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Springfield Symphony Orchestra
Kyle Wiley Pickett joins Jimmy Rea to discuss the Springfield Symphony’s recent collaboration with St. Louis Ballet and reflect on the final concert of the orchestra’s 91st season.
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Diego Ibarra Sánchez/for NPRNearly 3,000 people have been killed and nearly 1 million have been displaced the war in southern Lebanon began in March. Nearly 400 have been killed since a ceasefire began in April. -
Austin T. Richey/Detroit OperaWhen John Cage composed an opera commemorating the American bicentennial audiences walked out. Now, it's being reinterpreted by new artists in a Detroit Opera production, as the nation turns 250.
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Eric Gay/APAhead of a much anticipated IPO, SpaceX is carrying out a critical test of its giant, stainless steel rocket. Investors will be watching closely. -
Johannes Eisele/AFP/via Getty ImagesMany many many men smoke in China. A small but outspoken group of women are becoming anti-smoking advocates, confronting those who light up in public.
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Now that the U.S. government must refund most tariffs, Walmart says it might put its refund money toward lowering store prices. Executives say the cost of gas has shoppers increasingly under stress. -
The bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri shares how immigration policies separated his family for a year. -
As Maine's Senate matchup is all but set, incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins urges voters to pick her over Democrat Graham Platner because she can fund state priorities due to her seniority. -
Women's Soccer will be adding Kyra Berman and Logan Morrow to their 2026 roster ahead of the 2026 season. -
As Republicans work to approve a reconciliation bill to fund ICE, some in the party are pushing back against a proposal to include $1 billion in funding for Secret Service and Trump's ballroom.
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NPR's Leila Fadel asks political analyst and podcast host Chuck Todd what the tension between the president and Republicans in Congress means for Trump's agenda.
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Colorado's Democratic Party voted to formally censure Gov. Jared Polis for commuting the sentence of Tina Peters, a former county clerk convicted over a plot to promote false 2020 election claims.
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Epstein owned a 10,000-acre property with a mansion. After calls by the public, the state attorney general searched the property and the state House created a "Truth Commission." -
The author restores balance in the homophones with her latest novel; both stories are thought-provoking, although somewhat less beguiling than her usual fare. -
Even with federal grants largely restored, scientists say the Trump administration is still preventing those funds from reaching them. The consequences, they say, are already becoming clear.
