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NC Governor Roy Cooper and NC Attorney General Josh Stein demand return of funds paid to paper mill company over last eight years.

The proposed tax on high-cost insurance plans could make it more difficult for small businesses to purchase health coverage. Even though many of these businesses don't offer rich benefits, their plans may be costly because the covered employees are predominantly older, sicker or female — three categories that currently result in higher premiums.

After the expanded credit took effect, child poverty hit a historic low of 5.2% a year ago. New Census data shows it has since rocketed to 12.4%. Doctors are seeing this play out in real time.

A lot can happen in a millisecond, if you have the right tools. Commentator Adam Frank says the rise of high-frequency financial trading marks the invention of a new time logic for humanity.

What does diacetyl look like? And what's it doing in our food? A new book seeks to demystify 75 common food additives with striking photos of these ingredients and details on their uses and history.

In New Prairie Kitchen, a Nebraska food writer collects recipes and stories from Great Plains chefs and farmers. Their movement utilizes local ingredients like bison, morels and black walnuts.

To fight global warming, the gas company is improving methane leak detection. Piedmont Natural Gas looks for leaks using new technology.

Renee Montagne talks to former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe about his new job as vice president of strategy and policy for the ride-hailing service Uber.

Longer Black Friday sale windows give companies more chances to win potential business, but it also affords consumers the ability to shop around, experts say.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Crystal Wells, spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross, about the organization trying to gain access to the hostages held in Gaza.

With 40 percent of its students at risk of failing, one radical new high school in Washington, D.C., wrestles with whether to lower its own high expectations.

As temperatures rise and the ice retreats, change is coming to Greenland, the world's largest island, and its 56,000 residents. For now, though, the slow life there still revolves largely around hunting and family, as a recent visit shows.

Musicologist Harry Smith, who would have turned 100 this year, made a film, "Mahagonny," that he considered to be his magnum opus. It is being screened in Charlotte this weekend at the Independent Picture House, the first time it is being shown in a theater since undergoing a new restoration.

The musical is an adaptation of a Peabody award-winning HBO documentary — it follows seven young people at a group counseling center in Columbus as they get ready for a big dance.

The price of Thin Mints is going up in some parts of the country next year, as Girl Scouts and their customers get a lesson in inflation.

Nicks introduced "Stevie Barbie" at a concert on Sunday night, and preorders sold out the next day. The doll resembles Nicks in her "Rumours" era, with her signature flowy sleeves and platform boots.

Polish countertenor and breakdancer Jakub Józef Orliński talks about his new album with Il Pomo d'Oro orchestra.

A government shutdown is averted for now, yet tempers flared on Capitol Hill before lawmakers left town this week. Meanwhile, President Biden met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century evokes another famous tome with "capital" in its title, and makes comparisons inevitable.

Rupert Murdoch, his son and the former head of his newspaper business in the United Kingdom appeared before a Parliamentary committee Tuesday, facing questions about the News of The World phone-hacking scandal. The head of the Metropolitan Police, who is leaving his job because of connections to the scandal, faced another committee.