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Sophia Hussain/Flickr / Creative CommonsA coalition of crime victims’ families and law enforcement leaders is suing California’s parole board. They want to block a new process that could give certain incarcerated people a path to shorter sentences. -
Fire in the Mountains, a heavy metal festival dedicated to reducing suicides among Native American teens, will take place from July 23-26 on the Blackfeet Reservation.
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Alastair Boone.A small nonprofit is helping homeless people by caring for their pets
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The Tibetan Freedom Concerts head to New York, where the team faces slow ticket sales, city bureaucracy, and the pressure of turning one breakthrough concert into something bigger. But even as the concert nearly breaks them, U2’s surprise appearance fulfills Erin’s teenage promise and helps carry the movement toward Washington, D.C.
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Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal PicturesThe Odyssey feels like a prism through which Nolan's earlier films can be understood. A downbeat realist by nature, Nolan imbues the epic with a fascinating tension between fantasy and skepticism. -
U.S. Commission of Fine ArtsThe Trump administration wants to install permanent fencing around Lafayette Park, directly outside the White House. It's long been a popular spot for protesters, who worry barriers will change that.
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On today’s show, an entire hour of poetry about rest, grief and intimacy from the voices of Black women. Hear a live recording of our moving event “When We Exhale,” which is inspired by the anthology of the same name. Featuring poets: Alie Jones, Nia Pearl, Lyn Patterson, Ayodele Nzinga, Adrienne Oliver, Kelechi Ubozoh, and Host Jeneé Darden. -
People rallied outside the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in San Francisco this morning to support a Bay Area father facing deportation. -
PG&E is planning to shut off power today for up to 20 hours in some areas of California, including parts of the Bay. -
As millions in the US experience record heat waves, the Trump administration is accelerating climate change by gutting clean energy projects and boosting fossil fuels.
