WAMC's award-winning daily news magazine brings listeners the latest in local, national, and world news. Join Lucas Willard each weekday for the latest. The work of the WAMC News team is complemented each day with news and features from the BBC and Stardate. Midday Magazine also offers a comprehensive regional weather summary and a range of commentators who span the political spectrum. Highlights from the WAMC Listener Comment Line are usually aired on Friday's edition of Midday Magazine.
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Bob Schneider, executive director of the New York State School Boards Association, talks AI in the classroom -
Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief James Paleologopoulos joined Ray Graf on Midday Magazine to discuss Tuesday night's debate. -
Ten Schenectady residents voiced concerns about the budget as Mayor Gary McCarthy proposes a 42% tax increase to bridge an approximately $15 million budget. -
Pope Leo XIV's doctors say his recovery is proceeding as planned following an operation to remove a cancerous mass from his right lung. Bishop Mark O'Connell of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, who says he's set to meet the pope this spring, discussed the latest with WAMC's Andrew Pugliese. -
250 years after the Battle of Valcour Island, the remains of Continental Army soldiers who died in the conflict have been laid to rest in Saratoga County. -
The Federal Drug Administration has found there are no medical uses for kratom. The Drug Enforcement Agency lists all kratom products as drugs and chemicals of concern. The U.S. population is by far the largest user of kratom. -
NewsChannel 13 meteorologist Paul Caiano delivers the Midday weather forecast for Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. -
This summer, Amihan Matias was announced as the new Executive Director of the Massachusetts Asian American & Pacific Islanders Commission. -
A Montreal man was sentenced this morning to 25 years to life for the murder of his daughter in the Adirondacks last summer. -
About 14% of New Yorkers fall below the federal poverty line, but United Way says another 34% are "ALICE," or Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed.
