The Latest Environment How Cat Bonds help people recover from climate disasters After the hurricane in Jamaica, the government had a pot of money to help rebuild, called the Catastrophe Bonds payout. Books New biography shows how Octavia Butler deserved better early in her career The KUOW Book Club is reading "Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler" by Susana M. Morris this month. I'm your reading guide Katie Campbell. Let's get into the first half of the book and Octavia Butler's early career. Katie Campbell Politics Trump says Rob Reiner had 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' in post on his death Officials are investigating the death of the Hollywood director as a homicide. NPR Washington Desk No toll boost for major Seattle route during World Cup Drivers won’t pay higher tolls to pass through the Highway 99 tunnel in Seattle during next summer’s FIFA World Cup. Jerry Cornfield/Washington State Standard WA farmers expect floods, but nothing this catastrophic The damage from last week's flooding is catastrophic. Thousands of people have been displaced and are unsure of what remains. For Washington farmers, water and rivers are essential. But uncontrolled, water can also quickly destroy much of their hard work. We’ll hear more about the flood’s effect on Washington’s small farms. Brooklyn Jamerson-Flowers National Police to release 'person of interest' in Brown University mass shooting Officials are still searching for the gunman who opened fire at Brown University Saturday, killing two people and injuring nine. Police are releasing a man who was held as a person of interest. A Martínez National Ex-Homeland Security official talks about mass shooting at Brown University NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with former Homeland Security official Juliette Kayyem about the security implications of the mass shooting at Brown University and her personal response to the tragedy. Steve Inskeep Law & Courts National Trust for Historic Preservation sues to stop Trump's ballroom construction The National Trust for Historic Preservation has filed a lawsuit to stop the construction of President Trump's ballroom Tamara Keith Arts & Life Hollywood pays tribute to filmmaker Rob Reiner and wife Michele Los Angeles Police said Sunday that they had opened a homicide investigation after two bodies were found inside the couple's residence. Steve Futterman National Morning news brief Officials say two gunmen killed at least 15 people in a shooting in Sydney, Police release "person of interest" in Brown University shooting, House to vote on plans to address rising health prices. A Martínez Prev 27 of 1647 Next Sponsored
Environment How Cat Bonds help people recover from climate disasters After the hurricane in Jamaica, the government had a pot of money to help rebuild, called the Catastrophe Bonds payout.
Books New biography shows how Octavia Butler deserved better early in her career The KUOW Book Club is reading "Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler" by Susana M. Morris this month. I'm your reading guide Katie Campbell. Let's get into the first half of the book and Octavia Butler's early career. Katie Campbell
Politics Trump says Rob Reiner had 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' in post on his death Officials are investigating the death of the Hollywood director as a homicide. NPR Washington Desk
No toll boost for major Seattle route during World Cup Drivers won’t pay higher tolls to pass through the Highway 99 tunnel in Seattle during next summer’s FIFA World Cup. Jerry Cornfield/Washington State Standard
WA farmers expect floods, but nothing this catastrophic The damage from last week's flooding is catastrophic. Thousands of people have been displaced and are unsure of what remains. For Washington farmers, water and rivers are essential. But uncontrolled, water can also quickly destroy much of their hard work. We’ll hear more about the flood’s effect on Washington’s small farms. Brooklyn Jamerson-Flowers
National Police to release 'person of interest' in Brown University mass shooting Officials are still searching for the gunman who opened fire at Brown University Saturday, killing two people and injuring nine. Police are releasing a man who was held as a person of interest. A Martínez
National Ex-Homeland Security official talks about mass shooting at Brown University NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with former Homeland Security official Juliette Kayyem about the security implications of the mass shooting at Brown University and her personal response to the tragedy. Steve Inskeep
Law & Courts National Trust for Historic Preservation sues to stop Trump's ballroom construction The National Trust for Historic Preservation has filed a lawsuit to stop the construction of President Trump's ballroom Tamara Keith
Arts & Life Hollywood pays tribute to filmmaker Rob Reiner and wife Michele Los Angeles Police said Sunday that they had opened a homicide investigation after two bodies were found inside the couple's residence. Steve Futterman
National Morning news brief Officials say two gunmen killed at least 15 people in a shooting in Sydney, Police release "person of interest" in Brown University shooting, House to vote on plans to address rising health prices. A Martínez