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Listen to the Consider This podcast from NPR. Hey, good morning. It's Patricia Murphy. It's Friday. This is Seattle now. This

week, a pair of Boeing astronauts are getting their eight-day trip to the International Space Station

extended to eight months.

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is recovering from a suspected cyber attack that slowed operations

this week, and the Linwood Light Rail might be the thing Seattleites need to leave the city.

Factals Joe Vieira and KUOW's Zeki Hamid are here to break down the week.

But first, let's get you caught up.

Washington Representative Pramilla Jaya Paul secured a little more than $4 million in funding

to help asylum seekers here get more assistance.

The funding is destined for the Department of Social and Health Services.

It will help support communities who are right now providing basic needs and transportation to

court hearings for recent arrivals who are seeking asylum. It's been seven months since Jaya Paul

toured Riverton Park United Methodist Church in Tukwila. That's where hundreds of asylum seekers have been camping out.

The Seattle Storm hosts the New York Liberty tonight.

Tip off is at 7 o'clock.

The storm remain in second place in the Western Conference.

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