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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has selected a midlevel appellate judge from Albany for the state's highest court.Justice Leslie Stein, a jurist for the…

NonfictionBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Wright Brothers by David McCullough Dead Wake by Erik LarsonBlack Flags: The Rise Of ISIS by…

Tax collections in Massachusetts jumped by $600 million from the prior fiscal year, a sign officials say the economy is getting stronger. WAMC’s Paul…

In Iran's presidential election, former president Hashemi Rafsanjani and Tehran Mayor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are set to contest a run-off election Friday. But one of the losing candidates has charged that the vote was rigged, prompting authorities to order a partial recount.

British forces capture an Iraqi general in the southern city of Basra. A spokesperson says the general is the highest-ranking Iraqi prisoner of war thus far. Meanwhile, U.S.-led warplanes strike facilities in Baghdad, including a presidential palace, a military intelligence complex and the barracks of a paramilitary training center. Hear NPR News.

There's a pumped-up sports anthem by a star cricket player, a moody Latin duet and a Malaysian song flavored with American rock, Chinese folk and Malay opera.

Philadelphia's Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey is retiring at the end of the year. Under his watch, the murder and violent crime rates are lower than they've been in decades.

Peso Pluma is YouTube's most viewed artist of the year in the U.S. The Mexican music phenom beat out Taylor Swift, Drake, YoungBoy Never Broke Again and Bad Bunny for the top spot.

The Washington Capitals have wrapped up the NHL's Metropolitan Division crown, leaving just one division up for grabs. Nic Dowd scored the tiebreaking…

The James Beard award-winning chef was the youngest ever to receive a three-star review from The New York Times. His new memoir, Yes, Chef, explains what it takes to be a master chef — and describes his journey from Ethiopia to Sweden to some of America's finest restaurants.