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The Springfield Police Department is looking to overhaul its body-worn camera system, its Taser arsenal and more – work that’s long overdue, according to the city’s top cop. The multi-million dollar undertaking went before the city council Monday.

By Paul Tuthillhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-918827.mp3Westfield, MA – Westfield State College is preparing to…

Susan Jacoby, feminist—and the bestselling author of The Age of American Unreason, looks back at the last pre-feminist generation of men who supposedly…

Today on Vox Pop, we're discussing the top news stories of 2017. Ken Lovett of the New York Daily News and Judy Patrick of The Daily Gazette join WAMC…

Vermont’s Attorney General has released the top scams reported in the state last year.More than 5,000 Vermonters filed scam reports with the Consumer…

The U.S. Department of Education announced on Monday that the Middletown City School District is among 61 applications selected as a finalist for the Race…

The Pentagon is expected to replace Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez as the top U.S. commander in Iraq. President Bush called Sanchez "exemplary," and officials say his transfer is part of a long-planned reorganization. Nevertheless, the move leaves the impression in some quarters that the administration is not satisfied with Sanchez's performance in Iraq. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.

Lana Del Rey balanced bleak beauty with real insight, Young Thug's So Much Fun culminated his influence and Bon Iver offered an album just in time for autumn.

Songwriter Felice Bryant dies at age 77 at home in Gatlinburg, Tenn. She collaborated with her husband to pen some of the best-known tunes in country music and early rock 'n' roll. Her songs Bye Bye Love and Wake Up Little Susie were Everly Brothers standards, just as Rocky Top became a country standard. NPR's Melissa Block offers a remembrance.

The highway bill signed by President Bush Wednesday is nearly $30 billion richer than what Bush proposed -- and it tops the figure he said he'd veto. The president has said he expects to cut the federal budget deficit in half by 2009, warning that Congress must control spending.