing offices are seeing up to a 1½ hour wait, and appointments are filling up “pretty fast,” spokesperson Nathan Olson said. He said with limited staff, the department doesn’t plan to extend office hours to address the crunch.

1 week ago | miamiherald.com | Kai Uyehara

SEATTLE - Anti-Elon Musk activists from Seattle's Troublemakers group this week are airing a satirical pharmaceutical advertisement video on the "Tesla Regret Syndrome.""Do you find yourself giving preemptive disclaimers about your car?" a narrator says in the video as a man begins to lower his garage door, covering the back of his Tesla and its signature T logo. A woman scowls at the man as she walks by him with her dog.

1 week ago | tri-cityherald.com | Kai Uyehara

Even with major shake-ups at the Internal Revenue Service, a tax expert's advice is the same: File your taxes and do it on time by April 15, Tax Day. With the IRS facing severe layoffs, fewer staff at the agency could mean less help available to file your taxes and delayed refunds. Still, "people should look at this tax season just like they have looked at every other tax season," said Ryan McFerran, a program manager at United Way of King County.