The Latest Wednesday Evening Headlines WA forms West Coast alliance to protect vaccine access, Seattle Police released from federal oversight, and Waymo's robotaxis are coming to Seattle. Paige Browning Dogs get greater access to roam aboard Washington State Ferries You may notice more furry travel companions on your next Washington state ferry ride. Noel Gasca World The DOD told trans troops to get diagnosed. It's using the paper trail to kick them out As the Department of Defense removes trans troops as part of the new ban, the Air Force is enacting some new rules that leaves them with no due process…and in some cases, no benefits. Lauren Hodges Health Why one federal health worker is urging Health Secretary RFK Jr. to resign NPR's Juana Summers talks with Dr. Elizabeth Soda, who is one of more than 1,000 federal health workers urging Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to resign. Jeffrey Pierre Arts & Life Author Ocean Vuong shares what his mother taught him about storytelling On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Author Ocean Vuong reflects on what his mother taught him about storytelling. History How 'Sesame Street' got its start NPR's history show, Throughline, takes us back to 1969 and the creation of the children's TV show Sesame Street. World How long can Russia and Ukraine wage war at this level? There's still no end in sight to Russia-Ukraine war, according to NPR correspondents in both countries. Peace efforts appear to be going nowhere and the fighting remains intense. Charles Maynes National In Florida, street art will soon be a thing of the past Murals and drawing on streets across Florida are vanishing. Not just the rainbow-painted crosswalks, but also murals honoring police. That's because the state says they're a "safety issue." Meghan Bowman National A small vacation resort area in Michigan is one of the top markets for marijuana sales A tiny township in Michigan, best known as a vacation resort area, has become one of the top markets for marijuana sales. And it now has a new nickname: New Puffalo. Michael Puente Latin America Many Venezuelans are watching and waiting amid U.S. tensions With U.S. warships already off Venezuela's coast, many there fear what could come next, while others dismiss the U.S. administrations display of power as pure theatre. Manuel Rueda Prev 488 of 1650 Next Sponsored
Wednesday Evening Headlines WA forms West Coast alliance to protect vaccine access, Seattle Police released from federal oversight, and Waymo's robotaxis are coming to Seattle. Paige Browning
Dogs get greater access to roam aboard Washington State Ferries You may notice more furry travel companions on your next Washington state ferry ride. Noel Gasca
World The DOD told trans troops to get diagnosed. It's using the paper trail to kick them out As the Department of Defense removes trans troops as part of the new ban, the Air Force is enacting some new rules that leaves them with no due process…and in some cases, no benefits. Lauren Hodges
Health Why one federal health worker is urging Health Secretary RFK Jr. to resign NPR's Juana Summers talks with Dr. Elizabeth Soda, who is one of more than 1,000 federal health workers urging Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to resign. Jeffrey Pierre
Arts & Life Author Ocean Vuong shares what his mother taught him about storytelling On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Author Ocean Vuong reflects on what his mother taught him about storytelling.
History How 'Sesame Street' got its start NPR's history show, Throughline, takes us back to 1969 and the creation of the children's TV show Sesame Street.
World How long can Russia and Ukraine wage war at this level? There's still no end in sight to Russia-Ukraine war, according to NPR correspondents in both countries. Peace efforts appear to be going nowhere and the fighting remains intense. Charles Maynes
National In Florida, street art will soon be a thing of the past Murals and drawing on streets across Florida are vanishing. Not just the rainbow-painted crosswalks, but also murals honoring police. That's because the state says they're a "safety issue." Meghan Bowman
National A small vacation resort area in Michigan is one of the top markets for marijuana sales A tiny township in Michigan, best known as a vacation resort area, has become one of the top markets for marijuana sales. And it now has a new nickname: New Puffalo. Michael Puente
Latin America Many Venezuelans are watching and waiting amid U.S. tensions With U.S. warships already off Venezuela's coast, many there fear what could come next, while others dismiss the U.S. administrations display of power as pure theatre. Manuel Rueda