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This Redmond company's tech will guide Artemis II back to Earth

This Friday evening, the Artemis II crew expects to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere. And when that happens, technology from the Pacific Northwest will take center stage.
- Joshua McNichols
World

Once seen as a war hero, Australian ex-soldier will stand trial for alleged war crimes

Until a few years ago, Ben Roberts-Smith was one of Australia's most celebrated war heroes. But now, he will stand trial for alleged war crimes committed in Afghanistan.
- Kristina Kukolja
Immigration

Despite court ruling, Washington still blocked from inspecting immigrant detention center

Washington state health inspectors have been trying for months to enter the Tacoma immigrant detention center amid longstanding concerns about the conditions there. A federal appeals court ruling last summer paved the way for them to get in, but the private facility’s operator is still denying access, state officials say.
- Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard
Animals

A manatee is released to the wild after being rescued from a storm drain this winter

People cheered the release of a manatee this week that had been recuperating after being rescued from a storm drain in Florida this winter.
- Molly Duerig
Books

A new program unites West Coast readers for stories of Japanese American incarceration

A new program dubbed “the largest book club on the West Coast” is uniting libraries to explore an often erased chapter of the region.
- Noel Gasca
Education

Public university professors in Texas say a new law restricts their academic freedom

Public universities across Texas have instituted sweeping changes in recent months, from canceling gender studies programs to directing faculty to sign a pledge not to indoctrinate students.
- Camille Phillips
Politics

Bill Gates will testify in the Epstein probe; Pam Bondi testimony postponed

Bill Gates will appear before the House Oversight Committee in June. The Department of Justice said Wednesday that former Attorney General Pam Bondi will not testify for now.
- Ava Berger
National

A Colorado community is working to keep mobile home pricing affordable

Mobile home parks are an important source of lower-cost housing. In Durango, Colo., one community fights to keep theirs affordable.
- Natalie Skowlund
In tight quarters, Artemis II astronauts stay fit with the flywheel

The human body isn't meant to exist without gravity. The astronauts aboard Artemis II are combatting potential physiological damage using an elegantly engineered exercise machine called the flywheel.
- Katia Riddle
National

Birthplace of civil rights and confederacy cradle: Montgomery is packed with history

Montgomery, Ala., helped shape America — from the cradle of the Confederacy to the birthplace of the civil rights movement to the city's draw today as the place to reflect on the legacy of slavery.
- Debbie Elliott

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