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Journalist and author Emily Yellin joined Kacky Walton to discuss "Nonviolent: A Memoir of Resistance, Agitation and Love," her collaborative work with the late Rev. James Lawson Jr., ahead of a conversation with Rev. Earle J. Fisher at Novel bookstore on April 1.
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Saturday’s No Kings Protest in Robert R. Church Park Downtown started peacefully but ended with a minor clash between Memphis Police Officers and activists.
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The Army has launched an administrative review after two AH-64 Apache helicopters on a training run hovered near the hillside home of Kid Rock as the outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump saluted their crews.
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No. 1 seeds UConn, UCLA, Texas and South Carolina are in the Final Four for the second straight season, just the second time the same teams have reached the sport's final weekend in consecutive years. -
Thieves made off with three paintings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse worth millions of euros from a museum near the city of Parma in northern Italy.
This exhibit will be available for viewing from April 1 through April 28 at the WKNO Digital Media Center.
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The K-pop group has officially returned from its four-year hiatus bigger than ever. Based solely on first-week sales, there's only one artist who has done any better.
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Erika Konig/wknofm.orgThe Memphis Safe Task Force has helped significantly reduce crime. Politicians are careful with praise.
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The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday on whether all children born in the United States can continue to automatically receive citizenship. -
Over one million Lebanese displaced by Israel's invasion, thousands of U.S. troops deployed to the Middle East, with more on the way, delays continue at U.S. airports with no funding deal in sight.
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Finding a job is hard right now, especially for young people starting their careers. NPR's Adrian Ma spoke with college students and an economist about navigating today's tough job market.
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Protesters from the Iranian diaspora in the U.S. gathered in Washington, D.C. as the war in the Middle East broadens. Many say they are aligned with the U.S. and Israel and explain why they want to see regime change in Tehran.
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Trump administration started deploying 500 miles of Big buoys in the middle of the Rio Grande, the dividing border line with Mexico, financed by 2025's spending bill. Locals aren't happy considering that illegal border crossings are at a 50-year low.
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NPR's Don Gonyea talks with Johnny Jones, of the American Federation of Government Employees union, about the training TSA agents get and the stress they've been under during government shutdowns.
U.S. marines have arrived in the Middle East. NPR's Emily Feng has been monitoring the latest developments from the border of Iran and Turkey.
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