1+ hour, 7+ min ago  (155+ words) In 1929, there were twenty-two thousand movie theaters across the United States. Now, we’re down to fewer than three thousand. In his new documentary “The Last Picture Shows,” local filmmaker Rustin Thompson chronicles the life, death, and resilience of many of…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (394+ words) Focus is KUOW’s home for immersive audio documentaries. Each season zooms in on a single story that challenges commonly held narratives about life in the Pacific Northwest and reveals something bigger about American society. The production team behind the Peabody-nominated…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago  (286+ words) Now and then, person and moment meet and history is made. Think of Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Nelson Mandela. Is it now a moment for history and Count Binface? Nigel Farage, leader of the Reform U.K. Party, resigned…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (400+ words) Seattle has been one of the fastest growing metro areas in the nation for a long time. It was still in the top ten last year, despite lots of anecdotes about people leaving. Construction of new homes hasn't kept up…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago  (917+ words) LAFAYETTE, Ga. — The freedom to choose your work hours has been a game changer for many white-collar workers. Now, it has quietly become an option for some blue-collar workers as well. With U.S. manufacturers struggling to staff up, a handful…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago  (308+ words) A 14-year-old died Tuesday evening after crashing his electric bike in Seattle, reigniting debate over the safety of e-bikes. The Seattle Fire Department and Seattle Police responded to a call around 6 p.m. in the Eastlake neighborhood. A 14-year old boy had…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (685+ words) Should surgeons be allowed to perform euthanasia by removing patients' hearts and other organs while they're still alive? The idea, dubbed "Death by Organ Donation," would enable euthanasia patients to donate organs for transplantation in a way that would make…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (710+ words) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth invited Pastor Doug Wilson to give a sermon at the Pentagon in February as part of Hegseth's monthly Christian worship service. Wilson is a self-described Christian nationalist who wants to repeal a woman's right to vote,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1824+ words) 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. University researchers and the Samish Indian Nation…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (923+ words) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump ushered in the 250th anniversary of American independence on Friday with soaring rhetoric about American exceptionalism before veering into a darkly political speech with warnings about a sinister threat of communism that evoked one of the country's…...