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Sample was a founder of the band the Jazz Crusaders and reportedly played with musicians from Miles Davis and B.B. King to Steely Dan and the Supremes. NPR's Arun Rath has this remembrance.

Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders continue to meet behind closed doors to hash out a budget deal, while outside the governor’s offices around 25…

When Joe Allen leads his classes of UB students through Yellowstone National Park, the iconic grizzly bear is not one of his top worries. "More than…

In recent weeks a television commercial has surfaced featuring the top leader of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. The 30-second message targets…

Though the debate over fracking in New York State dominated Albany's Earth Day celebration on Monday, time was set aside to remember the activist career…

Though she's been a popular singer since the '80s, Natalie Merchant has often worn the air of one who finds pop stardom distasteful. On her new self-titled LP, she dredges that tension to the fore.

A federal appeals court ruled that providing material support for terrorism wasn't a crime when Salim Ahmed Hamdan was Osama bin Laden's driver from 1996 to 2001. The decision likely will not affect high-profile cases against suspected terrorists, NPR's Dina Temple-Raston reports.

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Sunday the state will step in allowing the Buffalo Zoo to close its current funding gap as it continues to raise funds to…

For Tell Me More's 'In Your Ear' segment, actress Naomie Harris shares the music she grew up with. Harris' portrays Winnie Mandela in the film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.

When students at the University of Vermont resume classes on the snow-covered Burlington campus Monday, something will be missing. UVM is the latest university to ban on-campus sales of bottled water.