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Chelsea Handler
Plus, candidates for Washington's 5th Congressional District faced off at an NAACP forum last night. And five Spokane County fire districts will have levies on the ballot this fall.
Three children and a teacher were killed in a shooting at a Bend, Oregon, elementary school Thursday. Officials say a bystander confronted and fatally shot the 16-year-old suspected shooter.
Arts & Culture
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Hitchhiker's Theatre visited the studio to discuss their production of A Year with Frog and Toad. -
Actors from the national tour of & Juliet visit the SPR studios to answer the question: what would happen if Juliet didn't end it all over Romeo? -
Melody Puller and Matt Goodrich talk with Jim Tevenan about and play excerpts from their upcoming recital of American music for piano.
Events
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We enjoyed meeting listeners at Farmers' Market this summer at various Farmers' Markets in our region. -
Spokane Public Radio was a media partner for the 2026 Blue Waters Bluegrass Festival
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NPR investigations spent more than a year uncovering the company behind a skincare scheme that led to consumer complaints, lawsuits and a federal investigation.
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Russian authorities say Ukraine struck a major oil refinery southeast of Moscow Thursday. The strike was in response to Russia's attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
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Journalist and Russia analyst Julia Ioffe lays out how Vladimir Putin might be trying to exploit the current divide between the U.S. and Ukraine over striking Russian oil refineries.
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A hunger strike by detainees at a South Georgia ICE facility enters into its second week. They want better conditions.
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For StoryCorps, a public health nurse in Minnesota speaks with her college mentor about a moment when she almost gave up on her career aspirations.
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The Department of Justice is suing California to block the state from counting ballots from people the government says are "likely" not citizens. California says the accusations are "unsupported."
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NPR's A Martinez talks to David Becker, an election law expert and executive director of the Center for Election Innovation & Research, about the Justice Department suing California over its voter rolls.
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NPR's A Martinez speaks with AP Basketball writer Doug Feinberg about the WNBA finals which begin Saturday.
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Nneka Ogwumike's legacy was never in question winning a championship and league MVP within four years. Negotiating the largest collective bargaining agreement in pro sports for the WNBA ensures it.
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Men and women across India are being paid to record themselves doing domestic jobs as developers train AI robots to do household chores.
