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An elephant ranch in Florida is offering yoga classes for veterans to help them with trauma. From the other side of a fence, retired elephants eat and mosey around.

After years of emotional wrangling, court battles and even bomb threats, a mosque in Murfreesboro, Tennessee opened on Friday. Blake Farmer of member station WPLN was at the mosque's first service.

Michigan holds its Republican primary on Tuesday. The former Massachusetts governor and Michigan native Mitt Romney has been touring the state in search of votes. A week ago, Rick Santorum held a double-digit lead in the polls. Now, NPR's Ari Shapiro reports, Romney seems to have closed the gap.

Perhaps most recognizable for his role on Night Court, John Larroquette has recently taken to the stage, earning a Tony Award for his role in the 2011 production of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Now, he has returned to Broadway in a revival of Gore Vidal's The Best Man.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has cancelled trademark registrations by the Washington Redskins football team, ruling that the team's name is "disparaging" to Native Americans.

When voters tick their choice for Vermont governor next Tuesday, they have seven candidates to choose from.Vermont’s ballot for governor lists incumbent…

Audiobooks as we know them have been around for about 25 years. But the form really took off when MP3 players like the iPod came out.

The former rap music mogul, Marion "Suge" Knight has been arrested again — this time, on suspicion of murder. Knight allegedly ran over two people, killing one, on the set of the movie Straight Outta Compton.

Every April since 1981, communities across the nation have paused to honor crime victims and those who support them. Local officials gathered at the…

Albany County Executive Dan McCoy delivered his State of the County address Monday night. WAMC's Capital Region Bureau Chief Dave Lucas reports from the…