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WPSU
Pennsylvania's Department of Human Services said SNAP benefits are paused because of the federal government shutdown. Local food assistance groups are bracing for an influx of people.
Amanda Berg
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For Spotlight PA
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Friday, October 31 from 8pm to midnight, prepare yourself for a Halloween soundscape of chilling music and stories. We'll hear ghost stories told by our special guests from Local Historia: Matt Maris (pictured above, with a friend) and Dustin Elder. You'll also hear an episode of the public radio show "Spooked," words of Edgar Alan Poe, and eerie music by John Williams, Modeste Mussorgsky, Lady Gaga and more.
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An archive recording of the WPSU Jazz Show as broadcast on September 26, 2025 and hosted by John Pozza. -
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Ari Shapiro's last day as host of NPR's All Things Considered is Friday, September 26. He leaves NPR to pursue other interests, including plenty of singing. -
Two openly autistic Pennsylvania lawmakers are reacting to President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s claims that there's a link between Tylenol consumption during pregnancy and autism.
This month, during Cartober, donate your terrifying old car, truck, motorcycle, RV, or boat to WPSU. We'll even pick it up at no cost to you.
It's folk season on WPSU: you can hear The Folk Show every Saturday afternoon from 1 to 5 p.m. until the next Metropolitan Opera radio season starts in December. And join us year-round to hear The Folk Show, Sunday nights from 10 to midnight on WPSU.
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The Paris prosecutor said on Sunday that a number of suspects have been arrested over the theft of crown jewels from the Louvre museum in Paris last weekend. -
Shooting leaves 1 dead and 6 hurt at historically Black university's homecoming fest in PennsylvaniaOne person was killed and six more were wounded in a shooting Saturday night at Pennsylvania's Lincoln University. -
Thailand and Cambodia have signed an expanded ceasefire agreement during a ceremony attended by President Donald Trump. -
As U.S. wheat farmers face painful losses in the global market due to President Trump's policies, one domestic flour mill on a reservation in Oregon is expanding its production twelvefold.
The Local Groove, Saturday nights at 9:00 on WPSUk, features music written and recorded by musicians right here in central and northern Pennsylvania. You can submit your origninal music to the show at https://localmusic.wpsu.org/
After 25 wonderful years, Fred Child will step down as host and senior editor of Performance Today at the end of October. New host Valerie Kahler will take over the program full-time starting in November. Performance Today is heard Monday through Thursday nights from 8:00 to 10:00 on WPSU-FM.