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Flooding and landslides are impacting western Washington, King County could be next in line to limit where ICE can set up operations and Lime scooters will start chirping at riders who use them improperly. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Patricia Murphy.
- Patricia Murphy
Education

Washington's co-op preschools face existential crisis after new state rules threaten funding

Community and technical colleges statewide are trying to maintain their cooperative preschools, where parents work and learn alongside their children, once major rule changes by the State Board of Community and Technical Colleges take effect in July.
- Ann Dornfeld
National

Jury finds Elon Musk misled investors during Twitter purchase

A jury has found Elon Musk liable for misleading investors by deliberately driving down Twitter's stock price in the tumultuous months leading up to his 2022 acquisition of the social media company for $44 billion. But it absolved him of some fraud allegations.
- The Associated Press
National

Liam Conejo Ramos' family fights immigration judge's ruling to deport them to Ecuador

The family of a 5-year-old Minnesota boy and his father who were detained by U.S. immigration agents in January is now fighting an immigration judge's ruling that rejects their claim for asylum.
- Regina Medina
National

Over 4,000 told to evacuate flooding in Hawaii as officials warn 120-year-old dam could fail

Muddy floodwaters from severe rains have inundated streets, swallowed vehicles and prompted evacuation orders for more than 4,000 people in towns north of Honolulu. Officials are warning about the possible failure of a a 120-year-old dam.
- The Associated Press
Business

CBS News shutters its storied radio news service after nearly a century, ending an era

The change is part of a round of layoffs at CBS News. When the radio service began operation in September 1927, it was a precursor to the entire CBS network. Today its top-of-the-hour news roundups are delivered to about 700 stations across the U.S.
- The Associated Press
National

Federal prosecutors ask to dismiss charges against officers in Breonna Taylor raid

Feds move to dismiss charges against officers accused of falsifying warrant in Breonna Taylor raid.
- The Associated Press
Business

Why a small town in Tennessee is at the center of a renewed global arms race

A small Tennessee town hopes to stop the construction of a facility that has a federal contract to refine depleted uranium into a metallic form the government needs to build nuclear weapons.
- Pierce Gentry
World

Iran's cultural heritage sites are being damaged by American and Israeli strikes

The cost of the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran are mounting in terms of civilian deaths and damage to Iran's most famous cultural heritage sites.
- Emily Feng
Music

Sweet Pill's new album, 'Still, There's a Glow,' was forged through personal struggle

Philadelphia Emo band Sweet Pill has a new album out, Still There's a Glow. Lead singer Zayna Yousseff breaks down how this album reflected her mental health journey.
- Brianna Scott

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