The Latest Friday Evening Headlines Seattle wants to roll back pay boost for gig workers, four women officers sue SPD, and light rail comes to the Eastside this weekend. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning. Paige Browning Andy Hurst A little sunlight goes a long way for this family support center in Olympia When the Family Support Center of South Sound opened its Olympia facility in 2023, organizers knew that placing solar panels on its roof would be part of the plan. The panels could cut utility costs for the organization that serves survivors of domestic violence — an operation where every penny counts. Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez National Secretary Blinken talked economy, security and AI during trip to China U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with China's leader Xi Jinping. Washington and Beijing are engaging in talks over issues of economic development, global security, AI and more. Kai McNamee Ashley Brown National A dying father looks for the perfect family to adopt his son in 'Nowhere Special' A young single dad is on a mission in the film Nowhere Special. With a terminal illness and no family to turn to, he's searching for the perfect adoptive family for his four-year-old son. Bob Mondello National The latest on student debt relief — and how young voters are feeling about it A look at where things stand on student loan forgiveness — and how Republicans and Democrats differ on whether to offer debt relief to student borrowers. Elissa Nadworny Elena Moore National A visit to the traditional Mexican rodeo in San Antonio San Antonio's charreada or traditional Mexican rodeo originated among the Spanish conquistadors in the sixteenth century. The unique rodeo tradition has taken deep roots in the American Southwest. Jack Morgan Biden administration abandons plan to ban menthol cigarettes, citing 'feedback' An anti-smoking advocate says the decision to leave menthol cigarettes on the market "prioritizes politics over lives, especially Black lives." Yuki Noguchi National In Columbia University's protests of 1968 and 2024, what's similar — and different There are parallels between the two high-profile events, most starkly the proliferation of similar protests around the country. But key differences set them apart. Bill Chappell National How NPR decides the words we use to describe war In newsrooms, there are constant debates over how journalists should use certain words. We're pulling back the curtain to provide some transparency on the words you hear — or don't hear — from NPR. Tony Cavin National Bird flu has reached the commercial milk supply Studies have found fragments of bird flu virus in about 20% of the milk supply. It's not expected to pose a threat to humans, but may indicate the outbreak is more widespread than previously thought. Pien Huang Prev 2 of 909 Next
Friday Evening Headlines Seattle wants to roll back pay boost for gig workers, four women officers sue SPD, and light rail comes to the Eastside this weekend. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning. Paige Browning Andy Hurst
A little sunlight goes a long way for this family support center in Olympia When the Family Support Center of South Sound opened its Olympia facility in 2023, organizers knew that placing solar panels on its roof would be part of the plan. The panels could cut utility costs for the organization that serves survivors of domestic violence — an operation where every penny counts. Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
National Secretary Blinken talked economy, security and AI during trip to China U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with China's leader Xi Jinping. Washington and Beijing are engaging in talks over issues of economic development, global security, AI and more. Kai McNamee Ashley Brown
National A dying father looks for the perfect family to adopt his son in 'Nowhere Special' A young single dad is on a mission in the film Nowhere Special. With a terminal illness and no family to turn to, he's searching for the perfect adoptive family for his four-year-old son. Bob Mondello
National The latest on student debt relief — and how young voters are feeling about it A look at where things stand on student loan forgiveness — and how Republicans and Democrats differ on whether to offer debt relief to student borrowers. Elissa Nadworny Elena Moore
National A visit to the traditional Mexican rodeo in San Antonio San Antonio's charreada or traditional Mexican rodeo originated among the Spanish conquistadors in the sixteenth century. The unique rodeo tradition has taken deep roots in the American Southwest. Jack Morgan
Biden administration abandons plan to ban menthol cigarettes, citing 'feedback' An anti-smoking advocate says the decision to leave menthol cigarettes on the market "prioritizes politics over lives, especially Black lives." Yuki Noguchi
National In Columbia University's protests of 1968 and 2024, what's similar — and different There are parallels between the two high-profile events, most starkly the proliferation of similar protests around the country. But key differences set them apart. Bill Chappell
National How NPR decides the words we use to describe war In newsrooms, there are constant debates over how journalists should use certain words. We're pulling back the curtain to provide some transparency on the words you hear — or don't hear — from NPR. Tony Cavin
National Bird flu has reached the commercial milk supply Studies have found fragments of bird flu virus in about 20% of the milk supply. It's not expected to pose a threat to humans, but may indicate the outbreak is more widespread than previously thought. Pien Huang