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The state Employment Security Department is offering free webinars to all federal workers in the state who’ve been subject to job cuts, covering topics like applying for federal unemployment insurance and skills training opportunities from area schools.
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Amer grew up in Kuwait, where he enjoyed a comfortable life — until the first Gulf War forced his family to flee to the U.S. His Netflix show Mo is in its second season. Originally broadcast in 2022.
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Arts & Culture
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![From left: 26th Annual SpIFF logos and assorted film stills from La estrella que perdí [The Star I Lost] (2024), I Am Gitxsan (2024), A Good Wolf (2024), Vision Quest (1985), Tim Travers & the Time Traveler's Paradox (2024), and The Birds Who Fear Death (2024); Mikey Madison with her Best Actress Oscar in the 97th Academy Awards broadcast.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5525621/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1280x713+0+3/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fcf%2F6a%2F09354c3e45ebb95449391566b8a0%2Fmovies-101-thumbnail-3-7-25.png)
Movies 101On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart preview this year's Spokane International Film Festival, which began March 7th and ran through the 9th. They also have a few words to say about the recent Oscars broadcast. -
Movie Reviews“Universal Language” is a true sleeper, a Canadian comedy that imagines a version of Winnipeg that has an Iranian cultural influence. The movie is opening at the Magic Lantern, and Nathan Weinbender says you should give it a shot. -
Movie ReviewsAs a surreal, offbeat blending of Canada and Iran, “Universal Language” boast a tone that is both somber and humorous, Dan Webster says.
![From left: 26th Annual SpIFF logos and assorted film stills from La estrella que perdí [The Star I Lost] (2024), I Am Gitxsan (2024), A Good Wolf (2024), Vision Quest (1985), Tim Travers & the Time Traveler's Paradox (2024), and The Birds Who Fear Death (2024); Mikey Madison with her Best Actress Oscar in the 97th Academy Awards broadcast.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b0c3d58/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1280x713+0+3/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fcf%2F6a%2F09354c3e45ebb95449391566b8a0%2Fmovies-101-thumbnail-3-7-25.png)
Events
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Tune in for a KPBX live broadcast featuring a selection of Fall Folk Festival performers. -
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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
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Pastor Jamal Bryant of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church about leading a movement to swear off shopping at Target for Lent.
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Impeachment threats against judges — and sometimes physical threats to their safety — compromise the independence of the judiciary, experts warn. -
A White House envoy is in Moscow Thursday to discuss the 30-day of proposed ceasefire with top Kremlin officials. President Vladimir Putin says Russia is open to the idea, but "questions" remain.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Mahmoud Khalil's attorney, Amy Greer, about her client's recent arrest. Khalil, a green card holder, is currently being detained by ICE officers. -
Survivors mourn those killed by Israel's military as bodies are exhumed from mass graves at Gaza's al-Shifa hospital in another reminder of war's toll.
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Former president of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte is in custody at the International Criminal Court. He has been under investigation since 2021 for his administration's deadly drug crackdown.
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It takes a spy to catch a spy in Steven Soderbergh's thriller Black Bag. And if they're married and played by Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett, so much the better.
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In 2019, Louisiana's fourth graders ranked 50th in the country for reading. Now, they're 16th. Here's how the state, and one rural district, pulled it off. -
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said he plans to vote for a Republican bill to fund the government through September, paving the way for other Democrats to join him. -
Thousands of probationary federal employees fired by the Trump administration must be offered job reinstatement, a judge in San Francisco has ruled, because they were terminated unlawfully.
