The Latest National Checking in on LA six months after the fires Six months after the fires that wiped out thousands of homes and structures in Los Angeles, where is the city in terms of recovery? Some personal stories reflect the challenges individuals are facing. Erin Stone National In Texas, rescue crews continue the slow and difficult search for flooding victims In the Texas Hill Country, crews continue the difficult task of searching for people killed in last week's flash flooding. Dozens were killed and dozens are missing. It's difficult and draining work. Greg Allen National Black colleges and universities reach out to students left stranded by Job Corps cuts As federally funded Job Corps centers are forced to close because of budget cuts, some Historically Black Colleges are helping the displaced students. Maggie Ryan Arts & Life This Bothell Santa spends his offseason keeping rose bushes in tip-top shape Summertime is high season for Seattle’s rose growers and lovers. They’re a passionate bunch. John Harmeling is one of the best-known among them. Ruby de Luna Immigration DHS ends Temporary Protected Status for thousands from Nicaragua and Honduras Some 76,000 people from Nicaragua and Honduras were covered by TPS, which provides protection from deportation and grants work permits to people from certain nations affected by war or natural disasters. Juliana Kim Latin America BRICS summit ends with Trump tariff threat Leaders of BRICS meeting in Brazil for their annual summit had hoped to downplay their anti-US reputation. But even a toned down group proclamation drew the ire of President Trump, threatening even higher tariffs on BRICS aligned countries. Carrie Kahn Politics DOJ says no evidence Jeffrey Epstein had a 'client list' or blackmailed associates The two-page memo outlines the "exhaustive review" the department conducted of the Epstein files in its possession, and also reiterates that Epstein died by suicide, contrary to some conspiracy theories. Ryan Lucas Arts & Life Seattle passes a milestone: 800,000 people and counting For the first time, Seattle’s population topped 800,000, according to new estimates from the state's Office of Financial Management. KUOW Staff Environment Floods are getting more dangerous around the country, not just in Texas The deadly floods in Central Texas were caused by extremely heavy rain. Climate change is causing even more rain to fall during the heaviest storms. Rebecca Hersher National Meet the woman who's reunited dozens of people with lost photos after the LA fires We look at an Altadena resident who has made it her mission to help reunite keepsakes that survived the LA fires — photos, kids art, postcards — with their owners. Steven Cuevas Prev 1338 of 1645 Next Sponsored
National Checking in on LA six months after the fires Six months after the fires that wiped out thousands of homes and structures in Los Angeles, where is the city in terms of recovery? Some personal stories reflect the challenges individuals are facing. Erin Stone
National In Texas, rescue crews continue the slow and difficult search for flooding victims In the Texas Hill Country, crews continue the difficult task of searching for people killed in last week's flash flooding. Dozens were killed and dozens are missing. It's difficult and draining work. Greg Allen
National Black colleges and universities reach out to students left stranded by Job Corps cuts As federally funded Job Corps centers are forced to close because of budget cuts, some Historically Black Colleges are helping the displaced students. Maggie Ryan
Arts & Life This Bothell Santa spends his offseason keeping rose bushes in tip-top shape Summertime is high season for Seattle’s rose growers and lovers. They’re a passionate bunch. John Harmeling is one of the best-known among them. Ruby de Luna
Immigration DHS ends Temporary Protected Status for thousands from Nicaragua and Honduras Some 76,000 people from Nicaragua and Honduras were covered by TPS, which provides protection from deportation and grants work permits to people from certain nations affected by war or natural disasters. Juliana Kim
Latin America BRICS summit ends with Trump tariff threat Leaders of BRICS meeting in Brazil for their annual summit had hoped to downplay their anti-US reputation. But even a toned down group proclamation drew the ire of President Trump, threatening even higher tariffs on BRICS aligned countries. Carrie Kahn
Politics DOJ says no evidence Jeffrey Epstein had a 'client list' or blackmailed associates The two-page memo outlines the "exhaustive review" the department conducted of the Epstein files in its possession, and also reiterates that Epstein died by suicide, contrary to some conspiracy theories. Ryan Lucas
Arts & Life Seattle passes a milestone: 800,000 people and counting For the first time, Seattle’s population topped 800,000, according to new estimates from the state's Office of Financial Management. KUOW Staff
Environment Floods are getting more dangerous around the country, not just in Texas The deadly floods in Central Texas were caused by extremely heavy rain. Climate change is causing even more rain to fall during the heaviest storms. Rebecca Hersher
National Meet the woman who's reunited dozens of people with lost photos after the LA fires We look at an Altadena resident who has made it her mission to help reunite keepsakes that survived the LA fires — photos, kids art, postcards — with their owners. Steven Cuevas