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Starting Jan. 3, Billboard is changing the way it calculates the top albums of the week. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Slate writer and critic Chris Molanphy about what the rule changes mean.

North Carolina State quarterback Devin Leary is the preseason pick to finish as Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year, while league favorite Clemson leads all schools with six players on the league's preseason all-conference team.

Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner Jim Phillips says the league is looking for ways to boost its revenue and shrink a rising financial gap with leagues like the Big Ten and Southeastern Conference. That growing gap is stirring uncertainty about the league's long-term future.

The Atlantic Coast Conference's 2020 baseball tournament will be held in Charlotte.The league said in a news release Thursday that the selection…

On the local news roundup, North Carolina’s senators play a role in the U.S. Senate passing a bill to protect same-sex marriage. A big pay raise for Charlotte’s city manager and the ACC Championship comes to town for the sixth year in a row. Those stories and more with Mike Collins and local journalists.

Friday, April 21, 2017On the local news roundup, the NCAA brings championship games back to the state but not to Charlotte. The ACC is more generous. And…

Live on YouTube, Bob Boilen and Gina Chavez watched their favorites entries to the 2020 Contest and discussed what made them stand out from the thousands we saw this year.

The Atlantic Coast Conference is relocating its headquarters but remaining in its home state of North Carolina. The league announced it would move its offices from Greensboro to downtown Charlotte in 2023.

Both Charlotte City Council and Mecklenburg County Commission members react to tax increases in their respective budgets this week. The parents of the missing Cornelius girl Madalina Cojocari are in court. A Mecklenburg County Commissioner-elect has been arrested and charged with a DWI. Trump is expected to attend the Coca-Cola 600 and the ACC Baseball Tournament is in town.

Money troubles face CMS as it prepares to lose $100 million in federal funding. Matthews continues to struggle with the transit plan. Gov. Stein delivers his first State of the State address and the ACC Men's Basketball Tournament is in town.

North Carolina State's graduation rate among athletes is 74 percent. That's the worst graduation rate in the Atlantic Coast Conference, the News &…

ACC Commisioner John Swofford says "I think we've probably found a home in Charlotte" for the league's football championship game, according to the…

Now that House Bill 2 is no longer on the books, NCAA and ACC leaders are assessing whether the law that replaces it is enough of a change to bring…

House Bill 2 was back in the news this week - with decisions by both the NCAA and ACC to pull championship games from the state because of the law. We…

As the landscape in college sports shifts, the ACC shouldn’t have to worry about its schools leaving, but as the revenue gap between it and other conferences will only grow wider, anxiety about being left behind figures to build among its member institutions.

Residents on the North Carolina coast are bracing themselves for Hurricane Matthew, which is expected to move up the east coast and hit the Carolinas on…

Ruby Franke, the YouTube mommy blogger behind the channel 8 Passengers, was arrested last week after her 12-year-old son climbed out a window and ran to a neighbor's house asking for food and water.

Zion Williamson proved he's back and healthy with a dominating three-game show at the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament. And that has fifth-ranked Duke…

Carson talked about her new role as the ACC's senior associate commissioner for women's basketball, the transfer portal, conference realignment, and Greensboro's future as the conference tournament's home.