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This was another wild week at Twitter after CEO Elon Musk gave staff an ultimatum to stay or go, and it seems many people are choosing the latter. What's the future of the social network?

The uncompleted execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith was the state's second such instance of being unable to kill an inmate in the past two months and its third since 2018.

Despite being a band rooted in California rock tradition, the local embrace of Fanny in Kansas City, Mo. speaks to how the band's ethos transcends geography.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Democrat Cisco Aguilar, who won Nevada's race for secretary of state. He beat Republican Jim Marchant, who had spread conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.

The next presidential election doesn't happen for 22 months, but the campaign is now already underway — with plenty of potential candidates making news this week.

It's too soon to determine whether obstruction of justice laws may have been broken in President Trump's conversations with James Comey. A D.C. defense lawyer says the key issue is Trump's intent.

The public will be able to experience Mecca of Digital Arts (MODA) through two free community events celebrating its opening, one on Friday evening and another all-day Saturday. The Gantt is also unveiling its latest exhibit "Phygital Funk: Local Creators Exhibition."

Democrats are calling for Nunes to recuse himself from the Russia investigation after it was revealed he was on White House grounds the day before announcing evidence of Trump's team being surveilled.

A city of Charlotte advisory committee recommended the city switch to four-year terms, increase the pay of elected officials and also switch to nonpartisan elections.

We contacted all 50 members of the North Carolina Senate about their opinions on House Bill 10. We asked what impact they thought the bill would have on public safety and the relationship between law enforcement and immigrant communities. We received written responses from nine of them — eight Democrats and one Republican.

The Army Field Band has been expanding its music genres and now has two rappers in its ranks. We'll meet them and find out why the Army in finally adding rap.

Florida's new strict immigration law threatens the state's economy and could hurt political ambitions for some GOP candidates. Vendors at a popular flea market are already seeing the impacts.

It’s time for a fact-check of North Carolina politics. This week we’re looking at a claim made by Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx, whose district stretches from Winston-Salem to the border with Tennessee. During a recent committee hearing in which Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern, of Massachusetts, said some migrants who need housing in the U.S. are asylum seekers, Foxx suggested they had not gone through the proper legal process.

In Maui, NPR joined a tour boat operator to see the grassroots initiative the local surfing community and neighbors started to fill in gaps not currently being filled by official channels.

Dr. Michael Tift, an assistant professor in the Department of Biology and Marine Biology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, has recently returned from his second Antarctic winter researching the effects of climate change on the most populous seal species on earth, the crabeater. Tift and his colleagues are able to do this research through a $690,446 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant.

In President Trump's inaugural address, he promised an "America First" vision of government. Former Republican adviser Pat Buchanan, who also used the phrase, talks about what to expect.

Once family-owned, luxury fashion houses have been gobbled by conglomerates. Industry watchers say designers have suffered from a pressure-cooker environment that focuses intensely on the bottom line.

The United Auto Workers union strikes against the Big 3 automakers. Lessons learned 60 years after the Birmingham church bombing. See how much news you remember with this week's quiz.

The singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist spent years in various bands, including Birds of Chicago and Our Native Daughters. Now Russell's startling sophomore album serves as a sort of rebirth.

The nation's doctors are more Democratic, female, and supportive of the Affordable Care Act than their physician counterparts in Congress.