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As part of Weekend Edition's Outbreak Voices series, Pastor Allen Jessee of Abingdon, Virginia shares how he's been trying to get help get his congregation and his community vaccinated.

Phoebe Zerwick has written a new book about the case of Darryl Hunt, a Winston-Salem man who spent 19 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. His freedom was celebrated — but he struggled almost as much with life outside prison as he did on the inside.

"The Wiz" transformed "The Wizard of Oz" into an all-Black production. The costumes are among the many items held by the Smithsonian Institution that tell the story of the country.

The highest-earning YouTuber, MrBeast, is facing a lawsuit after contestants on his Amazon reality show claimed he mistreated them. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with "Variety" reporter Todd Spangler.

Cities across the nation started to ease curfew time amid the civil unrest and protests over the death of George Floyd in Minnesota.

The Louisville band's 1991 classic, now the subject of a lavish reissue, deserves reconsideration as a work of haunting beauty and surprising warmth.

Protests emerged around the country after no police officers were charged directly over the death of Breonna Taylor in Louisville. Here's a selection of pictures of demonstrations nationwide.

A coalition of energy companies that includes Charlotte-based Duke Energy has passed the first test in its efforts to develop a Southeast hub to produce clean hydrogen.

Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017What will the younger faces elected to Charlotte City Council bring to the table? Three of the soon-to-be-sworn-in Council members…

North Carolina has received plenty of negative attention nationally for things happening in the legislature. But we're also making news for another…

The former Arkansas governor's appointment to the board of the Country Music Association Foundation, a music education initiative, lasted a single day.

The head of the FAA will brief global aviation regulators in Montreal Monday on Boeing's progress fixing the troubled and currently grounded 737 Max.

Stocks have traditionally done well with a Democrat in the White House and Congress under Republican control.

Biden has offered to slash his initial proposal by $550 billion. But the lead Senate Republican negotiator says it's still "well above the range of what can pass Congress with bipartisan support."

The White House has pulled David Chipman's nomination to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, dealing a blow to the president's effort to address gun violence.

While the push to vaccinate and protect people from severe illness continues, the White House and Congress are seeing mild cases among vaccinated people.

President Biden and House Democrats are planning more than 1,000 events in the coming weeks to try to sell voters on the Build Back Better plan as they face sour poll numbers.

In a brief address, President Biden said reports of Russian troops moving from Ukraine's border would be good news, but the U.S. had not verified it.

The cohort of five acts performed live in Philly as part of the artist development program.

Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell insists any coronavirus relief bill must protect employers from lawsuits filed by workers who get sick. Workers' rights advocates oppose such a move.