Abdifatah Yusuf Isse, 25, a Somali raised in Seattle, has pleaded guilty to terrorism charges in a Minnesota court, says the . Isse was part of a group which recruited young Somali Americans to return to that country to fight with groups the U.S. government claims are linked to Al Qaeda. more ›

NWCN has done its best to exploit the Seattle ties of one of the biggest stories to come out over the weekend. In a long front page article on Sunday, the New York Times reported that over 20 young Somali men, who fled that country's disintegration in the 1990s for Minneapolis, have returned to join the Shabaab, a radical Islamist group with ties to Al Qaeda that's fighting the moderate Islamist government that nominally controls the country. Seattle is also home to a large Somali community, and at least one of the suspects involved with recruitment efforts in the Somali emigre community was arrested here. more ›

IF RAP GETS JEALOUS: Somalian-American hiphop artist K'naan brings his passionate, political flavor of hiphop to the city tonight, and you should be there to experience it if that sounds up your alley. He's phenomenal, you should know, if that helps to sway you towards heading to Neumos tonight. Opening for him is Ethiopian-American local emcee Gabriel Teodros, who never ever fails to convincingly call us towards a better life with his sincere and listenable rhyme, and the gorgeous and talented YZE. Get there. more ›