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Plus, trans Idahoans hope to halt new bathroom law in federal court. The trial in a case challenging ID's strict abortion ban begins today. Gov. Ferguson's office warns WA agencies of another dire budget year. ID state superintendent says funding formula needs to change. Spokane Public Schools may change start times next fall. And Spokane considers cracking down on street racing.
Israel and Iran exchanged fire early Monday, escalating tensions and raising fears the conflict could pull the region back into a full-scale war.
Arts & Culture
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Movies 101On this week’s show, Nathan Weinbender, Mary Pat Treuthart and Dan Webster sift through the last 5 years of cinematic offerings and unearth a few that they think deserve a wider audience.
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Cast members from Spokane Civic Theatre's Jagged Little Pill join host Henry McNulty to discuss the production.
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Performance by four Eastern Washington University piano students , pupils of Dr. Jody Graves
Events
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EventsStop by your local Farmers' Market this summer and visit with SPR staff and volunteers at various Farmers' Markets in our region.
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EventsSpokane Public Radio is a media partner for Spokane Bike Everywhere Month 2026.
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More than 40 million adults in the U.S. ages 50 and older have osteopenia, or low bone density. An FDA-approved wearable vibration device is giving some women a tool that could slow that loss.
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Israel and Iran traded fire early Monday in retaliatory strikes, Trump walked out of an interview after being pressed on election fraud claims, ebola outbreak is spreading at alarming rate.
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The 79th Annual Tony Awards celebrated the best of Broadway on Sunday. Jeff Lunden breaks down the results of Broadway's biggest night.
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Harpo Marx -- the "silent" Marx brother -- can finally be heard speaking in a live album of recently recovered material, which was recorded just six months before he died in 1964.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Josef Palermo, an artist and curator, about his tenure at the Kennedy Center and what its future might hold.
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There was a time when scandals were the death knell for political careers. But today, they're far from being career enders. Do scandals really not hold any power anymore?
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China's President Xi Jinping is in North Korea, his first trip in seven years, in a bid to reassert China's influence in the region.
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NPR's A Martinez speaks with Kimberly Adams, the new host of the economic news radio show and podcast "Marketplace Morning Report."
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President Trump walked out of an interview on Sunday's "Meet the Press" after being pressed on his repeated claims that the 2020 election and last week's California primaries were "rigged."
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Nathan Gonzales, editor and publisher of Inside Elections about Tuesday's primaries in four states and how President Trump could affect the odds for his party.