Top Regional News
Michael Baumgartner and Carmela Conroy faced off in a debate at WSU, WA's EV rebate program is over sooner than expected and more.
Tetra Images/Getty Images
/
Getty Images
An NPR investigation has found that former president Donald Trump has made more than 100 threats to investigate, prosecute, imprison or otherwise punish his perceived opponents.
Arts & Culture
-
In his latest film “Saturday Night,” director Jason Reitman takes us behind the scenes for a fictionalized look at the making of the first episode of “SNL.” Nathan Weinbender says some of the movie works and a lot of it doesn’t, meaning it’s not unlike the show it’s about.
-
On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two films that key on personal struggles. The first is “The Outrun,” which stars the Irish actress Saoirse Ronan, while the second is the sister set-to titled “His Three Daughters.” -
On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a pair of films that offer up characters who end up questioning their very selves. The first is “Joker: Folie à Deux,” while the second is “A Different Man.”
Events
-
The next Free KPBX Kids' Concert features The Radio Helpers in the Great Room at CenterPlace Regional Event Center, Saturday, November 23rd at 1 pm -
EventsSPR is a media partner for BODYTRAFFIC at the Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center on the Gonzaga University campus, Saturday, October 19th. -
September's Free KPBX Kids' Concert featured Olivia Brownlee in the River Park Square Atrium Saturday, September 21st at 1 pm
-
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with philosopher James Brusseau of Pace University about the ethics of creating and using artificial intelligence chat bots using a person's voice.
-
Russian President Vladimir Putin hosts leaders from many of the world’s fastest developing economies at a summit this week.
-
It's been 20 years since the tobacco quota, which guaranteed prices for the crop, was outlawed. Since then the number of farms growing tobacco in Kentucky has shrunk by 96%.
-
Skybar, one of Beirut's most popular nightclubs, has turned into a shelter for hundreds of displaced people who've fled Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon in recent weeks.
-
The scan uses a football-sized device called The Orb to collect people’s biometric data. The idea is to create a way to identify all humans. The company has dealt with bans in several countries.
-
A federal court in Louisiana is weighing whether a state law requiring the Ten Commandments be displayed in public schools is constitutional.
-
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Pennsylvania's top elections official, Al Schmidt, about how the commonwealth is preparing for the Election Day vote count. -
The Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America, which helps members get affordable mortgages, says its 3.7 million members must vote or risk losing membership — and the financial benefits. -
Former President Trump has been appealing to a key voting bloc -- young men -- through Ultimate Fighting Championship events. Reporter Karim Zidan explores the connection with NPR's A Martinez.
-
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Emma Tucker, editor-in-chief of "The Wall Street Journal," about the paper's coverage of the 2024 presidential race.
