The Latest National A year after Helene, a group of raft guides embarks on a river clean-up mission A popular rafting river in the Appalachian mountains is still closed a year after Hurricane Helene, because there's just too much debris. Now, rafting guides have come together to help clean it up. Rolando Arrieta Business Microsoft limits Israel’s access to cloud, AI services over reports of mass surveillance in Gaza Associated Press Government New sales tax on services in Washington takes effect Wednesday A slate of other tax and fee hikes also kicks in Oct. 1, including on major financial institutions and to fund transportation. Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard Arts & Life Comic Cristela Alonzo grew up in fear of border patrol. ICE has 'brought it all back' For the first seven years of her life, Alonzo lived in an abandoned diner in a south Texas border town. Her new Netflix stand-up special is called Upper Classy. Terry Gross Business Compass-Anywhere real estate merger could squeeze small brokerages The deal, announced earlier this week, would combine the two largest U.S. residential brokerages by sales volume. Scott Neuman National Michigan church attacker was a Marine Corps veteran, military officials say Thomas Jacob Sanford served in the Marines from 2004 to 2008, military officials confirmed to NPR. He was killed in a shootout with police. Joe Hernandez Health Lawsuits against Tylenol's maker get a boost after Trump's comments A law firm appealing a stalled case against Tylenol's maker, Kenvue, says people are calling to join the suit, alleging the painkiller caused autism in children whose mothers took it during pregnancy. Sydney Lupkin Technology Crypto giant Tether plans to expand across the U.S. Under the Biden administration, Tether struggled to expand in the United States due in part to a controversial history that made even industry players wary. Politics Trump announces agreement with Israel to end war in Gaza President Trump is expected to press Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept a new plan to end the war in Gaza during a meeting at the White House on Monday. Franco Ordoñez Books Seattle author Daniel Tam-Claiborne on belonging, empathy in the time of Covid-19 This is the KUOW Book Club, and we just finished reading "Transplants" by Daniel Tam-Claiborne. I'm your reading guide Katie Campbell, and Tam-Claiborne joined me at the KUOW studios recently to talk about his debut novel. Katie Campbell Prev 896 of 1648 Next Sponsored
National A year after Helene, a group of raft guides embarks on a river clean-up mission A popular rafting river in the Appalachian mountains is still closed a year after Hurricane Helene, because there's just too much debris. Now, rafting guides have come together to help clean it up. Rolando Arrieta
Business Microsoft limits Israel’s access to cloud, AI services over reports of mass surveillance in Gaza Associated Press
Government New sales tax on services in Washington takes effect Wednesday A slate of other tax and fee hikes also kicks in Oct. 1, including on major financial institutions and to fund transportation. Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard
Arts & Life Comic Cristela Alonzo grew up in fear of border patrol. ICE has 'brought it all back' For the first seven years of her life, Alonzo lived in an abandoned diner in a south Texas border town. Her new Netflix stand-up special is called Upper Classy. Terry Gross
Business Compass-Anywhere real estate merger could squeeze small brokerages The deal, announced earlier this week, would combine the two largest U.S. residential brokerages by sales volume. Scott Neuman
National Michigan church attacker was a Marine Corps veteran, military officials say Thomas Jacob Sanford served in the Marines from 2004 to 2008, military officials confirmed to NPR. He was killed in a shootout with police. Joe Hernandez
Health Lawsuits against Tylenol's maker get a boost after Trump's comments A law firm appealing a stalled case against Tylenol's maker, Kenvue, says people are calling to join the suit, alleging the painkiller caused autism in children whose mothers took it during pregnancy. Sydney Lupkin
Technology Crypto giant Tether plans to expand across the U.S. Under the Biden administration, Tether struggled to expand in the United States due in part to a controversial history that made even industry players wary.
Politics Trump announces agreement with Israel to end war in Gaza President Trump is expected to press Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept a new plan to end the war in Gaza during a meeting at the White House on Monday. Franco Ordoñez
Books Seattle author Daniel Tam-Claiborne on belonging, empathy in the time of Covid-19 This is the KUOW Book Club, and we just finished reading "Transplants" by Daniel Tam-Claiborne. I'm your reading guide Katie Campbell, and Tam-Claiborne joined me at the KUOW studios recently to talk about his debut novel. Katie Campbell