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The weekend is here, and there are a lot of fun events on tap in the Queen City. There's the Cornelius Jazz Festival, Shakespeare with a twist, a garden tour and a murder mystery.

There’s Jazz at Victoria Yards in uptown, Petra’s in Plaza Midwood is hosting one of the godfathers of hip-hop and spoken word poetry, and two well-known comedians are in town this weekend, as well.

Nikola Taylor was only 8 when her family fled Poland in 1982. Now she uses her personal experience moving to a new country without speaking the language to support other immigrants in North Carolina.

A former executive director of the North Carolina Republican Party wrote an article critical of Rep. Madison Cawthorn's decision to run in NC's newly created 13th Congressional District in 2022. He tells WFAE's politics reporter Steve Harrison that it might lead to backlash from Cawthorn's own party.

Last year, North Carolina lawmakers passed legislation allowing cities to create social districts, where patrons can drink alcoholic beverages purchased at nearby bars and restaurants outside. So what's driving this trend?

What if you could catch a ride on the bus the same way you get a ride from Uber or Lyft? In the town of Wilson, North Carolina, you can, and other North Carolina towns are taking note.

Congressional Democrats are demanding transparency in the form of public hearings from Trump administration officials on the timeline and objectives of the war in Iran.

Charlotte’s arts scene is busy this November, from laugh-out-loud theater and a Titanic musical, to jazz violin, local history told through poetry, and the return of "The Sound of Music." Our panelists share the shows and experiences worth making time for this month.

In his annual budget, President Trump is asking Congress to boost defense spending to $1.5 trillion, the largest such request in decades.

Research shows that when you add a social component to an exercise plan, you're more likely to stick to it. That's especially true of the steps, turns, beats and fun of soul line dancing.

The abortion pill mifepristone must undergo a safety review by the FDA, the judge said. Louisiana's case seeking to ban its use through telemedicine will proceed after that review.

After weeks of start and stop negotiations between Congressional Democrats and the White House, there's an emerging proposal to fund the majority of DHS and tackle ICE enforcement funding separately.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to jazz musician Sherman Irby about his new show at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City, "Birth of the Blues," exploring the origin of the blues and its continued influence across genres.

A paper in JAMA Internal Medicine adds to the growing scientific evidence that medication abortion pills would be safe to sell over-the-counter at the pharmacy. But political opposition means that possibility may not happen anytime soon.

The Senate passed legislation to fund President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement agencies early Friday morning, after weeks of delays and fierce backlash to an unrelated $1.776 billion settlement fund that threatened to derail the bill.

Supporters of the bills say they are a necessary update to long-standing coastal policy. Skeptics say adding more hardened structures to the coast will simply push erosion elsewhere.

Billy Crystal, Dionne Warwick, Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees, Renée Fleming and Queen Latifah were given the star treatment as they received their Kennedy Center Honors.

The bipartisan bill would block companies from using auto-dialers to harvest private information about disabled veterans. The firms charge veterans for a service lawmakers say is supposed to be free.

Actor Jeffrey Wright stars in the new film "American Fiction." It tells the story of an author who jokingly writes a book filled with Black stereotypes that inadvertently becomes his biggest hit.

The House voted Thursday to renew enhanced health care subsidies that expired last year, while in the Senate lawmakers advanced a bill over authorizing military force in Venezuela.