Arc Stories: May 2017 Edition
Storyteller Max Rykov
Birmingham’s own true stories. A man’s encounter with perhaps the world’s worst burglar; a woman overlooks some early warning signs in the pursuit of love; and student recalls a beloved teacher who’s influence doesn’t take root until years later.
Originally aired:
May 25, 2017 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
May 26, 2016 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Peter Yarrow of the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary has died at 86
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NASA hedges its bets on costly Mars rock mission
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Trump in news conference says ‘all hell will break out’ if Gaza hostages not released
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The U.S. says Sudan’s rebel forces have committed genocide
The Biden administration said the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces group and its proxies are committing genocide in a civil war with the country's military that has killed tens of thousands of people.
A Dutch project publicizes the names of half a million suspected Nazi collaborators
The names of some 425,000 suspected Dutch collaborators went online 80 years after the Holocaust ended, making them accessible to historians and descendants as the country grapples with its past.
