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The annual defense bill up for a vote in the Senate addresses housing, pay and other quality of life issues for military members. It also drops a COVID-19 vaccination mandate.

China's trade surplus surged to a record of almost $1.2 trillion in 2025, the government said Wednesday, as exports to other countries made up for slowing shipments to the U.S. under President Donald Trump's onslaught of higher tariffs.

Abortion is currently legal in the Carolinas but with some restrictions. Providers in North and South Carolina performed a combined total of 35,472 abortions in 2020, according to numbers from the states’ health departments.

Marine mammal experts on North Carolina’s coast want to combat misinformation about the cause of strandings. It comes after two sperm whales were stranded and died along the state’s coast in December.

North Carolina health and education officials revised the state's COVID-19 rules for schools Wednesday, after Union County school board members complained they were out of step with the governor's orders.

A new Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools educator diversity report shows Latinos are underrepresented among teachers and principals, even as they make up a growing share of students.

New Census data shows South Carolinians are gravitating toward the state’s coastline and the suburbs south of Charlotte, North Carolina. Those are the spots with the most population growth between 2010 and 2020.

Pandemic supply-chain delays are making it difficult to get some costumes in the store at Morris Costumes in Charlotte. But the owner of the popular shop still predicts it's going to be a big year for Halloween.

Parades, memorials, festivals and even a Veterans Day air show have returned to Charlotte this week to honor the nation's service members. Many of the events are returning after taking a year off for the pandemic.

To date, 27 states have enacted laws barring transgender participation in sports.

The French league leader will face Arsenal in the final in Budapest, Hungary, on May 30, after the Gunners defeated Atletico Madrid 1-0 on Tuesday to progress 2-1 on aggregate.

"As Of Now," the latest from Charlotte-based rapper Lord Jah-Monte Ogbon is one of the most critically acclaimed records of 2026.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Paul Luehr, a former federal prosecutor at the Department of Justice, about what happens when texts message get deleted.

Friday night's powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake was centered near Ridgecrest, Calif., about 100 miles north of Los Angeles. There are reports of damage, power outages, but no loss of life.

Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche is defending a new $1.8 billion Department of Justice fund for people who claim they were targets of politicized prosecutions.

A lawsuit could change how realtors are paid, potentially lowering costs for buyers and sellers. Here's how a personal injury lawyer unexpectedly took on the U.S.'s biggest professional organization.

Do you have your New Year's Resolution yet? No pressure, but if you want to set a goal for 2024, NPR's Life Kit has published a list of 50 ideas from past episodes.

Five Americans incarcerated in Iran are on their way home as Washington and Tehran implement a prisoner exchange deal announced in August.

Two women bonded after the Nashville school shooting a year ago over their children's exposure to violence and loss.

In Guatemala, the political outsider who surprised all by winning the presidential election is finally sworn in, despite last minutes efforts to derail his inauguration by some in the political elite.