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Plus, WA signs agreement to merge carbon markets with CA and Québec. Spokane Haitian community leaders ask for support after a SCOTUS decision allowing the White House to TPS. Kootenai County will need to undo rules on in-law suites and guest houses before ID’s new short term rental law goes into effect July 1. USFS proposes storm clean-up in north Idaho and western Montana. A conservation group says the plan is an excuse to rush through logging authorization. And Amazon invests in a modular nuclear reactor in eastern WA.
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Two couples spend an ill-advised evening together in the tense comedy The Invite. Olivia Wilde, Seth Rogen, Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton, star in the film, which plays it a little too safe.
Arts & Culture
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Artist LR Montgomery joins host Henry McNulty to talk about his exhibition at the MAC featuring works that highlight nature conservancy efforts around the region. -
Disclosure Day is the latest thriller from Steven Spielberg, a sci-fi parable about humanity, aliens and government cover-ups. It’s also, says Nathan Weinbender, a beautifully made jumble of a movie.
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The Marked Woman brings a Spanish sense of suspense to a subject taken straight from the headlines, Dan Webster says.
Events
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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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As the world focused on the war with Iran, Israeli forces steadily took more territory in the Gaza Strip and killed more people last month than at any time this year, according to Gaza health records.
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It appears the two big earthquakes in Venezuela that occurred in rapid succession may have involved two separate fault lines. Several faults intersect in this tectonically complex region. -
President Trump's proposal to have Iran use their unfrozen funds to buy American agriculture products says a lot about where he's worried about lost political support.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Lauren Okie, whose new book finds two childhood neighbors reunited to ghostwrite a love story for a withdrawn author at her Hampton's estate.
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The New World screwworm continues to spread across Texas and threatens the cattle industry. Fighting the spread depends on the cooperation of ranchers, but they are suspicious of the government.
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Mauricio Pochettino was the biggest name the U.S. men's soccer team had ever hired — then, fans and analysts asked whether he'd been worth the hype. Now, the answer is a resounding yes.
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Hosts from NPR's science podcast Short Wave talk about an exoplanet with pink, salty clouds, the surprising social structure of ancient human relatives and the origins of laughter.
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The U.S. is changing the way food aid is distributed to starving children around the world. It is now using aid as a diplomatic tool as nutrition bars pile up in U.S. factories.
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President Trump's immigration victories at the Supreme Court Thursday have immediate implications for hundreds of thousands of immigrants.
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Jill Smokler, a mother of three, created the blog Scary Mommy in 2008 -- drawing in millions of readers who saw something of themselves in her writings. She died earlier this week at age 48. NPR's Juana Summers talked with writer Lyz Lenz about Smokler's legacy.
