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The Gates Foundation plans to spend $2 billion over the next two years to get artificial intelligence tools in the hands of educators, healthcare workers, and farmers. https://www.kuow.org/technology/2026-09-15/gates-foundation-launches-billion-dollar-artificial-intelligence-ai-initiative #KUOW #News #Business #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence

After months of uncertainty, researchers with the U.S. Forest Service are learning whether they will have to relocate under the agency’s sweeping restructure. https://www.kuow.org/governing/2026-09-04/us-forest-service-releases-long-awaited-restructuring-plan #KUOW #News #Politics #Government #Environment

State workers staged walkouts across Washington on Monday in protest of expected cuts to agencies ahead of the next legislative session. https://www.kuow.org/topics/politics/2026-08-31/washington-state-workers-stage-walk-out-over-proposed-agency-cuts #KUOW #News #Politics #WashingtonState #Labor #WashingtonStateBudget

NPR has learned that the Department of Health and Human Services will not be finalizing its most aggressive attempt to end gender-affirming care for youth nationally. https://www.kuow.org/stories/trump-s-hhs-abandons-threat-to-withhold-medicare-and-medicaid-funding-over-trans-care #KUOW #News #Health

The 14th Legislative District, centered around Yakima, is one of several Republican districts state Democrats are aiming to flip this election cycle as they edge closer to a supermajority in Olympia. https://www.kuow.org/stories/could-the-agricultural-city-of-yakima-go-blue-this-year-wa-democrats-are-hopeful #KUOW #News #Elections #Politics #Politics

On the day Sound Transit was set to release updated numbers from Monday's record-setting train ridership, a loose latch on a hatch sent everything to a grinding halt. The transit agency said it is inspecting light rail cars to prevent another 15-hour shutdown. https://www.kuow.org/stories/sound-transit-has-a-great-monday-and-then-very-bad-thursday #KUOW #News #Transportation #Seattle #WorldCup #SoundTransit

The unionization effort has been driven by concerns about patient care and working conditions, clinicians say. https://www.kuow.org/stories/fred-hutch-clinicians-union-vote-ends-in-tie #KUOW #News #HealthCare #Labor #HealthCare #Unions

A wave of 6,400 riders is estimated to take over as part of this iconic Northwest adventure, which starts early Saturday morning at Husky Stadium in Seattle. https://www.kuow.org/stories/47th-seattle-to-portland-bike-ride-kicks-off-this-weekend #KUOW #News #Sports #Race #Seattle #Portland #Biking

A passenger on board a Ryanair flight from Greece to Germany was being treated in a hospital Friday after being partially sucked out of a window that broke shortly after takeoff. https://www.kuow.org/stories/passenger-was-injured-after-being-partially-sucked-out-of-plane-after-takeoff-from-greece #KUOW #News #World

A federal judge has ordered the immigration detention center in Tacoma to allow Washington state officials access to conduct health and safety inspections. It’s the latest in a long-running fight between state officials and GEO Group, the private contractor that owns and operates the federal facility. https://www.kuow.org/stories/federal-judge-orders-tacoma-ice-center-to-allow-health-and-safety-inspections #KUOW #News #Immigration #ImmigrationInTheNorthwest #Tacoma #Immigration #ImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement

The federal government this week embarked on what it says is a new way to process a backlog of children with ongoing immigration cases. Those cases, which used to take months or years to process, are being moved up, sped up, and packed in on more days in what are called “mega master” hearings. https://www.kuow.org/stories/seattle-immigration-court-begins-mega-hearings-for-child-immigrants #KUOW #News #TrumpAndTheNorthwest #Immigration #Deportation #ImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement #Immigration #ImmigrationInTheNorthwest #Seattle #Children

Microsoft’s total carbon emissions have increased 25% year over year, driven by the company’s aggressive buildout of artificial intelligence infrastructure. https://www.kuow.org/stories/microsoft-s-climate-warming-emissions-surge-25-percent-driven-by-ai #KUOW #News #Technology

Breast milk samples from moms in the Seattle area contained chemicals linked to health problems, new research has found. https://www.kuow.org/stories/study-finds-dangerous-chemicals-in-the-breast-milk-of-seattle-moms #KUOW #News #Seattle #Health #Science #Research

Seattle sports enthusiasm has maybe never been more obvious than this year. The Seattle Seahawks won the Super Bowl, the World Cup is he, and the SuperSonics feel closer than ever to potentially returning. None of that is due to Mayor Katie Wilson, but will she benefit from it? https://www.kuow.org/stories/it-s-seattle-s-best-sports-year-yet-will-mayor-katie-wilson-benefit #KUOW #News #Politics #Seattle #SeattleSeahawks

Residents of Seattle's South Park have long wanted to do something about Highway 99 that runs through their neighborhood, calling attention to the road's environmental and health impacts. Now that the city has concluded a two-year study into the matter, there are some options on the table. https://www.kuow.org/stories/can-seattle-move-this-highway-south-park-wants-to #KUOW #News #Transportation #Seattle

Today KUOW launches Pocket Science, a podcast that takes you up close to the scientific research and discovery happening all around the region and introduces you to the scientists in the thick of it. https://www.kuow.org/stories/kuow-s-new-podcast-pocket-science-digs-into-the-groundbreaking-research-happening-right-here-in-the-pacific-northwest #KUOW #News #InsideKuow

One of the most endangered sea creatures of the Pacific Ocean is getting a leg up in the kelp forests of Washington’s San Juan Islands: a 24-armed sea star called the sunflower star. https://www.kuow.org/stories/how-a-northwest-tribe-and-an-endangered-sea-creature-are-helping-each-other #KUOW #News #Oceans #EndangeredSpecies #Environment #PugetSound #NativeAmericans

When Seattle found out months ago that it would be hosting six matches for this year’s FIFA men’s World Cup, the city had no idea that one of those would be a must-win game for Team USA. With a chance at the quarterfinals on the line, Monday’s match against Belgium is likely to be Seattle’s biggest World Cup event yet. https://www.kuow.org/stories/seattle-s-final-world-cup-match-is-set-to-be-its-biggest #KUOW #News #Seattle #WorldCup #Sports #Sports

An Oak Harbor city official said Wednesday’s late night 3.8 magnitude earthquake is a good reminder to review emergency plans and make sure you have basic preparedness supplies. https://www.kuow.org/stories/like-a-large-truck-rolling-by-right-outside-my-window-3-8-magnitude-earthquake-near-oak-harbor-felt-by-thousands #KUOW #News #Earthquakes #Environment

Washington wants drivers to go electric. A garage startup in north Seattle is betting the cheapest path runs through the cars people already own. https://www.kuow.org/stories/this-seattle-inventor-turned-his-jeep-into-a-hybrid-now-he-wants-to-change-the-world #KUOW #News