Search results for

Also: Michelle Obama touts free speech in address to Chinese students; Turks strike back at attempt to ban Twitter; and upsets bust almost everyone's NCAA brackets.

Slate film critic David Edelstein tells us his top movies of 2004, and recommends current holiday releases. Edelstein says that in 2004, some high-profile winners -- and losers -- hit the nation's big screens.

Real Kashmir FC is less than three years old and plays soccer in a troubled Himalayan region prone to violence, strikes and heavy snow. Soldiers with machine guns patrol the home stadium.

Pittsfield’s annual Cop on Top event returns Saturday for a fifth year. Proceeds from the two-day event support Special Olympic athletes.As part of the…

Envoys from more than 100 nations met in Paris on Friday seeking an end to the bloodshed in Syria. According to the French hosts, the participants agreed to seek a new U.N. Security Council resolution that would authorize the use of force against the government of President Bashar Assad.

Congressional Republicans hope to pass a sweeping tax overhaul before Christmas, but first they'll have to resolve some major policy differences that could derail the bill.

Bruce Holsinger’s new novel, “Culpability,” is an emotionally charged story that asks some of the most pressing questions of our time: Who bears responsibility when tragedy strikes? How do guilt and accountability ripple through lives?

In the NBA, Kyrie Irving made his season debut on Wednesday and had a huge impact in the Brooklyn Nets’ 129-121 win at Indiana, scoring 22 points, the Pacers held off the Celtics, 99-97, and the 76ers beat the Magic, 116-106.

By Jessica Blousteinhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-498576.mp3Albany, NY – New York State Court of Appeals Chief…

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick this week signed an economic development bill. It is an $80 million dollar package that looks to spur innovation and…