'Breathtaking' and 'transformational.' Seattle University receives record $300 million art donation Seattle University has received the largest art donation ever given to a university. So large, in fact, the Jesuit school will have to build a new museum to house the $300 million collection. Stephen Howie
World famous artists designed this carnival in 1987. Nearly 40 years later, it's back Keith Haring, Salvador Dalí, David Hockney, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Roy Lichtenstein and others adorned the park's rides. Those attractions have been in shipping containers ever since — until now. Mandalit del Barco
A funeral home employee opened the door to a family secret On this week's "My Unsung Hero" from Hidden Brain, a funeral home employee uncovers a long-held family mystery.
The first Black pilot of a commercial airline has died at 89 David E. Harris became the first Black pilot to fly for a commercial airline when American Airlines hired him in 1964. Announcing Capt. Harris' death, American's CEO called him a "trailblazer." Elizabeth Blair
What the royal family doesn't understand about PR in 2024 The release of the Mother's Day photo was not meant as a proof of life. However, any clever communications person should have known it would be taken that way and closely scrutinized by the public. Linda Holmes
With a few days likely left in the Iditarod, a frontrunner gets a time penalty With days likely left in the sled dog race, one of the frontrunners has been given a 2-hour time penalty after officials deemed he didn't sufficiently gut a moose that got tangled with his dog team. Casey Grove - Alaska Public Media
The big takeaways from last night's Oscars With the Oscars handed out, NPR critic Linda Holmes reflects on the night's big winners, takeaways, and telecast highlights. Linda Holmes
U.K.'s Kate Middleton apologizes for 'confusion' over edited photo "Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing," the princess of Wales said, acknowledging suspicions about a family photo. Bill Chappell
Lily Gladstone left the Oscars empty-handed. But her former Mountlake Terrace classmates say it's just the beginning It wasn’t quite the Hollywood happy ending Lily Gladstone’s former teachers and classmates were hoping for when they packed into the auditorium of Mountlake Terrace High School to watch the 96th Academy Awards ceremony. Noel Gasca
The high school drama program that helped launch Oscar hopeful Lily Gladstone sees its funding cut in half ‘There are some kids that all you need to do is expose them to things and they do the rest. And I feel that way about Lily.’ -former teacher Stephen Merlino Paige Browning
