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Idaho voters will choose whether the legislature should have the last word to legalize drugs such as fentanyl — or medical marijuana.
Lisa Leinberger
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Prices for candy, the most popular Halloween purchase, and gum have risen 7.7% in one year and are up more than 18% in two years, according to the latest federal data.
Arts & Culture
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YunJuong Park plays selections from and discusses her upcoming solo piano recital of music by Russian composers. -
Jim Tevenan and SSQ cellist Helen Byrne discuss the quartet's upcoming concert at the Fox. -
This week, "Movies 101" will be discussing a trio of films that boast supremely interesting characters. We’ll start off with the imaginative documentary You Can See Everything, and we’ll follow first with Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Reckoning and the re-release of Ken Russell’s 1971 film The Devils.
Events
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EventsTune to Spokane Public Radio October 28th as we celebrate Public Radio Music Day -
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We enjoyed meeting listeners at Farmers' Market this summer at various Farmers' Markets in our region.
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Sir Patrick Stewart died Wednesday at 86. The actor was best known for playing kind, paternal leaders who united families of misfits in franchises like "Star Trek" and "X-Men."
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Much of the intelligence behind the Trump administration's mass deportation campaign flows through two federal buildings in a quiet suburb in Vermont.
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Florida is seeing a record number of dengue fever cases this year as the tropical disease thrives in warming climates.
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Can an AI-generated video of a victim that's played in criminal court influence someone's sentence? A case in Arizona prompted courts to dig in.
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In Providence, Rhode Island, voters will weigh in on a ballot measure requiring the city to divest from Israel.
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The U.S.-Iran war has been mostly on pause for the past several months. But there's a strong sense in the U.S. and the Middle East that this could change shortly after the U.S. midterm elections.
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Steve Inskeep speaks with former deputy CENTCOM commander Robert Harward about President Trump's Iran war strategy.
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Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado returns to push for new elections while interim leader Delcy Rodríguez signals that pressure for a democratic transition is felt.
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Redistricting by Republicans across the South is one reason more young Black voters are mobilizing this year.
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For StoryCorps, two siblings reminisce about travels with their parents, who were circus performers, and the Halloween night they discovered trick-or-treating.
