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Melissa Block talks with Kerry Candaele, director of the documentary Following the Ninth. The film explores how Beethoven's Ninth Symphony continues to "offer hope in an unhappy world."

The Associated Press has not declared a winner in North Carolina’s presidential contest because a week after Election Day, the race between President-elect Joe Biden and President Donald Trump remains too early to call.

Tuesday was a good day for Republicans in North Carolina. President Trump held a narrow lead over Democrat Joe Biden with some votes still uncounted. The party expanded its majority in the state House of Representatives, and Republicans won or were leading races in several down-ballot contests.

North Carolina still has as many as 117,00 mail ballots left to count. That could have an impact the races for the presidency and the matchup between Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis and Democrat Cal Cunningham.

What does an editor do when the newspaper is going to print and the presidential winner is still undetermined? You reflect the nation's anxiety.

The winner of the presidential election is still unclear. The Trump campaign wants counting stopped in Michigan until observers get more access. And, the role the economy played in voters' choices.

From New Mexico becoming the first state ever to elect all women of color to the House, to Delaware's Sarah McBride, the first transgender state senator, the list of diversity firsts in 2020 is long.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to election law expert Michael Kang, a law professor at Northwestern University, about the legal paths forward for Trump's challenges to several states' election results.

A city in Maryland is debating whether to allow non-citizens to vote in local elections. Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to College Park City Council Member Christine Nagle about this measure.

White nationalist protests and attacks in Charlottesville, Va., left three people dead. It was the latest and most violent response to an ongoing debate over Confederate monuments.

The 2020 U.S. Election brings uncertainty to many during an already uncertain time. Here are five ways to deal with the increased stress.

"We understand that the materials released today will be very painful. It will elicit anger, rage, distress, evoke more questions, and rightfully so," the district attorney said, urging calm.

The bodycam footage of last week's fatal police shooting of Walter Wallace Jr. has been released. The shooting has raised questions about de-escalation tactics.

Oregonians voted to become the first state to decriminalize the personal possession of illegal drugs, including cocaine, heroin, oxycodone and methamphetamine. The measures passed by a wide margin.

One Trump campaign strategy was to get a large rural turnout to offset expected losses in cities. That strategy failed in the longtime GOP stronghold of Arizona.

Every parent finds ways to soothe a crying baby. One father posted a video online demonstrating how his infant stopped crying after hearing the song "Psychosocial" by Slipknot.

Wilbur handily unseated incumbent Brynneth Pawltro, a rescued pit bull. Wilbur earned 13,143 votes — the highest winning total recorded in the canine election. The event is done as a fundraiser.

Joe Biden is pushing closer to the 270 Electoral College votes he needs in order to carry the White House. He secured victories in the battleground states of Wisconsin and Michigan.

The pair have found and are maintaining a place for themselves in the professional songwriting world of Nashville.

Rap from Nashville isn't new, nor is the city's tendency to overlook the creators and entrepreneurs behind that music – despite country artists borrowing liberally from the genre over the past decade.