The Latest Thursday Evening Headlines WA is suing the Seattle Archdiocese, Seattle will open a post-overdose recovery center, and WA will get $1.2 billion for internet expansion. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning. Paige Browning Andy Hurst Missed chemo treatments, water-crossed lovers separated: Washington state's broken ferry system Ferries in Washington State have a miserable reliability record. Recent policy changes are starting to show positive results. But with additional aging boats set to retire, the system won't see a net gain in boats until Joshua McNichols National How a trio of Villanova Wildcats are fueling the New York Knicks' playoff run NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Ryan Fannon, who has called dozens of Wildcats games, about the special chemistry of Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart and Donte DiVincenzo — who played together as undergrads. Jason Fuller Justine Kenin Ari Shapiro World In Moscow's Red Square, Putin recalls World War II glory as Ukraine conflict drags on Russia marked the 79th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. Russian President Vladimir Putin drew parallels between history and the current fight in Ukraine. Charles Maynes World Brazil's floods leave more than 100 people dead and thousands displaced Unseasonably heavy rains have led to massive flooding in Brazils southern state and at least one hundred people dead and many without shelter. Julia Carneiro A driver didn't just stop after a couple got a car accident. He helped for days On this week's "My Unsung Hero" from Hidden Brain, Apryle Oswald thanks the man who stopped to save her after a car accident. National Stormy Daniels faced cross examination in hush money trial Defense attorneys wrapped up their cross examination of Stormy Daniels. She held her ground, saying she had sex with Trump and was paid to keep quiet about it in the waning days of the 2016 campaign. Andrea Bernstein Seattle stayed cool in April while the planet felt record heat Though Seattle residents might not believe it, April 2024 was the earth’s hottest April on record, with pollution-fueled heat expected to continue. John Ryan National The efforts to keep Black children from going into foster care in Minnesota This year in Minnesota, lawmakers are trying to bring down the rate of Black children who are removed from their families and placed into foster care. The numbers haven't budged in nearly 30 years. Dana Ferguson National Should commercial space companies contribute to the FAA the way airlines do? There's this fund that all commercial airlines pay into for things like safety inspections. But there's a growing user of FAA resources that doesn't pay into that fund: Commercial space companies. Wailin Wong 1 of 929 Next
Thursday Evening Headlines WA is suing the Seattle Archdiocese, Seattle will open a post-overdose recovery center, and WA will get $1.2 billion for internet expansion. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning. Paige Browning Andy Hurst
Missed chemo treatments, water-crossed lovers separated: Washington state's broken ferry system Ferries in Washington State have a miserable reliability record. Recent policy changes are starting to show positive results. But with additional aging boats set to retire, the system won't see a net gain in boats until Joshua McNichols
National How a trio of Villanova Wildcats are fueling the New York Knicks' playoff run NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Ryan Fannon, who has called dozens of Wildcats games, about the special chemistry of Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart and Donte DiVincenzo — who played together as undergrads. Jason Fuller Justine Kenin Ari Shapiro
World In Moscow's Red Square, Putin recalls World War II glory as Ukraine conflict drags on Russia marked the 79th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. Russian President Vladimir Putin drew parallels between history and the current fight in Ukraine. Charles Maynes
World Brazil's floods leave more than 100 people dead and thousands displaced Unseasonably heavy rains have led to massive flooding in Brazils southern state and at least one hundred people dead and many without shelter. Julia Carneiro
A driver didn't just stop after a couple got a car accident. He helped for days On this week's "My Unsung Hero" from Hidden Brain, Apryle Oswald thanks the man who stopped to save her after a car accident.
National Stormy Daniels faced cross examination in hush money trial Defense attorneys wrapped up their cross examination of Stormy Daniels. She held her ground, saying she had sex with Trump and was paid to keep quiet about it in the waning days of the 2016 campaign. Andrea Bernstein
Seattle stayed cool in April while the planet felt record heat Though Seattle residents might not believe it, April 2024 was the earth’s hottest April on record, with pollution-fueled heat expected to continue. John Ryan
National The efforts to keep Black children from going into foster care in Minnesota This year in Minnesota, lawmakers are trying to bring down the rate of Black children who are removed from their families and placed into foster care. The numbers haven't budged in nearly 30 years. Dana Ferguson
National Should commercial space companies contribute to the FAA the way airlines do? There's this fund that all commercial airlines pay into for things like safety inspections. But there's a growing user of FAA resources that doesn't pay into that fund: Commercial space companies. Wailin Wong