The Latest Health Wait, what? A RAT caught and ate a BAT? And there's video! What does it portend? Scientists filmed bats to see how they communicate while swarming. They found a surprise: In urban settings, rats attack bats. What are the implications for bats ... and virus spread to humans? Bec Roldan National Immigration agents have new technology to identify and track people The Department of Homeland Security is adopting powerful new tools to monitor noncitizens. Privacy advocates are worried they erode privacy rights for all Americans. Jude Joffe-Block Fresh Air Weekend: Filmmaker Judd Apatow; Dancer Misty Copeland Apatow shares his personal archive in Comedy Nerd. Ken Tucker reviews a new release of Patti Smith's Horses. Copeland begins a new chapter after her final performance with American Ballet Theatre. World What to know about the 5 hostages whose remains are still in Gaza In the most recent release, Hamas returned the remains of an Israeli man who died while fighting Hamas in the Oct. 7, 2023 attack. He was identified as Lior Rudaeff, who was 61 when he was killed. The Associated Press National UPS and FedEx grounding MD-11 planes following deadly Kentucky crash UPS and FedEx will ground their fleets of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 planes "out of an abundance of caution" following a deadly crash at the UPS global aviation hub in Kentucky. The Associated Press Environment A visit to the pristine Western Arctic, which faces gas and oil drilling Lynda Mapes, the former Seattle Times environment reporter, made a trip recently to the Western Arctic, a vast region in the northernmost part of North America. It’s an area that the Trump administration plans to open for oil and gas drilling. Mapes talked to KUOW’s Kim Malcolm about what she experienced on that trip. Kim Malcolm Elections ‘It’s a coin flip.’ Experts say Seattle mayor’s race still too close to call Activist Katie Wilson continues to gain on incumbent Bruce Harrell in the closely watched race for Seattle mayor. As of Friday’s ballot count, Wilson was just 4,300 votes behind Harrell, narrowing his early lead. With about 45,000 ballots left to tally, independent analysts weren’t ready to call the race. Catharine Smith Friday Evening Headlines Wilson pulls within 2 points of Harrell in Seattle mayor's race, Girmay Zahilay claims victory in King County Executive race, and Soundgarden will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Paige Browning National Full SNAP benefits start to go out even as the Trump administration appeals A federal judge ordered the government to fully fund food aid by Friday. The Trump administration's appeal was denied, so it's asking appealed, saying it's up to Congress to fund SNAP. Jennifer Ludden Politics Girmay Zahilay claims victory in King County executive race as Balducci concedes Girmay Zahilay has claimed victory in the race for King County executive, as his opponent Claudia Balducci conceded Friday. The two are both currently County Council members representing opposite sides of Lake Washington. Scott Greenstone Prev 670 of 1643 Next Sponsored
Health Wait, what? A RAT caught and ate a BAT? And there's video! What does it portend? Scientists filmed bats to see how they communicate while swarming. They found a surprise: In urban settings, rats attack bats. What are the implications for bats ... and virus spread to humans? Bec Roldan
National Immigration agents have new technology to identify and track people The Department of Homeland Security is adopting powerful new tools to monitor noncitizens. Privacy advocates are worried they erode privacy rights for all Americans. Jude Joffe-Block
Fresh Air Weekend: Filmmaker Judd Apatow; Dancer Misty Copeland Apatow shares his personal archive in Comedy Nerd. Ken Tucker reviews a new release of Patti Smith's Horses. Copeland begins a new chapter after her final performance with American Ballet Theatre.
World What to know about the 5 hostages whose remains are still in Gaza In the most recent release, Hamas returned the remains of an Israeli man who died while fighting Hamas in the Oct. 7, 2023 attack. He was identified as Lior Rudaeff, who was 61 when he was killed. The Associated Press
National UPS and FedEx grounding MD-11 planes following deadly Kentucky crash UPS and FedEx will ground their fleets of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 planes "out of an abundance of caution" following a deadly crash at the UPS global aviation hub in Kentucky. The Associated Press
Environment A visit to the pristine Western Arctic, which faces gas and oil drilling Lynda Mapes, the former Seattle Times environment reporter, made a trip recently to the Western Arctic, a vast region in the northernmost part of North America. It’s an area that the Trump administration plans to open for oil and gas drilling. Mapes talked to KUOW’s Kim Malcolm about what she experienced on that trip. Kim Malcolm
Elections ‘It’s a coin flip.’ Experts say Seattle mayor’s race still too close to call Activist Katie Wilson continues to gain on incumbent Bruce Harrell in the closely watched race for Seattle mayor. As of Friday’s ballot count, Wilson was just 4,300 votes behind Harrell, narrowing his early lead. With about 45,000 ballots left to tally, independent analysts weren’t ready to call the race. Catharine Smith
Friday Evening Headlines Wilson pulls within 2 points of Harrell in Seattle mayor's race, Girmay Zahilay claims victory in King County Executive race, and Soundgarden will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Paige Browning
National Full SNAP benefits start to go out even as the Trump administration appeals A federal judge ordered the government to fully fund food aid by Friday. The Trump administration's appeal was denied, so it's asking appealed, saying it's up to Congress to fund SNAP. Jennifer Ludden
Politics Girmay Zahilay claims victory in King County executive race as Balducci concedes Girmay Zahilay has claimed victory in the race for King County executive, as his opponent Claudia Balducci conceded Friday. The two are both currently County Council members representing opposite sides of Lake Washington. Scott Greenstone