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While Schulz stipulated that the strip would end with him, his iconic characters live on. His widow, Jeannie Schulz, says people still get comfort from the comic because "it talks about humanity."

New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone was booted by plate umpire Laz Diaz after Anthony Volpe was called out on strikes against Chicago reliever Bryan Shaw to begin the eighth inning, an AL-leading sixth ejection this season during a 5-1 loss to the Chicago White Sox.

Educators in Northampton, Mass., say a budget proposal from the mayor doesn’t do enough to support local schools. Union workers have now ended voluntary work as the budget’s debated and contract negotiations continue.

The Senate voted around 2 a.m. Friday to confirm retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Trump plucked him from retirement to be his top military adviser.

Federal pandemic relief money supercharged summer learning. When that funding expired, Philadelphia found a way to keep its program going. It's an investment that's all about making learning fun.

We'll hear conversations from Appalachia — the mountain region that stretches from New York to the Deep South. This remains a region where incomes lag well behind the national average.

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-560037.mp3Albany, NY – Host Brian Shields welcomes back our panel of experts for…

By Joe Donahuehttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-962053.mp3Albany, NY – Gordon Brown, Joyce Romano, and Robert Burke…

By Sarah LaDukehttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-973669.mp3Albany, NY – Sarah speaks with Steve Lurie (Music Without…

In 2000 the world's leaders agreed on an ambitious plan for attacking global poverty by 2015. Called the Millennium Development Goals, these time-bound targets spurred an unprecedented aid effort that helped slash the share of people living in extreme poverty in half. Now nations are hammering out an even broader set of goals for 2030, but this time the task is proving highly controversial. The Millennium Development Goals were drafted in a highly casual way and that simple process proved the key to their success.