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Planned Parenthood Great Plains’ Pittsburg health center will offer abortions, contraception and other care beginning this fall.
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Black women hoping to conceive using donor sperm often have to choose a donor from a different race or put their fertility journey on hold because of a shortage of Black sperm donors. Researchers at the University of Kansas are trying to find out why.
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On this edition of Conversations, Joan Marie Galat talks with host Dan Skinner about “Make Your Mark, Make a Difference – A Kid’s Guide to Standing Up for People, Animals, and the Planet.”
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Planting is well underway across the Midwest, but farmers are still grappling with dry conditions that led to lower than normal corn yields last fall. It’s the third year of a near historic drought for parts of the Corn Belt.
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Traffic tickets for low-income drivers can snowball into thousands of dollars of debt and revoked licenses. A new law aims to reduce fines and fees to help get them reinstated.
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On this week's Retro Cocktail Hour, we'll hear new music by Mr. Moai and the Tikiheads and Skip Heller's Voodoo 5. Also, Martin Denny with strings on Hypnotique, a budget label classic on Jazz Heat, Bongo Beat, plus percussionist Ray Barretto's Seňor 007.
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On May 8th, 2024, Kansas Public Radio veteran live performer Po Sim Head brought her Polish friend Agnieszka Lasko to preview their upcoming four hands piano concerts. The two pianists will play together at the Lawrence Public Library on May 9, 2024 and at the Kansas State University Union Hall May 16, 2024 at 6:00pm.
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Green Lady Lounge's in-house recording of one of their most popular acts: guitarist Danny Embrey. This May 11th, 2024, recording has Brian Steever on drums and Gerald Spaits on base. With David Basse presenting, you can experience KC's rich jazz tradition and listen to your favorite local artists right here on Kansas Public radio.
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Legendary newsman, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me scorekeeper, and KANU and KU alum Bill Kurtis reflects on his 60-year career in broadcasting in this year's Dole Lecture at the Dole Institute of Politics
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The law will help protect people from criminal prosecution if they seek medical help for someone experiencing a drug overdose.
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The works of William Shakespeare have been filmed more than 1,800 times, dating back to 1899. This week on Film Music Friday, we'll hear music from Shakespeare films, including scores by Dimitri Shostakovich, William Walton, Aram Kachaturian and others for adaptations of Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing and Henry V.
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On his fourth trip to Kyiv since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Blinken will reaffirm the Biden administration's commitment to Ukraine's defense and long-term security, U.S. officials said.
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The detonation marked a major step in freeing the Dali, which has been stuck among the wreckage since it crashed into one of the bridge's support columns shortly after leaving Baltimore on March 26.
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The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction is a relatively new literary award given to women and nonbinary authors. This year's winner is V.V. Ganeshananthan for her book Brotherless Night.
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At the European Hospital in Rafah, there are shortages of pain medication, antibiotics, even bandages, American volunteers say they are unable to save lives — and unable to evacuate to safety.
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French Gates says she is "immensely proud" of the work of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the decision to step down as co-chair was not easy. Her last day is June 7.