Top Regional News
The DOJ announced it will drop lawsuits against Louisville and Minneapolis that would have required them to address what the Biden administration found to be widespread patterns of police misconduct.
Arts & Culture
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Author Lisa Silvestri and illustrator Rebekah Wilkins-Pepiton join host Henry McNulty to discuss their new children's book and exhibition "Grow Like a Tree."
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Hour 2 of Friday's MusicFest Northwest '25 live broadcast.
Events
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Hear the MusicFest Northwest Live Broadcasts that aired May 14th, 15th and 16th from 10 AM to noon on KPBX 91.1 FM.
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Spokane Public Radio was a media partner for Spokane Bike Everywhere Month 2025.
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SPR was a media partner for Actors from the London Stage: "Hamlet" at the Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center on the Gonzaga University campus, Saturday, April 5th.
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Kate Messner's new middle grade novel The Trouble With Heroes Is about a boy who gets into trouble with the law. Instead of juvie, he's tasked with hiking all 46 Adirondack peaks.
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On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Broadway star Jonathan Groff reflects on what motivated him to come out early in his career.
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The U.S. imports many of its flowers, plants and nursery products from countries like Ecuador, Colombia and Canada. Tariffs may drive up prices. It may mean more opportunity for local flower farmers.
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A decades-old mystery involving Jim Morrison of The Doors has been (somewhat) solved. The singer's bust was stolen from a Paris cemetery in the 1980s. Authorities have found it in a separate probe.
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An air traffic controller who works the airspace around Newark, N.J. talks about what it was like to lose radar and communication systems during a shift, and how the situation got to be so bad.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Donald Lane, a former Secret Service agent, on what it takes to execute a manhunt and apprehend a fugitive.
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Experts say DOGE should have paid closer attention to the Government Accountability Office, which has long worked to root out waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government.
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Israeli airstrikes are pounding northern Gaza but people have no access to hospitals as they've been hit and shut down as part of a military offensive aimed at pushing the entire population south.
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Fans of the TV show Cheers are remembering actor George Wendt at the Boston Bar that inspired the hit series.
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Bonds are selling off, and investors are "selling America," thanks to mounting worries over the national deficit.