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UW team works to develop prosthetic limbs that help users touch and feel

This story originally aired on April 27, 2019. The science of prosthetics has come a long way from the crude wood-and-metal devices of earlier…

Relly Brown in their one-room apartment near Los Angeles' Koreatown. They were housed in a rapid rehousing program for the homeless that provides short-term rental vouchers for apartments. Brown now has to begin paying their own rent.

Rental Vouchers for L.A.'s Homeless Provide Short-Term Fix For Long-Term Problem

Los Angeles has a large and growing homeless population. A program called rapid rehousing gets people into homes quickly. But it isn't a long-term fix to the region's larger housing crisis.

Man barred from running Oregon charter schools now runs online school in Washington

This story is the third in our series, “Who’s Counted: Taking a Closer Look at School District Graduation Rates.” The first part of the series examined…

When it comes to mental illness, which reality is real?

This story originally aired on April 27, 2019. I’ve been on and off drugs for decades — the pharmaceutical kind, for my brain. When I was 13 or 14 years…

Alaska Airlines has 32 Boeing 737 MAX jets on order.

Alaska Air foresees minimal impact from ongoing grounding of Boeing 737 MAX

Executives from Seattle-based Alaska Airlines say they foresee minimal impact from the ongoing grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX model. The airline has 32...

Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the International Association of Fire Fighters legislative conference in March. He got into the Democratic presidential nomination fight Thursday.

The Democratic Field Is Set: 8 Questions About What Comes Next

There are 20 candidates vying to take on President Trump in the 2020 Democratic primary, and all the big names are now in. So what does each of them need to do to survive?

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