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Posted Friday, March 8, 2019 by WLRH News

The Huntsville Symphony Orchestra’s classical series continues this Saturday (3/9) with lively music of Brahms and Bartok. They’re taking the show on the road and performing at Huntsville’s First Baptist Church.

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On this episode of The Public Radio Hour, we'll replay Governor Ivey's State of the State address and the Democratic Response by Representative Bar

Award winning chamber ensemble Sybarite5 stopped by the studios to chat with Morning Blend host Dorrie Nutt AND perform LIVE.

Poet Virginia Gilbert takes center stage in the Sundial Writers Corner today, bringing us observations of fog, other families, and other selves.

In the first episode of this discussion series we're calling “The Perception of Women”, we largely focused on art and beauty as it relates to nature, disaster, and disease.

In this episode of The Public Radio Hour, we'll wrap up our celebration of Black History Month and kick Women's History Month by meeting two two amazing people … math wizards who blazed a trail for women and African-Americans in America’s space program.

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Senior White House advisor Ivanka Trump, President Trump's daughter, has crafted an increase in childcare funding as part of the White House's budget proposal set to be released on Monday.

The president's budget is expected to propose drastic cuts to government programs. But NPR has learned it will also call for increased spending on child care, something Ivanka Trump has championed.

The Packhorse is a pub in the village of South Stoke, in the west of England. Villagers came together to buy back the pub after it had been sold for development into residential and office space.

Many U.K. pubs are struggling to stay in business, so concerned villagers are banding together to stage a takeover.

Indian protesters in Mumbai burn posters of Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan during a demonstration against the Feb. 14 attack that killed more than 40 Indian policemen in the Kashmir region.

Pakistan has long supported militants fighting to its east in India and to its west in Afghanistan. The country says it's cracking down on militants, but many critics are skeptical.

Jaslynn Gallegos settles into her wrestling stance.

Brendan Johnston refused to compete against Jaslynn Gallegos because of her gender. Gallegos went on to place fifth but is frustrated to be treated differently as an athlete because she's a girl.

The debate over voting is a heated one, often tainted by misleading and exaggerated rhetoric.

Misleading claims, particularly about voter fraud, have intensified ongoing debates about voting rights and election security. Some election experts say the rhetoric erodes voter confidence.

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