The origin story of Alcatraz's name is a complicated mix of language, a history that dates back to the first Europeans to ...

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Pope Francis worked to make the Catholic Church more open to the LGBTQ community. NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with the Rev.

Dalton, Massachusetts residents have rejected the proposed police department budget for the coming fiscal year. WAMC reports ...

Hundreds of flight delays and cancellations at Newark's airport over the past several days are giving passengers headaches ...

As the June 24th primary nears, several candidates in Albany and Schenectady will not be on the ballot as planned.

Cardinals will gather at the Vatican to begin the process of electing a new pope on Wednesday. The Catholic Church will hold ...

Prodded by New York Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, the U.S. Department of Education has opened an investigation into the ...

The most detailed plan to reshape the Army began taking shape long before Pete Hegseth's arrival as secretary of defense.

Berkshire County was rocked by a series of. At least a dozen residents were detained amid President Trump’s crackdown on the ...

Nawaf Nasr, 78, sits at home in Syria's Sweida district and recalls details of what he says was his past life before he died ...