The Latest Wednesday Evening Headlines WA lawmaker proposes payroll tax, Amazon to pay $3.8 million over labor violations, and ocean acidification is speeding up in the Salish Sea. Paige Browning What the length of raccoon snouts has to do with domestication A new study suggests that urban raccoons are developing slightly shorter snouts than their rural counterparts. Gabrielle Healy Politics How Minnesota became a hub for Somali immigrants in the U.S. Minnesota boasts the largest population of Somalis in the U.S. — a community that's recently faced attacks from President Trump. Here's a brief history of how they came to settle there. Joe Hernandez National Hegseth risked a U.S. bombing mission in Yemen in March, new report says A new report says Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth risked a U.S. bombing mission in Yemen back in March when he shared extremely sensitive attack plans on Signal, a publicly available messaging app. Greg Myre The press corps at the Defense Department has been replaced by far-right outlets The traditional press corps at the Defense Department has been replaced with an unusual assortment of far right media personalities and outlets. The Pentagon held it's first press briefing for them. Steve Walsh National A special dinner helps federal employees recovering from the government shutdown A non-profit affiliated with Grand Canyon National Park has been hosting free dinners for park employees and those who work in park-dependent businesses, to show they're valued and appreciated. Adrian Skabelund World NATO foreign ministers met in Brussels to talk about the Russian threat NATO foreign ministers met in Brussels. With no evident progress toward ending Russia's war on Ukraine, European leaders in both NATO and the EU are redoubling efforts to provide military back-up. Teri Schultz National Federal agents launch immigration sweep across New Orleans metro area Homeland Security announced that federal agents began an operation in New Orleans targeting immigrants in the country illegally. It's the latest city to face a widespread immigration crackdown. Martin Kaste Arts & Life Filmmaker Jafar Panahi is sentenced again in Iran as Hollywood's awards season starts Panahi's latest film, It Was Just an Accident, won three Gotham Awards on Monday. The filmmaker has been imprisoned in Iran before — but continues to make movies. Alina Edwards No icy reception for Seattle's new professional women's hockey team Soundside producer (and Seattle Torrent season ticket holder) Jason Burrows sits down with Libby Denkmann to talk about how the PWHL season is shaping up for the local team ahead of tonight's game vs the New York Sirens Jason Burrows Prev 8 of 1654 Next Sponsored
Wednesday Evening Headlines WA lawmaker proposes payroll tax, Amazon to pay $3.8 million over labor violations, and ocean acidification is speeding up in the Salish Sea. Paige Browning
What the length of raccoon snouts has to do with domestication A new study suggests that urban raccoons are developing slightly shorter snouts than their rural counterparts. Gabrielle Healy
Politics How Minnesota became a hub for Somali immigrants in the U.S. Minnesota boasts the largest population of Somalis in the U.S. — a community that's recently faced attacks from President Trump. Here's a brief history of how they came to settle there. Joe Hernandez
National Hegseth risked a U.S. bombing mission in Yemen in March, new report says A new report says Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth risked a U.S. bombing mission in Yemen back in March when he shared extremely sensitive attack plans on Signal, a publicly available messaging app. Greg Myre
The press corps at the Defense Department has been replaced by far-right outlets The traditional press corps at the Defense Department has been replaced with an unusual assortment of far right media personalities and outlets. The Pentagon held it's first press briefing for them. Steve Walsh
National A special dinner helps federal employees recovering from the government shutdown A non-profit affiliated with Grand Canyon National Park has been hosting free dinners for park employees and those who work in park-dependent businesses, to show they're valued and appreciated. Adrian Skabelund
World NATO foreign ministers met in Brussels to talk about the Russian threat NATO foreign ministers met in Brussels. With no evident progress toward ending Russia's war on Ukraine, European leaders in both NATO and the EU are redoubling efforts to provide military back-up. Teri Schultz
National Federal agents launch immigration sweep across New Orleans metro area Homeland Security announced that federal agents began an operation in New Orleans targeting immigrants in the country illegally. It's the latest city to face a widespread immigration crackdown. Martin Kaste
Arts & Life Filmmaker Jafar Panahi is sentenced again in Iran as Hollywood's awards season starts Panahi's latest film, It Was Just an Accident, won three Gotham Awards on Monday. The filmmaker has been imprisoned in Iran before — but continues to make movies. Alina Edwards
No icy reception for Seattle's new professional women's hockey team Soundside producer (and Seattle Torrent season ticket holder) Jason Burrows sits down with Libby Denkmann to talk about how the PWHL season is shaping up for the local team ahead of tonight's game vs the New York Sirens Jason Burrows