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Opinion: Curse other drivers? So do the pros — but they get fined

Formula 1 racing has a ban on cursing, with fines starting at about 46 thousand dollars. NPR's Scott Simon explains why drivers are darn unhappy with that.
- Scott Simon
Saturday Special: Trump supporters on his first 100 days, West Seattle Light Rail concerns, and "MENA" foods

On Saturdays, Seattle Now is bringing you the best from the KUOW newsroom… President Donald Trump marked 100 days into his second term, the City of Seattle planned to withhold concerns about the West Seattle Light Rail from federal regulators, and Mediterranean food from a specific region is showing up in Seattle's crowded food scene.
- Vaughan Jones
Captive-bred axolotls thrive in Mexican wetlands, researchers find

The cartoonish-looking salamanders have faced an uncertain future in the wild. But researchers hope that breeding axolotls in captivity and releasing them in the wild can help their numbers.
- Alana Wise
The most exciting two minutes in sports is a show of 'Latino excellence'

Latinos, many from outside the U.S. mainland, have risen in prominence in horseracing, from the grooms to some of the winningest jockeys.
- Ximena Bustillo
After paying people to leave, one federal agency is scrambling to fill positions

USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has opened up 73 jobs to internal candidates. They include roles just vacated by people who are receiving full pay and benefits through September.
- Andrea Hsu
Fresh Air Weekend: America's 'pronatalist' movement; Daria Burke on overcoming trauma

NPR reporter Lisa Hagen and sociologist Karen Guzzo discuss the movement to boost the birth rate. Justin Chang reviews The Shrouds. Burke looks back on a difficult childhood in Of My Own Making.
Friday Evening Headlines

Federal cuts to AmeriCorps are reaching Seattle food banks, the Seattle City Council is considering making it easier for council members to vote when they have a conflict of interest, and the city is launching a free shuttle to take people around the new and improved waterfront.
- Vaughan Jones
Medical journals hit with threatening letters from Justice Department

The interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia has sent letters to several leading medical journals asking for information about their editorial practices.
- Rob Stein
He let snakes bite him some 200 times to create a better snakebite antivenom

Scientists have created a broadly effective antivenom using the blood of a Wisconsin man who has spent years exposing himself to deadly snakebites from black mambas, taipans, cobras and many others.
- Ari Daniel
Week in Review: budget, police, and Trump

Host Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with Seattle Channel’s Brian Callanan, Executive Director for the Center for Latino Leadership Maia Espinoza, and The Urbanist’s Ryan Packer.
- Kevin Kniestedt

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