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A 17-Year-Old Was Killed In Her Home. Was It A Burglary Gone Wrong Or A Hate Crime?
1 week, 5 days ago

A 17-Year-Old Was Killed In Her Home. Was It A Burglary Gone Wrong Or A Hate Crime?

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Dive deep into true crime cases and follow the latest headlines with HuffPost’s Suspicious Circumstances newsletter. After not finding Maggie at one of their family’s restaurants or the high school, she told Colorado Public Radio she went home around 7:20 p.m., only to find firefighters in the driveway and smoke in the air. Lynna Long, Maggie’s other …

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'Demonic!' Tulsa city council meeting goes off rails as member told she's 'inviting evil'
3 weeks, 6 days ago

'Demonic!' Tulsa city council meeting goes off rails as member told she's 'inviting evil'

Raw Story  

A city council meeting in Tulsa, Oklahoma this week went off the rails after an outgoing city councilor invited a pagan priestess to deliver a prayer at a meeting. Public Radio Tulsa reports that outgoing councilor Crista Patrick stirred controversy when she brought pagan priestess Amy McAdams to deliver an opening invocation at the meeting that included nods to "the …

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NPR and stations in Appalachia and the Mid-South launch new regional newsroom
1 month ago

NPR and stations in Appalachia and the Mid-South launch new regional newsroom

NPR  

NPR and stations in Appalachia and the Mid-South launch new regional newsroom November 19, 2024; Washington, D.C.—NPR and NPR Member organizations in Appalachia and the Mid-South have launched a collaboration aimed at strengthening local news coverage and bringing more stories from this region to the rest of the country. "Working with our neighboring states as a regional newsroom enables us …

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Asheville radio reporter covers Helene's impact for Spanish-speaking communities
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Asheville radio reporter covers Helene's impact for Spanish-speaking communities

NPR  

Asheville radio reporter covers Helene's impact for Spanish-speaking communities toggle caption Gerard Albert III/BPR ASHEVILLE—Nearly six weeks after Hurricane Helene slammed into Western North Carolina, people in and around Asheville are still piecing together their lives. News anchor Jose Sandoval's daily Spanish-language broadcasts have been an essential lifeline for the small but growing Latino community in Western North Carolina, providing …

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Kentucky TikTok suit says company considered using Ky. creators to sway Sen. Mitch McConnell
2 months ago

Kentucky TikTok suit says company considered using Ky. creators to sway Sen. Mitch McConnell

NPR  

Kentucky TikTok suit says company considered using Ky. creators to sway Sen. Mitch McConnell toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite; Matt Slocum/AP TikTok developed an internal strategy for using content on its platform to win favor from Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell and other politicians, according to recently revealed portions of a lawsuit against the tech giant. The idea was part of …

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Walz misleadingly claimed to have been in Hong Kong during Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Walz misleadingly claimed to have been in Hong Kong during Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing

LA Times  

Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz misleadingly claimed he was in Hong Kong during the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing, part of a broader pattern of inaccuracies that Republicans hope to exploit. Walz has also claimed that he has traveled to China more than 30 times, but his campaign said that the actual number was “closer to …

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Bipartisan Senate Resolution Designates October 23 as Public Radio Music Day
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Bipartisan Senate Resolution Designates October 23 as Public Radio Music Day

NPR  

Bipartisan Senate Resolution Designates October 23 as Public Radio Music Day Monday, September 30, 2024; WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. The resolution celebrates the important role of local public radio music stations in bringing communities together and supporting music education, artist discovery, and preservation of music culture across all 50 states and U.S. territories. I’m proud to introduce this bipartisan resolution …

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Bipartisan Congressional Resolution Designates October 23 as Public Radio Music Day
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Bipartisan Congressional Resolution Designates October 23 as Public Radio Music Day

NPR  

Bipartisan Congressional Resolution Designates October 23 as Public Radio Music Day Friday, September 20, 2024; Washington, D.C. - Representatives Mary Gay Scanlon, Mark Amodei, Earl Blumenauer, and Brian Fitzpatrick yesterday introduced a bipartisan resolution marking October 23, 2024, as Public Radio Music Day. This resolution celebrates the important role of local public radio music stations bringing communities together and supporting …

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Harris says she would support ending the filibuster to bring back Roe v. Wade
3 months ago

Harris says she would support ending the filibuster to bring back Roe v. Wade

NPR  

Harris says she would support ending the filibuster to bring back Roe v. Wade toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images Vice President Harris says she would support eliminating the filibuster in the U.S. Senate in order to bring back federal protections for a woman's right to an abortion as they existed under Roe v. Wade. "I've been very clear, I think …

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Collaborative Journalism Network: NPR and Member Stations Working Together
5 months, 1 week ago

Collaborative Journalism Network: NPR and Member Stations Working Together

NPR  

Collaborative Journalism Network: NPR and Member Stations Working Together Enlarge this image toggle caption NPR NPR Every day, NPR and its Member stations are working together to tell the story of the whole country from everywhere in the country. By collaborating in new ways, NPR and Member Stations can: Expand coverage to underserved parts of the country by hiring reporters …

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Ruth Seymour, tastemaker who made KCRW a public radio powerhouse, dies at 88
1 year ago

Ruth Seymour, tastemaker who made KCRW a public radio powerhouse, dies at 88

LA Times  

Ruth Seymour, the longtime radio executive who built KCRW into a public media powerhouse in the late 20th century, transforming the sonic landscape of Los Angeles and beyond, died on Friday. “The program ended and ‘All Things Considered’ came on the air,” Seymour recalled in an essay years later. “She was not an easy person to work for, to say …

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Three months out, the Iowa Caucus is Trump's to lose
1 year, 1 month ago

Three months out, the Iowa Caucus is Trump's to lose

NPR  

Three months out, the Iowa Caucus is Trump's to lose Enlarge this image toggle caption Clay Masters/Iowa Public Radio Clay Masters/Iowa Public Radio There are less than three months until the first contest of the Republican presidential primary cycle - the Iowa Caucus. "How many of you are planning on caucusing?," Polk County Republican Party chair Gloria Mazza asked a …

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SoCal Public Radio’s Herb Scannell to retire after storied media career
1 year, 3 months ago

SoCal Public Radio’s Herb Scannell to retire after storied media career

LA Times  

Herb Scannell, president and chief executive of Southern California Public Radio, announced Tuesday his plans to retire, capping off a four-decade career for the trailblazing media executive. “It’s really a matter of wanting to have another chapter of life where you’re with the ones you love,” Scannell said, “and doing things that you’ve always wanted to do.” Scannell succeeded founding …

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The violent underbelly of the avocado industry
1 year, 4 months ago

The violent underbelly of the avocado industry

NPR  

The violent underbelly of the avocado industry The U.S. consumption of avocados has exploded in the past decade. JORDAN: Remember this year's Super Bowl ad, the one where Anna Faris plays Eve in the Garden of Eden and New York City is now the Big Avocado? CORPI: Ixtaro, Linda's quiet hometown in Michoacan, had remained relatively calm at a time …

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Birders flock to Green Bay to catch glimpse of bird last seen in Wisconsin in 1845
1 year, 4 months ago

Birders flock to Green Bay to catch glimpse of bird last seen in Wisconsin in 1845

LA Times  

Bird-watchers are flocking to northeastern Wisconsin in the hopes of glimpsing a southern shorebird last seen in the state almost 180 years ago. Logan Lasee, a member of the Bay Area Bird Club, spotted a roseate spoonbill in the Ken Euers Nature Area in Green Bay on July 26, Wisconsin Public Radio reported. James Andersen, deputy director of the city …

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A tale of 2 states' trans laws
1 year, 5 months ago

A tale of 2 states' trans laws

NPR  

A tale of 2 states' trans laws Families with trans children in states where gender-affirming care has been banned are deciding whether to uproot to states where care is protected. So lawmakers here - because Democrats have the majority in the Senate, the House and the governor's office - were able to pass gender-affirming care protections this year, so that …

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LAist to cut 21 positions, citing revenue shortfall
1 year, 6 months ago

LAist to cut 21 positions, citing revenue shortfall

LA Times  

Stickers are on display inside the facilities department at Southern California Public Radio headquarters in Pasadena, which hosts LAist. Southern California Public Radio, which runs local station LAist, said Tuesday that it would cut staff by more than 10% because of a revenue shortfall. Scannell described the retrenchment as an effort to better deliver on SCPR’s “cross-platform, public service mission.” …

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Can't-miss public media podcasts to listen to in May
1 year, 7 months ago

Can't-miss public media podcasts to listen to in May

NPR  

Can't-miss public media podcasts to listen to in May Enlarge this image WNYC Studios; KUOW; KQED; KCUR; NPR; WWNO and WRKF WNYC Studios; KUOW; KQED; KCUR; NPR; WWNO and WRKF Need a new podcast? Listen to "The Supreme Court v. Enlarge this image KUOW KUOW In many Chinese sayings, "ten thousand" is used in a poetic sense to convey something …

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KPCC is changing its name to LAist 89.3
1 year, 10 months ago

KPCC is changing its name to LAist 89.3

LA Times  

Brian De Los Santos, host of the LAist Studios podcast “How to LA,” is photographed at Southern California Public Radio’s offices and studios in Pasadena. In 1999, Pasadena City College’s board of trustees voted to hand over management of the station to American Public Media Group, the Minnesota-based parent nonprofit of Southern California Public Radio. “It was actually a good …

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New and noteworthy public media podcasts to check out this January
1 year, 11 months ago

New and noteworthy public media podcasts to check out this January

NPR  

New and noteworthy public media podcasts to check out this January Enlarge this image CPR; KUER; WBEZ; WHYY; WUSF; KUOW and Northwest News Network CPR; KUER; WBEZ; WHYY; WUSF; KUOW and Northwest News Network It's a new year and with it new podcasts are here! Sponsor Message Start listening to WHYY's new show The Statue, episode 1 "Patron Saint of …

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The Gulf States Newsroom Builds Connections for Better Journalism
2 years, 9 months ago

The Gulf States Newsroom Builds Connections for Better Journalism

NPR  

The Gulf States Newsroom Builds Connections for Better Journalism Enlarge this image toggle caption Priska Neely Priska Neely Priska Neely made some of the biggest decisions of her career in her sister's Maryland sunroom, 700-some miles away from her new life. The Gulf States Newsroom includes Shalina Chatlani, a health care reporter based at WWNO in New Orleans; Stephan Bisaha, …

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A new way to talk about abortion? In Maine, using deep conversation to reach voters
3 years ago

A new way to talk about abortion? In Maine, using deep conversation to reach voters

NPR  

A new way to talk about abortion? In Maine, using deep conversation to reach voters Enlarge this image toggle caption Patty Wight/Maine Public Radio Patty Wight/Maine Public Radio It's Saturday, and Sarah Mahoney is one of several Planned Parenthood volunteers knocking on doors in Windham, Maine, a politically moderate town not far from Portland. Enlarge this image toggle caption Patty …

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Heavy Rotation: 9 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing
3 years, 2 months ago

Heavy Rotation: 9 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing

NPR  

Heavy Rotation: 9 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing Enlarge this image Mikel Cee Karlsson/Courtesy of the artist Mikel Cee Karlsson/Courtesy of the artist September's edition of Heavy Rotation, chosen by NPR member stations, features music from José González, The Linda Lindas', Leon Bridges and more. YouTube Charley Crockett, "I Need Your Love" Music has taken Charley Crockett from his …

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‘Sports-radio guy’ to NPR ‘Morning Edition’ co-host: A Martínez’s public radio journey
3 years, 6 months ago

‘Sports-radio guy’ to NPR ‘Morning Edition’ co-host: A Martínez’s public radio journey

LA Times  

Beginning in early July, public radio host A Martínez will have to adjust his alarm clock. On Thursday, National Public Radio announced that Martínez, the voice of Pasadena-based NPR affiliate KPCC’s daily news magazine “Take Two,” will join the network’s flagship show “Morning Edition” as a West Coast anchor. As a way to combat those incursions, the Morning Edition team …

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