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Iran attacks world's largest liquified natural gas complex, Sen. Markwayne Mullin faces lawmakers at DHS confirmation hearing, organizers reckon with abuse allegations against activist Caesar Chavez.
Arts & Culture
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“The Bride!” is Maggie Gyllenhaal’s genre-defying reimagining of “Frankenstein” starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale. Nathan Weinbender says it’s a gutsy attempt, but it doesn’t know what to do with its many weighty themes.
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Movies 101Forget the Golden Globes, the BAFTAs or the SAG awards, it’s the Oscars broadcast that movie fans care most about. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss the 98th Academy Awards, who is nominated, who has the best chances of winning and who they each think should win.
Events
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EventsJoin SPR as we welcome NPR's David Folkenflik to The Bing Crosby Theater on April 14, 2026 -
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Spokane Public Radio was a media partner for BANFF Mountain Film Festival
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A chain of events in recent years led Israel and the U.S. to do what they had hesitated to do for decades: launch all-out war against Iran.
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The Federal Reserve held its benchmark interest rate steady today. The central bank is wrestling with a lot of uncertainty with a weak job market and stubborn inflation.
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KiKi Shepard, the longtime co-host of Showtime at the Apollo, died this week at 74.
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An independent group of experts plans to offer an alternative to the Trump administration's autism agenda. The group features prominent scientists who used to serve on a federal advisory committee.
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A former Syrian prison chief has been convicted in a landmark torture trial in Los Angeles.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Meghan Hall from USA Today's For the Win about negotiations between WNBA players and owners on a new collective bargaining agreement.
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It's not just oil tankers stranded near the Strait of Hormuz. U.N. aid shipments are also hindered by the war in Iran.
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Democratic primaries in Illinois on Tuesday offered important lessons about what the party's base wants from new leaders, and how views around Israel are changing on the left.
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The Trump administration's unprecedented expansion of migrant detention facilities is igniting fierce opposition in communities across the political and geographic spectrum.
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Japan is racing to reduce its reliance on Chinese rare earths — from dredging the seabed to inventing new magnets — as its prime minister visits the White House this week.
