
-
This week on Film Music Friday, it's the music of Japanese cinema. Japan has one of the largest and oldest film industries in the world - the first Japanese film was made in 1897 - and we'll hear music from Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, High and Low and more.
-
The spill included 10 barrels of oil and 1,500 barrels of industrial salt water left over from oil and gas production. Officials say it's mostly cleaned up.
-
A group called the Sons of Union Veterans will dedicate a new headstone for Doc McWilliams Saturday afternoon at Lawrence's Oak Hill Cemetery. McWilliams, a Black Union soldier in the Civil War, was an early civil rights activist following the War Between the States.
-
Paychecks, food stamps, and services critical to Kansas residents and industries are on the line.
NPR News
Music and Podcast Episodes
-
U.S. Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas has concerns about what could happen if Congress fails to reach a budget agreement before the rapidly-approaching deadline... Stormont Vail Health in Topeka will no longer require healthcare workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19... and it'll be a battle of unbeaten Big 12 football teams on Saturday as the Kansas Jayhawks travel to Austin to play the Texas Longhorns. Details on these stories, and more, are here.
-
The Bleckley Foundation is rebuilding a plane that could revive the story of Wichita’s greatest military hero.
-
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach proposes a bill banning foreign entities from buying Kansas farmland...the Kansas Board of Regents has just released enrollment figures showing increases at most state universities, but a drop at Emporia State...and a deadline is looming for the Farm Bill. Details on these stories, and more, are here.
-
A Republican lawmaker sparked ethics concerns after he threatened to cut at least a million dollars from the agency if it bans deer baiting. And he said another lawmaker that owns a hunting lodge would help him.
-
A potential government shutdown could have wide-reaching ramifications for Kansans who work for the federal government or who rely on federal assistance programs...Kansas Republican leaders are touring the state to garner support for reviving a flat state income tax...and the KU Jayhawks have announced their conference basketball schedule. Those stories, and more, are here.
NPR Top Stories
-
The program launched by President George W. Bush is credited with saving 25 million lives. Some in Congress want this year's reauthorization tied to language that PEPFAR will not "promote abortion."
-
The famous tree in northern England is believed to have been around 200 years old. Efforts are under way to salvage it through regrowth or grafting — or starting over from a new seed.
-
Legal and business experts say the ruling in New York state threatens assets such as Trump Tower and also empowers state Attorney General Letitia James, one of Donald Trump's main legal critics.
-
The United Auto Workers expanded its strike against Ford and GM, but not Stellantis after the company formerly known as Chrysler made last-minute concessions.
-
Feinstein suddenly became the mayor of San Francisco when two other officials were assassinated. Later she was elected to the U.S. Senate after male senators grilled Anita Hill in public hearings.