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Early next year, Carnegie libraries across the U.S. will receive a $10,000 gift in honor of the nation's 250th anniversary. The library in Peabody, which serves as a lifeline for the community, has not yet decided how it will use the money.
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This week on "The Range," a big gift for small libraries. Also, how a lone Kansas cottonwood has become a folk legend.
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In his first interview since being accused of voting illegally by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, Joe Ceballos, a self-described loyal Republican voter, contends he thought he could vote as a legal permanent resident. His friends and high school teacher worry they’re partly to blame.
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Some area Girl Scouts stopped by KMUW recently to learn about audio production and recorded a piece about their Thanksgiving plans and traditions.
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Documents promoting AI deepfakes, money scams and pornography appear under the “ag.ks.gov” domain and dozens of others. The links are now inactive, but the source remains unknown.
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The Lawrence Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade normally features dozens of human and horse participants from across the region. The Dec. 6 event is now canceled because of the virus outbreak affecting eight states.
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President Trump said that the airspace "above and surrounding Venezuela" was "closed in its entirety". In response, the Venezuelan government said his comments violate international law, and are a "colonialist threat" to its sovereignty.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked Israel's president to grant him a pardon during his long-running corruption trial that's bitterly divided the country.
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Rubio and Witkoff are meeting with Ukraine's negotiators in Florida as Trump pushes to broker a dealTop Trump administration officials are meeting Ukrainian negotiators in Florida this weekend, pushing to broker an end to Russia's war in Ukraine.
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NPR's Lauren Frayer plays the puzzle with Kevin Demko of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
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There's no one way to be absolutely sure about a video's authenticity, but experts say there are some simple clues that can help.
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Four people were killed and 10 wounded in a shooting during a family gathering at a banquet hall in Stockton, sheriff's officials said Saturday.
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The university will pay $75 million over three years to end the Trump administration's investigations into antisemitism on its campus and to have millions of dollars in federal funding restored.
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We answer a few listener questions, including one about a changing pronunciation that drives one person nuts, and another about abbreviations that leads us to some surprising (and confusing) places.
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