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Plus, how Washington state will now be tracking the number of people accessing crisis services, and a look at the candidates in the race for Spokane County Clerk.
Donna Gordon Blankinship/Washington State Standard
London is pedestrianizing its version of Fifth Avenue. Cars, taxis, buses and even bicycles are now banned from Oxford Street.
Arts & Culture
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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. -
You Can See Everything is already the most talked-about documentary of recent years. Nathan Weinbender says it lives up to the hype as a fascinating, exhilarating brain teaser about the nature of truth and objectivity.
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Chris Grant shares a preview of the new SBBB season.
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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People with alpha-gal syndrome can have allergic reactions to meat from mammals. Many of those affected change their diets to eat other proteins.
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Last year, President Trump ordered more than 100 Job Corps training programs to close to save federal funds. A lawsuit stopped that, and now enrollment is up for "AI-proof" trade career training.
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One week out from Election Day, Democrats continue to lead Republicans in the race for control of Congress, according to the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll.
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The highly anticipated, latest installment of Sarah J. Maas' romantasy series has hit the shelves. Hardcore fans were lined up (in their faerie ears) at the stroke of midnight.
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In Ohio, many people are displeased with the state's rapid buildout of data centers. It's a hot-button issue in the midterms, as political candidates from both parties try to ease voter concerns.
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A group of 1961 Freedom Riders is encouraging young people to vote across the South. Organizers stopped at Historically Black Colleges and Universities in time for election season.
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Transplant teams can talk to families about organ donation before they've decided whether to continue life-sustaining medical care for loved ones. Until now that's been forbidden.
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Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi have turned four pages of an unfinished play by Federico García Lorca into a sweeping epic that spans 90 years of Spanish history, focusing on the stories of gay men. -
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with data journalist and pollster G. Elliott Morris about what he's seeing one week out from Election Day.
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The Justice Department is attempting for a third time to bring criminal charges against ex-FBI director James Comey, a frequent critic of President Trump.
