6pm: Ferguson backs WA income tax on millionaires // Rep. Travis Couture: A budget reset that works for Washingtonians // Today in History // Vincent van Gogh chops off his ear // Pittsburgh Steelers’ Franco Harris scores on “Immaculate Reception” iconic NFL play // “Balloon Boy” parents sentenced in Colorado // The worst Christmas Commercial of the 80s

5pm: Top Stories – Recap and Updates // Video shows random attack on 75-year-old woman in downtown Seattle // Medical center that employs woman who berated Target worker over Charlie Kirk shirt is bombarded with over 6,000 ‘profanity-laced’ calls // We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars. // An update on Molly // Letters

4pm: Ferguson backs WA income tax on millionaires // Rep. Travis Couture: A budget reset that works for Washingtonians // Move Aside, Snowflake: ‘Theater Kid’ Is the New Go-To Political Insult // Most Top-Achieving Adults Weren’t Elite Specialists in Childhood, New Study Finds

3pm: I Was Thinking: The Christmas Letter // Today in History // Vincent van Gogh chops off his ear // Pittsburgh Steelers’ Franco Harris scores on “Immaculate Reception” iconic NFL play // “Balloon Boy” parents sentenced in Colorado // The worst Christmas Commercial of the 80s

6pm: I Was Thinking: // Viktor Frankl on finding meaning in life // Today in History // The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late) released // First gorilla born in captivity // Steelers’ DK Metcalf gets into altercation with fan in Detroit

5pm: Top Stories – Recaps & Updates // Peanut Allergies Have Plummeted in Children, Study Shows // Toilet Rats: Rare, but There // Moms everywhere relate to 7-year-old’s viral essay about being ‘abandoned’ // On a Clipped Wing, Flamingo Escapes a British Zoo for a Life in France // Kent, WA mayor says NWS alert worsened panic during levee breach // 600 Readers Told Us About the Best Gifts They Ever Got. These Are the Top 13. // Letters

4pm: Guest: Tracie Jefferson // ‘This kid’s going to die’: Neighbors say 9-year-old abandoned in tent off Aurora. CPS claims he’s not in danger // The Polyamory Delusion // Listeners text in with memories of bully tactics 

3pm: I Was Thinking: // Viktor Frankl on finding meaning in life // Today in History // The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late) released // First gorilla born in captivity // Steelers’ DK Metcalf gets into altercation with fan in Detroit

6pm: Court vindicates professor investigated for parodying university’s ‘land acknowledgment’ on syllabus // White House seeking privateers to seize cartel boats, assets // Harvard Professor of Economics Ken Rogoff on November inflation coming in WAY BELOW expectations. // Walter Kirn shares my Spielberg “Disclosure” theory // Brown U. and MIT professor shootings are linked; suspect found dead, officials say // Tipster using Reddit was key in cracking Brown University shooting case, police say // Celebrating Board Operators After Flyers Hot-Mic Moment

5pm: Top Stories Recap/Updates // Cliff Mass promises a White Christmas… in the mountains // Neighbors say 9-year-old abandoned in tent off Aurora. CPS claims he’s not in danger. // Know-It-All Quiz // Letters