Top Regional News
Spokane's mayor directs money to homeless sheltering this winter, the state faces a shortfall in its own homeless service funding, the U.S. Attorney's office is looking out for election reports in eastern WA, and a Google map points visitors to "spooky houses."
A future Supreme Court justice helped launch a program to challenge voters at the Arizona polls in the early 1960s, in a county that's become a hotbed for election conspiracies in the decades since.
Arts & Culture
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On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a pair of films that offer up characters who end up questioning their very selves. The first is “Joker: Folie à Deux,” while the second is “A Different Man.”
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The Spokane String Quartet plays and talks with host Jim Tevenan
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Events
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The next Free KPBX Kids' Concert features The Radio Helpers in the Great Room at CenterPlace Regional Event Center, Saturday, November 23rd at 1 pm
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SPR is a media partner for BODYTRAFFIC at the Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center on the Gonzaga University campus, Saturday, October 19th.
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A nearly 200-year-old music manuscript by composer Frédéric Chopin was recently unearthed at a museum in New York.
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Western brands are paying less for clothes manufactured in Bangladesh. Workers hope recent political changes in the country will lead to improvements in their conditions.
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Vice President Harris has said if she’s elected president, she’ll sign a bill enshrining the right to an abortion. Former President Donald Trump also has talked about abortion.
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One hub for rumors and conspiracies about voting is X, the social media site once known as Twitter. There, users are floating unverified and false claims about voting that can quickly go viral.
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Film and TV production has been moving out of Los Angeles for the past few years. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has unveiled a proposal to reverse that trend, but industry leaders are still worried.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees to win the World Series 4-1. It's the first title for the Dodgers since the COVID-shortened "asterisk" season of 2020.
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Voters will decide on a slew of criminal justice ballot measures this election. Legalizing some drugs, increasing penalties for others and boosting police pay are among the proposed changes.
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OCD is often misunderstood. Here’s what it’s like, from people who live with it.
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States like New Hampshire are experiencing peak leaf. We have some tips on how to observe fall foliage safely.
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NPR's A Martinez speaks with Dom Kelly, co-founder and CEO of the advocacy group New Disabled South, about the disabled community's needs and demands ahead of the presidential election.