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Thousands of public employees took part in the lunch hour action, which comes as their union negotiates new labor contracts ahead of an Oct. 1 deadline.
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Spiking prices and rental bidding wars are raising fears of more displacement in a city where previous tech booms and a housing shortage have already driven out many.
Arts & Culture
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This week, "Movies 101" will be discussing two films that feature teen characters. One, titled Tony, is based on the early life of a real person, the late chef and travel documentarian Anthony Bourdain. The other is a trek into horror titled, appropriately, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. -
As the biopic Tony shows, movie attempts to capture the character of a real person all too often fall flat, Dan Webster says.
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This week, Movies 101 will tackle a pair of films that have little, if anything, in common … save for something plot-oriented that smacks of mystery. The first is the big-budget sci-fi survival adventure title, pun intended, “The End of Oak Street.” The other is the Japanese historical study “The Samurai and the Prisoner.”
Events
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Join SPR as we welcome NPR's David Folkenflik to The Bing Crosby Theater on April 14, 2026 -
Thank you to everyone who came out and supported the 35th Annual Record Sale -
Spokane Public Radio was a media partner for BANFF Mountain Film Festival
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The Lindsay Clancy trial has shed new light in the dark corners of postnatal maternal health. We talk with a psychiatrist about women's mental health issues following childbirth.
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The highly regarded FEWS NET network stopped posting data on Afghanistan, Somalia and Yemen -- then says it will start posting again in September. What's the reason for this back-and-forth? -
The changing nature of warfare has prompted the Army to develop lighter, smaller meals for troops to carry into combat. And the new rations had to fuel performance better... and taste better.
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A sweeping Venezuela oil deal touted by Trump remains short on details —and could take years to deliver, while helping keep the country's unpopular leader in power.
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Egypt's most popular breakfast staple is a modern classic that's also been around for millennia. We take a look at taamiya for our summer series on breakfast around the globe.
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An investigation from NPR and Boston University finds that heat kills thousands of Americans every year. But official numbers radically undercount heat deaths.
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Kalshi says Santos did not cooperate with its investigation into bets he placed on his own attendance at the State of the Union. The company also fined the disgraced congressman more than $71,000. -
Since Dolly Partons' death, many in Nashville, where she lived for years, have praised her as an example of how to live a Christian life. One church even held a communion service in Dolly's honor.
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Federal regulators and 22 states allege that the tech giant made billions by manipulating how much brands and sellers paid for ads on its platform. -
The Trump administration has announced a deal to acquire 65 billion barrels of oil from Venezuela. How could this affect gasoline prices in the U.S.?
