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The Mecklenburg County Board of Elections certified its elections results, and for the first time in recent memory, the vote to certify wasn’t unanimous.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with former Environmental Protection Agency administrator, Gina McCarthy, about what she thinks President-elect Joe Biden can do to address climate change once he's sworn in.

With record cases and hospitalizations and newly rising deaths, experts wonder, will this surge ever slow down? Find out where the virus is hitting hardest and what is being done to stop it.

A lawsuit has been filed in Gaston County seeking the removal of a Confederate monument outside the county courthouse, arguing that it violates several provisions in the North Carolina Constitution.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Canadian poet Margaret Atwood about her new collection, Dearly.

Supporters say the tunnel will reduce noise and hide cars for visitors to the prehistoric landmark. Opponents warn of possible damage to the site which archaeologists continue to study.

County election boards around North Carolina calculated their final vote totals Friday. In Union County, Democratic and Republican board members heard about a small number of voter challenges before certifying the county’s election results. Those ballots included a few people who double-voted.

Readers want to know the best way to maintain a reusable mask? There are a few options. But spoiler alert ... keep it out of the oven!

The organization ignored decades of sex abuse allegations, but it could now pay the price. More than 88,000 men say they were abused as Scouts, ahead of Monday's deadline to file a claim.

The restless creator of music and theatre says the pandemic has opened up new ways to be a storyteller.

President-elect Joe Biden may face divided government that could stall his agenda. Some Democrats say he should actually channel President Trump in taking aggressive executive actions.

The Biden-Harris administration is poised to revive proposals that could change how LGBTQ people and people with roots in the Middle East or North Africa can identify themselves for the next census.

For 35 years, Scott Macaulay has been organizing the annual holiday gathering in Massachusetts for anyone who wants to come. "I can't fix the country ... but I can brighten my own corner," he said.

Pent-up demand from households that have been cooped up over the last eight months could drive a spending boom in the spring, providing a big boost to the economy.

A German court has ruled that techno is music DJs are musicians, giving clubs the same tax breaks as concert halls.

President Trump is challenging the results of the presidential election, which his allies have compared to the contested race 20 years ago. But there are many differences between the two.

Floodwaters from a nearby river overtook recreational vehicles at a North Carolina campsite Thursday, killing three people and leaving two others missing, including a child, an official said.

The reprieve in the latest sigh of relief for the massively popular video app, but uncertainty hangs over its future.

California has now joined Texas in becoming a state with more than 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

President Trump says his "good relationship" with Kim Jong Un is critical to curbing the North Korean nuclear threat. A President Biden will face a country with a bigger nuclear arsenal than in 2016.