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The committee tasked with marking U.S. business cycles says the economy peaked in February and has since been in a recession triggered by the pandemic. But it says the recession could be short-lived.

Four shipyards are getting the extra help. Officials say, if left unchecked, aircraft and submarine maintenance backlogs would result in delays in returning ships to the fleet.

State regulators and environmentalists have reached an agreement with chemical maker Chemours that adds new requirements for preventing contamination of…

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and puzzlemaster Will Shortz play the puzzle this week with listener Bill Tighe of Redondo Beach, Calif.

A leak in a gasoline pipeline in Huntersville last month may have been larger than the pipeline company originally thought.State Sen. Natasha Marcus…

The tech giant says most employees can keep working from home through at least the end of the summer, as the company braces for a slow return to normal life.

N95 masks and gloves are among critical medical supplies being scrutinized under a new U.S. crackdown on PPE exports.

To contain the coronavirus, the U.S. needs to be able to test a lot of people. But we're facing a shortage of a key ingredient: the swab. Here's why these swabs are so hard to source.

Duke CEO Jim Rogers again took questions from regulators today - this time in Florida, where the company now has a presence thanks to its merger with…

http://66.225.205.104/SG20110825.mp3It's been no secret the last few years that growth in the sport of NASCAR has slowed way down. But today, the sport…

http://66.225.205.104/JR20110316a.mp3A number of legal drug alternatives are about to become illegal in North Carolina. While the effort to outlaw…

http://66.225.205.104/JR20110704a.mp3Efforts to reopen a nearly 200-year-old gold mine in Upstate South Carolina hit a snag over the weekend. Federal…

http://66.225.205.104/JR20120813.mp3Duke CEO Jim Rogers again took questions from regulators today - this time in Florida, where the company now has a…

Fed policymakers appeared to move closer to a decision to add more stimulus to the economy. That's according to minutes released of the Federal Open Market Committee's meeting. The minutes didn't say what the Fed is likely to do next, but indicated many officials supported keeping the federal funds rate at "exceptionally low levels" at least through late 2014.

For the last two years, the number of North Carolina stores caught selling tobacco to a minor during random compliance checks has remained steady at 16…

http://66.225.205.104/JR20100827a.mp3Nuclear regulators gave key approval to a facility under construction on South Carolina that will convert left-over…

Manny Ohonme, founder of Samaritan's Feet, talks to volunteers at Ada Jenkins Center Saturday. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net) By DAVID BORAKS…

http://66.225.205.104/JR20110203a.mp3 North Carolina is now home to 100 wineries - twice as many as the state had just five years ago. Sweet wines from…

Watch the celebrated pianist play Bach's Two-part Inventions, which can zing with the speed of a sewing machine, or unfold slowly like a gentle aria.

The singer-songwriter has a magnificent way with words and phrasing, not to mention a country-music lineage that fills her with pride and guides her poignancy and subject matter.