Journalists Nationwide Push Back Against President Trump's Anti-Media Rhetoric More than 300 papers have heeded the call of The Boston Globe to run editorials on Thursday standing up for the press in the face of President Trump's ongoing anti-media rhetoric. David Folkenflik
Terminally Ill Man Awarded $289 Million In Lawsuit Against Monsanto A California jury says Monsanto is liable for former groundskeeper Dewayne Johnson's terminal illness and should pay him $289 million. Dan Charles
Cafe Near Courthouse Will Hold Your Phone, For A Fee Phones and other electronic devices aren't allowed in the courthouse of the Paul Manafort trial, so a nearby cafe is holding people's phones for a small fee.
Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Gets Mellow The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota, once notorious for nudity and brawls, eases into its 78th year. NPR Staff
Ralph Nader On What He Thinks Apple Should Do With Its Excess Billions The longtime consumer advocate says that now that Apple is a trillion dollar company, it could be doing more for its employees and shareholders. Scott Simon
Rural America Faces A Crisis In 'Adequate Housing' Small towns have their own version of the housing crisis: not enough homes being built, plus a lack of move-in ready homes. Local leaders say it's hard to expand the tax base without more homes. Kirk Siegler
For-Profit Firefighters Find Business In An At-Risk Oregon Community In a tax-averse but fire prone part of Southwest Oregon, residents are turning to for-profit firefighters to keep their homes safe.
Hawaii Businesses Struggle With Uncertainty Of Volcano Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has been violently spewing lava since early May. There is no way to know if or when the lava will stop and businesses are struggling with the uncertainty. NPR Staff
Are bikini baristas a Pacific Northwest phenomenon? Are bikini baristas a Pacific Northwest phenomenon? Jake Koukel from Puyallup asked KUOW’s Local Wonder team to investigate. Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Chicken tax: How a dispute over frozen chicken parts changed the U.S. auto industry President Trump talks about putting tariffs on foreign cars. But there are already tariffs on auto imports and one got there because of chickens in Germany. This is how trade barriers tend to spread.
