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The settlement in House v. NCAA brings an end to the NCAA's long-standing tradition of amateurism. Starting this fall, schools will be able to pay players directly up to a salary cap of $20.5 million.

Six of the nine seats on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education are up for grabs this November. These elections are nonpartisan, and two of them will feature no incumbent, meaning guaranteed fresh faces on the board. To help you learn about the candidates and decide, WFAE asked each candidate to answer a questionnaire about their experience, priorities and position on important issues. Their answers have been edited for typos, but are otherwise presented in full.

The sale to Oyo, a travel business, will include the Studio 6 motel brand, which caters to customers seeking extended stays. The all-cash transaction is expected to be finalized by the end of the year.

For the first time in college football history, 12 teams are set to take part in a playoff at the top level of the sport. It means they'll face more competition than ever before for the title.

A review of Russia's strategy in Ukraine. The Jan. 6 panel says it has evidence Trump broke laws trying to overturn the election. As COVID eases, Biden has a plan to get things back to normal.

Bill O'Reilly reconstructs the death of Abraham Lincoln in Killing Lincoln. It debuts at No. 1.

Lee Child tells elite military cop Jack Reacher's origin story in The Affair. It debuts at No. 1.

Colombia elects a new president. Parents can now vaccinate kids under 5 against COVID. And, Elise Stefanik's defense of former President Trump around Jan. 6 clouds her pro-democracy work abroad.

Joe Biden is again the front-runner in the Democratic presidential race, with Bernie Sanders looking to regain the delegate lead Tuesday, as six more states vote.

Iran's bloody crackdown on nationwide protests killed at least 6,126 people while many others still are feared dead, activists said Tuesday, as a U.S. aircraft carrier group arrived in the Mideast to lead any American military response to the crisis.

At No. 15, In the Garden of Beasts tells the story of America's ambassador to Hitler's Germany.

Wild Tales includes six stories of people who are set off by things like road rage or infidelity. Then, says director Damián Szifron, "they cross the line that separates civilization from barbarism."

In softcover fiction, Hilary Mantel imagines Anne Boleyn's downfall, Martin Amis satirizes England, Paul Theroux sends a narrator back to the village he volunteered in, and Peter Heller depicts a post-apocalyptic life. In nonfiction, Robert Caro continues his LBJ biography.

During his career, Alex Chadwick has been on numerous expeditions to exotic places -- but never to Disneyland. He visits the California amusement park to celebrate its 50th anniversary with a well-qualified guide: Will Abbott, who at just 6 years old is already a Disneyland veteran.

Julianne Shepherd of The Fader discusses this week's new music releases, including albums by Sigur Ros, Three 6 Mafia, Hercules and Love Affair, and Ry Cooder.

The House committee probing the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol will present new testimony and evidence at the hearing, according to select committee aides.

Prosecutors said jurors saw a "mountain of evidence" that the defendants plotted to use force to stop the transfer of the presidency to Joe Biden. A defense attorney said no conspiracy was proved.

The move came after federal prosecutors filed a motion to dismiss both the Jan. 6 and Mar-a-Lago documents cases against Donald Trump.

The unanimous vote sends the measure to the full House. If the chamber approves it, the referral would be sent on to federal law enforcement for potential charges.

We look at the Georiga Senate debates as well as the Jan. 6 Committee's decision to subpoena former president Donald Trump.