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Plus, WA signs agreement to merge carbon markets with CA and Québec. Spokane Haitian community leaders ask for support after a SCOTUS decision allowing the White House to TPS. Kootenai County will need to undo rules on in-law suites and guest houses before ID’s new short term rental law goes into effect July 1. USFS proposes storm clean-up in north Idaho and western Montana. A conservation group says the plan is an excuse to rush through logging authorization. And Amazon invests in a modular nuclear reactor in eastern WA.
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Two couples spend an ill-advised evening together in the tense comedy The Invite. Olivia Wilde, Seth Rogen, Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton, star in the film, which plays it a little too safe.
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Arts & Culture
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Artist LR Montgomery joins host Henry McNulty to talk about his exhibition at the MAC featuring works that highlight nature conservancy efforts around the region. -
Disclosure Day is the latest thriller from Steven Spielberg, a sci-fi parable about humanity, aliens and government cover-ups. It’s also, says Nathan Weinbender, a beautifully made jumble of a movie.
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The Marked Woman brings a Spanish sense of suspense to a subject taken straight from the headlines, Dan Webster says.
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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Rescuers in Venezuela continue search for the missing after devastating earthquakes, SCOTUS rulings give Trump more power to set immigration policy, Trump works to woo struggling American farmers.
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In the new comedy "The Invite," a couple on the brink of splitting up throws a dinner party for a mysterious couple living nearby. NPR's A Martinez speaks with actor and director Olivia Wilde.
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The massive state fair underway on the National Mall kicked off with a Trump campaign-style rally, and not all 50 states are taking part. Is this Great American State Fair for everyone?
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Several Democratic governors have sent National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., ahead of America 250, amid President Trump's highly visible — and controversial — ongoing deployment to the city. -
Excitement over the World Cup is giving soccer players at Historically Black Colleges and Universities a chance to highlight their teams and gain support.
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Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Penn., and Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., tell NPR's Michel Martin they want to force into law a housing bill President Trump has refused to sign.
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The U.S. Supreme Court gives President Trump more power to set immigration policy with a pair of decisions Thursday.
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The Supreme Court is letting President Trump remove protections from thousands of Haitian and Syrian refugees. Michel Martin asks a pastor in Springfield, Ohio, about his city's Haitian community.
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The U.S. played Turkey in the final Group D stage match at the World Cup. The U.S. had already won the group before the match began. We discuss the results.
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Community radio once helped villagers survive Indonesia's volcanic eruptions. Today, smartphones and social media bring both faster warnings and new challenges.
