The Latest Wednesday Evening Headlines World's first nuclear fusion plant breaks ground in WA, fighting climate change could get more difficult under Trump proposal, and Seattle Police crack down on an Aurora Ave motel. Andy Hurst Government An earthquake could break Seattle into several 'islands' Given its geography, Seattle faces some unique challenges were it to face something similar to the magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck early Wednesday off Russia's coast. Such an event could break Seattle into several islands — not islands surrounded by water, but islands nonetheless. Joshua McNichols Crystals with a side of conspiracy theory: Washington's role in the spread of new age movements The new book ‘Blazing Eye Sees All’ tracks the growth and spread of the American New Age movement, and author Leah Sottile joins Soundside to talk about Washington State's place in that history. Gabrielle Healy To hear an iconic sound of the Northwest, listen to a driftwood log Acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton shares one of his favorite field recordings from the Washington coast Libby Denkmann Business Everett-based Helion breaks ground on ‘world’s first fusion power plant’ On the banks of the Columbia River in the small town of Malaga, Washington, Everett-based Helion has broken ground on what it says is “the world’s first fusion power plant.” Monica Nickelsburg Politics Jimmy Hoffa vanished 50 years ago. The unsolved mystery and his legend endure Jimmy Hoffa vanished 50 years ago Don Gonyea Arts & Life England's Birmingham bids farewell to Ozzy Osbourne, its homegrown heavy metal hero Fans and relatives of the late Ozzy Osbourne converged to pay their final respects to metal star in his home city. Willem Marx Health Care Washington’s safety net clinics face ‘perfect storm’ of federal threats Clinics across Washington that focus on serving low-income patients are bracing for a dual threat from the federal government. Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard Arts & Life Comedian Aparna Nancherla on middle-age rage On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Comedian Aparna Nancherla talks about how her rage is manifesting in middle age. Megan Lim Sports A 35 mph pitch for a strikeout, a first for Toronto Blue Jays catcher In the 8th inning of the Blue Jays-Orioles game Tuesday, Toronto's catcher, Ali Sanchez, was on the mound. Here's what happened when he threw a 35-mph pitch. Gabriel J. Sánchez Prev 1172 of 1649 Next Sponsored
Wednesday Evening Headlines World's first nuclear fusion plant breaks ground in WA, fighting climate change could get more difficult under Trump proposal, and Seattle Police crack down on an Aurora Ave motel. Andy Hurst
Government An earthquake could break Seattle into several 'islands' Given its geography, Seattle faces some unique challenges were it to face something similar to the magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck early Wednesday off Russia's coast. Such an event could break Seattle into several islands — not islands surrounded by water, but islands nonetheless. Joshua McNichols
Crystals with a side of conspiracy theory: Washington's role in the spread of new age movements The new book ‘Blazing Eye Sees All’ tracks the growth and spread of the American New Age movement, and author Leah Sottile joins Soundside to talk about Washington State's place in that history. Gabrielle Healy
To hear an iconic sound of the Northwest, listen to a driftwood log Acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton shares one of his favorite field recordings from the Washington coast Libby Denkmann
Business Everett-based Helion breaks ground on ‘world’s first fusion power plant’ On the banks of the Columbia River in the small town of Malaga, Washington, Everett-based Helion has broken ground on what it says is “the world’s first fusion power plant.” Monica Nickelsburg
Politics Jimmy Hoffa vanished 50 years ago. The unsolved mystery and his legend endure Jimmy Hoffa vanished 50 years ago Don Gonyea
Arts & Life England's Birmingham bids farewell to Ozzy Osbourne, its homegrown heavy metal hero Fans and relatives of the late Ozzy Osbourne converged to pay their final respects to metal star in his home city. Willem Marx
Health Care Washington’s safety net clinics face ‘perfect storm’ of federal threats Clinics across Washington that focus on serving low-income patients are bracing for a dual threat from the federal government. Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard
Arts & Life Comedian Aparna Nancherla on middle-age rage On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Comedian Aparna Nancherla talks about how her rage is manifesting in middle age. Megan Lim
Sports A 35 mph pitch for a strikeout, a first for Toronto Blue Jays catcher In the 8th inning of the Blue Jays-Orioles game Tuesday, Toronto's catcher, Ali Sanchez, was on the mound. Here's what happened when he threw a 35-mph pitch. Gabriel J. Sánchez