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Stock for the teddy bear retailer Build-A-Bear has risen faster than for tech giant Nvidia, and the CEO of the company that makes Labubu dolls has a higher net worth than Peter Thiel.

A K-pop blockbuster lands atop this week's Billboard albums chart, but it's not the one you might be expecting.

More than 100,000 evacuees of Hurricane Katrina came to Houston, Texas.

Because of the pressures of work and daily life, many people don’t have time for leisure outside of work.

John Deere, the world's largest maker of tractors has laid off employees as it braces for a hard landing in the farm economy.

A new survey out of consulting firm PwC has found that holiday spending in the U.S. is expected to fall 5% this year, the first spending pullback since 2020.

The Hopscotch Festival returns to Raleigh for its 15th anniversary this week, featuring My Morning Jacket, Earl Sweatshirt and many local and national acts. In this illustrated guide, WUNC's music reporter Brian Burns, a regular at Hopscotch since it started in 2010, takes us through how he gets the most out one of the Triangle's most beloved events.

British singer-songwriter Nick Drake died at the age of 26 in 1974. His music went viral years after his death. Now the same thing is happening to his late mother.

The funds will cover up to 50% of any documented repair costs for bridges or private roads.

The credits, along with other financial awards, will also support nearly 22,000 jobs.

For nearly two months, dozens of Chapel Hill residents whose homes were destroyed in the flooding caused by Tropical Storm Chantal have been staying in hotels while trying to find new homes or waiting for repairs to be finished at their damaged homes.

The U.S. is designating Ecuador's two largest gangs — Los Choneros and Los Lobos — as foreign terrorist organizations.

Democratic lawmakers and more than a thousand current and former HHS staff say Kennedy's actions are endangering America's health. Kennedy says he came to clean house and he's delivering.

Sept. 1 marks what would have been Pepper's 100th birthday. Kevin Whitehead offers an appreciation of the jazz saxophonist, who started on clarinet at age 9. Pepper died in 1982.

NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with actor Austin Butler about the new movie "The Bikeriders," which follows a motorcycle club outside Chicago in the 1960s.

To shore up childcare in Arizona, a nonprofit has long focused on training informal caregivers -- the family, friends and neighbors who care for a majority of young children in the state.

Latinos are more likely to rely on social media for news, where claims are less likely to be verified. Now, researchers and fact-checkers are trying to close the gap.

In Arizona, a program called Kith and Kin teaches mothers, grandmothers, aunts, friends and neighbors who watch other people's children the skills they need to provide high quality care.

The National Transportation Safety Board returns to East Palestine Ohio to hold its final board meeting on last year's fiery derailment of a Norfolk-Southern train.

Inflation is chipping away at the value of gifts, putting a squeeze on donors and nonprofits alike.