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Reports vary as to whether al-Shabab's Zakariye Ismail Ahmed Hersi turned himself in or was captured in a raid. The U.S. had placed a $3 million bounty on the leading Islamist extremist.

In the state's 2nd Congressional District, redistricting placed two incumbent Republican congressmen in a primary battle.

The new year brings new laws to Massachusetts. WAMC’s Paul Tuthill reports Massachusetts will join 18 states and the District of Columbia with medical…

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.