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Seattle Now

Thursday Evening Headlines

Seattle Now

KUOW News and Information

Daily News, News

4.7670 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Travis Decker's remains have been confirmed, Starbucks is closing stores and rolling out layoffs, and Lynnwood is allowing cannabis sellers. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Patricia Murphy.

Transcript

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0:00.0

On the latest sound politics, Jimmy Kimmel is back on air, but not in Seattle.

0:05.1

And the reason why highlights a consolidating media landscape that impacts what you see on TV.

0:11.6

It's a lot bigger than Jimmy.

0:13.9

We'll break down the mergers that are taking place and how those companies are trying to gain favor with federal regulators with an expert from WSU.

0:22.7

That's sound politics wherever you get your podcasts.

0:29.9

The future of Seattle's highways affects all of us.

0:33.9

I'm Ian Koss, host of the award-winning podcast, The Big Dig, and you can join me live as we explore what's next for Seattle's Roads.

0:42.4

It's October 27th at 7 p.m. at the Central Library in downtown Seattle.

0:47.7

RSVP at kUOW.org slash events.

0:51.9

KUOW live events are sponsored by Finney Ridge Painting.

1:02.3

Hello from the KUOW Newsroom.

1:05.0

This is Seattle now.

1:06.3

I'm Patricia Murphy.

1:07.2

With a roundup of today's top stories, it's Thursday, September 25th.

1:12.2

Let's get started with today's big tech news.

1:15.1

Seattle-based tech giant Amazon has agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle a lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission.

1:22.9

The federal government had alleged that Amazon tricked customers into signing up for its prime service.

1:28.7

Monica Nicholsberg has been covering the federal trial this week.

1:32.2

The FTC highlighted this page that would pop up on Amazon when a customer was trying to buy

1:37.0

something. It had this big yellow button that said something like, get fast free shipping

1:42.3

next to a tiny little link that said, no thanks, I don't want

1:46.4

fast-free shipping. The FDC claimed that customers didn't realize that by clicking that yellow

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