The Latest World Japan's parliament elects first female prime minister Sanae Takaichi became Japan's first female prime minister Tuesday. Her election comes at a time of upheaval in Japanese politics. Leila Fadel Education A Mexican jaguar walked into Arizona, then the US built a wall This episode looks at jaguars that cross from Mexico into the United States and how the building of the 30-foot border wall would make that difficult and impact the environment in the borderlands. Jim Gates Arts & Life American chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky dies at 29 The Charlotte Chess Center, where Naroditsky trained and worked as a coach, announced his death, calling him "a talented chess player, educator, and beloved member of the chess community." The Associated Press National Miami Beach puts the art in offshore artificial reef The artificial reef off Miami Beach will be an art installation, a restoration of the island's coral habitat and an underwater tourist attraction. Greg Allen National The Dodgers want to win another World Series. The Toronto Blue Jays are in their way The Los Angeles Dodgers have put all the chips in on their pursuit of being baseball's first back-to-back champions since 2000. The Blue Jays and their red-hot lineup won't go down easy. Becky Sullivan Politics The White House starts demolishing part of the East Wing to build Trump's ballroom Dramatic photos show construction equipment tearing into the East Wing façade and windows, though the federal agency that oversees such projects has not approved President Trump's 90,000-square-foot, $250 million ballroom. The Associated Press Monday Evening Headlines 9th Circuit rules that Trump can send troops into Portland, rural hospitals will be hit hard by Medicaid cuts, the Mariners are one win away from a World Series appearance. Andy Hurst Honeycrisp apples are the worst (just kidding, but they are tough to grow) Honeycrisp apples are reportedly a "farmer's nightmare," according to the Wall Street Journal. A Washington farmer gives his take on whether that's true. Maleeha Syed Is the future of healthcare decision making in the hands of AI? The federal government is planning a new program to approve Medicare claims. Washington is one of six states that will pilot the program, which relies on AI, starting Jan. 1st. Libby Denkmann A Seattle-based translator on 'We Computers,' dirty jokes and AI-proof careers We talk with Shelley Fairweather-Vega about her work translating Hamid Ismailov's novel "We Computers" into English. Gabrielle Healy Prev 292 of 1651 Next Sponsored
World Japan's parliament elects first female prime minister Sanae Takaichi became Japan's first female prime minister Tuesday. Her election comes at a time of upheaval in Japanese politics. Leila Fadel
Education A Mexican jaguar walked into Arizona, then the US built a wall This episode looks at jaguars that cross from Mexico into the United States and how the building of the 30-foot border wall would make that difficult and impact the environment in the borderlands. Jim Gates
Arts & Life American chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky dies at 29 The Charlotte Chess Center, where Naroditsky trained and worked as a coach, announced his death, calling him "a talented chess player, educator, and beloved member of the chess community." The Associated Press
National Miami Beach puts the art in offshore artificial reef The artificial reef off Miami Beach will be an art installation, a restoration of the island's coral habitat and an underwater tourist attraction. Greg Allen
National The Dodgers want to win another World Series. The Toronto Blue Jays are in their way The Los Angeles Dodgers have put all the chips in on their pursuit of being baseball's first back-to-back champions since 2000. The Blue Jays and their red-hot lineup won't go down easy. Becky Sullivan
Politics The White House starts demolishing part of the East Wing to build Trump's ballroom Dramatic photos show construction equipment tearing into the East Wing façade and windows, though the federal agency that oversees such projects has not approved President Trump's 90,000-square-foot, $250 million ballroom. The Associated Press
Monday Evening Headlines 9th Circuit rules that Trump can send troops into Portland, rural hospitals will be hit hard by Medicaid cuts, the Mariners are one win away from a World Series appearance. Andy Hurst
Honeycrisp apples are the worst (just kidding, but they are tough to grow) Honeycrisp apples are reportedly a "farmer's nightmare," according to the Wall Street Journal. A Washington farmer gives his take on whether that's true. Maleeha Syed
Is the future of healthcare decision making in the hands of AI? The federal government is planning a new program to approve Medicare claims. Washington is one of six states that will pilot the program, which relies on AI, starting Jan. 1st. Libby Denkmann
A Seattle-based translator on 'We Computers,' dirty jokes and AI-proof careers We talk with Shelley Fairweather-Vega about her work translating Hamid Ismailov's novel "We Computers" into English. Gabrielle Healy