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Graphics: Here's what it will take to transform the Qatari jet into Air Force One

The U.S. has officially accepted a luxury jetliner from Qatar as a gift, and slated it to become a new Air Force One. Experts say that overhaul could take years and cost hundreds of millions.
- Kat Lonsdorf
A new theory on gun violence

People blame gun violence on different things depending on their political leanings. But Jens Ludwig, an economist at the University of Chicago, has found a different reason behind it. Today, we bring you a story on solutions to gun violence.
- Adrian Ma
Music talent agent among dead after jet crashes into San Diego neighborhood

Six people, including music talent agent Dave Shapiro, were on board a private jet that crashed into a San Diego neighborhood on Thursday.
- The Associated Press
Trump's Harvard visa threat could wipe out several of the school's sports teams

Some of Harvard's sports teams could be wiped out by a Trump administration decision that would make the school with the nation's largest athletic program ineligible for international student visas.
- The Associated Press
In reversal, Trump administration restores classes at the National Fire Academy

The academy in Emmitsburg, Md., is often described as the national war college for firefighting. It offers training that ranges from leadership to how to conduct fire, arson and blast investigations.
- Frank Langfitt
Thursday Evening Headlines

The Seattle School Board addresses its budget shortfall, hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans may face deportation, and we take a look at highlights from the legislation Governor Bob Ferguson has signed so far. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.
- Paige Browning
Lawsuit challenges USDA demand for food stamp data as some states prepare to comply

The suit claims that efforts to get sensitive information about food aid recipients from states violates federal privacy laws.
- Jude Joffe-Block
Soundside's "Weekend Warmup" - May 23-26

Jason Megatron Burrows is out this week, so event finder replacement Shane Mehling rattles through some of the best things to do this Memorial weekend.
- Sarah Leibovitz
Voice of America's prospects appear grim after appeals court order

A federal appeals court said it would not intervene — at least for now — to thwart the Trump administration's plans for the near-total dismantlement of Voice of America.
- David Folkenflik
Deciding to See: The View from Nathan's Bus

Nathan is paying attention to everything happening around him from the conversations he’s having and the regulars who show up every day. And he’s written and compiled the stories of those interactions into a new book, “Deciding to See: The View from Nathan’s Bus.”
- Libby Denkmann

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