The Latest Monday Evening Headlines The Seattle-area saw several protests this weekend, a new legislative session brings several new bills, and avalanches are making ski season dangerous. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning. Paige Browning Cervical cancer screenings... without the speculum? Many patients find cervical cancer screenings uncomfortable and, sometimes, painful. New health guidelines offer patients an alternative. Maleeha Syed Environment Offshore wind developer prevails in U.S. court as Trump calls wind farms 'losers' A federal judge ruled Monday that work on a major offshore wind farm can resume, handing the industry at least a temporary victory as President Trump seeks to shut it down. The Associated Press National Minnesota officials sue to block Trump's immigration crackdown as enforcement intensifies More than 2,000 federal immigration agents are in Minnesota, and that number is expected to increase. On Monday, an NPR reporter witnessed multiple instances where immigration agents drove around Minneapolis — and in parking lots of big box stores — and randomly questioned people about their immigration status. Sergio Martínez-Beltrán National In photos: A week of protests against ICE People across the country gathered to protest against ICE over the past week. Meredith Nierman Technology Elon Musk's X faces bans and investigations over nonconsensual bikini images After the social media app's AI chatbot started generating sexualized images of women and children, two countries have blocked it and several more have launched investigations. Huo Jingnan Front Page: ICE Protests, the State Legislative session gets started, Protests in Iran, and Seahawks vs 49ers part 3 Every Monday on Soundside we catch you up on the top stories that are fascinating right now – and what they say about the Pacific Northwest. Libby Denkmann Animals An unbearable situation: How a nonprofit helped evict a black bear in LA A black bear made a home for itself underneath a Los Angeles man's home weeks ago. He called in expert bear-evictors to solve the problem. John Ketchum Health Care Why nearly 15,000 nurses in New York City are going on strike Nearly 15,000 New York City nurses are on strike demanding things like higher wages and more security in hospitals. The head of the of the New York State Nurses Association talks about the next steps. Matt Ozug National Minnesota steps up its resistance to the Trump Administration's surge of ICE officers A snapshot of ICE actions around Minneapolis Monday, and the various ways the community is responding. Meg Anderson Prev 142 of 1638 Next Sponsored
Monday Evening Headlines The Seattle-area saw several protests this weekend, a new legislative session brings several new bills, and avalanches are making ski season dangerous. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning. Paige Browning
Cervical cancer screenings... without the speculum? Many patients find cervical cancer screenings uncomfortable and, sometimes, painful. New health guidelines offer patients an alternative. Maleeha Syed
Environment Offshore wind developer prevails in U.S. court as Trump calls wind farms 'losers' A federal judge ruled Monday that work on a major offshore wind farm can resume, handing the industry at least a temporary victory as President Trump seeks to shut it down. The Associated Press
National Minnesota officials sue to block Trump's immigration crackdown as enforcement intensifies More than 2,000 federal immigration agents are in Minnesota, and that number is expected to increase. On Monday, an NPR reporter witnessed multiple instances where immigration agents drove around Minneapolis — and in parking lots of big box stores — and randomly questioned people about their immigration status. Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
National In photos: A week of protests against ICE People across the country gathered to protest against ICE over the past week. Meredith Nierman
Technology Elon Musk's X faces bans and investigations over nonconsensual bikini images After the social media app's AI chatbot started generating sexualized images of women and children, two countries have blocked it and several more have launched investigations. Huo Jingnan
Front Page: ICE Protests, the State Legislative session gets started, Protests in Iran, and Seahawks vs 49ers part 3 Every Monday on Soundside we catch you up on the top stories that are fascinating right now – and what they say about the Pacific Northwest. Libby Denkmann
Animals An unbearable situation: How a nonprofit helped evict a black bear in LA A black bear made a home for itself underneath a Los Angeles man's home weeks ago. He called in expert bear-evictors to solve the problem. John Ketchum
Health Care Why nearly 15,000 nurses in New York City are going on strike Nearly 15,000 New York City nurses are on strike demanding things like higher wages and more security in hospitals. The head of the of the New York State Nurses Association talks about the next steps. Matt Ozug
National Minnesota steps up its resistance to the Trump Administration's surge of ICE officers A snapshot of ICE actions around Minneapolis Monday, and the various ways the community is responding. Meg Anderson