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An update in Seattle's mayor election, a few words to remember late Seattle basketball legend Lenny Wilkens, and some Veteran's Day events to look forward to tomorrow. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.
- Paige Browning
Prominent Afrikaners refuse to be 'pawns,' and hit back at Trump's claims about South Africa

Prominent Afrikaners are pushing back after President Trump announced no U.S. officials will attend the G20 in Johannesburg, rejecting his claims of "white persecution" in South Africa as false and politically driven.
- Kate Bartlett
Public safety groups face an uncertain future months after federal grant cuts

Six months after the Trump administration cut more than $800 million in Justice Department grants geared toward public safety, the organizations affected are adjusting to a future without that money.
- Meg Anderson
Trump slams air traffic controllers who called out during the government shutdown

Trump said on social media that he wasn't happy with controllers who called out of work, and suggested a $10,000 bonus for those who didn't take any time off during the shutdown.
- Joe Hernandez
'Death by Lightning' unfolds like an 1880s 'West Wing'

Netflix's new four-part miniseries dives into the plot to assassinate President James Garfield. Death by Lightning is full of recognizable arrogance, political intrigue and unexpected betrayal.
- David Bianculli
The FDA will lift warnings on hormone therapy for menopause

Hormone therapy drugs have carried box warning labels for years. The Food and Drug Administration is removing them, saying the risks were overstated.
- Sydney Lupkin
Supreme Court declines to revisit gay marriage decision

The challenge to the court's 2015 ruling came from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky clerk who refused to issue same-sex licenses after the court's Obergefell v. Hodges decision, which recognized a constitutional right to same-sex marriage.
- Alyssa Kapasi
Syrian President Sharaa makes the 1st White House visit by a Syrian head of state

President Ahmed al-Sharaa once had ties to al-Qaida and had a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head. Then he led the rebel forces that toppled former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad last year.
- The Associated Press
Who has President Trump pardoned and why?

This week, President Trump pardoned allies accused of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election. It is part of an uptick in "insider pardons" issued in his second term, one legal expert says.
- Joe Hernandez
Seattle homebuyers have more power, but less confidence

Seattle’s red hot housing market is shifting. But that doesn’t mean more people are buying homes. Seattle Times reporter Alexis Weisend explains what’s keeping buyers back.
- Patricia Murphy

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