The Latest Thursday Evening Headlines Travis Decker's remains have been confirmed, Starbucks is closing stores and rolling out layoffs, and Lynnwood is allowing cannabis sellers. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Patricia Murphy. Brooklyn Jamerson-Flowers Politics Former FBI Director Comey indicted on criminal charges stemming from 2020 testimony Former FBI Director James Comey faces one count of making false statements and one count of obstruction of justice in connection. Carrie Johnson Politics Hollywood now has dueling open letters over the Israel film boycott Over 1,200 Hollywood figures, among them Liev Schreiber, Mayim Bialik and Sharon Osbourne, signed a letter on Thursday rejecting a previous call to boycott Israeli film groups. Chloe Veltman Politics TV on the radio This week, we're talking TV. What we see on our screens and what goes on behind the scenes -- and how that shapes the political landscape. Scott Greenstone Business Trump advances TikTok deal with new executive order The new order says that the deal to turn over a majority stake in TikTok to a group of U.S. investors meets the terms ordered by Congress, and will allow it to stay online in the U.S. John Ruwitch World What the recognition of a Palestinian state means to Palestinians Several countries have made moves to recognize Palestinian statehood. What do these announcements mean practically for Palestinians and are these declarations coming too little too late? Linah Mohammad National Colorado's largest utility agrees to settle lawsuit over claims it sparked wildfire Colorado's largest utility company has agreed to pay about $640 million to settle a lawsuit over liability for the state's most destructive wildfire, the Marshall fire in 2021. Ishan Thakore Arts & Life Dogs take over a public pool in North Carolina Once a year in Wilmington North Carolina, dogs who love water take over the public pool for the annual Pooch Plunge. Kelly Kenoyer Economy Could a 'silver tsunami' of aging Americans fix the housing crisis? The "silver tsunami" of aging Americans is often seen as a potential way to alleviate U.S. housing affordability woes. But an influx of empty-nester homes into the market may not have much impact. Darian Woods On the frontlines of Mississippi's infant mortality crisis Public health officials in Mississippi recently declared a crisis around infant mortality. Too many babies are dying. Officials are working to help pregnant moms get access to better prenatal care. Katia Riddle Prev 363 of 1653 Next Sponsored
Thursday Evening Headlines Travis Decker's remains have been confirmed, Starbucks is closing stores and rolling out layoffs, and Lynnwood is allowing cannabis sellers. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Patricia Murphy. Brooklyn Jamerson-Flowers
Politics Former FBI Director Comey indicted on criminal charges stemming from 2020 testimony Former FBI Director James Comey faces one count of making false statements and one count of obstruction of justice in connection. Carrie Johnson
Politics Hollywood now has dueling open letters over the Israel film boycott Over 1,200 Hollywood figures, among them Liev Schreiber, Mayim Bialik and Sharon Osbourne, signed a letter on Thursday rejecting a previous call to boycott Israeli film groups. Chloe Veltman
Politics TV on the radio This week, we're talking TV. What we see on our screens and what goes on behind the scenes -- and how that shapes the political landscape. Scott Greenstone
Business Trump advances TikTok deal with new executive order The new order says that the deal to turn over a majority stake in TikTok to a group of U.S. investors meets the terms ordered by Congress, and will allow it to stay online in the U.S. John Ruwitch
World What the recognition of a Palestinian state means to Palestinians Several countries have made moves to recognize Palestinian statehood. What do these announcements mean practically for Palestinians and are these declarations coming too little too late? Linah Mohammad
National Colorado's largest utility agrees to settle lawsuit over claims it sparked wildfire Colorado's largest utility company has agreed to pay about $640 million to settle a lawsuit over liability for the state's most destructive wildfire, the Marshall fire in 2021. Ishan Thakore
Arts & Life Dogs take over a public pool in North Carolina Once a year in Wilmington North Carolina, dogs who love water take over the public pool for the annual Pooch Plunge. Kelly Kenoyer
Economy Could a 'silver tsunami' of aging Americans fix the housing crisis? The "silver tsunami" of aging Americans is often seen as a potential way to alleviate U.S. housing affordability woes. But an influx of empty-nester homes into the market may not have much impact. Darian Woods
On the frontlines of Mississippi's infant mortality crisis Public health officials in Mississippi recently declared a crisis around infant mortality. Too many babies are dying. Officials are working to help pregnant moms get access to better prenatal care. Katia Riddle