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EPA flags microplastics, pharmaceuticals as contaminants in drinking water

There is public concern about health risks from the chemicals, especially from the Make America Healthy Again movement. The agency's move doesn't in itself guarantee regulation.
- Will Stone
Politics

Attorney General Pam Bondi out at DOJ

President Trump has announced that Attorney General Pam Bondi is out at the Justice Department. Her departure comes amid simmering frustration over her leadership and handling of the Epstein files.
- Ryan Lucas
Arts & Life

Ziggy Stardust and Hacky Sack: What life was like the last time we went to the moon

The Artemis II mission is the first time humans have headed to the moon since 1972. That year also marked the debut of The Godfather and the Egg McMuffin.
- Rachel Treisman
Government

Ferguson signs controversial law tightening standards for Washington sheriffs

Supporters expect a lawsuit over the measure, which sets a path to remove problematic sheriffs from office. Opponents believe it’s overruling the will of voters.
- Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard
Technology

China's AI chatbots are advanced and versatile — and begging for more users

China's AI chatbots are advanced and versatile — and begging for more users.
Arts & Life

Washington cafe introduces new solution to loneliness crisis: 'Speed friending'

Amid what some researchers call a "friendship recession," a cafe in southeastern Washington is helping people make friends by hosting “speed friending.” It's like speed dating but for platonic pals.
Arts & Life

Why a tiny goat became a big case in Wyoming

A small town in Wyoming found itself at the center of national attention when a tiny goat sparked a lawsuit that tested constitutional rights.
Arts & Life

'Stay Alive,' about daily life in Nazi Berlin, shows how easy it is to just go along

Historian Ian Buruma chronicles the lives of ordinary Berliners — including his own father — during World War II. Stay Alive is about the past, but has powerful lessons for the present.
- John Powers
How a remotely controlled thermostat could lessen your energy bill

Washington is quickly embracing clean, electric energy. But there’s only so much of it to go around, especially during extreme weather. So now, electric companies are looking to lessen the load by remotely controlling energy use. Seattle Times Climate Lab reporter Greg Kim will talk about this new program.
- Patricia Murphy
Arts & Life

From 'The Old Man' to 'Giant,' John Lithgow is still going strong

Lithgow, 80, plays an intelligence agent in the FX action series The Old Man, and he's currently starring in the Broadway production of Giant, about a troubling side of children's author Roald Dahl.
- Dave Davies

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