Glass recycling is back in Seattle after a nearly year-long hiatus. Bottled-beverage drinkers kept putting their empties in ...

Congress banned the app in the U.S., citing national security concerns and demanding it spin off from its Chinese owner, ...

Trustees of the Social Security trust fund predict the fund will be exhausted in eight years. Unless Congress acts, Social ...

Washington state taxpayers have covered about half a billion dollars in legal claims in the past year alone. Beyond foster ...

House members said they are troubled by the Agriculture Department's plans to collect personal data from people who applied ...

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares snapshots of moments from their lives and ...

At issue was a Tenneessee law that bars minors from accessing gender-affirming care as they transition from their sex ...

Labubus are a global sensation — sparking long lines outside toy stores, selling out online within minutes, and listing for ...

It was supposed to be a banner year for Pacific Northwest cherries. Cherry production is estimated to be about 10% above last ...

FIFA Men’s World Cup is coming to Seattle.  The city now has less than a year before it welcomes hundreds of thousands of visitors.  There’s plenty of time for the city to meet some of its goals, ...

The Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates steady Wednesday. Members of the central bank's rate-setting committee ...

To supply the world with cherries, Washington farmers need a lot of workers to show up for a very short harvesting window. Usually they do, but not this year. Today, how a culture of fear is pushing ...