An NPR analysis finds 70 House districts where Democrats and Republicans are each investing more than six figures in advertising during the final few days of the election, including in deep red areas.
If you're in the Cape Girardeau area of Southeast Missouri like me, this week's day trip is a long haul, at about a 2.5-hour drive. But holy Ozarks, is it worth every gas station bathroom that you have to brave.
On this edition of the show, we get an update on the latest happenings with SEMO Alumni Director George Gasser; Nancy Palmeri tells us about "Innovation Dock" and how it gets high school students on campus to learn about what SEMO offers students on the River Campus and Brady Barke provides an update on SEMO Athletics.
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The Southeast Missouri men's and women's basketball teams are once again partnering with Southeast Missouri Food Bank for the Block Hunger campaign.
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A joke by former President Obama has gone viral and received backlash from the Trump administration as the issue of affordability looms large over next week's midterm elections.
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It wasn't immediately clear the extent of the damage hackers might have been able to cause, and Binance had not explicitly confirmed that funds had been pilfered. The company said its teams are "working around the clock" to resolve the issue.
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In the final days before Election Day, the closing messages are sharpening, the competitive races are coming into focus and candidates are doing everything they can to win votes.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Jim Messina, campaign manager for the 2012 Obama re-election campaign, how campaigns will spend the final weekend before Election Day.
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Former FBI director James Comey faces charges for a third time from the Trump Justice Department. Even conservative lawyers say this new case is weak and should be thrown out of court.
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Prices for candy, the most popular Halloween purchase, and gum have risen 7.7% in one year and are up more than 18% in two years, according to the latest federal data.
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Republicans control 10 more state legislatures than Democrats. That's where most laws on taxes, abortion, crime and schools are made.
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In this episode of 'Exposition: An Arts + Culture Podcast', we speak with two students involved with the Dobbins Conservatory of Theatre and Dance's production of 'The Play That Goes Wrong': Assistant Director Cailey Sharp and Actor Zoe Shurtleff. The play runs October 29th through November 1st at the SEMO River Campus.
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