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Remembering Eddie Palmieri

Bandleader and pianist Eddie Palmieri has died at the age of 88.
One Missouri group helps detainees who can't contact loved ones

As the Trump Administration’s mass deportation effort continues, many picked up by U.S. immigration and Customs Enforcement end up in jail to await legal proceedings with no possessions and no ability to contact their loved ones.
Science

When female gorillas move into a new group, they find old friends

A long-term study of mountain gorillas finds that when female gorillas move into a new group, they pick one that contains buddies they've lived with before.
Arts & Life

Springsteen's label was about to drop him. Then came 'Born to Run'

Biographer Peter Ames Carlin describes the making of Born to Run as an "existential moment" for Springsteen: "If this didn't work, he was done." Carlin's new book is Tonight in Jungleland.
- Terry Gross
History

From Hiroshima to Hope: Marking 80 years since the atomic bombings

Hundreds gathered at Seattle’s Green Lake Wednesday evening to honor the more than 200,000 victims of the United States’ atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80 years ago.
- Megan Farmer
Politics

Federal judge rules cuts to humanities grants were 'unlawful'

The ruling deems the government's termination of grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities "unlawful" and allows a lawsuit brought by humanities groups to move forward.
- Elizabeth Blair
Science

A planet from the Avatar movies may exist in real life

One of the brightest stars in the night sky seems to be orbited by a planet like Jupiter. The news is sure to cheer fans of the Avatar series, which centers on a moon that orbits a fictional gas giant planet in this particular star system.
- Nell Greenfieldboyce
Health

Ultra-processed food consumption is down a bit, but still more than 50% of U.S. diet

Americans get about 55% of our calories from tasty, cheap — and unhealthy — manufactured foods, the latest data from CDC says. For kids, the percentage is even higher.
- Yuki Noguchi
Politics

Trump calls for U.S. census to exclude for the first time people with no legal status

Trump is calling for a "new" census that excludes people in the U.S. without legal status. The 14th Amendment requires the "whole number of persons in each state" in a key set of census results.
- Hansi Lo Wang
Ichiro changed baseball in Seattle forever

One of the greatest hitters to ever play professional baseball will be immortalized by the Mariners this weekend. The team is retiring number 51 for outfielder Ichiro Suzuki. He's the first-ever Japanese player to be inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame. Seattle Now senior producer Andy Hurst is here to talk about Ichiro’s massive global impact on baseball, and his legacy as a Seattle Mariner.
- Patricia Murphy

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