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Powerball tickets are shown at a lottery agent, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, in Haverhill, Mass.

$1.73 billion Powerball jackpot goes to lucky lottery player in California

The jackpot is the world's second-largest lottery prize after rolling over for 36 consecutive drawings, since the last time someone won the top prize on July 19.

Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith, by Barbara Brown Taylor

Gratitude for Our Clergy

Hello, HPPR Book Club members. My name is Andrea Elise and I live in Amarillo, TX.I just finished reading Barbara Brown Taylor’s extraordinary memoir, Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith.

Poets on the Plains: On Childhood

Hi, I’m Wayne Miller. I’m a poet who lives in Denver, Colorado, and I’m here for Poets on the Plains.Today I’m going to read one of my own poems—from my book The End of Childhood, which will be published in March by Milkweed Editions.

Will Rogers standing on wing of sea plane, facing slightly left; with Wiley Post at Fairbanks, Alaska. Rogers died in 1935 with Post when their small airplane crashed on takeoff from a lagoon near Utqiaġvik (formerly Barrow), Alaska, in northern Alaska. Many feel that not only a valuable life was lost at a young age but that we could use another Will Rogers today.

2026 Spring Read: Two Men of Adventure

Hello listeners, this is Lauren Pronger from Amarillo, TX for the HPPR Spring Radio Readers Book Club talking about The Life and Writings of Will Rogers by Joseph H Carter.

WAMU's Bandwidth Presents: Protect-U

One of the top dance-music acts in D.C., Protect-U released its full-length debut album, Free USA, this week. Watch the duo bring a short, shadowy live set to WAMU's hallowed Bluegrass Studio.

See If You're With One Of The '100 Best Companies To Work For'

Software company SAS is No. 1 again — in large part because "its perks are epic." Boston Consulting is No. 2 and Wegmans Food Markets comes in at No. 3.

Warren's two-cent wealth tax on people with over $50 million in wealth is one of her signature policy issues, and one that draws big cheers on the stump.

How Would A Wealth Tax Work?

Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are big champions of taxing the very rich on their wealth, not just income. The public is behind it, but there are big challenges to implementing the plan.

An American soldier carrying equipment walks past an American flag at Incirlik Air Base in Adana, Turkey, as U.S. Air Force war planes are used against ISIS.

How ISIS, Paris And San Bernardino Have Changed The Republican Race

National security and terrorism have been a top issue for Republicans, but they have gained even more importance after the Paris and San Bernardino, Calif., attacks.

The key change has been used by musicians like Beyoncé, Travis Scott, Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys and Michael Jackson for decades. Nowadays, it's getting harder and harder to find in top songs.

Where did all the key changes go?

Many of the biggest hits in pop music used to have a key change, but it's getting harder and harder to find in top hits.

Bill Gates, co-founder of the the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, checks out a toilet demo at the Reinvent the Toilet Fair in Seattle, Wash. The festival featured prototypes of high-tech toilets developed by researchers around the world.

Bill Gates Crowns Toilet Innovators At Sanitation Fair

During a festival this week at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, scientists from around the world showcased the latest toilet technologies. Bill Gates himself awarded top-performing commodes, including a solar-powered toilet and one that dehydrates waste within 24 hours.

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