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This week, we revisit a conversation about competitions and instructional shows, adventures and simple admirations of good cooking.

To fully understand progress, economist Michael Green says we must weigh social well-being and wealth. But by using this new measurement, he noticed something striking — the U.S. falls far behind.

NPR launches a new series on America's housing crisis. “Shut Out of the Housing Market,” we talk to the reporter behind it.

A Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at the South Carolina state house has drawn out two prospective Democratic presidential candidates.New Jersey…

A rundown of the NPR Music interns' year-end highlights, from Camila Cabello to Juana Molina, Raquel Sofia and Hundred Waters.

Judicial elections in North Carolina are all but set for November with the candidate filing period over for trial and appeals courts.Raleigh attorney…

Many Charlotteans are back to work Monday after a weekend of rain from Hurricane Florence. The National Weather Service reported the city got about 7…

Millions of dollars worth of stolen maple syrup was recovered and three men suspected of the theft were expected in court on Tuesday.

Honda, which has long aspired to launch off the road and into the skies, is one step closer to that goal. It has started production on its HondaJet. It's a twin jet engine aircraft, being assembled in North Carolina, aimed at the business market. Industry insiders call it the "Honda Civic of the skies."

Google is offering $3.14159 million in total rewards for hackers who can find critical security flaws in its Chrome operating system.

At Dulles International Airport outside Washington, D.C., security agents said a woman put her cane in the scanner and there was a sword inside. The woman had no idea it was there.

http://66.225.205.104/JR20080820b.mp3The Bush Administration's top transportation official stopped in Charlotte this morning promoting a reform plan that…

The CMS school board tonight will ask the county to finance a bunch of building projects over the next few years. It could come out to about $400 million.…

People have been downloading about 10 apps per month onto their devices. Great news for businesses, except research from the business consulting firm Nuance Enterprise shows that the vast majority of those apps are quickly forgotten about, especially those that are free.

Mecklenburg County Chairman Pat Cotham has taken a lot of heat for the firing of County Manager Harry Jones last week. So she’s decided to fire back at…

Top Republicans in the North Carolina General Assembly say they’ve agreed on a plan to manage Duke Energy’s coal ash ponds. The plan for Duke Energy's 33…

NPR's Jon Hamilton, who is reporting on the story for our Newscast unit, says the apology comes in response to an independent report commissioned by the APA itself.

A two-man team of anglers from UNC Charlotte won the national championship of college bass fishing on Saturday.Jake Whitaker and Andrew Helms won the 2014…

Harry Potter is attending the Quidditch World Cup with his family, as well as Ron and Hermione. He is in his 30s, with "a couple of threads of silver" in his hair and a mysterious cut on his cheek.

On Friday's Morning Edition, Republican Sen. Bob Corker addresses President Obama's foreign policy vision.