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This week Laura Gelfand takes up the theme of comfort food with David Wall, Professor of Film Studies at Utah State University. They discuss why beans on toast are a core comfort food for Brits.
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A Utah judge denied Utah's demand to dismiss a lawsuit that accuses state of leaders of failing to protect Great Salt Lake.
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UPR News & Programs
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As a professor of peacebuilding, a conflict mediator, and a follower of Jesus, Chad Ford offers perspectives on how to avoid or reconcile contention when life’s inevitable disagreements arise.
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In other news, part of the Jordan River Parkway Trail is closing temporarily while Salt Lake City officials address environmental and safety concerns in the area.
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In these poems, Sunni Brown Wilkinson reckons with seismic losses such as a stillborn son and strained relationships, alongside more abstract and existential pains.
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Tuition will increase at all public colleges and universities in the state for fall 2025, but the increases are lower than last year and lower than the annual inflation rate.
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I walked away from "Mickey 17" thinking it was just okay. The irreverent, coarse vibe is successfully funny in some moments, but it tries too hard in other moments, making some of the actors' line readings feel forced or boring.
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Spring, though, again, is the moments. When our eyes flutter awake with birdsong; when light comes before alarms; when we begin to manifest all we longed for during the dreamt night.
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Russ Scholl's "periodic table of snow" contains more than 100 different slang names for snow.
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In other news, LED lights are being installed at intersections across the state to improve safety.
Stream a variety of music and talk programs in Spanish from Radio Bilingüe.
Transmite una variedad de música y programas de charla de Radio Bilingüe.
Transmite una variedad de música y programas de charla de Radio Bilingüe.
NPR News
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President Trump has been promising new "reciprocal tariffs" to punish other countries for their tariffs and trade barriers. Markets are nervous that a trade war could hike prices and hurt the economy.
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Twenty-two states say the Trump administration is illegally freezing money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The administration says the funding is just being "reviewed" and isn't frozen.
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At issue is whether a state, in this case, South Carolina, can remove Planned Parenthood clinics from its state Medicaid program, even though Medicaid funds cannot generally be used to fund abortions.
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"Wind is unlike many other hazards because you really can't see it," says AAA's Bill Van Tassel.
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A federal judge in California has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore legal aid to tens of thousands of migrant children who are in the United States without a parent or guardian.
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Val Kilmer died from pneumonia. He had recovered after a 2014 throat cancer diagnosis that required two tracheotomies.
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Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced plans for her visit after U.S. Vice President JD Vance visited a U.S. air base in Greenland last week and accused Denmark of underinvesting in the territory.
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Brazil's foreign ministry revealed that the administration of Jair Bolsonaro, the right-wing predecessor of current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, had conducted espionage against Paraguay.
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Republicans won special elections in two Florida Congressional districts. The margins of victory in the heavily-Republican districts were significantly narrower than in November.
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Staff that administer programs to help the elderly, disabled people and poor families with basic needs lost their jobs amid the Trump administration's layoffs.