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Saratoga Hospital has announced that it has received $4.6 million in gifts as part of a campaign to improve healthcare services.On Thursday the hospital…

Officials say mosquitoes in six Connecticut towns have tested positive for West Nile virus.Department of Public Health officials said Thursday that the…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-997820.mp3Boston, MA – Massachusetts is receiving $4.6 million in federal highway…

A bipartisan group of senators is on the cusp of unveiling a plan for immigration reform. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), one of the so-called "Gang of Eight," talks to host Jacki Lyden about the effort. We also hear from some of the thousands of demonstrators who gathered on the National Mall for a pro-reform rally this past week. NPR's Ted Robins tells us what the economic effect of legalizing 11 million workers could be, and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) talks about bringing undocumented workers out of the shadows.

Vermont State Police have arrested a woman who runs an in-home day care business on charges of manslaughter and cruelty to a child stemming from the…

The Baker Administration has announced an additional $6.8 million to go toward the Last Mile Infrastructure Grant Program to bring broadband internet…

Six people died and three others were injured in a crash involving an express bus and a freight truck in northern New York Saturday morning

In Maryland, Republican incumbent Rep. Roscoe Bartlett faces a tough re-election in a redrawn district that now favors Democrats. Challenger John Delaney has outraised and outspent him.

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead remembers the musical contributions of Hugh Masekela, Jerry González, Roy Hargrove, Buell Neidlinger, Randy Weston and Vancouver Jazz Festival founder Ken Pickering.

NBC has suspended news anchor Brian Williams without pay for six months. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik.