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Kacky Walton spoke with Cindi Younker, director of the Buckman Performing and Fine Arts Center, about Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana, the nation’s premier Spanish dance company, performing Friday, March 27.
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Two state senators have filed bills that would give Shelby County back the Criminal Court judgeship that it lost in 2024.
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Hundreds of immigrants have been arrested at immigration courthouses. It is unclear whether the federal government's admission could lead to some of those arrests being overturned.
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The roots music maverick did something rare in the streaming era: landed an album that's only available on CD, cassette and LP — without his name on the sleeve — in the top five of the albums chart. -
Bloomberg journalist Katrina Manson discusses the Pentagon's secretive campaign to build America's AI warfare capabilities and the obsessive Marine colonel behind it. Her new book is Project Maven.
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Israel says it has killed the commander of the naval forces of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The commander is said to be responsible for the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep asks retired Lt. Gen. Sean MacFarland about the rapid deployment capabilities of the 82nd Airborne and the strategic advantages those troops provide.
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Barely six months after its launch, OpenAI is ending an app that could generate AI video at the click of a button.
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Former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro heads to court again this week. The judge overseeing this case is longtime federal Judge Alvin Hellerstein. At 92 years old, Hellerstein is older than the average age of a federal judge by more than 20 years.
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