The Latest Thursday Evening Headlines Starbucks baristas go on strike over new dress code, Bastyr will sell it's Kenmore campus, and Nordstrom shareholders sue the Nordstrom family. Paige Browning Politics Democratic dominoes and an odd election Hans Anderson Music Who is Cassie? The stalled music career of the Sean Combs trial's star witness The mogul's former protégé and girlfriend emerged as a promising pop artist in 2006. On the stand this week, she said her relationship with Combs and his label quickly became more about control. Anastasia Tsioulcas National Addiction programs that helped drug deaths plummet in 2024 now face Trump cuts Overdose deaths plummeted in the U.S. in 2024, down by 27%. The news comes as the White House and Congress are advocating for steep cuts in programs that may be working to lower the death rate. Brian Mann Health Care Medicaid recipients in key California GOP district express concerns Lawmakers like California GOP Rep. David Valadao could be instrumental in determining the future of Medicaid. Much of his largely rural district relies on the program to pay for medical expenses. Joshua Yeager Politics Trump revives his Gaza proposal on his Middle East trip President Trump hasn't talked about the war in Gaza much since landing in the Middle East. But on Thursday, he doubled down on his plan to develop it as a "freedom zone." Franco Ordoñez Crime Seattle's Chinatown-International District gets its own public safety ambassadors Seattle’s Chinatown-International district will become the city's next neighborhood to use a public ambassador program to address safety concerns. Noel Gasca Science This week in science: biker safety, orange cats and a gum disease-heart rhythm link Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of Short Wave talk about a tool to increase biker safety, the genetic secrets that make orange cats orange, and a link between gum disease and heart rhythm disorders. Emily Kwong Technology Why top tech CEOs joined Trump on his trip to Saudi Arabia Several major tech CEOs joined President Trump on his trip to Saudi Arabia this week. It's part of a thaw in the once-strained relationship between Big Tech and the oil-rich state. Bobby Allyn National After voters legalized abortion, Missouri Republicans put a repeal back on the ballot Missouri Republicans are trying to repeal the right to abortion in the state by asking voters to counteract a measure they approved on the ballot last year to legalize it. Jason Rosenbaum Prev 1585 of 1644 Next Sponsored
Thursday Evening Headlines Starbucks baristas go on strike over new dress code, Bastyr will sell it's Kenmore campus, and Nordstrom shareholders sue the Nordstrom family. Paige Browning
Music Who is Cassie? The stalled music career of the Sean Combs trial's star witness The mogul's former protégé and girlfriend emerged as a promising pop artist in 2006. On the stand this week, she said her relationship with Combs and his label quickly became more about control. Anastasia Tsioulcas
National Addiction programs that helped drug deaths plummet in 2024 now face Trump cuts Overdose deaths plummeted in the U.S. in 2024, down by 27%. The news comes as the White House and Congress are advocating for steep cuts in programs that may be working to lower the death rate. Brian Mann
Health Care Medicaid recipients in key California GOP district express concerns Lawmakers like California GOP Rep. David Valadao could be instrumental in determining the future of Medicaid. Much of his largely rural district relies on the program to pay for medical expenses. Joshua Yeager
Politics Trump revives his Gaza proposal on his Middle East trip President Trump hasn't talked about the war in Gaza much since landing in the Middle East. But on Thursday, he doubled down on his plan to develop it as a "freedom zone." Franco Ordoñez
Crime Seattle's Chinatown-International District gets its own public safety ambassadors Seattle’s Chinatown-International district will become the city's next neighborhood to use a public ambassador program to address safety concerns. Noel Gasca
Science This week in science: biker safety, orange cats and a gum disease-heart rhythm link Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of Short Wave talk about a tool to increase biker safety, the genetic secrets that make orange cats orange, and a link between gum disease and heart rhythm disorders. Emily Kwong
Technology Why top tech CEOs joined Trump on his trip to Saudi Arabia Several major tech CEOs joined President Trump on his trip to Saudi Arabia this week. It's part of a thaw in the once-strained relationship between Big Tech and the oil-rich state. Bobby Allyn
National After voters legalized abortion, Missouri Republicans put a repeal back on the ballot Missouri Republicans are trying to repeal the right to abortion in the state by asking voters to counteract a measure they approved on the ballot last year to legalize it. Jason Rosenbaum