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Researchers who study evidence of fires through the millennia say to expect more and bigger fires as the climate continues to warm. Fire season is already months longer than in the 1970s.

Journalist MARTHA HONEY. She worked as a freelance journalist in Costa Rica from 1983 to 1991. Her clients included Times (London), The Nation, ABC television, and National Public Radio. In 1984, she and her husband, Tony Avirgan were covering a press conference called by contra leader Eden Pastora Gomez, when a bomb exploded killing three journalists, and injuring dozens of other people, including Pastora, who was the intended target. (Tony Avirgan was also one of the people injured.) HONEY and AVIRGAN and other journalists set out to find the person(s) responsible. Their search led them to an Argentine leftist guerrilla, who had been killed in the meantime. What they found also implicated the CIA and Contra extreme rightests. HONEY writes that the CIA "put out false leads, stole evidence and worked to derail Costa Rica's Investigation of the incident." HONEY has a new book "Hostile Acts: U.S. Policy in costa Rica in the 1980s," (University Press of Flo

March Madness means millions in sports betting.In today’s Congressional Corner, New York Congressman Paul Tonko, a Democrat from the 20th district, wraps up his conversation with WAMC’s Alan Chartock.

August sounds far away, but in terms of the debt ceiling, it’s getting closer.In today’s Congressional Corner, New York Congressman Paul Tonko, a Democrat from the 20th district, continues his conversation with WAMC’s Alan Chartock.

The Saratoga Book Festival (SBF) is an annual community-wide celebration of books in downtown Saratoga Springs, New York with a mission to encourage a lifelong love of reading and promote greater literacy for all.This year’s authors include: Gregory Maguire, Meg Wolitzer, Peter Balakian, Chris Hedges, Francine Prose and Peter Steiner – just to name a few. Ellen Beal, President of SBF, joins us this morning for a preview.

President Biden has yet to announce his 2024 plans.In today’s Congressional Corner, Tim Vercellotti of the Western New England University poll and professor of political science continues his conversation with WAMC’s Alan Chartock.

How will former President Trump’s legal problems affect the 2024 race?.In today’s Congressional Corner, Tim Vercellotti of the Western New England University poll and professor of political science speaks with WAMC’s Alan Chartock.

Has Western Massachusetts lost some clout now that Democrats are in the House minority?In today’s Congressional Corner, Tim Vercellotti of the Western New England University poll and professor of political science continues his conversation with WAMC’s Alan Chartock.

Democrats say the House Republicans’ budget bill is bad news for Americans.In today’s Congressional Corner, New York Congressman Paul Tonko, a Democrat from the 20th district, continues his conversation with WAMC’s Alan Chartock.

Nearly five years after the tragedy, a trial is starting in the Schoharie limo case.In today’s Congressional Corner, New York Congressman Paul Tonko, a Democrat from the 20th district, speaks with WAMC’s Alan Chartock.