Seattle Now

This week… Seattle rapper Macklemore was dropped as an opener from Ed Sheeran’s latest arena tour. The Egyptian Theater is coming back to show “the best of the best and the best of the worst.” And Sea-Tac Airport is doing away with its popular program Spot Saver program. Arts Reporter Jas Keimig and Historian David Lewis are here to break down the week.

Natural gas initiative ruled unconstitutional, Port Townsend paper mill fined over polluted wastewater, and can Mayor Wilson make housing more affordable for renters?

This week, both the Seattle City Council and Mayor Katie Wilson have pushed forward plans to reduce gun violence in the city. We’ll get into the details of both plans with KUOW’s Amy Radil.

Newly released SPD texts show confusion following Bite of Seattle shooting, Seattle extends civil rights to polyamorous people, and it's the second worst wildfire season on record in WA.

It may sound like science fiction… But a former AI researcher says there’s a real chance that the intelligence being developed could make humans extinct by the end of the decade. Seattle is one of the country’s AI hubs, with Microsoft and its partners Open AI and Anthropic leading the way on research. KUOW’s Monica Nickelsburg is here to help us understand the possibilities.