The Latest Weekend Warmup for Feb 27 - Mar 01 Meet Me Here presents KUOW's Weekend Warmup! Find all the events worthy of YOUR time off with host Jason Megatron Burrows. Jason Burrows National US military used laser to take down Border Protection drone, lawmakers say The U.S. military used a laser to shoot down a Customs and Border Protection drone, members of Congress said Thursday, and the Federal Aviation Administration responded by closing more airspace near El Paso, Texas. The Associated Press National Deadline looms as Anthropic rejects Pentagon demands it remove AI safeguards The Defense Department has been feuding with Anthropic over military uses of its artificial intelligence tools. At stake are hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts and access to some of the most advanced AI on the planet. Shannon Bond World Pakistan's defense minister says that there is now 'open war' with Afghanistan after latest strikes Pakistan's defense minister said that his country ran out of "patience" and considers that there is now an "open war" with Afghanistan, after both countries launched strikes following an Afghan cross-border attack. The Associated Press Investigations Bill Gates does damage control at his foundation, apologizing to staff for Epstein ties Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates' ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have been public knowledge for several years. But this week, Gates took the additional step of apologizing for those ties to the staff of the Gates Foundation here in Seattle. The foundation is one of the wealthiest in the world with an estimated annual budget of $9 billion. Wall Street Journal reporter Emily Glazer told KUOW’s Kim Malcolm about the meeting. Kim Malcolm Politics Hillary Clinton calls House Oversight questioning 'repetitive' in 6 hour deposition In more than seven hours behind closed doors, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton answered questions from the House Oversight Committee as it investigates Jeffrey Epstein. Saige Miller Thursday Evening Headlines Recreation areas could close this summer due to funding cuts, Bill Gates apologizes to foundation staffers, and Seattle Torrent Gold Medal winners return home. Ruby de Luna Law & Courts Controversial bill spelling out removal for decertified sheriffs advances in Washington legislature Amy Radil Politics Washington state House majority leader apologizes for drinking on the job Washington state House Majority Leader Joe Fitzgibbon is apologizing for consuming alcohol prior to completing his committee work in the legislature on Wednesday. Noel Gasca Politics Why WA child care program could bear brunt of budget cuts The heftiest budget cuts Washington Democratic lawmakers are proposing this year focus on day care subsidies for low-income families. Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard Prev 169 of 1645 Next Sponsored
Weekend Warmup for Feb 27 - Mar 01 Meet Me Here presents KUOW's Weekend Warmup! Find all the events worthy of YOUR time off with host Jason Megatron Burrows. Jason Burrows
National US military used laser to take down Border Protection drone, lawmakers say The U.S. military used a laser to shoot down a Customs and Border Protection drone, members of Congress said Thursday, and the Federal Aviation Administration responded by closing more airspace near El Paso, Texas. The Associated Press
National Deadline looms as Anthropic rejects Pentagon demands it remove AI safeguards The Defense Department has been feuding with Anthropic over military uses of its artificial intelligence tools. At stake are hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts and access to some of the most advanced AI on the planet. Shannon Bond
World Pakistan's defense minister says that there is now 'open war' with Afghanistan after latest strikes Pakistan's defense minister said that his country ran out of "patience" and considers that there is now an "open war" with Afghanistan, after both countries launched strikes following an Afghan cross-border attack. The Associated Press
Investigations Bill Gates does damage control at his foundation, apologizing to staff for Epstein ties Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates' ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have been public knowledge for several years. But this week, Gates took the additional step of apologizing for those ties to the staff of the Gates Foundation here in Seattle. The foundation is one of the wealthiest in the world with an estimated annual budget of $9 billion. Wall Street Journal reporter Emily Glazer told KUOW’s Kim Malcolm about the meeting. Kim Malcolm
Politics Hillary Clinton calls House Oversight questioning 'repetitive' in 6 hour deposition In more than seven hours behind closed doors, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton answered questions from the House Oversight Committee as it investigates Jeffrey Epstein. Saige Miller
Thursday Evening Headlines Recreation areas could close this summer due to funding cuts, Bill Gates apologizes to foundation staffers, and Seattle Torrent Gold Medal winners return home. Ruby de Luna
Law & Courts Controversial bill spelling out removal for decertified sheriffs advances in Washington legislature Amy Radil
Politics Washington state House majority leader apologizes for drinking on the job Washington state House Majority Leader Joe Fitzgibbon is apologizing for consuming alcohol prior to completing his committee work in the legislature on Wednesday. Noel Gasca
Politics Why WA child care program could bear brunt of budget cuts The heftiest budget cuts Washington Democratic lawmakers are proposing this year focus on day care subsidies for low-income families. Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard