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Otto Kitsinger, for Idaho Capital Sun
Idaho hasn't had a new federal district judgeship position since 1954.
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Rebecca White, SPR News
This year, some American Muslims say they feel politically homeless — not understood or welcomed by either Republicans or Democrats.
Arts & Culture
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Conversation with and music from guitarist and teacher James Reid -
Now on Netflix, “Rebel Ridge” is about a small town, a Marine, some cash and a corrupt sheriff. But it’s way more complicated than that. Nathan Weinbender says this is a solid thriller that also works as a portrait of systemic corruption in America. -
On this week’s show, Dan Webster and Nathan Weinbender discuss two films designed to give us night chills—one a long-awaited sequel to the 1988 comedy-horror exercise “Beetlejuice,” the other a delving into the mind of a serial killer, titled “Strange Darling.”
Events
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EventsSeptember's Free KPBX Kids' Concert features Olivia Brownlee in the River Park Square Atrium Saturday, September 21st at 1 pm -
Spokane Public Radio is a media partner for the 2024 Blue Waters Bluegrass Festival -
Join SPR Staff, Hosts, and Volunteers at Art on the Green 2024
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New data samples from the Wuhan market points to an intermingling of SARS-CoV-2, raccoon dogs and humans. The authors of a new paper say it bolsters the animal origin theory. Other researchers object.
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Former President Donald Trump has lots of support in rural Morgan County, Ga., where immigration is a major concern.
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Where there are humans, there are rats. But new research says we still have a lot to learn about our furry, often reviled, companions.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with three women, all Democrats, about Kamala Harris' historic candidacy and why they plan on voting for her.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about "scuba-diving" lizards, a trick to turn a mouse's skin transparent and whether finger counting helps kids' math skills.
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Ryan Routh, the alleged apparent would-be assassin of Donald Trump, has a complex and confusing past. He spent more than half of his life in Greensboro, N.C., and had many legal run-ins.
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In Lebanon, hospitals are still dealing with a crush of patients maimed by exploding pagers and walkie-talkies this week. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has vowed retaliation.
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Harrison Patrick Smith’s debut album as The Dare, What’s Wrong With New York, fuses pop, rock and electro, and his music has drawn comparisons to the sounds of New York in the 2000s.
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A lawsuit accuses Miley Cyrus and others of duplicating a song by Bruno Mars in order to create her hit "Flowers." A closer look reveals a legal strategy driven by a bigger trend in music business.
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Life in Lebanon was already difficult due to the ongoing economic crisis and simmering tensions along its southern border. After the attacks using exploding devices, fear is taking on a new shape.
