Weekend Listen: Seattle is changing its approach to drug enforcement, researchers are trying a new approach to fight ovarian cancer, and the Seahawks are one win away from the Super Bowl Today, we’re bringing you the best from the KUOW Newsroom… The City of Seattle is putting a stronger emphasis on SERVICES for people arrested for public drug use. Researchers are trying a new approach to treating ovarian cancer, often called “the silent killer.” And a primer ahead of tomorrow’s huge NFC Championship game, where the Seattle Seahawks face off against the Los Angeles Rams Paige Browning
Why 3 Catholic cardinals released a statement critical of Trump's foreign policy Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago tells NPR's Scott Simon why he and two other Catholic cardinals released a statement critical of the Trump administration's foreign policy. Scott Simon
A deadly standoff in 1992 changed federal use-of-force rules. Here's why it matters An encounter with white separatists decades ago led to new deadly force policies for some federal law enforcement. Minneapolis is raising questions about whether it's again time to revisit the issue. Odette Yousef
Trump administration's defense strategy tells allies to handle their own security The Pentagon released a priority-shifting National Defense Strategy late Friday that chastised U.S. allies to take control of their own security and reasserted the Trump administration's focus on dominance in the Western Hemisphere above a longtime goal of countering China. The Associated Press
Friday Evening Headlines Light rail service begins March 28th from Seattle to the Eastside, Rivian pushes measure to sell directly to WA consumers, and Seattle officials charge man accused of groping women while riding a Lime Bike. Paige Browning
Minnesotans turn out in the frigid cold to protest Trump's immigration crackdown Minnesota residents took to the streets of downtown Minneapolis to protest the federal government's immigration campaign in the state, after weeks of sustained resistance in their communities. Businesses across the region closed in solidarity. Sarah Ventre
Trump expands policy banning aid to groups abroad that discuss or provide abortions In addition to adding to the list of groups that will lose funding for providing or discussing abortion, the policy now also calls for ending aid to groups that embrace DEI. Jonathan Lambert
Week in Review: potential protests, initiatives, climate law Host Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with the founder of Earth Finance, and former member of the Washington state House and Senate Reuven Carlyle, Washington Policy Center Communications Director David Boze, and KUOW politics reporter, and co-host of Sound Politics podcast Scott Greenstone Bill Radke
At Davos, U.S. allies question a fraying world order It was a volatile week for trans-Atlantic relations, marked by President Trump statements that unsettled global markets and strained ties with U.S. allies — on topics ranging from Greenland to Gaza. Willem Marx
'Get warm, get safe and stay there,' officials warn as massive storm bears down on U.S. Forecasters say the storm will dump heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain from the Southern Rockies into New England through Monday. Debbie Elliott