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Karen El-Chaar speaks with Northampton County DA Terence Houck about combatting the opioid crisis with the county's new full-time drug task force, then chats with State Rep. Peter Schweyer about advancing environmental initiatives through the state legislature.
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Michael Frassetto brings One Earth ReggaeFest to the WDIY studios with artists Oskee from Space Kamp and BezMusiq to talk about the new, free, family-friendly reggae event taking place Saturday, July 2 at the SteelStacks Levitt Pavilion on the ArtsQuest campus.
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On Galactic Travels™, the Special Focus for July is Winter-Light Records, a record label based in Haarlem, The Netherlands, specializing in ambient, experimental, and drone soundscapes.
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Steve Aaronson and Rosalie Viscomi welcome Mike Ventola from the Lehigh Valley IronPigs for a weekly report on the team from the previous week, what's coming up this week, player statistics, promotions and events going on at Coca-Cola Park and more.
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Laurie Hackett welcomes Peter Castagna from the Miller-Keystone Blood Center to talk about the importance of donating blood for those in need, then chats with Katarah Jordan from the James Lawson Freedom School about charter school education benefits and preventing summer learning loss.
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Kate Scuffle welcomes Lehigh Valley native actor Ric Stoneback to talk about not only his extensive professional repertoire, but also his newest local performance in Northampton Community College Summer Theatre’s upcoming production of Something Rotten.

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The glacier, in the Marmolada range, is the largest in the Dolomite mountains in northeastern Italy and people ski there in the winter. But the glacier has been rapidly melting away in recent years.
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Lysychansk was the last major city held by Ukrainians in the region. After their retreat, Russia holds the entire Luhansk region and has its sights set on completing its capture of nearby Donetsk.
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Officials in Akron, Ohio, released video of the pursuit and shooting of Jayland Walker, 25. The police chief said officers tried to stop Walker's car for unspecified traffic and equipment violations.
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One person has been arrested in connection with the shooting at the Field's shopping mall in Denmark's capital. Harry Styles was scheduled to hold a concert at the nearby Royal Arena.
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The protests have carried on for weeks since the leak of a draft of the court's eventual decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. State officials had previously called on federal law enforcement for help.
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