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Just over 200 of North Carolina's 2,500 public schools earned A's from the state this year, and about half as many received an F.The state's school…

Walmart will phase out handgun and short-barrel rifle ammunition. It's also restricting "open carry" in stores. A month ago, two shootings happened at two Walmarts in one week.

The price of gold is at its highest in six years. "Gold bugs" — that is, die-hard gold investors — swear by the commodity as a certain bet. But are they right?

Scores of women have been killed by their partner this year in France. The government is now turning its attention to this burst of domestic violence with a conference on the subject convened Tuesday.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Associated Press reporter Kathy Gannon about the U.S. peace negotiations with the Taliban, in light of recent Taliban bombings in Afghanistan.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with the three sisters who make up the genre-defying band A-WA after they performed at NPR's Tiny Desk.

A partnership between members of the Passamaquoddy tribe and the Library of Congress to transcribe wax cylinder recordings from 1890 is bringing the tribe's language back to life.

Hurricane Dorian causes catastrophic damage to the Bahamas. Britain's prime minister calls for a snap election after conservatives suffer a key parliamentary defeat. Walmart curbs ammunition sales.

Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced she is withdrawing the proposed law, which had set off protests now entering their fourth month. Protesters' demands, however, have grown in number.

In this recording, exclusive to NPR, Atwood returns to the world of The Handmaid's Tale, reading from her long-awaited sequel. Some 15 years after the first book, it introduces a few new voices.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Joel Klein, a meteorologist at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Fla., about Hurricane Dorian which is battering the Bahamas with high winds and torrential rains.

The Bahamas health minister announced the higher death toll late Wednesday, as Dorian continued shadowing the U.S. East Coast.

Critics, scholars and fans are often caught up in the idea of an ideal black sound, using vocal tone to measure racial identity. What becomes of the black female singer who defies this categorization?

Police say a woman was found shot to death in east Charlotte early Wednesday.Officers were called to the 3400 block of Biscayne Drive just after 8:45 a.m.…

The Category 5 storm stalled over the Bahamas, causing destruction and flooding. People were evacuated to safe zones while officials assess the extent of the hurricane's impact.

A squirrel wondering if it's safe enough to forage for food apparently listens for the reassuring chatter of nearby birds, a study finds.

Fentanyl, Inc. author Ben Westhoff says the opioid, while useful in hospitals, is killing more Americans as a street drug than any other in U.S. history. Here's how it moves from China to your corner.

There’s a trend around Charlotte of finding new uses for old buildings. Think textile mills converted to loft apartments. It appears some of that is now…

The prime minister failed to garner the two-thirds of members necessary for an election he wanted to hold on Oct. 15.

Some 14 million U.S. households are struggling to get enough to eat — a return to pre-recession levels. The USDA data comes as the Trump administration proposes tightening eligibility for food aid.