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The chill in the Chesapeake has left the water too cold for the crabs to come out of the mud. It turns out this is extending their lifespan — since it means watermen can't catch them.

Connecticut lawmakers are expected to pass a package of gun control measures they believe are some of the most comprehensive in the country, following the…

The privately produced ADP National Employment Report showed less job growth than economists expected. On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its data.

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New York State Senator Malcolm Smith is among six people arrested for allegedly trying to rig the Republican race for mayor of New York City. Smith, from…

A New York Congressman from the Hudson Valley will talk today about dam safety.Democratic Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney later this morning will…

In 1955, Johnny Mathis landed a job singing weekends at Ann Dee's 440 Club. George Avakian, then head of Jazz A&R at Columbia, came to the club, heard…

Immigration reform appears near – but that’s on the Senate side.In today’s Congressional Corner, New York Representative Sean Patrick Maloney tells WAMC’s…

The White Album is nearly 45 years old, but interest in one of the Beatles’ most important artistic achievements, and in the group itself, remains…

Nearly four months after the massacre of young children and educators in a Connecticut elementary school, federal efforts to enact comprehensive gun control legislation appear to be in jeopardy. And while a few blue states have passed tougher new laws, many red states are pushing in the opposite direction.