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As ‘empowered’ cities ban them from public spaces, homeless people in WA scatter in search of refuge
Attorneys say bans could become more common following U.S. Supreme Court decision in June
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![Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-Spokane] reads a statement at a U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing about perceived NPR bias on May 8, 2024.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f8d0821/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2160x1215+0+0/resize/960x540!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F66%2F31%2Ff14b5e14460695d92e91db81a5b2%2Fcmr-at-npr-hearing.png)
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Atlanta beat the odds and will be the first team to pick in the 2024 NBA Draft. Washington will pick second — followed by Houston and San Antonio.
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On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss the work of Patricia Highsmith, an author who made a career out of imagining the inner lives of various sociopaths—including one Tom Ripley, who is the protagonist in the new Netflix series titled, simply, “Ripley.” In this episode, they talk about the series and their other favorite Highsmith adaptations.
Events
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EventsSpokane Public Radio is a media partner for Bike Everywhere Month 2024 -
EventsHear the MusicFest Northwest Live Broadcasts May 15, 16 and 17 from 10 a.m. to noon on KPBX 91.1 FM. -
EventsGet your tickets to SPR’s inaugural "Firehouse Sessions Song Contest" Concert. Hear from our three winners, Anne Christine, The Red Books, and Time Baby, along with our two launch collaborators, Olivia Brownlee and T.S The Solution at the Bing on May 10, 2024.
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He is expected to bolster the prosecutors case that Trump falsified business records to pay off Stormy Daniels, the adult film star, with whom he is alleged to have had an affair -
Childhood myopia, or nearsightedness, is growing rapidly in the U.S and around the world. Researchers say kids who spend two hours outside every day, are less likely to develop the condition. -
Workers at Mercedes-Benz in Alabama start voting this week on whether to join the United Auto Workers union. Last month, Volkswagen workers in Tennessee voted overwhelmingly to unionize. -
NPR's Scott Detrow chats with Barbara Perry and Bernard Tamas about the history of third-party candidates running for the White House and how they compare to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign.
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NPR's Scott Detrow talks to Andrew Marchand, a columnist at The Athletic, about the off-court battle for the rights to broadcast and stream the NBA.
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Companies in China are using deepfake technology to create avatars of dead relatives and loved ones. Does the technology help or hurt the grieving process?
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A shoutout from the All Things Considered team to our mamas, who taught us everything we know.
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Actor and producer Issa Rae joins NPR's Rachel Martin for a game of Wild Card.
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After initiation rites – including circumcision – the boys leave their families to take charge of the herds, driving them high into the mountains. It's a way of life that climate change is testing. -
Popular slogans and ad campaigns have urged the public to save honeybees. But reports suggest those efforts were directed at saving the wrong bees.
