The Latest Monday Evening Headlines Feds deny WA's request for disaster relief, lawmakers pass bill requiring clergy to report abuse, and the Virginia Inn will close. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning. Paige Browning Play AudioListen 8 mins Washington 'sanctuary law' allows ICE to pick up people leaving prison. They often don't Washington state’s so-called “sanctuary law” is in the crosshairs of elected officials. But new data from the state’s department of corrections shows, even when the state works with federal immigration enforcement, the federal government isn’t always following through. Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez Politics Trump's FEMA denies Washington disaster relief for 'bomb cyclone' windstorm The Federal Emergency Management Agency denied a request from Washington state last week to help pay for damage caused during a storm last year. John Ryan Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa dies at the age of 89 Mario Vargas Llosa, one of the most celebrated writers in Latin America and the first Peruvian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, has died at 89. The author died on Sunday surrounded by his family. Mandalit del Barco Play AudioListen 4 mins Politics Veteran diplomats react to the Trump administration gutting the lead U.S. aid agency Trump administration reforms at the State Department are shrinking the United States' diplomatic footprint globally. Michele Kelemen Play AudioListen 5 mins OK Go reflects on 20 years in the churn of video virality Damian Kulash of OK Go reflects on the band's decades of creating elaborate one-take viral music videos. Alejandra Marquez Janse Play AudioListen 6 mins Asia Xi Jinping visits Southeast Asia to strengthen ties China's leader, Xi Jinping, embarks on a five-day, three-nation Southeast Asia tour, amid the trade war with the U.S. Adam Hancock Play AudioListen 3 mins A vaccine expert worries child measles deaths are being 'normalized' Ousted FDA vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks talks about the current administration's policy on vaccines, and how that is impact its response to the on-going measles outbreak in the southwestern U.S. Courtney Dorning Play AudioListen 9 mins Technology The biggest plot twist in a viral 'true crime' story? None of it was real A viral "true crime" story was actually made up, generated by A.I. Reporter Henry Larson explores the ethical questions raised by this new frontier of content. Ashley Brown Play AudioListen 9 mins Arts & Life A stranger helps a grieving daughter clean her mother's grass-covered gravestone In 2023, Ashley Blas traveled to visit her mother's grave for the first time since the funeral, 30 years ago. A man she encountered ended up respecting her grave, too. Play AudioListen 4 mins 1 of 1651 Next
Monday Evening Headlines Feds deny WA's request for disaster relief, lawmakers pass bill requiring clergy to report abuse, and the Virginia Inn will close. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning. Paige Browning Play AudioListen 8 mins
Washington 'sanctuary law' allows ICE to pick up people leaving prison. They often don't Washington state’s so-called “sanctuary law” is in the crosshairs of elected officials. But new data from the state’s department of corrections shows, even when the state works with federal immigration enforcement, the federal government isn’t always following through. Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Politics Trump's FEMA denies Washington disaster relief for 'bomb cyclone' windstorm The Federal Emergency Management Agency denied a request from Washington state last week to help pay for damage caused during a storm last year. John Ryan
Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa dies at the age of 89 Mario Vargas Llosa, one of the most celebrated writers in Latin America and the first Peruvian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, has died at 89. The author died on Sunday surrounded by his family. Mandalit del Barco Play AudioListen 4 mins
Politics Veteran diplomats react to the Trump administration gutting the lead U.S. aid agency Trump administration reforms at the State Department are shrinking the United States' diplomatic footprint globally. Michele Kelemen Play AudioListen 5 mins
OK Go reflects on 20 years in the churn of video virality Damian Kulash of OK Go reflects on the band's decades of creating elaborate one-take viral music videos. Alejandra Marquez Janse Play AudioListen 6 mins
Asia Xi Jinping visits Southeast Asia to strengthen ties China's leader, Xi Jinping, embarks on a five-day, three-nation Southeast Asia tour, amid the trade war with the U.S. Adam Hancock Play AudioListen 3 mins
A vaccine expert worries child measles deaths are being 'normalized' Ousted FDA vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks talks about the current administration's policy on vaccines, and how that is impact its response to the on-going measles outbreak in the southwestern U.S. Courtney Dorning Play AudioListen 9 mins
Technology The biggest plot twist in a viral 'true crime' story? None of it was real A viral "true crime" story was actually made up, generated by A.I. Reporter Henry Larson explores the ethical questions raised by this new frontier of content. Ashley Brown Play AudioListen 9 mins
Arts & Life A stranger helps a grieving daughter clean her mother's grass-covered gravestone In 2023, Ashley Blas traveled to visit her mother's grave for the first time since the funeral, 30 years ago. A man she encountered ended up respecting her grave, too. Play AudioListen 4 mins
