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02/09/2025

President Trump's threats to impose new tariffs on European goods has led Americans to suddenly stockpile their favorite Italian wines, especially sparkling Prosecco.

02/09/2025

Some companies have announced diversity rollbacks — but many more are deleting or softening language from their investor disclosures, an NPR analysis finds.

02/09/2025

President Trump says he would deport American criminals to El Salvador "in a heartbeat" if it were legal. An ACLU attorney tells NPR that such an idea "would be blatantly unconstitutional."

02/09/2025

President Trump has nominated Neil Jacobs to head NOAA. Some former NOAA employees are concerned about Jacobs' scientific integrity after his prior involvement in "Sharpiegate."

02/09/2025

Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi have both argued the Justice Department under Biden unfairly targeted conservatives, most notably Trump himself.

02/08/2025

The primer on Jevons paradox that you didn't know you needed.

02/08/2025

Neither the public or the tech giants pushing artificial intelligence understand its long-term implications, warns former Google CEO Eric Schmidt.

02/08/2025

King County signed onto a new lawsuit Friday against the Trump administration to shield sanctuary jurisdictions from federal threats, and to prevent federal funding from being cut off.

King County signed onto a new lawsuit Friday against the Trump administration in an attempt to shield sanctuary jurisdictions from federal threats and to prevent federal funding from being cut off.

02/08/2025

What began as an accidental misspelling or an online joke has soared into a cultural phenomenon.

02/08/2025

Last March the Seattle City Attorney’s office said in a statement they had “serious concerns” about Seattle Municipal Court Judge Pooja Vaddadi’s “conduct and rulings.”

The Seattle City Attorney’s office said it will once again allow a municipal court judge to hear criminal cases, after sidelining her for several months.

02/08/2025

Word came down verbally in all-staff meetings throughout the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Wednesday: All “international engagements” were on hold.

The Trump administration has told federal ocean and atmosphere scientists to stop their international work.

02/08/2025

Humans actually have vestigial muscles that activate when listening closely to something, even though people lost the ability to really move their ears about 25 million years ago.

02/08/2025

A new study shows that bonobos seem to know a little bit about what's going on in a human companion's mind, and will try to help.

02/08/2025

There is one economic riddle ahead of Super Bowl Sunday: The egg market has been hit hard by avian flu, but wings are abundant and relatively affordable this year. So what gives?

02/08/2025

From the football field to the halftime stage, here's what to know about the storylines and stakes before Super Bowl 59 kicks off on Sunday.

02/08/2025

Test your news knowledge with stories from this week. We've included links below if you want to learn more — or if you want to find the answers in our articles. We don't judge here.

Test your news knowledge.

02/08/2025

A senior DOJ official in a memo said only agents "who acted with corrupt or partisan intent, who blatantly defied orders from Department leadership, or who exercised discretion in weaponizing the FBI" should be concerned.

02/08/2025

This Sunday, the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs go head-to-head on the championship stage once more. Gear up for the game with this Philly-centric music mix.