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Education The Humpback comeback: Vancouver's whales come home Chris unravels the journey of Humpback whales in the Salish Sea and explores the groundbreaking techniques researchers are using to protect them. Chris Morgan
National Pentagon is embracing Musk's Grok AI chatbot as it draws global outcry Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok will join Google's generative AI engine in operating inside the Pentagon network, as part of a broader push to feed as much of the military's data as possible into the developing technology. The Associated Press
Arts & Life Seattle Children's Theater will 'assess' upcoming production at Kennedy Center The Seattle Children’s Theater is discussing the "path forward" for a planned production at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C., as artists continue to cancel performances in protest of the Trump administration. Noel Gasca
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