Tuesday Evening Headlines
Seattle Now
KUOW News and Information
4.7 • 670 Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2024
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Seattle Public Library is hit with a ransomware attack, the Kraken gets a new coach and the drama deepens over Seattle's minimum wage for gig workers. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.
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| 0:00.0 | All eyes are on Texas as Republicans work to draw new congressional districts ahead of |
| 0:04.6 | 26. But the battle for control of Congress runs through Southwest Washington, home to one of the |
| 0:11.5 | most competitive districts in the country. And that's where incumbent Marie Glucent-Camp |
| 0:15.6 | Perez has a new challenger. He's the Republican leader in the state Senate. Meet John Braun, |
| 0:20.5 | a moderate who could deliver the third district in the state Senate. Meet John Braun, a moderate who |
| 0:21.6 | could deliver the third district to the GOP this week on sound politics wherever you get your |
| 0:27.8 | podcasts. |
| 0:32.3 | Good evening from the KUOW Newsroom. This is Seattle now. I'm Paige Browning. Hope you had a nice long weekend. |
| 0:40.8 | Here are today's top stories. It's Tuesday, May 28th. Starting with why you can't rent an e-book right now, |
| 0:47.8 | at least not from the Seattle Public Library. The library had to take all of its online services |
| 0:53.0 | down on Saturday because of a ransomware attack. |
| 0:56.1 | There's no estimated time yet for Seattle Public Library's digital services to come back online. |
| 1:01.7 | During the shutdown, people cannot check out e-books or audiobooks, scan the library's catalog, or use Wi-Fi at the branches. |
| 1:10.3 | Library officials say they are working with |
| 1:12.6 | third-party forensic specialists and law enforcement to figure out the extent of the ransomware attack. |
| 1:18.7 | They haven't said if library member information was obtained. The library is still checking out |
| 1:24.8 | physical books, but asks people not to return physical books |
| 1:28.0 | right now because they can't be cataloged. There's pressure to get this fixed fast. |
| 1:32.9 | SPL has one of the most used digital collections in the nation. |
| 1:37.8 | Moving on, Seattle's Wing Luke Museum remains closed today. A little more than half of its |
| 1:43.5 | staff walked out last week |
| 1:45.3 | to protest an exhibit called Confronting Hate Together. The exhibit addresses racism and |
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