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It marks the largest, but not only, donation by church-affiliated groups both for and against the proposed abortion rights ballot initiative
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South African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her lifelong defense of human rights and international law.
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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Planet Money traced many new beverage flavors to one laboratory that serves dozens of companies to see how new flavors are created and why we're seeing such an explosion of options right now.
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Hall of Fame football player and legendary coach Mike Ditka led the Chicago Bears to the team's only Superbowl win in 1986. He died Friday at 86.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with New York Times fashion reporter Jacob Gallagher about President Trump's apparent choice to wear a suit from the budget menswear chain Jos. A. Bank.
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There's lots of debate over data centers and where they should be located. In a struggling rural town data center development can look a lot more attractive.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with the "Satanic doo-wop" duo Twin Temple about their new album Doomed Lovers and what drew them to Satanism and the occult.
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Midterm election polls are everywhere but how much can one data point tell about who will win in November?
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New songs added to her 2025 album The Life of a Showgirl has shot the release up the charts.
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Isaias is expected to make landfall as the season's first Atlantic hurricane. Oil rigs and refineries on the Gulf Coast are evacuating, but experts don't anticipate much of an impact on gas prices.
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Aaron Sorkin's companion piece to The Social Network tells the story of a Wall Street Journal investigation fueled by the 2021 leak of thousands of internal Facebook documents.
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In Alabama, the push that led to Voting Rights Act of 1965 intersects with the recent weakening of the statute and redistricting. Three generations of activists reflect on what it means for midterms.
