The Latest Mental Health AI affirms our own viewpoints and harms willingness to resolve conflict, study finds The AI models and chatbots tend to validate our feelings and viewpoints — and provide advice accordingly. More so than people might, a new study finds — with potentially worrisome consequences. Ari Daniel Business Not all airports use TSA agents for security. At places like SFO, that's helped lines At 20 airports around the U.S., security screeners are getting paid as usual despite the ongoing DHS shutdown — because they're private contractors. Will more airports look at privatizing security? Joel Rose A new generation becomes obsessed with JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette NPR's Mia Venkat explains to Mary Louise Kelly why the internet has been obsessed with John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette. Courtney Dorning Law & Courts Venezuela's deposed president is back in court as judge weighs legal fees dispute Venezuela's former President Nicolas Maduro appeared in a Manhattan federal courthouse for a pretrial hearing on narco-terrorism and other charges. Ryan Lucas Mariners' opening weekend brings feelings of enthusiasm, expectation, and JOY! Lookout Landing's editor in chief Kate Preusser breaks down expectations and observations as the Mariners kick off their 2026 season with a 7 game stretch at T-Mobile Park! Jason Burrows Law & Courts City says $30.5 million Seattle CHOP verdict ‘excessive,’ asks for new trial The city of Seattle has asked for a new trial and said it plans to appeal the $30.5 million verdict that found the city negligent in the fatal shooting of a teenager at the Capitol Hill Organized Protest in 2020. Sydney Brownstone / The Seattle Times Worried about a shaky stock market? This is what financial advisers suggest you do The war with Iran has rattled markets and retirement accounts. Financial advisors say keep calm and diversify. Stephan Bisaha What should safer social media for teens look like? In the wake of two verdicts against social media companies, researchers discuss what a safer social media for kids and teens could be. Are we anywhere near there yet? Rhitu Chatterjee Writer Tracy Kidder found riveting emotion in stories about computers and houses Writer Tracy Kidder won the Pulitzer Prize for his 1981 book The Soul of a New Machine, which chronicled the race to develop a new computer. Kidder died this week at 80. Neda Ulaby Politics Trump has deployed ICE agents to the nation's airports. What's their role? The president says ICE agents are being stationed at airports to help reduce long wait times. Here's a look at what they're authorized to do. Alana Wise Prev 110 of 1652 Next Sponsored
Mental Health AI affirms our own viewpoints and harms willingness to resolve conflict, study finds The AI models and chatbots tend to validate our feelings and viewpoints — and provide advice accordingly. More so than people might, a new study finds — with potentially worrisome consequences. Ari Daniel
Business Not all airports use TSA agents for security. At places like SFO, that's helped lines At 20 airports around the U.S., security screeners are getting paid as usual despite the ongoing DHS shutdown — because they're private contractors. Will more airports look at privatizing security? Joel Rose
A new generation becomes obsessed with JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette NPR's Mia Venkat explains to Mary Louise Kelly why the internet has been obsessed with John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette. Courtney Dorning
Law & Courts Venezuela's deposed president is back in court as judge weighs legal fees dispute Venezuela's former President Nicolas Maduro appeared in a Manhattan federal courthouse for a pretrial hearing on narco-terrorism and other charges. Ryan Lucas
Mariners' opening weekend brings feelings of enthusiasm, expectation, and JOY! Lookout Landing's editor in chief Kate Preusser breaks down expectations and observations as the Mariners kick off their 2026 season with a 7 game stretch at T-Mobile Park! Jason Burrows
Law & Courts City says $30.5 million Seattle CHOP verdict ‘excessive,’ asks for new trial The city of Seattle has asked for a new trial and said it plans to appeal the $30.5 million verdict that found the city negligent in the fatal shooting of a teenager at the Capitol Hill Organized Protest in 2020. Sydney Brownstone / The Seattle Times
Worried about a shaky stock market? This is what financial advisers suggest you do The war with Iran has rattled markets and retirement accounts. Financial advisors say keep calm and diversify. Stephan Bisaha
What should safer social media for teens look like? In the wake of two verdicts against social media companies, researchers discuss what a safer social media for kids and teens could be. Are we anywhere near there yet? Rhitu Chatterjee
Writer Tracy Kidder found riveting emotion in stories about computers and houses Writer Tracy Kidder won the Pulitzer Prize for his 1981 book The Soul of a New Machine, which chronicled the race to develop a new computer. Kidder died this week at 80. Neda Ulaby
Politics Trump has deployed ICE agents to the nation's airports. What's their role? The president says ICE agents are being stationed at airports to help reduce long wait times. Here's a look at what they're authorized to do. Alana Wise