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This week we met with Alex Ozaki-McNeill and Jessy Preciado, co-directors of the North Country Fair, to learn more about the history of the event and what we can expect from this year’s upcoming fair. -
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Does gluing your hand to a Van Gogh painting, in order to draw attention to the evils of the fossil fuel industry, gain sympathy for your cause? -
This week we re-air a portion of a recording originally from Lost Coast Sessions of the Paula Jones Band, captured live at the Arcata Playhouse in 2018. -
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/Getty Images North AmericaNPR plans to make trims totaling more than $5 million over the course of the coming fiscal year to bring its annual budget into balance. Meanwhile, local stations are asking for more help. -
Maansi Srivastava/NPRPresident Trump wants to be able to fire far more executive branch employees at will — upending checks on presidential power that have existed for more than a century. -
Damian Dovarganes/APMost Jewish Americans disapprove of the Trump administration withholding funds from colleges to address anti-Jewish sentiment, according to a new survey. -
Yui Mok/AFPIn the last few months, bands including Hotline TNT and King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard have pulled music from Spotify in a new wave of artist-led protests against the platform. -
The Cleveland Museum of ArtFor NPR's Word of the Week, we're getting hot: During the Ottoman Empire, people used devices called "zarfs" to hold their coffee cups. Here's what to know about this word's history. -
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Susan Monarez says RFK Jr. told her to commit to decisions in advance, without reviewing evidence and to dismiss vaccine experts. -
House Republicans put forth a proposal to fund the government that includes $30 million for lawmaker security, as Congress grapples with increasing political violence. -
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy and Education Secretary Linda McMahon are against schools giving kids standardized questionnaires about their mental well-being. But experts say they are wrong. -
House Republicans released a short-term spending bill to fund the government until late November but Democrats are calling for further changes. -
NPR wants to hear from listeners whose lives have changed due to an increase in ICE operations, throughout the country.
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Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty ImagesEmployees at the General Services Administration are scrambling to lease offices to accommodate a rapid increase of immigration enforcement officers carrying out widespread raids across the country. -
NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images/NurPhotoThe Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation, on Thursday, alleging that the company willingly misleads consumers about ticket prices and cooperates with scalpers to markup resale prices. -
Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty ImagesArtists from abroad are worried that the current climate is making American tours not worth the time and effort. -
Rahmat Gul/AP/APTrump floated the idea during a press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer as he wrapped up a state visit to the U.K. and tied it to the need for the U.S. to counter its top rival, China. -
Ben Hendren/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesThe group was chosen by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. amid controversy over their credentials. It's considering making changes to the MMRV vaccine guidance among others. -
Conor CunninghamJade conquered the world with Little Mix, then watched the quartet burn out. On a kinetic solo debut, she puts romance in the ring with her first love: performance.
