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http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-828239.mp3Albany, NY – MentorNet, is a national electronic mentoring network for…

Independent U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and his Republican challenger are offering Vermonters stark choices when they go to the polls next week.Sanders…

Hear Beth Linsky of Beth's Farm Kitchen on Food Friday!Makes 9-12 barsPrep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 45 minutesIngredients1/2 pound (2 sticks) unsalted…

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, in his first comments since the corruption trial of his top former aide began in federal court January 22, says he doesn’t…

A Swiss banker has pleaded not guilty to charges he helped thousands of Americans evade paying their taxes. Raoul Weil was one of the top managers at UBS, a Swiss bank that helped nearly 20,000 Americans hide their assets in secret accounts.

Millennials' top source for political news is Facebook, according to a recent study. Now, other social networks are trying to get on board.

On a summer night in Phoenix, city dwellers can watch a line of head lamps inch up Piestewa Peak. The mountain rises sharply more than 1,200 feet above the neighborhoods of Central Phoenix. It's the most popular outdoor trek in the city. But in July and August the sun turns deadly there and hikers wait until it's safely below the horizon to begin their ascent. At the top, the view unfolds like magic every time — a desert city of four million people that glows red, white and orange.

Honda is still having problems recovering from supply chain disruptions after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan last March. It was also the only automaker to have a car factory hit by last year's historic floods in Thailand.

The director of the Peace Corps joined Senator Patrick Leahy at the University of Vermont to announce a record number of colleges joined the Peace Corps…

NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports on the most widely used school-based drug education program in the nation, Drug Abuse Resistance Education, known as DARE. DARE is a "just say no" curriculum taught in middle schools by police officers. Critics of the program say the DARE approach is too limited to be effective, especially with children who are likely to use drugs. Research released Monday by the US Department of Education confirms the program does not change kids' attitudes and behavior in the long term. But DARE is popular with schools and with Clinton's top drug advisors, who say it should continue to receive federal suppport.