The Latest Music Can Pacific Northwest music festivals find their rhythm? It’s music festival season in Seattle, and while this weekend’s Bumbershoot lives on, the Pacific Northwest is haunted by ghosts of parties past. Monica Nickelsburg Government 'Damning' audit finds lax King County oversight allowed potential fraud, improper payments to contractors The King County Auditor found that lax financial oversight at the Department of Community and Human Services allowed potential fraud and numerous improper payments to contractors for four youth programs in the last three years. Ann Dornfeld National 2 children are dead, 17 people injured in Minneapolis school shooting Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said the shooter fired through the windows of Annunciation Catholic Church during Mass on Wednesday. The gunman was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Joe Hernandez Environment Does hunting wolves really reduce human-wolf conflict? Wildlife officials in Montana are allowing more of the state’s wolves to be hunted. Business What is the scent of Michigan? To encourage tourism, Michigan has come up with a fragrance, bottling the aroma of the state's beaches and other summer scents for sale in stores and online. Arts & Life Roots of R&B: Pioneering musician/record producer Johnny Otis Otis, who died in 2012, started out leading a big band. Later, as a talent scout, he discovered such performers as Big Mama Thornton, Esther Phillips and Etta James. Originally broadcast in 1989. Terry Gross Arts & Life Roots of R&B: Singer/songwriter Etta James James was discovered as a teen by talent scout Johnny Otis. Her career took off in the '60s with hits like "All I Could Do Was Cry" and "At Last." She died in 2012. Originally broadcast in 1994. Terry Gross 5 Fred Meyers wave good bye-er to the Seattle area If you’ve got a soft spot for Fred Meyer, this one's gonna sting. Kroger says it plans to close five Fred Meyers and one QFC in the Seattle area. We’ll hear from Seattle Times business reporter Paul Roberts about why. Patricia Murphy Health Whatever happened to our sibling series? It's back! And guess who's the heir apparent When parents die, sibling tensions can arise over inheritance. In many traditions, the oldest child used to get it all. In a part of Pakistan, there's a surprise twist: The youngest is the chosen one. Benazir Samad Health A 6-year-old girl from Gaza, a missing limb and a doctor's mission How do you heal the wounds of war? That is the mission of Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah, a reconstructive and plastic surgeon at the American University of Beirut Medical Center. Ari Daniel Prev 510 of 1651 Next Sponsored
Music Can Pacific Northwest music festivals find their rhythm? It’s music festival season in Seattle, and while this weekend’s Bumbershoot lives on, the Pacific Northwest is haunted by ghosts of parties past. Monica Nickelsburg
Government 'Damning' audit finds lax King County oversight allowed potential fraud, improper payments to contractors The King County Auditor found that lax financial oversight at the Department of Community and Human Services allowed potential fraud and numerous improper payments to contractors for four youth programs in the last three years. Ann Dornfeld
National 2 children are dead, 17 people injured in Minneapolis school shooting Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said the shooter fired through the windows of Annunciation Catholic Church during Mass on Wednesday. The gunman was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Joe Hernandez
Environment Does hunting wolves really reduce human-wolf conflict? Wildlife officials in Montana are allowing more of the state’s wolves to be hunted.
Business What is the scent of Michigan? To encourage tourism, Michigan has come up with a fragrance, bottling the aroma of the state's beaches and other summer scents for sale in stores and online.
Arts & Life Roots of R&B: Pioneering musician/record producer Johnny Otis Otis, who died in 2012, started out leading a big band. Later, as a talent scout, he discovered such performers as Big Mama Thornton, Esther Phillips and Etta James. Originally broadcast in 1989. Terry Gross
Arts & Life Roots of R&B: Singer/songwriter Etta James James was discovered as a teen by talent scout Johnny Otis. Her career took off in the '60s with hits like "All I Could Do Was Cry" and "At Last." She died in 2012. Originally broadcast in 1994. Terry Gross
5 Fred Meyers wave good bye-er to the Seattle area If you’ve got a soft spot for Fred Meyer, this one's gonna sting. Kroger says it plans to close five Fred Meyers and one QFC in the Seattle area. We’ll hear from Seattle Times business reporter Paul Roberts about why. Patricia Murphy
Health Whatever happened to our sibling series? It's back! And guess who's the heir apparent When parents die, sibling tensions can arise over inheritance. In many traditions, the oldest child used to get it all. In a part of Pakistan, there's a surprise twist: The youngest is the chosen one. Benazir Samad
Health A 6-year-old girl from Gaza, a missing limb and a doctor's mission How do you heal the wounds of war? That is the mission of Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah, a reconstructive and plastic surgeon at the American University of Beirut Medical Center. Ari Daniel