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A federal judge in Chicago is weighing whether federal immigration agents have used appropriate force in recent enforcement efforts. NPR reports on a residential building raid that's become a symbol of these new, and harsher tactics.

Dr. Kiss, a three-foot-tall wooden puppet, can handle his business in the wrestling ring. He's the star of a traveling show, reveling in the art and artifice of pro wrestling.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with David Kang, Director of the Korean Studies Institute at the University of Southern California, about President Trump's response to North Korea and U.S. strategy.

Closing arguments in Derek Chauvin's murder trial are scheduled for Monday, following nearly three weeks of witness testimony.

Communities across the northern Caribbean are dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. The storm has left many without homes, power or communication.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who served on the National Security Council, about the bomb attack on a Moscow street, outside a residential building.

Earlier this year, "quiet" was one word to describe the Virginia race for governor. Then came DOGE, a text message scandal down ballot, a redistricting surprise, the government shutdown and more.

A brief — and camisole — history behind the conflict over labeling products that are made in the West Bank.

Basketball megastar LeBron James just became the very first player in NBA history to score 50,000 career points. Does James' achievement finally cement him as basketball's greatest of all time?

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Elle Duncan, who covers the WNBA for ESPN, about some highlights from the beginning of the season.

Senator Mark Warner says video of the Caribbean attack reveals survivors still on the wreck when the second strike came.

During filming, the crew shoveled salt in front of 100 mph fans to look like a snowstorm. "We were getting the great exfoliation of our lives," Brolin says. "And it was just horrible."

The derailment, in northeastern Thailand, occurred on part of an ambitious planned high-speed rail project that will eventually connect China with much of Southeast Asia.

Gov. Roy Cooper and health Secretary Mandy Cohen visited UNC-Chapel Hill’s Friday Center as UNC plans to vaccinate 10,000 people at that and more than a dozen other locations across the state this week.

North Carolina is one of only two states that allows kids as young as 14 to get married. The other is Alaska.

Charlotte's BayHaven Food & Wine Festival in October is already starting to draw a crowd. The inaugural festival at Camp North End celebrates Black foodways.

Jordan Spieth made putts from all over Quail Hollow and capped off a 5-0 week, Xander Schauffele delivered the cup-clinching point, and the Americans won the Presidents Cup for the ninth straight time.

With shifting immigration policy impacting communities across Charlotte, especially Hispanic and Latino residents, many at-risk students are wondering, what now?

President Obama will nominate his Chief of Staff Jack Lew to be the next Treasury Secretary. Lew is a budget expert who could hit the ground running as the treasury tries to cope with a looming debt ceiling, automatic spending cuts and the ongoing push for long-term deficit reduction.

Israeli troops have advanced deeper into Gaza as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects international calls for a humanitarian pause. Ditching your phone can help you tune in to your body.