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As humans have spread out across the planet we have killed larger predators and other species we fear and compete with, confining them to history or to tiny remnants of their vast ranges. This process was particularly successful across Britain and Ireland, where the wolves and lynx people once lived…

"Who defunds after-school programming for underprivileged kids in public housing to score a political point?"

Will there be an omnibus cannabis legalization bill enacted this year in the U.S.?  According to recent discussions, anything is possible.

Starbucks Workers United won its 100th election on May 27, 2022 – fittingly, in Seattle, the company’s hometown. And the union has notched another 46 victories in the just over two weeks since then. It comes six months after organizers won their first two union victories, in Buffalo, New. York.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte Hornets finally have their new leader.

ALBANY, N.Y. — A Manhattan appellate court ruled Friday that Democrat-drawn state Assembly maps are unconstitutional and should be redrawn — just not this year.

New York's mayor testified at a House committee hearing on gun control this week, urging federal lawmakers to act. He spoke to Morning Edition about the steps his city is taking.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Republican lawmakers are taking aim at Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg with a proposed constitutional change giving voters the power to remove prosecutors from office.

ALBANY, N.Y. — An upstate congressional candidate with a long history of controversial remarks is once again in hot water after saying that Adolf Hitler is “the kind of leader we need today.”