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WGLT's Sound Ideas - Thursday 9/30/21
Find out what the Sonoran desert toad has to do with an ambient musician from Bloomington Normal. It's Bufo Alvarius from Stephen Holliger and his group Swim Ignorant Fire. And hear a preview of the upcoming Sugar Creek Arts Festival. The Salvation Army Homeless Shelter in Bloomington is getting ready for the winter season and this year that may include people evicted from homes and apartments. Oh, there's a staff shortage at the shelter too. And some people in Bloomington Normal get out of prison, but still feel like their looking at the rest of the community from behind bars, unable to participate. The Fully Free movement tries to remove barriers to re-entry.
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Lina Khan, Prominent Big Tech Critic, Will Lead The FTC
The bipartisan vote in the Senate on Tuesday gives one of the most prominent skeptics of the tech industry a key role in shaping government regulation of the tech industry.
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London Olympic Visitors Must Navigate Cockney Slang
Americans and Britons share the same language, yet transatlantic visitors to the London Olympics might struggle to understand what's going on. The games are in East London, home of rhyming slang, a form of linguistic gymnastics. It was pioneered in the nineteenth century by Cockneys as a code to confuse snooping policemen.
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Up First briefing: Infectious disease soars in Gaza, New York Times sues OpenAI
WHO cautions disease may kill more people in Gaza than combat. The New York Times sues ChatGPT's OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement.
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Researchers Examine Gap Between Rich And Poor
Steve Inskeep talks to Harvard economist Nathan Hendren, a co-author of the study, which shows social mobility in the United States is not decreasing. David Wessel, of the Brookings Institution and a contributor to The Wall Street Journal, says while mobility isn't getting any worse, there still is a big gap between rich and poor.
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Ex-FBI Director Comey has been indicted. And, Hegseth summons military leaders
Ex-FBI Director James Comey indicted on criminal charges after Trump pressured the DOJ to investigate. And, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth calls unusual meeting of top military commanders.
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Stocks across most of Asia rise as markets eye China protests
As market jitters declined over protests in China set off by growing public anger over COVID-19 restrictions, Asian shares were mostly higher Tuesday.
Biden offers preemptive pardons to Jan. 6 committee, Milley, Fauci
Biden's novel step of preemptive pardons is meant to protect people from the threat of "unjustified and politically motivated prosecutions."
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Police Seek Help Identifying Suspect In Donut Shop Robbery
Bloomington Police are looking for the public's help identifying an armed robber caught on camera at a local donut shop.The armed robbery happened around…
'Five Days at Memorial' showcases John Ridley's skill at tough stories
Executive producer, writer and director John Ridley says he tried to take an unbiased view of this new Apple+ drama based on what actually happened.
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