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Drugmaker Evita Solutions announced on its website that the Food and Drug Administration signed off on its low-cost form of the pill, which is approved to end pregnancies through 10 weeks.
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WAMC Northeast Public Radio is excited to announce the official launch of On the Road, a new programming initiative that brings live public radio events — including interviews, conversations, musical performances, and cultural programming — directly to communities throughout the listening region.
The White House issued an Executive Order directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to halt all direct and indirect funding to NPR and PBS. In essence, this puts at risk WAMC’s ability to deliver national and international programming—Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and the trusted newscasts our listeners rely on every day.
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The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are public policy and communications expert - Theresa Bourgeois, Associate Professor of Music at Vassar College Justin Patch, Tetherless World Professor of Computer, Web and Cognitive Sciences at RPI Jim Hendler, and RPI graduate student and former grade schoolteacher who has returned to graduate school to get a PhD Sophia Acquisto. -
Allen G. Breed/AP/APOn this week’s 51%, we recognize the 25th anniversary of the Food & Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone, which, in conjunction with misoprostol, is now used for the majority of abortions in the U.S. WAMC’s Samantha Simmons speaks with abortion-rights advocate and vlogger Marissa Rudd about her experience using mifepristone, and why she personally chose to have an abortion. We also chat with Kimberly Mutcherson, a professor at Rutgers Law School, about the challenges mifepristone faces in court and in the Trump Administration. -
(Airs 10/02/25 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina speaks with Saru Jayaraman, President of One Fair Wage, about their campaign in New York to pass legislation that would fairly compensate tipped workers, achieving a living wage for all, and much more. -
WAMCThe green thumb gang is back to take your gardening questions. Ray Graf hosts.
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The national park remained open during previous government shutdowns thanks to state funding. Hochul said she wouldn't foot the bill this time. -
Healthier meatballs may soon be on the menu - and you can thank New York state apple trees for that. -
The program will send hundreds of millions of dollars to the administration of President Donald Trump. -
State officials and nuclear experts are meeting in Syracuse for a summit on nuclear energy. -
The state Assembly held a hearing Tuesday on medical uses for psilocybin, which three states have legalized.
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One of the most listened-to genres in the Americas, photographers and storytellers Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky document cumbia in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina and the United States. -
Odd fingers and faces in the crowd of a recent Will Smith concert video led to suspicions of AI. But AI is improving fast, and there are serious implications for how "fake" crowds might be coopted. -
Sarah Mullally has been named as the new Archbishop of Canterbury, becoming the first woman to be chosen to lead the world's 85 million Anglicans. -
As Britain's prime minister, Tony Blair succeeded in negotiating peace in Northern Ireland in 1998. Five years later, he joined the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq — sullying his reputation ever since. -
South Dakota Public Broadcasting says there's an ironic result to President Trump's successful attack on public media: It will have to rely more on NPR programs. -
This week's quiz also features bears. -
Voters in Georgia are grappling with the effects of the government shutdown — and with who in Washington bears the blame. -
Many in Memphis acknowledge that crime in the city is a real problem. And while President Trump's federal intervention might not be their ideal way to handle it, they're hoping it can provide some much-needed relief. -
With the launch of Sora 2, OpenAI has opened a new chapter in addictive, and some worry dangerous, AI video content. -
The suspension, which began with the 2020 Covid outbreak, was prolonged by tensions along the Himalayan border.
Weekly news highlights and what’s coming up next on WAMC.
Shakedown Beat chronicles WAMC Berkshire Bureau Chief Josh Landes’ musical adventures in the northeast.
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Sports coverage: Best single locally originated sports broadcast
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