The Latest Politics Is Seattle next? Mayor Harrell signs orders to protect city amid Trump's National Guard escalations Mayor Bruce Harrell on Wednesday signed two executive orders aimed at protecting Seattle and its residents from federal law enforcement actions taken by President Donald Trump's administration. Stephen Howie World 'I was so stunned': Brokers for North Korean defectors investigated for espionage Many North Korean defectors in South Korea use a secret network of brokers to stay connected to those back home. But recently, South Korea investigated some of those brokers for espionage. Se Eun Gong Arts & Life He forgot his shirt for a job interview. A hotel employee had a novel solution Minutes before an important job interview, Oliver Muensterer realized he'd forgotten his dress shirt. A hotel employee offered a kind and unexpected solution — the literal shirt off his back. Health Scientist on front lines of overdose crisis receives MacArthur 'genius' award Nabarun Dasgupta, a researcher at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, won a MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant for his work to understand the U.S. overdose crisis and help reduce deaths. Brian Mann Politics Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek denounces Trump's attempts to send National Guard to Portland Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek was one of the local leaders who spent much of Tuesday meeting with U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in an effort to deescalate a federal push to put troops on Portland streets. Gemma DiCarlo/OPB Arts & Life Laufey was an 'odd fish' in native Iceland. Now she's a jazz-pop star The Grammy Award-winning singer and musician had rigorous classical training. Now she's making music that crosses genres: "I've been inspired by Golden Age films, the va-va-voom of it all," she says. Terry Gross Does AI mean game over for video game developers? Generative AI has created a cultural conflict so deep, it's sliced the video game industry in two -- like a battle axe through a rotten zombie. Alec Cowan Music 'The Life of a Showgirl' spotlights Taylor Swift as she moves away from heartache Swift's previous albums focused on the love she yearned for. The dozen songs on her latest release combine to form a picture of true love found, tested and proven strong. Ken Tucker Sports Seattle Mariners fans turn out at T-Mobile Park for a Game 3 win The Seattle Mariners took on the Detroit Tigers away from the Emerald City for Game 3 of the American League Division Series on Tuesday. But it didn't stop fans from showing up to root for the team at T-Mobile Park — even if it meant ditching work. Noel Gasca Dozens of Bob Ross paintings will be auctioned to help public TV after funding cuts Thirty of Ross' trademark landscapes will be sold at a series of auctions starting in November. He painted many of them live on The Joy of Painting, which started airing on PBS in the 1980s. Rachel Treisman Prev 807 of 1645 Next Sponsored
Politics Is Seattle next? Mayor Harrell signs orders to protect city amid Trump's National Guard escalations Mayor Bruce Harrell on Wednesday signed two executive orders aimed at protecting Seattle and its residents from federal law enforcement actions taken by President Donald Trump's administration. Stephen Howie
World 'I was so stunned': Brokers for North Korean defectors investigated for espionage Many North Korean defectors in South Korea use a secret network of brokers to stay connected to those back home. But recently, South Korea investigated some of those brokers for espionage. Se Eun Gong
Arts & Life He forgot his shirt for a job interview. A hotel employee had a novel solution Minutes before an important job interview, Oliver Muensterer realized he'd forgotten his dress shirt. A hotel employee offered a kind and unexpected solution — the literal shirt off his back.
Health Scientist on front lines of overdose crisis receives MacArthur 'genius' award Nabarun Dasgupta, a researcher at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, won a MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant for his work to understand the U.S. overdose crisis and help reduce deaths. Brian Mann
Politics Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek denounces Trump's attempts to send National Guard to Portland Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek was one of the local leaders who spent much of Tuesday meeting with U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in an effort to deescalate a federal push to put troops on Portland streets. Gemma DiCarlo/OPB
Arts & Life Laufey was an 'odd fish' in native Iceland. Now she's a jazz-pop star The Grammy Award-winning singer and musician had rigorous classical training. Now she's making music that crosses genres: "I've been inspired by Golden Age films, the va-va-voom of it all," she says. Terry Gross
Does AI mean game over for video game developers? Generative AI has created a cultural conflict so deep, it's sliced the video game industry in two -- like a battle axe through a rotten zombie. Alec Cowan
Music 'The Life of a Showgirl' spotlights Taylor Swift as she moves away from heartache Swift's previous albums focused on the love she yearned for. The dozen songs on her latest release combine to form a picture of true love found, tested and proven strong. Ken Tucker
Sports Seattle Mariners fans turn out at T-Mobile Park for a Game 3 win The Seattle Mariners took on the Detroit Tigers away from the Emerald City for Game 3 of the American League Division Series on Tuesday. But it didn't stop fans from showing up to root for the team at T-Mobile Park — even if it meant ditching work. Noel Gasca
Dozens of Bob Ross paintings will be auctioned to help public TV after funding cuts Thirty of Ross' trademark landscapes will be sold at a series of auctions starting in November. He painted many of them live on The Joy of Painting, which started airing on PBS in the 1980s. Rachel Treisman
