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This week, we've finally received an infusion of fresh blood in the form of a brand-new album and a brand-new song — by two different artists, no less! — debuting at No. 1.

Just 40 days after winning the women's single title at Wimbledon, Marion Bartoli of France announced on Wednesday that she is retiring from tennis at age 28. Bartoli joins a relatively short list of top athletes who decided to call it quits in their prime. Audie Cornish talks to Stefan Fatsis for more.

Toyota remains the world's top-selling automaker. Numbers released Friday show the Japanese company sold 4.9 million cars and trucks in the first half of the year, beating out rival General Motors.

Alistair Campbell, British Prime Minister Tony Blair's top media strategist, steps down amid accusations that he helped exaggerate evidence on Iraq's weapons programs. The British media had dubbed Campbell the "real deputy prime minister." Campbell cites family reasons for his resignation. Hear NPR's Guy Raz.

Game 2 of the series goes to the Astros after their offense comes alive and the Dodgers' bullpen falters.

Notes from an unamplified double bass rank among the most beautiful man-made sounds; in jazz, the creator of those notes is always in the middle of the action, charting the harmonic direction of a band and plotting the rhythmic narrative as both an accompanist and a soloist. It's no small task, but here are five musicians who performed the duty with aplomb.

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Given Simmons' Top Chefjudging cred, we ask her to turn her discerning palate toward taking down some trendy foods that have overstayed their welcome. She's still waiting for a good cake pop.

How can Charlotte become a greater and more beautiful place?

We're asking community members to share their Big Ideas to make Charlotte better. Join us Saturday afternoon, April 6, at the Pianodrome in Historic AME Zion Church to meet the six top finalists from our call for submissions. During the Big Idea Fair, the public will vote to name the Charlotte Ideas Festival's "2024 Big Idea."

Free and open to the public. Exact time subject to change.

Interested in sharing your Big Idea for consideration? Visit https://www.thecharlottecenter.org/bigidea for the submission form, eligibility requirements and judging criteria. Submissions are due by Saturday, March 9.

About the Charlotte Ideas Festival:
The Charlotte Ideas Festival is a multi-day exploration of today’s pressing ideas and issues through the lens of the humanities. This year’s conversation-packed events feature a range of thinkers, innovators and community members engaged in connection and conversation. A program of The Charlotte Center for the Humanities & Civic Imagination (The Charlotte Center), the Charlotte Ideas Festival is part of the three-week Charlotte SHOUT! festival celebrating Food, Art, Music, and Ideas.

In a 6 to 3 decision on June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, reversing the court's 50-year-old decision that guaranteed a woman's right to obtain an abortion. The court's action also set off trigger laws that banned or severely restricted abortions in some states and prompted protests across the country.

We take a look at the Jan. 6 hearings and North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race. Followed by a talk about our lieutenant governor, Mark Robinson, who’s been in the news for a series of controversial comments.

NPR's senior education correspondent offers his predictions for the big stories in K-12 and higher education.

Jurors have questions for former Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman as well as others who advised the former president's attempts to reverse his defeat in 2020.

It was a banner year for the acoustic guitar. NPR Music partner Folk Alley presents the best the genre had to offer.

The basketball-crazed state of North Carolina has something other than college hoops to get excited about. It turns out its football teams are pretty good, too. For the first time ever, the state’s “Big Four” Atlantic Coast Conference schools of North Carolina, North Carolina State, Wake Forest and Duke -- have all started at least 2-0.

Even if you're traveling to grandmother's house by jet plane this holiday season, you can get that authentic "over the river and through the woods" feel with these five pieces of classical music.

Real Madrid beat Chelsea 2-1 last night at Bank Of America Stadium in Charlotte in front of more than 60,000 fans. The international soccer titans were wrapping up their preseason US tour.