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Tom Gjelten reports on religion, faith, and belief for NPR News, a beat that encompasses such areas as the changing religious landscape in America, the formation of personal identity, the role of religion in politics, and conflict arising from religious differences. His reporting draws on his many years covering national and international news from posts in Washington and around the world.

Amy Mayer is a reporter based in Ames. She covers agriculture and is part of the Harvest Public Media collaboration. Amy worked as an independent producer for many years and also previously had stints as weekend news host and reporter at WFCR in Amherst, Massachusetts and as a reporter and host/producer of a weekly call-in health show at KUAC in Fairbanks, Alaska. Amy’s work has earned awards from SPJ, the Alaska Press Club and the Massachusetts/Rhode Island AP. Her stories have aired on NPR news programs such as Morning Edition, All Things Considered and Weekend Edition and on Only A Game, Marketplace and Living on Earth. She produced the 2011 documentary Peace Corps Voices, which aired in over 160 communities across the country and has written for The New York Times, Boston Globe, Real Simple and other print outlets. Amy served on the board of directors of the Association of Independents in Radio from 2008-2015.

After making gains in 2020 among voters of color, Republicans have invested in expanding minority outreach centers in places like Georgia and Pennsylvania. It's likely to continue into 2024.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Fei Fei Li, the co-director of the Human-Centered AI Institute at Stanford University, about President Biden's State of the Union remarks about harnessing the power of AI.

Border News Roundup with Marshall Helmberger

Folk duo creates cultural and community connections thru music

Bemidji State University offers Equity Certification beginning in Fall '22

Missiles struck cities all across Ukraine overnight, including in the western city of Lviv, where at least 7 people were killed. The town had been relatively peaceful for weeks.

Satellite photos show what analysts say is an array of anti-aircraft guns, cruise missile defenses, in nearly identical emplacements on islands created around large reefs.

"Deepfakes" have received a lot of attention as a way to potentially spread misleading or false information and influence public opinion. But two specialists say that might not be a huge concern.

Laboe is credited with inventing the "oldies, but goodies" phrase, as well as with helping end segregation in Southern California by organizing live DJ shows that attracted a diverse audience.

Steven Falk of Lafayette, Calif., has resigned because he says he cannot carry out policies that fail to address the urgent threat of a changing climate.

John Latimer's official weekly assessment of nature.

A new event and a new program, part of Innovate 218, are coming to Itasca County. A live Pitch Contest and a Lean Start-Up Innovate program are taking place in Itasca county with the goal of supporting innovation and entrepreneurship in northern Minnesota. The KAXE/KBXE Morning Show interviewed members of the Itasca Economic Development Corporation to learn more.

Every piece of music sort of creates its own world, its own universe, and you get to live in that universe when you're when you're playing the…

From hostessing at a restaurant four years ago to becoming a darling of the Philly music scene, Birdie Busch has come a long way. Realizing that her job wasn't satisfying a "desire for instant connection," she began to write songs and play music.

Open Door Policy is the 8th and latest album from The Hold Steady, filled with stories about mental health, the destructive influence of wealth in…

Marshall Helmberger joins Sarah Bignall on the Friday Morning Show for Border News Roundup. This week Marshall tells us about two issues that are making…

You get to be where everything is happening, the sorts of experiences that you would get that... a member of the public would never...-Joe Rossi on perks…

Carol Ann Russell recently received an Artist Fellowship from the Region 2 Arts Council. The fellowship recognizes Russell's lifelong achievements in…