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People gathered to celebrate Juneteenth in communities across the Oregon and Southwest Washington, including Gresham, Lincoln City, Hermiston, Medford, Portland and Vancouver.
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Mitch Borden/KNKXThe U.S. men’s national team played against Australia in Seattle on Friday, winning 2-0. And fans in Seattle showed just how much they cared. -
Seattle's World Cup Local Organizing CommitteeSeattle gave 20 World Cup tickets to African Youth Sports Academy to send kids to a match. The group returned them after the U.S. denied entry to Somali referee Omar Artan.
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Arno Lam/Shore Fire MediaOn June 23, Ibrahim Maalouf and his band hit the stage at Seattle's Crocodile in celebration of his father's groundbreaking invention — the quarter-tone trumpet. -
K. King/Queer Swing SeattleQueer Swing Seattle celebrates the underrepresented Black and queer roots of swing dance and music through dance classes and their upcoming pride event, "Swung Out."
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