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Productivity is probably the most important economic indicator for the health of an economy, and it's falling. There is a battle over the narrative around worker productivity and the stakes are high.

"There is currently zero evidence of a tank breach or any leaks, and air and water monitoring resources are in place," according to Louisville Metro Emergency Services in Kentucky.

The Federal Trade Commission says it will charge that Toys R Us has violated anti-trust laws by bullying manufacturers into selling exclusively to the giant toy retailer. But, as NPR's Jim Zarroli reports, Toys R Us says that it's only doing good business.

Robert talks with Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) about the Republican Party winning control of the Senate. In the new Republican-controlled Senate, McConnell is expected to become Majority Whip.

Brett Hankison fired 10 shots near a side door during the 2020 raid in Louisville, Ky., but none hit Breonna Taylor. Prosecutors say the bullets endangered her neighbors — a couple and their child.

Writer Nelson George, who saw Teddy Pendergrass on his "Ladies Only" tour in 1978, says R. Kelly's recent shows are an effort to reconnect R&B to its most devoted fans.

In a superseding indictment filed Thursday, federal prosecutors allege that beginning in about 1997, the R&B singer sexually abused another minor, who was about 14 years old at the time.

J.R.R. Tolkien's trilogy Lord of the Rings is filled with fantastical stories of elves, hobbits and wizards. But the ring at the center of his tale may have been inspired by a real ring. Owners of The Vyne, an English estate, say they possess the ring that inspired Tolkien's "ring of power."

George R. R. Martin is back with the fifth installment in his popular series, A Song of Ice and Fire. The newest book, A Dance with Dragons, is a tale that writer Lev Grossman says is the perfect epic for our age: complex, nuanced and with no clear divisions between good and evil.

Noah and Robert pay tribute to former assistant All Things Considered Producer Akili Ramon Tyson.

The depiction of African-American women in the media can be a divisive issue. Commentator Betty Baye says she's tired of all the old stereotypes she sees played out in the media. Black women have come too far to still be portrayed largely as Mammies or Jezebels. Baye is a columnist for The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Ky.

Outside the courtroom, the candidates are playing to public opinion. NPR's Julie Rovner has this roundup of the day's spin, soundbites and strategy.

Many other companies use the peanut butter — the cause of a salmonella outbreak — and now they have recalls of their own. The FDA says the products made it to at least 10 other countries.

What does an elementary school classroom look like right now? Photojournalist Natosha Via spent the day with one Louisville music teacher as she adjusted masks and sanitized xylophone mallets.

Columbus McKinnon Corp., a Buffalo, New York, manufacturer, plans to move a research and development facility to Mecklenburg County, contingent upon…

For decades, American companies have sent their manufacturing work overseas. Extremely low wages in Asia and elsewhere reduced costs. But as costs overseas go up, a growing number of American companies are rethinking that business model.

In fall 2018, North Carolina native Greg Cox released his debut full-length album titled “E T C .,” which takes the needle of a record player and places it in the grooves of gospel, R&B and soul. The album title gives us a glimpse into the multi-hyphenate's world as a gospel singer, R&B producer husband, father and Charlotte community-builder.

Part 1With the Lynx Blue Line, Charlotte’s center city has been extending its reach outward toward South End. Condos, apartments and businesses are…

The Mississippi rapper paid homage to his grandmother and performed songs from his new album 4eva Is a Mighty Long Time.