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Plus, supporters and opponents give their takes on Washington’s Initiative 638, which would ban transgender athletes from girls’ school sports. And many state Supreme Court candidates declined to seek bar association ratings this year.
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The Chesapeake Bay, home to blue crabs, striped bass, and other popular seafood, has a new apex predator, the blue catfish. It's invasive and ravenous, growing to more than 100 pounds. But officials hope one of the fish's other qualities might keep it in check: it's delicious.
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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Elizabeth McCracken's connected short stories chronicle a family's encounters with their eldest son's girlfriend and eventual wife. This slim collection is so engaging, you may want to read it twice. -
Roz Chast and Jason Adam Katzenstein discuss roaches, molding food and dysfunctional appliances. Their new graphic memoir, The Two Saddest Kitchens, reveals it all.
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The AI company, which makes the popular Claude chatbot, has filed for an initial public offering that could be one of the biggest ever. -
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with political consultant Mike Madrid about how Republicans' gerrymandering efforts have backfired.
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The area where four states meet in the U.S. Southwest remains on a flood watch after days of heavy rain and winds.
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Republicans redrew congressional district lines to try to tilt the midterms in their favor. But now they are facing expensive and competitive races they had hoped to outmaneuver. -
A federal judge struck down a Trump administration ban on issuing immigrant visas to people from 75 countries, but immigrants continue to be stuck in their countries. -
What makes special education teaching jobs so hard to fill? NPR set out to find some answers by talking to more than a dozen teachers who do this work every day. -
Republicans' gerrymandering efforts have led to expensive and competitive races, Brazil's President Lula elected for fourth term, protests sweep parts of Europe.
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NPR's A Martinez speaks with journalist Calum Marsh about his new book, "The Glass Box: The Shocking True History of How CrossFit Broke the Rules, Made Millions, and Changed Fitness Forever."
