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The ruling marks the latest setback for prosecutors in a case that shocked the country when videos were released showing officers violently kicking and punching Nichols during a traffic stop.
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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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(Airs 08/29/25 @ 3 p.m. & 08/31/25 @ 6 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with former Times Union Editor, current Upstate American, Substack columnist Rex Smith, Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and former Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of the Saratogian, and Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, Barbara and Ira talk about covering the Minneapolis shooting, whether news subscriptions should be subsidized, the value of the Freedom of Information Law, and much more. -
WAMCShe's simply mad about grain! Always a Food Friday favorite, Amy Halloran is back to talk about grain, flour, baking and bakeries of yesteryear. Ray Graf hosts. -
Nicholas Boggs, whose new book, "Baldwin: A Love Story," offers a fresh, intimate portrait of James Baldwin. Drawing on letters, archives, and conversations, Boggs traces Baldwin’s search for connection across Harlem, Paris, and beyond, revealing how love shaped his politics and prose. -
Donna Leon’s memoir, "Wandering through Life," gave her fans a colorful tour through her life, from childhood in New Jersey to adventures in China and Iran, to her love of Venice and opera. Nowhere, however, did she discuss her writing life.Now in her new collection of essays "BACKSTAGE: Stories of a Writing Life," Donna reveals her admiration for, and inspiration from, the great crime novelists Ruth Rendell and Ross Macdonald, examining their approach to storytelling as she dissects her favorite books of theirs. She expresses her love for Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations and her appreciation for Sir Walter Scott’s generosity of spirit. And she chronicles the amount of research she undertakes to be able to present her characters and work authentically.
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In the most recent fiscal year, New York made more investments in water infrastructure than in any prior year. -
Opinions differ on whether the Equal Rights Amendment is the 28th in the constitution. The needed 38 states ratified it, but it remains in legal limbo, perhaps until the Supreme Court or Congress acts. -
The donation of a cadaver, like those made through Albany Medical College’s Anatomical Gift Program, offers early doctors a personal and emotional connection to their profession, while offering donor families solace from their loved one’s gift. -
Moreno will receive the George Eastman Award for her distinguished contribution to the art of cinema. -
Across the Northeast, environmentalists and enthusiasts are touting the American pawpaw tree. The fruit-bearing tree has become core to a University at Albany initiative to lower urban temperatures and provide a source of nutritious food to members of the community.
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When his son began kindergarten this week, educator James Kassaga Arinaitwe flashed back to his own initiation into school, growing up in Uganda under far humbler circumstances. -
It's typical that former vice presidents have Secret Service protection for 6 months after leaving office. In Harris' case, she had received an extension of her detail. Trump is ending the extension. -
When North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits China next week for a military parade, it will be his debut at a gathering of foreign leaders for a rare meeting of China, Russia and North Korea. -
Academia is a very special kind of hell, and Kuang clearly understands it. In her innovative new novel, a magical professor dies in a lab accident and two students descend into hell to find him. -
Parishioner Cathrine Spandel said worshippers at Annunciation Catholic Church in south Minneapolis had just finished a psalm when gunfire erupted. "It seemed like it went on forever," she said. -
Thailand's Constitutional Court on Friday dismissed Paetongtarn Shinawatra from her position as prime minister, ruling that as the country's leader she violated constitutional rules on ethics. -
The Trump administration argues that rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule will help wildland firefighters. Fire researchers warn that more roads could exacerbate the problem. -
Two years after the oil deal was signed, it collapsed — with the Taliban accusing the Chinese company of breaching the contract and some Chinese employees likening the Taliban's actions to robbery. -
While much of the focus marking 20 years since Hurricane Katrina is on New Orleans, where federal levees failed and flooded the city, the historic storm also decimated the Mississippi Gulf Coast. -
This week, Taylor Swift debuted her engagement ring and the parasite world brought us something gross to worry about.
Enjoy a summer of music broadcast from the lush Berkshire Hills with “Live From Tanglewood.” Concerts air Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m.
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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
Use of Audio: Best compelling station captured local audio judged on how it’s used to enhance presentation
Election coverage: Best in-depth coverage of a federal, state or local election
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