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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Kelefa Sanneh, a music critic writing for The New Yorker, about his essay "How Music Criticism Lost Its Edge."

Jack DeJohnette, of the most daring and singular jazz drummers of the last 60 years, died on Sunday.

Pamela Melroy, former Deputy Administrator of NASA, talks about the importance of NASA to U.S. interests amid concerns about proposed budget cuts.

On Tuesday, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, was formally charged in D.C. Superior Court with multiple crimes, including first-degree murder and assault with the intent to kill while armed.

Whether you're anxiously awaiting Christmas or already wishing the holidays would be over, here's a selection of music that lets you know you're not alone.

As of the end of 2025, more than 97% of the state-maintained roads damaged by Helene have reopened. Residents who live near the remaining 3% are still waiting for repairs.

Party identity is shifting under President Trump, and the process is affecting both parties.

Sea lions are part of the landscape and soundscape on the California coast. And when one of them is found sick or injured, it often ends up at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito.

Reporter Kevin Sack's new book is a history of Charleston's Emanuel AME Church, the oldest Black congregation in the South, where a white supremacist killed nine worshippers a decade ago.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. chose everyone in the group. Their votes could affect vaccine access for certain childhood vaccines and and the COVID shots. Here's what's at stake.

President Trump says he's imposing a ban on all sanctioned oil tankers leaving Venezuela. Venezuela's government is calling this an 'outrageous threat' intended to rob the country of its oil wealth.

The U.S. Senate race may have drawn the most national interest in North Carolina’s primaries, but many Chalrotte-area races were narrowed down or even outright decided Tuesday. Here’s a quick look at local-level results for the Charlotte metro area.

A series of unforced political and personal errors by GOP congressman Madison Cawthorn has brought the forces of big-name Republicans and traditional enemies to bear on his reelection bid in North Carolina.

Donald Trump’s closest campaign advisers, top government officials and even his family were systematically dismantling his false claims of 2020 election fraud on election night.

During the pandemic, students nationwide received free school lunch, but that policy expired last summer. Now, state lawmakers are considering whether to include funding in the next state budget to help more students afford lunch.

While Charlotte has become more pedestrian friendly in recent years, the city still has far to go, according to organizations that work to improve walkability.

A bipartisan Senate bill, dropping Thursday, promises better health care for some of the poorest, sickest Americans, who are known as "duals" because they qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid.

If you're short on plans this weekend around the Charlotte area, we've got you covered. Some socially distant happenings include a live jazz concert in uptown, a mural demonstration, a new exhibit on pandemic-era art and an Earth Day weekend festival out in the sun.

Remember when no one could find toilet paper? Well, now there are shortages of other things thanks, in part, to the pandemic. In this week's BizWorthy, we hear about that, overdue book fines being eliminated in Charlotte and how artificial intelligence wrote a newsletter.

Ridership on Charlotte Area Transit System trains and buses increased by 21% in April 2021 compared to April 2020. But ridership is still down 60% compared to pre-pandemic levels. The city of Charlotte is considering spending $8 billion to $12 billion on the Charlotte MOVES transportation plan.