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New York State’s efforts to reduce smoking have had a tremendous impact. Between 2003 and 2010, the adult smoking rate in New York fell by 28 percent.…

The campaign for the US Senate in Massachusetts has taken a negative turn. WAMC’s Paul Tuthill reports. With several recent polls showing Democrat…

The state law that legalized casino gambling in Massachusetts requires voters in a host community to approve the casino development in a referendum. The…

New York Sen. Charles Schumer is calling on the federal government to investigate the rising number of overpass collisions involving trucks that are led…

GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney tried to raise doubts about President Obama's handling of foreign policy. The Obama campaign responded by accusing Romney of trying to politically exploit the deaths of four Americans in Libya.

Massachusetts health officials confirm a second death from mosquito-borne Eastern equine encephalitis and a new case that brings the summer's total to…

It's not so much what Mitt Romney said about whether the government should guarantee people health care that has health care policy types buzzing. It's how that compares to what he has said before.

Apple says it sold more than 5 million of its new IPhone over the weekend. The iPhone 5 sold better than the last version. But sales were not as strong as many analyst expectations, and there are concerns about Apple's ability to keep up with demand.

President Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney barnstormed Ohio this week. And both candidates also held rallies in or near Wood County, which has picked the winner in all but one presidential election since 1960.

According to an ISAF statement, the attack that killed a NATO service member and a civilian contractor in Afghanistan on Saturday may not have been an insider attack as originally reported.