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Gov. Jerry Brown has signed SB 270, the first statewide ban on single-use plastic bags in the U.S. It requires a 10-cent fee for the use of compostable or paper bags.

The governor's race in one of the bluest states in the nation has gotten uncomfortably tight.

On this week’s 51%, we hear from an author about her book on Helen Gurley Brown and school nurses find themselves in a new era tending to food allergies.…

In the latest book in her Mrs. Murphy mystery series, Sneaky Pie For President, author Rita Mae Brown's feline protagonist puts the mysteries aside to make a run for the White House and unify all Americans under an animal-friendly agenda.

Darryl George's fight to wear his natural hair first began last summer.

A weak jobs report is providing fodder for Massachusetts’ contested U.S. Senate race, with each candidate using the numbers to fault their rival. WAMC’s…

Republican U.S. Sen. Scott Brown and his Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren are set to square off for their third debate in Massachusetts' U.S. Senate…

South Africa's ruling party is likely to take a majority of the vote at the polls in Wednesday's elections, despite high unemployment and a recent corruption scandal, explains the BBC's Audrey Brown.

An assistant chief will replace Tom Jackson; a Justice Department probe following the shooting death of Michael Brown had found serious problems in how the department operated.

Record producer BOBBY ROBINSON. He recorded many classic blues and R&B sessions for his Red Robin, Fire, Fury and Enjoy labels, and has also produced rap. He recorded Elmore Jones, Buster Brown, and Gladys Knight and the Pips. A new boxed collection has come out, "The Fire/Fury Records Story." (Capricorn Records).