The Latest Soundside's Weekend Warmup - Mariners, Indoor Plants, SIFF SFF SFF, and more! Soundside presents the Weekend Warmup! Find all the events worthy of YOUR time off with host Jason Megatron Burrows. Jason Burrows Trump says Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a ceasefire A ceasefire in Lebanon was an Iranian condition for continuing talks with the U.S. to end that war. Kat Lonsdorf Animals Sperm whales make sounds like human vowels, scientists report A new report from scientists at Project CETI demonstrates that the noises that sperm whales make to communicate with each other contain what humans would describe as vowels. Megan Lim World How the conflict in Iran is testing the U.S.-European alliance NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with correspondents Greg Myre and Rob Schmitz about how the Iran war is affecting the U.S. alliance with Europe. Mary Louise Kelly Education Cut to pre-K program leaves WA school officials frustrated An early learning program designed to prepare children in Washington for kindergarten will soon shrink by nearly 2,000 slots due to cuts state lawmakers approved earlier this year. Aspen Ford/Washington State Standard National Minnesota has charged an ICE officer with assault for alleged actions during immigration surge Hennepin County officials say these are the first charges filed against a federal immigration agent related to the crackdown that brought thousands of federal officers to the state. The widespread operation led to the shooting deaths of two American citizens. Meg Anderson Family planning aid dwindles in Uganda A community health worker in Uganda stopped getting paid after aid cuts but kept checking in on her patients. Many lost access to contraception. Now she's coaching them through unintended pregnancies. Gabrielle Emanuel Government Tacoma-Seattle fast ferry 'unlikely' to launch ahead of World Cup A proposed fast passenger ferry between Tacoma and Seattle is "unlikely" to hit the water ahead of the World Cup as officials had hoped. Katie Campbell Arts & Life A jury declared Live Nation a monopoly. But ticket prices won't drop just yet D.C. and 33 states now have to argue in favor of specific remedies and fines, which could be paused if Live Nation appeals. Experts say the long-term impact on ticket prices isn't clear either. Rachel Treisman Arts & Life Boiling milk and worrying about the Iran war: A New Year dawns in Sri Lanka In Sri Lanka, Buddhists and Hindus marked their New Year on Tuesday while a war thousands of miles away is making itself felt. Diaa Hadid Prev 90 of 1645 Next Sponsored
Soundside's Weekend Warmup - Mariners, Indoor Plants, SIFF SFF SFF, and more! Soundside presents the Weekend Warmup! Find all the events worthy of YOUR time off with host Jason Megatron Burrows. Jason Burrows
Trump says Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a ceasefire A ceasefire in Lebanon was an Iranian condition for continuing talks with the U.S. to end that war. Kat Lonsdorf
Animals Sperm whales make sounds like human vowels, scientists report A new report from scientists at Project CETI demonstrates that the noises that sperm whales make to communicate with each other contain what humans would describe as vowels. Megan Lim
World How the conflict in Iran is testing the U.S.-European alliance NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with correspondents Greg Myre and Rob Schmitz about how the Iran war is affecting the U.S. alliance with Europe. Mary Louise Kelly
Education Cut to pre-K program leaves WA school officials frustrated An early learning program designed to prepare children in Washington for kindergarten will soon shrink by nearly 2,000 slots due to cuts state lawmakers approved earlier this year. Aspen Ford/Washington State Standard
National Minnesota has charged an ICE officer with assault for alleged actions during immigration surge Hennepin County officials say these are the first charges filed against a federal immigration agent related to the crackdown that brought thousands of federal officers to the state. The widespread operation led to the shooting deaths of two American citizens. Meg Anderson
Family planning aid dwindles in Uganda A community health worker in Uganda stopped getting paid after aid cuts but kept checking in on her patients. Many lost access to contraception. Now she's coaching them through unintended pregnancies. Gabrielle Emanuel
Government Tacoma-Seattle fast ferry 'unlikely' to launch ahead of World Cup A proposed fast passenger ferry between Tacoma and Seattle is "unlikely" to hit the water ahead of the World Cup as officials had hoped. Katie Campbell
Arts & Life A jury declared Live Nation a monopoly. But ticket prices won't drop just yet D.C. and 33 states now have to argue in favor of specific remedies and fines, which could be paused if Live Nation appeals. Experts say the long-term impact on ticket prices isn't clear either. Rachel Treisman
Arts & Life Boiling milk and worrying about the Iran war: A New Year dawns in Sri Lanka In Sri Lanka, Buddhists and Hindus marked their New Year on Tuesday while a war thousands of miles away is making itself felt. Diaa Hadid