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Amazon announced Wednesday that it will expand the selection on its streaming service through a new deal with Viacom. Included in the deal are Paramount movies, as well as shows from Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, MTV and more. This deal isn't exclusive, in that much of the material is on other streaming services already such as Hulu and Netflix.

"Iran is so strong," Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee tells NPR, and "the consequences would be devastating for [Israel] and maybe for whoever helped them. ... There are wise enough people around the world to tell them not to do such a crazy thing."

With McCormick's victory, Republicans have expanded their Senate majority in the next Congress to 53 seats, with two races still to be called.

The crust of this year's prize winning buttermilk pie may have been store bought. Fair officials are investigating.

Former Senate Majority Leader and White House Chief of Staff Howard Baker died on Thursday at age 88. Baker was one of the key players in Ronald Reagan's historic tax and spending cuts.

The 2024 Tiny Desk Contest winner — the multi-genre artist The Philharmonik — performs a celebratory set.

Twenty-year-old Rishon Elias Weaver was arrested and charged with first-degree murder on Friday. The arrest comes nearly three years after the mass shooting that claimed two young lives and injured four others.

The San Diego-based trio made its mark at the Tiny Desk with satin vocals and vintage melodies.

On Saturday, the college football personality Lee Corso announced he was retiring from the broadcast and the network he joined back in 1987.

This week's puzzle involves brand names of foods at the grocery. If I asked you to take "Dole" (as in pineapples) and rearrange the letters to name an ore deposit, you would say "lode." What anagrams do each of the names conceal?

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

With help from his brother and some creative sound effects, an 11-year-old made us smile with his podcast. It's a finalist in this year's NPR Student Podcast Challenge.

Book expert Traci Thomas said 2025 was a good year for book releases.

An upright piano, a guitar and Daniel Caesar, lifted by a 12-piece choir. The presentation is simple, but the effect is transcendent.

About 14% of Mecklenburg County's registered voters cast ballots in the May 17 primary. That was slightly better than expected for the off-year primary.

Last fall, the North Carolina General Assembly approved $30 million to address a lack of air conditioning in the state’s prison system. But with summer approaching, none of the actual construction has begun.

The North Carolina Secretary of State's office reports that charitable giving in the state totaled almost $58.1 million during 2022-2023 fiscal year, a roughly 20% increase over the previous fiscal year.

The Cabarrus County school board has approved a $458,000 settlement for Superintendent Chris Lowder, who is retiring at the end of this month.

WFAE is seeking newscaster for Morning Edition. This is no ordinary newscaster position, however. We are looking for an experienced journalist to identify and report on the most important news of the morning for our community

York School District Superintendent Kelly Coxe plans to retire at the end of the school year. The Rock Hill Herald reports that leaves three of York County’s four public school districts in need of a new superintendent. Coxe sent a letter yesterday informing the district of her decision. She called the move difficult, but one that’s in both her and the school district’s best interests. She took the job in 2019.