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The initiative echoes restrictions in 27 other states and would effectively block transgender girls from joining girls' middle- and high-school teams.
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The United States is throwing a big 250th birthday party this summer. Planning between two groups has become highly politicized.
Arts & Culture
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Cast members from Spokane Civic Theatre's Jagged Little Pill join host Henry McNulty to discuss the production. -
Performance by four Eastern Washington University piano students , pupils of Dr. Jody Graves -
Nathan Weinbender reviews two new movies from important international directors: Radu Jude’s Kontinental ’25, from Romania, and Christian Petzold’s Miroirs No. 3, from Germany.
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Tune to SPR News Saturday, December 6, 2025 from 6-7:30 pm to hear holiday favorites played by local musicians. -
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A case of New World screwworm has been found in a calf in Texas. The flesh-eating fly, which was eradicated from the U.S. in the 1960s, poses a major threat to the cattle industry.
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A new NPR/Ipsos poll shows many teachers are using AI to save time, but a majority are also worried the technology is making it harder for students to learn to think for themselves. -
Senate passes $70 billion immigration enforcement bill, Trump's agenda tests the limits of some lawmakers' support, John Bolton pleads guilty to mishandling classified information.
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A new HBO documentary by Questlove tells the story of the R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire. Morning Edition host A Martinez speaks with band members Philip Bailey, Verdine White and Ralph Johnson. -
Through years of controversy and delayed construction, one Iraq veteran has been rehabilitating a Japanese garden in the middle of the on the vast VA campus in West Los Angeles.
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The Planet Money team traces the life of a tax loophole from creation, discovery, exploitation -- all the way to watching it get closed shut.
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A Black teen faces first-degree murder charges in a highly anticipated trial following the killing of a white teenager at a Frisco, Texas, track meet last year.
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President Trump continues to pursue very personal agenda items that are testing the limits of support from Republican members of Congress.
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NPR's Michel Martin asks Republican pollster Jim Hobart how voters view President Trump's agenda – the Iran war, the "anti-weaponization" fund, the ballroom – and what informs their midterm choices.
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Protesters in Albania oppose Jared Kushner's planned Adriatic coast resort, which would be located in one of the Mediterranean's most environmentally sensitive areas.
