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Environmental advocates are warning that a state regulatory change could increase air pollution while shielding the polluters from public scrutiny.…

Imagine: You are relocated to another country after months, if not years, of desperate and courageous efforts to protect your family. You essentially…

Visitors to Charleston International soon will be greeted with a new name on the passenger terminal.The board that operates the airport has voted to name…

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz play a word game with KANW and KUNM listener Kirstie Newman of Santa Fe, N.M.

The leader of hip-hop boy band BROCKHAMPTON releases his latest song "Peach" in preparation for his album, ARIZONA baby.

The suspect in Tuesday's deadly shooting at UNC Charlotte is being held without bail at Mecklenburg County Jail, facing murder, attempted murder and other…

"Higher" is the first official song from Nipsey Hussle released posthumously since his untimely death in March. Proceeds will go directly to the late rapper's children.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Weekend Edition's puzzlemaster Will Shortz play a word game with KUCV listener Eugene Clausen of Lincoln, Neb.

An effort to give two Mecklenburg County towns authority to start their own charter schools could be expanding. Huntersville commissioners Monday evening…

Updated at 5:55 p.m. - Another town wants in on the bill that would allow the south Mecklenburg towns of Matthews and Mint Hill to create their own…

After a 7.5-magnitude earthquake catalyzed a tsunami, survivors in the coastal city of Palu, on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, are struggling. The BBC reports that the death toll is

Are you in over your head with debt? NPR wants to hear from you. In a few sentences tell us a bit about yourself, your situation and your major stumbling blocks with getting out of debt.

Updated at 6:30 p.m.The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department has no plans to seek surplus military weapons, vehicles, or other equipment as newly…

WMOT — in collaboration with World Cafe, VuHaus and NPR Music — brings you a full day of performances streaming live from the Americana Music Festival & Conference in Nashville, Tenn.

Last week a Superior Court Judge ordered the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department to release footage of an officer-involved shooting that resulted in…

Mitch Seavey is 53. His son Dallas holds the record as the youngest musher to win the race. He was 25 when his team finished the 1,000-mile course first in 2012.

Over the past year, small, elfin creatures started springing up all around Oakland, Calif., on the base of utility poles. The local utility had vowed to remove them but now says the paintings can stay.

The housing market continues to show signs that it's on the mend. Both sales and prices are up from a year ago.

The second unmanned commercial space mission to the International Space Station returns with more than 1 ton of cargo.

The Federal Trade Commission has given its OK to Duke Energy's planned acquisition of Piedmont Natural Gas, the companies said Tuesday. The two Charlotte…