The Latest National El Chapo's son details abduction of a Sinaloa boss in his guilty plea deal Joaquín Guzmán López, the 39-year-old son of former Sinaloa cartel kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, pleaded guilty to two counts of drug trafficking and continuing criminal enterprise in U.S. court. The Associated Press National U.S. air travelers without REAL IDs will be charged a $45 fee The TSA has announced that U.S. air travelers without a REAL ID will face a $45 fee starting in February. The Department of Homeland Security says 94% of passengers are already compliant. The Associated Press National Abortion opponents coming before the Supreme Court on Tuesday A faith-based center will challenge an investigation into whether it misled people to discourage abortions. The facilities known as "crisis pregnancy centers" have been on the rise in the U.S. The Associated Press National U.S. ski resorts are bracing for a steep drop in international travel due to politics Canadians usually head south for the skiing, shopping and nightlife in American ski towns. But due to cross-border politics, tourism to the U.S. is down, and some resorts are worried. Kirk Siegler Monday Evening Headlines The Olympic pipeline is running again, SeaTac is getting a new city hall, and Seattle businesses had a good holiday weekend. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning. Paige Browning Immigration ICE stops Native American actress Elaine Miles in Redmond Amid the increase of reports of ICE arrests in the cities surrounding Seattle over the past weeks, a member of a federally recognized tribe says she was also stopped and interrogated by apparent immigration officials. Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez Arts & Life Don't get angry, but the 2025 Oxford Word of the Year is 'rage bait' The 2025 selection follows its predecessors, "brain rot" from 2024, "rizz" from 2023 and "goblin mode" from 2022. Ivy Buck National Thousands of U.S. trucking schools could lose accreditation under DOT crackdown The U.S. Transportation Department is threatening to shut down thousands of truck driving schools, part of the Trump administration's widening crackdown on industry. Joel Rose World Afghans seeking asylum say the dream of reaching the U.S. seems ever further away Afghans who were in the process of seeking asylum in the United States have had their hopes repeatedly dashed under this Trump administration. In the U.S., they live in fear of ICE detention. Diaa Hadid Technology This organization is trying to use AI to reshape American politics Using artificial intelligence to identify congressional districts where independent candidates could win, an organization called the Independent Center is aiming to disrupt the two-party system. Barbara Sprunt Prev 115 of 1648 Next Sponsored
National El Chapo's son details abduction of a Sinaloa boss in his guilty plea deal Joaquín Guzmán López, the 39-year-old son of former Sinaloa cartel kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, pleaded guilty to two counts of drug trafficking and continuing criminal enterprise in U.S. court. The Associated Press
National U.S. air travelers without REAL IDs will be charged a $45 fee The TSA has announced that U.S. air travelers without a REAL ID will face a $45 fee starting in February. The Department of Homeland Security says 94% of passengers are already compliant. The Associated Press
National Abortion opponents coming before the Supreme Court on Tuesday A faith-based center will challenge an investigation into whether it misled people to discourage abortions. The facilities known as "crisis pregnancy centers" have been on the rise in the U.S. The Associated Press
National U.S. ski resorts are bracing for a steep drop in international travel due to politics Canadians usually head south for the skiing, shopping and nightlife in American ski towns. But due to cross-border politics, tourism to the U.S. is down, and some resorts are worried. Kirk Siegler
Monday Evening Headlines The Olympic pipeline is running again, SeaTac is getting a new city hall, and Seattle businesses had a good holiday weekend. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning. Paige Browning
Immigration ICE stops Native American actress Elaine Miles in Redmond Amid the increase of reports of ICE arrests in the cities surrounding Seattle over the past weeks, a member of a federally recognized tribe says she was also stopped and interrogated by apparent immigration officials. Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Arts & Life Don't get angry, but the 2025 Oxford Word of the Year is 'rage bait' The 2025 selection follows its predecessors, "brain rot" from 2024, "rizz" from 2023 and "goblin mode" from 2022. Ivy Buck
National Thousands of U.S. trucking schools could lose accreditation under DOT crackdown The U.S. Transportation Department is threatening to shut down thousands of truck driving schools, part of the Trump administration's widening crackdown on industry. Joel Rose
World Afghans seeking asylum say the dream of reaching the U.S. seems ever further away Afghans who were in the process of seeking asylum in the United States have had their hopes repeatedly dashed under this Trump administration. In the U.S., they live in fear of ICE detention. Diaa Hadid
Technology This organization is trying to use AI to reshape American politics Using artificial intelligence to identify congressional districts where independent candidates could win, an organization called the Independent Center is aiming to disrupt the two-party system. Barbara Sprunt