The Latest Seattle says 'Belltown Hellcat' driver ignored order to quiet ear-splitting car Seattle is suing the so-called “Belltown Hellcat” driver for allegedly continuing to rev his souped-up racecar’s engine at high volume more than a month after the city ordered him to stop. Ann Dornfeld Wednesday Evening Headlines 20 Seattle elementary schools could close, the city is suing the loud driver known as the “Belltown Hellcat,” and extra low tides are coming to Puget Sound. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning. Paige Browning Andy Hurst Extra-low (and high) tides coming to Puget Sound this week Extra-low tides on Puget Sound May 8 to May 12 bring opportunities to witness sea stars and other colorful creatures along local shorelines. John Ryan Emergency declared for spongy moth invading Washington state Paige Browning 20 Seattle elementary schools could be closed due to budget crisis District officials have not said which schools will be on the chopping block — a list is expected to be released in June — but they say K-5 students would be better accommodated if the district downsized to 50 elementary schools, down from more than 70 schools. Sami West Isolde Raftery Bid to oust Speaker Johnson fails but GOP turmoil remains The House voted overwhelmingly to set aside a motion by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., to remove Johnson as speaker Barbara Sprunt National A drug company will stop selling lucrative medicine to keep a promise to ALS patients A drug company will voluntarily stop selling a medicine that was bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars, keeping a promise the business made years earlier to people with the fatal condition ALS. Jon Hamilton National Checking in on fast food workers and franchise owners after a month of wage increase A month after fast food workers in California started earning at least $20 an hour, how is the financial picture for them and franchise owners shaping up? Farida Jhabvala Romero / KQED National Republicans and K-12 school leaders clash over handling of antisemitism Republicans tried for the kind of headline moments they've scored in similar hearings with elite college presidents. But the testimony from K-12 public school leaders offered few surprises. Cory Turner Nicole Cohen World Juli Min begins with the future to understand the past in her novel 'Shanghailanders' NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with author Juli Min about her new book Shanghailanders, which unspools the story of a family in reverse. Jonaki Mehta Courtney Dorning Ailsa Chang 1 of 926 Next
Seattle says 'Belltown Hellcat' driver ignored order to quiet ear-splitting car Seattle is suing the so-called “Belltown Hellcat” driver for allegedly continuing to rev his souped-up racecar’s engine at high volume more than a month after the city ordered him to stop. Ann Dornfeld
Wednesday Evening Headlines 20 Seattle elementary schools could close, the city is suing the loud driver known as the “Belltown Hellcat,” and extra low tides are coming to Puget Sound. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning. Paige Browning Andy Hurst
Extra-low (and high) tides coming to Puget Sound this week Extra-low tides on Puget Sound May 8 to May 12 bring opportunities to witness sea stars and other colorful creatures along local shorelines. John Ryan
20 Seattle elementary schools could be closed due to budget crisis District officials have not said which schools will be on the chopping block — a list is expected to be released in June — but they say K-5 students would be better accommodated if the district downsized to 50 elementary schools, down from more than 70 schools. Sami West Isolde Raftery
Bid to oust Speaker Johnson fails but GOP turmoil remains The House voted overwhelmingly to set aside a motion by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., to remove Johnson as speaker Barbara Sprunt
National A drug company will stop selling lucrative medicine to keep a promise to ALS patients A drug company will voluntarily stop selling a medicine that was bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars, keeping a promise the business made years earlier to people with the fatal condition ALS. Jon Hamilton
National Checking in on fast food workers and franchise owners after a month of wage increase A month after fast food workers in California started earning at least $20 an hour, how is the financial picture for them and franchise owners shaping up? Farida Jhabvala Romero / KQED
National Republicans and K-12 school leaders clash over handling of antisemitism Republicans tried for the kind of headline moments they've scored in similar hearings with elite college presidents. But the testimony from K-12 public school leaders offered few surprises. Cory Turner Nicole Cohen
World Juli Min begins with the future to understand the past in her novel 'Shanghailanders' NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with author Juli Min about her new book Shanghailanders, which unspools the story of a family in reverse. Jonaki Mehta Courtney Dorning Ailsa Chang