The Latest Environment How five women fought off a cougar for 45 minutes On February 17, five friends set out on a long bike ride in the Cascade foothills north of Snoqualmie. What started as a routine ride for the group of 50 Angela King tells the women's story for the first time since the attack. Angela King Natalie Akane Newcomb Clare McGrane Patricia Murphy Health NIH scientists, studying Havana syndrome patients, find no physical trace of harm Two new government studies found no medical explanation for the cluster of symptoms known as Havana syndrome. Jon Hamilton Famine is imminent in northern Gaza, experts examining food insecurity say A report by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification says everyone in Gaza faces high levels of acute food insecurity, and more than a million struggle with catastrophic levels of hunger. Steve Inskeep Aya Batrawy Ariana Grande has sold millions of records. Now her grandma has a record too Ninety-eight-year-old Marjorie "Nonna" Grande has become the oldest person to hit the Billboard Hot 100. She's featured in granddaughter's song "Ordinary Things." Politics RBG award ceremony canceled amid controversy over recipients Rupert Murdoch, Elon Musk and junk bond creator Michael Milken were among the recipients of the 2024 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Leadership Award. Emma Bowman Alina Hartounian Education Is Seattle headed toward preschool for all? Another expansion announced for 2024-25 The Seattle Preschool Program will serve nearly 2,500 children next school year, thanks to a 16-classroom expansion that will create 279 additional slots. Sami West Politics Monday Evening Headlines WA issues new Covid guidance, Rep. Kim Schrier argues for a TikTok ban, and the Seattle Reign are getting a new owner. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning. Paige Browning Andy Hurst National A proposed bill in Georgia could lead to a crackdown on all immigrants, some fear Republican lawmakers in Georgia are advancing a bill that would require police to help identify undocumented immigrants and detain them for deportation. Emily Wu Pearson, WABE Politics Democrats compete for endorsements in race for Washington's 6th district The race for Washington's 6th Congressional District is not just a competition to represent the region in Congress, it's a competition for local endorsements as Democrats garner the backing from different corners of their party. Dyer Oxley Politics How the Texas GOP has grown more and more conservative The Texas Republican Party has gotten more conservative over the years. Immigration policies once pushed by top GOP officials now seem moderate. Party leaders crack down on dissension in their ranks. Sergio Martínez-Beltrán | The Texas Newsroom 1 of 867 Next
Environment How five women fought off a cougar for 45 minutes On February 17, five friends set out on a long bike ride in the Cascade foothills north of Snoqualmie. What started as a routine ride for the group of 50 Angela King tells the women's story for the first time since the attack. Angela King Natalie Akane Newcomb Clare McGrane Patricia Murphy
Health NIH scientists, studying Havana syndrome patients, find no physical trace of harm Two new government studies found no medical explanation for the cluster of symptoms known as Havana syndrome. Jon Hamilton
Famine is imminent in northern Gaza, experts examining food insecurity say A report by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification says everyone in Gaza faces high levels of acute food insecurity, and more than a million struggle with catastrophic levels of hunger. Steve Inskeep Aya Batrawy
Ariana Grande has sold millions of records. Now her grandma has a record too Ninety-eight-year-old Marjorie "Nonna" Grande has become the oldest person to hit the Billboard Hot 100. She's featured in granddaughter's song "Ordinary Things."
Politics RBG award ceremony canceled amid controversy over recipients Rupert Murdoch, Elon Musk and junk bond creator Michael Milken were among the recipients of the 2024 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Leadership Award. Emma Bowman Alina Hartounian
Education Is Seattle headed toward preschool for all? Another expansion announced for 2024-25 The Seattle Preschool Program will serve nearly 2,500 children next school year, thanks to a 16-classroom expansion that will create 279 additional slots. Sami West
Politics Monday Evening Headlines WA issues new Covid guidance, Rep. Kim Schrier argues for a TikTok ban, and the Seattle Reign are getting a new owner. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning. Paige Browning Andy Hurst
National A proposed bill in Georgia could lead to a crackdown on all immigrants, some fear Republican lawmakers in Georgia are advancing a bill that would require police to help identify undocumented immigrants and detain them for deportation. Emily Wu Pearson, WABE
Politics Democrats compete for endorsements in race for Washington's 6th district The race for Washington's 6th Congressional District is not just a competition to represent the region in Congress, it's a competition for local endorsements as Democrats garner the backing from different corners of their party. Dyer Oxley
Politics How the Texas GOP has grown more and more conservative The Texas Republican Party has gotten more conservative over the years. Immigration policies once pushed by top GOP officials now seem moderate. Party leaders crack down on dissension in their ranks. Sergio Martínez-Beltrán | The Texas Newsroom