Top Regional News
Katie Adkins/Arkansas Advocate
Kyle Pfannenstiel/Idaho Capital Sun
Dana DiFilippo/New Jersey Monitor
Jerry Cornfield/Washington State Standard
Otto Kitsinger/Idaho Capital Sun
Maria Fabrizio for NPR
Vaccination is the best way to protect yourself against measles. For most adults, one shot of the MMR is considered enough protection. But there are certain situations that call for a second dose.
Arts & Culture
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Lance Oppenheim’s Primetime takes a critical look at the man behind the television show “To Catch a Predator,” Dan Webster says.
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In Lance Oppenheim’s Primetime, Robert Pattinson plays Chris Hansen, the host of “To Catch a Predator” on the hunt for ratings and journalistic recognition. Nathan Weinbender says the movie is a simplistic but oddly compelling true-life horror story.
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Spokane Symphony Music Director James Lowe and From the Studio host Jim Tevenan talk about the second Masterworks program of the new SSO season.
Events
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EventsTune in to SPR News to hear live broadcasts of conversations with the candidates for the 3rd, 4th, and 6th Washington State Legislative Districts. -
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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Rising fuel prices are stressing household budgets in the Northeast, where many rely on heating oil to warm their homes.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with New York Times White House correspondent Tyler Pager about President Trump's new pick for press secretary, Katie Zacharia.
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Alabama and the Florida Panhandle bore the brunt of Hurricane Isaias. While the storm weakened once it hit land, four people lost their lives. Meanwhile, other storms are affecting the Pacific coast.
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The 15th Congressional District runs from the east of San Antonio all the way down into the Rio Grande Valley. This majority-Latino district provides a window into the Latino vote in Texas.
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Military justice expert Eugene Fidell of Yale Law School speaks to NPR about the Pentagon's plan to livestream the execution of a convicted mass murderer.
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Protesters in the Indian capital have again defied authorities to demonstrate against a controversial revision of the country's voter rolls that has seen 130 million people removed, or threatened with removal.
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The Nobel Prize in Economics, the sixth and last of this year's awards, will be announced today in Sweden.
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The Justice Department has launched an antitrust investigation into major television networks, including CNN, after President Trump banned them from them from the White House.
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The deadliest attack on a Gulf Arab state since the Iran war began has heightened concerns that the United States could become directly involved in another regional conflict.
