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A mass funeral is held in Sharpeville, South Africa, on March 30, 1960, for 69 people killed by police during an anti-apartheid protest. More than six decades later, victims' families are renewing their fight for justice.

World

Decades after apartheid, South Africans seek justice for crimes of the past

Kate Bartlett

More than three decades after the end of apartheid, families of victims of some of the worst crimes of South Africa's past are still fighting for justice. As survivors and perpetrators grow older, a new wave of legal efforts is seeking truth, accountability and reparations before it's too late.

Balraam Singh, 35, eats breakfast with his wife, Nusaa Davii, and their 7-year-old son, Munna, on the pavement outside Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi, India. The child is receiving treatment for a heart condition, and the family has been sleeping on the pavement outside the hospital for the past 20 days.

Sajad Hameed for NPR

World

Sidewalk sleepers: They have nowhere else to stay while a loved one is in the hospital

Sajad Hameed, Rehan Qayoom Mir

A flight of wedding cake samples at a Publix supermarket in Vestavia Hills, Ala., on Sept. 23. Cake flavors from left to right are red velvet, carrot cake, chocolate and vanilla. Filling flavors from left to right are raspberry, vanilla custard, cookies-and-cream mousse and strawberry.

Stephan Bisaha

Business

Weddings are expensive. How about a grocery store cake?

Stephan Bisaha

Photojournalist Heidi Levine leaves a hospital emergency room in a wheelchair in the Israeli-occupied city of Ramallah, West Bank. She's being treated after an attack by Israeli settlers as she was photographing Palestinian farmers harvesting their olives, in the Palestinian village of Abu Falah on Friday.

Ahmad Gharabli

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World

Israeli settlers beat Palestinians and a U.S. photojournalist in West Bank attacks

Hadeel Al-Shalchi

KCCU Community Focus

Ep. 10-Veteran Reinforcements Foundation

I discuss the newly established non-profit with the Chairman of the Board, Mr. Jeff Hunter.

KCCU U.S. NEWS

Kent Nishimura

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Trump promised a swing district blitz. He's going to a lot of very red states

Tamara Keith

President Trump's midterm travel blitz ahead of Election Day includes several red states he won easily 2 years ago, showing the electoral landscape is more challenging for Republicans.
Charlie Riedel

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AP

No Kings turns its focus to voting this weekend. Here's what we know

Ava Berger

The coalition behind nationwide anti-Trump protests is shifting its strategies this weekend to focus on voter turnout. Organizers say Saturday's events are a nonpartisan effort to get people to the polls.
Jae C. Hong

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AP

Coastal homes burn as hot winds fuel California fires

The Associated Press

High winds are fueling a fast-moving fire that has burned homes in Southern California. Flames engulfed expensive coastal properties and prompted thousands to evacuate.
Mayor of Bend shares how her community is doing after elementary school shooting

Megan Lim, Ailsa Chang, Jeanette Woods, Vincent Acovino

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Mayor of Bend Melanie Kebler about how the community is grieving the three children and teacher who were killed in a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School on Thursday.

StateImpact on KCCU

Browsing Through the Shelves with KCCU Classical Music Host Todd Giles - October 12, 2026 – #25

Browsing Through the Shelves with KCCU Classical Music Host Todd Giles - October 12, 2026 – #25

Browsing Through the Shelves with Todd Giles. Listen Now!

Browsing Through the Shelves with KCCU Classical Music Host Todd Giles - October 5, 2026 – #24

Browsing Through the Shelves with KCCU Classical Music Host Todd Giles - October 5, 2026 – #24

Mary McClure Slice of Life Podcast

KCCU Mary McClure Slice of Life - Books Going Way of Dinosaurs - October 14

KCCU Mary McClure Slice of Life - Books Going Way of Dinosaurs - October 14

Latest CU TODAY Show with CU President Shane Hunt

KCCU Radio Presents: CU TODAY with your host, President Shane Hunt. This month, we talk with Adam Calaway of Forge Solutions and Professor and Chair of the Department of Education, Dr. Stacie Garrett. Show #16.

KCCU Radio Presents: CU TODAY with your host, President Shane Hunt. This month, we talk with Adam Calaway of Forge Solutions and Professor and Chair of the Department of Education, Dr. Stacie Garrett.

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Hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia – OB-GYNS set new rules for menopause treatment

Shannon Firth

For the first time since 2014, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has updated its guidelines for the treatment of symptoms commonly associated with menopause.
Gabby Jones

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What this bankruptcy says about AI startups

Cooper Katz McKim

Character.AI collected millions of users, making it a very appealing acquisition. Google took a unique route to "acquiring" it, hiring away its founders and licensing its technology. Now Character.AI is filing for bankruptcy. Here's what to know.
Yuki Iwamura

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AP

A rare family of barn owls moved into Manhattan's Upper West Side. New Yorkers are captivated

The Associated Press

Manhattan's Upper West Side has been reveling in the company of its latest celebrities: A family of barn owls nested in a water tower atop a building near Central Park.
This week in science: sea monsters, long COVID patients' microbiome, elephant carcasses

Nathan Rott, Regina G. Barber

NPR's science podcast Short Wave brings us stories about the hunting habits of ancient sea monsters, the microbiome of long COVID patients, and how elephant carcasses replenish the savannah.

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