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"Not everything powerful is loud," Brittany Howard says when asked what the reunited band members wanted to explore with their new music. "Not everything quiet is vulnerable."
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U.S. Coast Guard via APWithout congressionally approved funding, public media stations say communities will be left with aging infrastructure amid growing risks from extreme weather.
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Parishioner Cathrine Spandel said worshippers at Annunciation Catholic Church in south Minneapolis had just finished a psalm when gunfire erupted. "It seemed like it went on forever," she said. -
Two years after the oil deal was signed, it collapsed — with the Taliban accusing the Chinese company of breaching the contract and some Chinese employees likening the Taliban's actions to robbery. -
This weekend features three top-10 matchups, the most ever for an opening weekend in college football history. And Arch Manning, the most hyped player of a generation, will start for the first time. -
The actors tell All Things Considered host Mary Louise Kelly that their close relationship as real-life friends helped them get through some of their most toxic moments on screen. -
While much of the focus marking 20 years since Hurricane Katrina is on New Orleans, where federal levees failed and flooded the city, the historic storm also decimated the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
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A 70-year-old man and a friend are nearly finished with a cross-country bike ride: Ride Against the War on Gaza. As WAMC’s Samantha Simmons reports, the pair are riding to raise money to support peace efforts. -
In the most recent fiscal year, New York made more investments in water infrastructure than in any prior year. -
Opinions differ on whether the Equal Rights Amendment is the 28th in the constitution. The needed 38 states ratified it, but it remains in legal limbo, perhaps until the Supreme Court or Congress acts. -
The donation of a cadaver, like those made through Albany Medical College’s Anatomical Gift Program, offers early doctors a personal and emotional connection to their profession, while offering donor families solace from their loved one’s gift. -
Moreno will receive the George Eastman Award for her distinguished contribution to the art of cinema. -
Across the Northeast, environmentalists and enthusiasts are touting the American pawpaw tree. The fruit-bearing tree has become core to a University at Albany initiative to lower urban temperatures and provide a source of nutritious food to members of the community.
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September comes with an increase of buses and students out on the streets for a new school year, which amps up the need for driver vigilance on the roads. -
State police have provided an update about their investigation into Aug. 22’s tragic bus crash on Interstate-90 near Pembroke that killed 5 people. -
Chaos ensued this morning at King Center Charter School over the board’s initial decision to ignore a judge’s order temporarily reinstating principal Antoinette Radford and three other administrators.
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- Theater Talk: RIP Artie Award-winning actor Hugh Davis; all-Black production (author, director, cast) of BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY stunning at Shawfest; African-American playwright C.A. Johnson's THE WITNESSES closes this weekend at Chautauqua; Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST magnificent at Shea's (what a cast!) closes this Sunday.
- Theater Talk: Anthony's talk at Shaw a success; preview of BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY had added delight; Chautauqua has two openings; and Veanne Cox has three shows in development (fingers crossed for WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT)
- Theater Talk: Shakespeare in Delaware Park's RICHARD III very clear and timely, Anthony in NYC for Charles Busch reunion, Jean Smart's CALL ME IZZY, and MAYBE HAPPY ENDING. At the Shawfest, DEAR LIAR is engaging, ANYTHING GOES is over-the-top wonderful, and MAJOR BARBARA beautifully cast, including Fiona Byrne, who joins Anthony (and Neil Barclay and Philip Aiken) for the roundtable Saturday, August 9, at 10am in the Spiegeltent. Get your tickets today!
- Theater Talk: R.I.P. Saul Elkin (1932 - 2025) founder of two (!) Buffalo theater companies, Shea's expansion, HERE WE SIT at new Evangola Community Theater, Buffalo's Michele Ragusa in WIZARD OF OZ at Maine's Ongonquit, Anthony also sees Bianca Marroquin in GUYS AND DOLLS.
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