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Two top aides for Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson have quit the campaign. The retired neurosurgeon has seen his fortunes wane since national security took center stage on the campaign.

Archaeologist Kevin Colls says Shakespeare's skull is not in his grave. While this has been rumored for more than a century, not everyone agrees with Colls' conclusion.

More than a dozen artists gather behind the Tiny Desk to celebrate Memphis soul in a joyful, triumphant performance.

A complex of four or five auto dealerships is being proposed for 40 acres of land near where the new light rail will run through University City.On Monday…

Jurors will continue deliberations in the rape trial of Kevin Olsen Tuesday morning. After deliberating for a couple of hours Monday, they asked Superior…

About 80 percent of Americans will see their tax bills rise if the Bush-era tax cuts are allowed to expire at the end of this year. But those who will take the largest hit are those with the highest incomes.

When volunteer firefighters in the city of West, Texas, about 20 miles north of Waco, arrived to battle a fire at a fertilizer plant, they encountered a disaster in the making. Steve Inskeep and David Greene have more details on the explosion that followed Wednesday night.

A 16-year-old Albemarle High School student is in the hospital after being shot twice on Tuesday morning, just before school started.After shooting the…

One of hip-hop's most revered producers brings his songs to life behind the Tiny Desk, with the help of a four-piece band.

Four people were murdered in Charlotte in separate incidents over the Memorial Day weekend, bringing the total number of homicides in Charlotte so far…

Winters was best known for creating a repertory company of characters that he carried around in his head. In 2000, he told NPR's Scott Simon how he built that cast, after taking some advice from another performer.

State Representative William Brawley has declared negotiations with the city of Charlotte at "an impasse" over who will control the airport. On Tuesday,…

Also: What to do when a book makes you cry on public transportation; Amazon launches its own currency; and Ping Fu's memoir comes under attack.

The decision by the Justice Department to not retry McDonnell ends a four-year legal drama that upended a promising political career.

A gunman opened fire during a church service in an area called White Settlement. "Evil walked boldly among us," Sheriff Bill Waybourn said. "Good people raised up and stopped it before it got worse."

The hip-hop band reshapes its hypnotic melodies and serrating beats with the aid of MIDI-triggered robots and a desk full of glass bottles, coffee mugs and a pizza box.

Mona Simpson's new novel focuses on a group of wealthy Santa Monica mothers — juggling families, jobs and packed social calendars — and their immigrant nannies, who make it all work. Critic Jane Ciabattari says the novel is a resonant and timely observation about the gap between Hollywood's haves and have-nots.

Lawrence Peter Berra -- better know by his nickname Yogi -- is better known for his malapropisms and Zen-like quips. But in his new memoir Ten Rings: My Championship Seasons, Berra recounts the players and team spirit that created the Yankees dynasty. Read an excerpt from the book.

Hear a newly unearthed recording of the Miles Davis Quintet from the 1967 Newport Jazz Festival.

The Primetime Emmy Awards will be held Monday night in Los Angeles and broadcast live on NBC and its streaming service Peacock. Keenan Thompson, of Saturday Night Live, will emcee the ceremony.