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Ratepayers with a home battery can give Duke Energy access in exchange for money back on their monthly utility bills.

In what could be a historic election, Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tenn., conclude three days of voting on whether to unionize with the United Auto Workers.

Democrat Woodson Bradley worked for Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing before it was shut down in 2013.

El Veneno, a new food stall serving fresh takes on traditional Mexican street food, opens in uptown Charlotte this weekend. It's a labor of love by a local woman whose family is from Mexico City.

Trails can make the outdoors more accessible, letting folks walk among the trees and connect with each other. But some Union County residents — angered by unpermitted trail work in their neighborhoods — are seeking to block future trail work to reduce flooding and protect an endangered species.

COVID-19 absences among staff have delayed new student enrollment and forced Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools to delay its 2022 magnet lottery.

State regulators have laid out the schedule for a yearlong process that's supposed to close coal-fired power plants and transform the electricity business in the Carolinas to address climate change.

A Senate committee has endorsed President Joe Biden’s nomination of Michael Regan to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, setting up a vote in the full Senate.

Canton follows other communities in western North Carolina that are considering resistance to data centers, citing environmental, energy and noise pollution concerns

On "Aperture," the lead single from his upcoming album, the pop artist mines a different era of pop music.

Based on a series of novels by best-selling author Patricia Cornwell, Scarpetta follows two different mysteries from two different timelines. It's structurally complicated — but it all holds up.

NPR's Life Kit has tips on how to build your village.

Duke plans to increase carbon pollution during the next decade before emissions sharply decline near the end of the 2030s.

“Esperanza Rising” premieres this weekend at the Wells Fargo Playhouse at ImaginOn.

China's Foreign Ministry criticized the Trump administration's trade investigation as a "pretext" for tariffs. Meanwhile, China is moving ahead with a five-year plan that may rankle trade partners.

Ohio's state supreme court has struck down one of the central legal arguments used against corporations accused of fueling America's opioid crisis. The ruling could have far-reaching implications.

This week, more than 2,000 mental health care workers at Kaiser Permanente, in northern California went on a 24-hour-strike. A major reason is disagreement between Kaiser and therapists over the future role of AI in mental health care.

For a writer, each novel is a labor of love. But what about the reader's toil? Author Jesmyn Ward explains why the beautiful and brutal Death in Spring, by Catalan author Merce Rodoreda, is worth its weight in trials and tribulations.

MLS is switching from a spring-to-fall calendar to a summer-to-spring calendar. The move aligns with the rest of international soccer but could pose a challenge for teams in wintry locations.

Shorter corn is taking root in the Midwest as farmers test new hybrids that are more resilient, can be planted more efficiently and result in a larger harvest.