The Latest Food This small town near Mount Rainier comes together for community — and meat Mineral, Washington is tucked deep in the foothills of Mount Rainier. There are not a lot of residents there, and not a lot of jobs. But, this town of only a couple hundred knows how to take care of each other — and they have a good time doing it, too. Casey Martin Politics Pentagon investigates Democratic senator for telling troops to refuse 'illegal orders' The Pentagon says it's opening an investigation into Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly in the wake of a video of Democratic lawmakers urging servicemembers not to comply with "illegal orders." Scott Neuman National 'Just Google' me: Slender Man stabber is recaptured after fleeing her group home Geyser and a friend lured a classmate to the woods and stabbed her 19 times in 2014. She moved from a psychiatric facility to a group home in Wisconsin earlier this year. Rachel Treisman Politics Judge tosses Comey, James cases after finding prosecutor unlawfully appointed Lindsey Halligan, who brought the cases, is a former insurance attorney who once served as President Trump's personal lawyer before his return to office. Ryan Lucas Music Reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff dies at 81 The musician and actor helped propel reggae into the international spotlight, thanks in part to his songs and starring role in the 1972 film The Harder They Come. Isabella Gomez Sarmiento Books With 'No Time to Spare,' Ursula K. Le Guin strikes at the heart of a changing world The KUOW Book Club has been reading "No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters" by Ursula K. Le Guin this month. We conclude this month's reading with Le Guin's blog posts "About Anger" and "Without Egg." Katie Campbell Arts & Life Home child care and nursery schools struggle to keep doors open In some states, more and more home child care workers and nursery schools are shutting down because of rising costs and sticky red tape. Music 3 new songs sound nothing like the pop music currently dominating the charts These love songs — Neko Case's "Oh, Neglect...," Valerie June's "Runnin' and Searchin'" and Olivia Dean's "Man I Need" — each express a refreshingly realistic ambivalence toward romance. Ken Tucker Arts & Life 'Rental Family' star Brendan Fraser discusses his lifelong search for belonging In his new film, Fraser plays an actor in Tokyo who takes a job with a rental family service. It's based on a real phenomenon in Japan: companies where you can hire someone to fill a gap in your life. Tonya Mosley What's next for Netanyahu? Since the Gaza ceasefire began, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has received a boost from President Trump and is gearing up to run for reelection. Prev 700 of 1646 Next Sponsored
Food This small town near Mount Rainier comes together for community — and meat Mineral, Washington is tucked deep in the foothills of Mount Rainier. There are not a lot of residents there, and not a lot of jobs. But, this town of only a couple hundred knows how to take care of each other — and they have a good time doing it, too. Casey Martin
Politics Pentagon investigates Democratic senator for telling troops to refuse 'illegal orders' The Pentagon says it's opening an investigation into Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly in the wake of a video of Democratic lawmakers urging servicemembers not to comply with "illegal orders." Scott Neuman
National 'Just Google' me: Slender Man stabber is recaptured after fleeing her group home Geyser and a friend lured a classmate to the woods and stabbed her 19 times in 2014. She moved from a psychiatric facility to a group home in Wisconsin earlier this year. Rachel Treisman
Politics Judge tosses Comey, James cases after finding prosecutor unlawfully appointed Lindsey Halligan, who brought the cases, is a former insurance attorney who once served as President Trump's personal lawyer before his return to office. Ryan Lucas
Music Reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff dies at 81 The musician and actor helped propel reggae into the international spotlight, thanks in part to his songs and starring role in the 1972 film The Harder They Come. Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Books With 'No Time to Spare,' Ursula K. Le Guin strikes at the heart of a changing world The KUOW Book Club has been reading "No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters" by Ursula K. Le Guin this month. We conclude this month's reading with Le Guin's blog posts "About Anger" and "Without Egg." Katie Campbell
Arts & Life Home child care and nursery schools struggle to keep doors open In some states, more and more home child care workers and nursery schools are shutting down because of rising costs and sticky red tape.
Music 3 new songs sound nothing like the pop music currently dominating the charts These love songs — Neko Case's "Oh, Neglect...," Valerie June's "Runnin' and Searchin'" and Olivia Dean's "Man I Need" — each express a refreshingly realistic ambivalence toward romance. Ken Tucker
Arts & Life 'Rental Family' star Brendan Fraser discusses his lifelong search for belonging In his new film, Fraser plays an actor in Tokyo who takes a job with a rental family service. It's based on a real phenomenon in Japan: companies where you can hire someone to fill a gap in your life. Tonya Mosley
What's next for Netanyahu? Since the Gaza ceasefire began, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has received a boost from President Trump and is gearing up to run for reelection.