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Health

The search for a new CDC director nears a deadline

A new nominee for director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to be named this week. They would inherit a demoralized staff and a public health agency buffeted by change.

One idea to reduce data centers' load on the energy grid? Send them to space

In this roundup of space news, we talk about NASA's upcoming Artemis launch, space-based data centers and the new sci-fi movie Project Hail Mary.

Arts & Life

Seattle nurse takes in family separated by ICE

A Venezuelan family in Seattle whose husband and father was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents was left in limbo around the holidays.

World

Will President Trump act on his threat to take Cuba?

New Yorker writer Jon Lee Anderson describes conditions in Cuba, why it's vulnerable now — and what regime change would mean — considering the Castro family's entrenchment in the Cuban government.

How property taxes are affecting the Central District's Black homeowners

The rising cost of property taxes is putting pressure on homeowners especially in historically Black neighborhoods like the Central District. Now a local research project is highlighting how it contributes to gentrification and displacement of Black homeowners.  We’ll talk about that with Wa Na Wari's CACE 21 project lead researcher Dr. Kristin McCowan.

Trump postpones threatened strikes on Iranian power plants, cites ongoing talks

President Trump said the U.S. will delay military strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure while it negotiates with Iran.