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Japan's first female premier has called snap elections for Sunday. She seeks a mandate for what could be sweeping changes and ...

The Albany County Legislature is set introduce a resolution next week directing all county agencies to not cooperate with U.S ...

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Some film professors are bemoaning the shortcuts students take to avoid watching assigned movies: some don't know what happens at the end. NPR's Scott Simon offers his own synopses.

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The Justice Department's latest release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein files has led to new scrutiny of powerful people in convicted sex offender's orbit.

More than 2,000 athletes from across the Northeast and Canada have converged on the Adirondack village of Lake Placid to ...

For many decades, Olympic Games included "demonstration sports." Some, like curling, became part of the permanent roster. But ...