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A blockbuster new study finds that America's elite private colleges are systematically giving huge advantages to rich kids over their equally bright, yet less privileged peers.

In one of the most segregated U.S. regions — New York's suburbs — voters of color are waging an unprecedented redistricting fight with an emerging tool for protecting voting rights at the local level.

What does a K-pop idol look like when set free from the system? On their own for the first time, Jisoo, Jennie, Lisa and Rosé each arrive at a different answer.

Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:Missouri receives $6 million for transportation projectsHealth care measure's language battled…

Cathy Slater discusses the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.http://youtu.be/ImC6DjNuFIU

News coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:SSM Health Care confirms nearly 600 layoffsSedalia council upholds new smoking banActive military students…

Today's guest is SHAWNA STRICKLAND with MU Cardiopulmonary & Diagnostic Sciences, "Camp Catch-Ya-Breath".http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4HqG6Av8Ks

Today's guests are Emily Adams, Greenhouse Theatre Project's production of "MacBeth"; also, Marie Robertson, Dancearts' Spring…

On March 11, 29 strangers from across Missouri and around Kansas City met on Zoom in an event hosted by Missouri Humanities and KCUR. They gathered to see if — in these dramatically polarized times — regular people can actually have a civil dialogue.

NPR's Joe Palca reports that the Comet Hyakutake is expected this week to be visible with the naked eye. The comet, which was discovered in late January, will pass unusually close to the Earth, hopefully making it unusually bright and therefore easy to see.(3:15) -b- 5. POSTCARD FROM CHICAGO -- An audio postcard from Rick Karr. He knows it's spring, becasue the road repair cres have emerged from hibernation are are tearing-up the streets of Chicago. (2:00) Funder 0:29 XPromo 0:29 CUTAWAY 1B 0:29 RETURN1 0:29 NEWS 2:59 NEWS 1:59 THEME MUSIC 0:29 1C 6. SECURITY, CHINA AND TAIWAN -- In the first of an occassional series on security issues in Asia, NPR's Julie McCarthy reports that the tensions in the Taiwan Strait raise concerns in the US and much of Asia. China's wargames just miles from Taiwan suggest to some a new militarism, and further tip the balance of US sentiment away from China and toward the tiny island that has emerged from dictatorship to democracy.