Friday Evening Headlines

Seattle Now

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4.7 • 670 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2026

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Pedestrian deaths increasing in Seattle, legal scholars call for stronger efforts to protect judges, and Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe are separating.

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0:00.0	You know, every day on Up First, NPR's Golden Globe nominated morning news podcast, we bring you three essential stories.
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0:56.0	Hey there, it's finally Friday.
0:58.2	From the KUOW Newsroom, this is Seattle Now.
1:01.5	I'm Patricia Murphy with a roundup of today's top stories.
1:04.9	It's April 17th.
1:07.1	Traffic collisions keep hurting too many people on Seattle streets, and city leaders are calling for an audit of a program to eliminate all traffic deaths called Vision Zero.
1:18.1	Anna Boyko-Wirock reports.
1:20.6	Right now, the numbers are very much not zero.
1:24.3	Last year, traffic crashes killed 18 pedestrians in Seattle, and more than 200 others
1:29.8	were seriously hurt while walking, driving, or on bikes. This fall, the city auditor will formally
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