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Dorothy Brown, a Georgetown University law professor, lays out a case for reparations in her new book Getting to Reparations: How Building a Different America Requires a Reckoning with Our Past.

On a deadly day in Iraq, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says most British military personnel will leave the country by the end of June.

He was a key member of the legal team that convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to outlaw segregated public schools in 1954's landmark Brown v. the Board of Education decision.

Josh Brent was intoxicated when the car he was driving crashed and rolled over in December 2012. His passenger, teammate Jerry Brown Jr., died. The jury that convicted Brent of "intoxication manslaughter" could have sent him to jail for 20 years. Instead, he got a 180-day sentence, probation and a fine.

Changes are coming to the recently reopened Cohoes Music Hall. The Cohoes Music Hall appears to be heading in the direction of creative independence. Step…

Automatic gunfire from an armored van shattered the glass frontage at Dallas Police headquarters before the van sped away, leading police on a chase and standoff with the driver, who was later killed.

In Massachusetts, Democratic Senate candidate and Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Warren continues to be dogged by the question of her American Indian heritage. Friday, in the wake of a report from The Boston Globe, Republican Sen. Scott Brown accused Warren of misleading Harvard about her Native American ethnicity. From member station WBUR in Boston, Fred Thys reports.

It feels simple: When we're thirsty, we drink. But the brain science explaining that simple decision turns out to be very complicated.

Novelist David Levithan takes a wry look at adultery, while food writer Jessica Harris takes an African journey, astronomer Mike Brown explains the demotion of planet Pluto, novelist Stephen Amidon probes the human heart with his cardiologist brother, Thomas, and veterinarian Nicholas Dodman offers help for aging dogs.

In 2021 the NCAA implemented a name, image and likeness policy that essentially allows college athletes to earn money through endorsements, social media and other ventures without losing eligibility. To that end, Siena University, formerly known in the greater Capital Region as Siena College, has just appointed Frank Ambrose to advise the college’s athletics department on revenue sharing and its Name, Image and Likeness strategy. Ambrose, who graduated from Siena in 1985 and whose career included overseeing technology and operations in the health industry, discussed the plan for the school’s sports programs with WAMC’s Cailin Brown.