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BOSTON (AP) — One of the highlights of the state's civic and political calendar is scheduled for this week as elected officials, activists, clergy and…

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York Civil Liberties Union lawyer tells the state's top court that the GPS device placed on the family car of a state worker…

For lovers of jazz music, the year 2005 brought a wealth of reissues by critical artists from Jelly Roll Morton to John Coltrane. The music, the result of exhaustive archival and restoration work, adds new details to one of America's richest musical traditions.

TV critic David Bianculli says that he's encouraged by how far TV has come. He picks The Good Wife as the best show of 2014, having "the deepest roster of really strong regulars and guest stars."

A new report released this morning ranks the top 12 solar producing states. Vermont and Massachusetts are among the leaders and New York is swiftly…

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.

Some people believe competition is an art, others say it is a skill. A recent book suggests it's neither — and there's actually a science behind winning. Host Michel Martin speaks with authors Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman about their book, Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing (This interview originally aired on Feb. 25, 2013 on Tell Me More).

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…