The Latest National Political and religious leaders celebrate Jesse Jackson's life at 'homegoing' service A celebration of the life of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson will be held in Chicago Friday. Current and former elected officials, faith leaders, entertainers and more are expected to attend. A private funeral will be held Saturday. Cheryl Corley World As the war goes on in Iran, American-Iranians struggle to stay in touch with family Many Iranians in the U.S. with family back in Iran have been having a very difficult time staying in touch as bombs continue to drop around the country. That's creating a lot of anxiety and worry. Kelly McEvers In one week, war has swept across the Middle East One week into the U.S.–Israeli bombing campaign against Iran, the conflict is already spilling far beyond its original battlefield — with shockwaves reaching from Cyprus to Sri Lanka. Carrie Kahn Science How a handful of koalas are changing scientists understanding of genetic risk It's long been assumed that koalas in southern Australia are genetically unhealthy. A new study finds they're actually recovering, changing how scientists look at genetic risks. Nathan Rott National Security Advocate for military families on what wartime deployment means at home NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Kathy Roth-Douquet, CEO of Blue Star Families, about the challenges that military families face around deployment. Patrick Jarenwattananon Asia Sluggish demand prompts China to set lowest growth target in decades China has set a more modest growth target for its economy. That reflects the drag from sluggish domestic demand. Jennifer Pak Arts & Life Netflix acquires Ben Affleck's AI company Affleck's company helps filmmakers build their own AI models that take care of time-intensive details. Chloe Veltman Week in Review: shelters, taxes, and Starbucks Host Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with The Stranger Editor-in-Chief Hannah Murphy Winter, political analyst and contributing columnist Joni Balter, and Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Joe Nguyen. Bill Radke National Oil surges to its highest price since 2023, and stocks drop after U.S. jobs report Stocks fell Friday on worries that the economy could become stuck in a worst-case scenario of stagnating growth and high inflation. Oil prices touched their highest levels since 2023 after surging again because of the Iran war. The Associated Press Politics No lawsuits required: U.S. Customs is working on a system to refund tariffs U.S. Customs told the trade court it aims for a streamlined process in 45 days to return importers' money without requiring individual lawsuits. Scott Horsley Prev 114 of 1647 Next Sponsored
National Political and religious leaders celebrate Jesse Jackson's life at 'homegoing' service A celebration of the life of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson will be held in Chicago Friday. Current and former elected officials, faith leaders, entertainers and more are expected to attend. A private funeral will be held Saturday. Cheryl Corley
World As the war goes on in Iran, American-Iranians struggle to stay in touch with family Many Iranians in the U.S. with family back in Iran have been having a very difficult time staying in touch as bombs continue to drop around the country. That's creating a lot of anxiety and worry. Kelly McEvers
In one week, war has swept across the Middle East One week into the U.S.–Israeli bombing campaign against Iran, the conflict is already spilling far beyond its original battlefield — with shockwaves reaching from Cyprus to Sri Lanka. Carrie Kahn
Science How a handful of koalas are changing scientists understanding of genetic risk It's long been assumed that koalas in southern Australia are genetically unhealthy. A new study finds they're actually recovering, changing how scientists look at genetic risks. Nathan Rott
National Security Advocate for military families on what wartime deployment means at home NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Kathy Roth-Douquet, CEO of Blue Star Families, about the challenges that military families face around deployment. Patrick Jarenwattananon
Asia Sluggish demand prompts China to set lowest growth target in decades China has set a more modest growth target for its economy. That reflects the drag from sluggish domestic demand. Jennifer Pak
Arts & Life Netflix acquires Ben Affleck's AI company Affleck's company helps filmmakers build their own AI models that take care of time-intensive details. Chloe Veltman
Week in Review: shelters, taxes, and Starbucks Host Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with The Stranger Editor-in-Chief Hannah Murphy Winter, political analyst and contributing columnist Joni Balter, and Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Joe Nguyen. Bill Radke
National Oil surges to its highest price since 2023, and stocks drop after U.S. jobs report Stocks fell Friday on worries that the economy could become stuck in a worst-case scenario of stagnating growth and high inflation. Oil prices touched their highest levels since 2023 after surging again because of the Iran war. The Associated Press
Politics No lawsuits required: U.S. Customs is working on a system to refund tariffs U.S. Customs told the trade court it aims for a streamlined process in 45 days to return importers' money without requiring individual lawsuits. Scott Horsley