In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS. They say he can't. PBS chief Paula Kerger calls it "blatantly unlawful".
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The White House has announced plans to rescind federal funding for public broadcasting. What is the impact on WRVO?
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NPR is unwavering in our commitment to integrity, editorial independence, and our mission to serve the American people in partnership with our NPR Member organizations. Last night the President released an Executive Order seeking to cease all federal funding to NPR and PBS. We will vigorously defend our right to provide essential news, information and life-saving services to the American public. We will challenge this Executive Order using all means available.

The NPR Tiny Desk Contest has become a launching pad for emerging musicians nationwide, and central and upstate New York's talent is well-represented this year. Watch their submissions before NPR announces this year's winner in May.
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Radio Free Asia is laying off about 90 percent of its staff. It says it can no longer pay people after its funding was cut off by the Trump administration.
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The interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia has sent letters to several leading medical journals asking for information about their editorial practices.
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Scientists have created a broadly effective antivenom using the blood of a Wisconsin man who has spent years exposing himself to deadly snakebites from black mambas, taipans, cobras and many others.
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Germany's domestic intelligence agency has formally designated the Alternative for Germany party as extremist, a move likely to further isolate the country's largest opposition party.
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Erin Patterson hosted several of her estranged husband's relatives for lunch in July 2023. Within days, three of them were dead of mushroom poisoning. She denies deliberately poisoning them.