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Masking will be required on Penn State’s University Park campus starting Tuesday, the university announced Friday. The State College Area School District announced Thursday it was reinstating its masking requirements.
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A federal appeals court has ruled that undated mail ballots cast in one 2021 election should be counted, but the opinion could have much bigger implications.
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An archive recording of the WPSU Blues show as aired on May 21, 2022 and hosted by Max Spiegel.
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The massacre in Uvalde, Texas, was yet another grim reminder that in the U.S., children are more likely to die from gun violence than in any other wealthy nation. And it's getting worse.
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WPSU spoke with Matthew Ferrari, director of Penn State’s Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, about the current increase in COVID-19 cases, how to understand the data and steps we can continue to take in response.
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Penn State professor emerita Donna Bahry talks about how the war in Ukraine ties into past Cold War and post-Soviet history.
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Michael Sussmann faces one charge of lying to the FBI ahead of the 2016 presidential election. It's the first courtroom test for special counsel John Durham, appointed by the Trump administration.
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Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy says he's optimistic that something can be done to address mass shootings like the one at a Texas elementary school that killed 19 children.
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The seven-person civil jury began its deliberations at 3 p.m. Friday and finished for the day about two hours later. They will resume Tuesday.
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Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: reality television, Eurovision compilations and more.
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A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Love on the Spectrum creator Cian O'Clery and participant Kaelynn Partlow about what the show, which follows people on the autism spectrum as they date, means to them.
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The renewable energy industry is growing quickly in the U.S. as utilities transition from fossil fuels to cleaner energy, like wind and solar power. In some places, renewable energy faces opposition.
The Local Groove features music written and recorded by musicians with roots in central and northern Pennsylvania, Saturday nights at 9:00 on WPSU.
The show features many genres: rock, blues, jazz and more. If you're from the area and you’d like WPSU to consider your recordings for the show, submit your music online today at wpsu.org/localgroove.
The show features many genres: rock, blues, jazz and more. If you're from the area and you’d like WPSU to consider your recordings for the show, submit your music online today at wpsu.org/localgroove.
Thursday, June 2, 7:00 p.m.
In the American Heartland, farmers are battling increasingly severe weather, with epic floods and heat. Nearly half the land in the United States is used to grow crops and food animals, and agriculture accounts for an impossible to ignore 10 percent of our total greenhouse gas emissions.
In this documentary, we travel across the Midwest, talking to farmers about what they are doing, or could be doing, to combat climate change.
In the American Heartland, farmers are battling increasingly severe weather, with epic floods and heat. Nearly half the land in the United States is used to grow crops and food animals, and agriculture accounts for an impossible to ignore 10 percent of our total greenhouse gas emissions.
In this documentary, we travel across the Midwest, talking to farmers about what they are doing, or could be doing, to combat climate change.
Penn State laureate Shara McCallum invites you to start your week with Pennsylvania poetry. Listen for Poetry Moment, Mondays during Morning Edition (at 7:45 a.m.) and All Things Considered (at 4:44 p.m.) on WPSU.
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Join us for the Metropolitan Opera season of live Saturday afternoon radio broadcasts, every Saturday afternoon, now through June, at 1:00 on WPSU-FM.
Click below for the Met radio season schedule.
Click below for the Met radio season schedule.
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