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NPR Film Critic Bob Mondello presents his annual list of top ten films of the year. He says he really could only justify putting nine on the list this year.

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.

The Progressive Insurance spokeswoman joins Miss Chiquita and others. But what about Little Debbie, Elsie the cow and Mrs. Butterworth? They didn't make the list. Whom would you add and delete?

Lucky holders of 20-euro tickets with the number 88008 are celebrating. They have each won 400,000 euros ($440,000), in the top prize of Spain's huge Christmas lottery.

Union County Public Schools celebrated becoming the highest-performing school district in North Carolina. Two months later, the district is embroiled in a bitter dispute over teacher pay.

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.

For a seventh straight week, Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department rules the Billboard 200. On the singles chart, Eminem references both the Steve Miller Band and his own past glory.

Read brief profiles of three top candidates for prime minister in Israel's March 28 election. Voters do not cast ballots for individual candidates but for party lists. Parties are represented in the Knesset according to the percentage of the vote they win.

Video game makers are rolling out their new titles — with a wide range of creativity and style — just in time for the holiday shopping season. Jamin Warren, founder of Kill Screen magazine, shares his top picks.

Tom Terrell has a review of Soul on Top, a re-release of a James Brown recording from 1970. On it, Brown sings jazz tunes such as "September Song" and "What kind of Fool am I?"

Layoffs across the tech sector often leave immigrant workers with a narrow window to either find a new job or leave the country. This is the story of an AI specialist who was laid off from Instagram.

Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley also said he wanted to understand "white rage" in a tense exchange that Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz had with him and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

Congress reconvenes this week with a top priority: electing the leaders of each chamber. Here's a look at the contenders. And, top priorities for Trump's Justice Department.

Donald Trump is the first U.S. president to be impeached twice. In 2021, he was impeached for inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection in the attack on the U.S. Capitol. In 2020, he was impeached for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress related to a phone call made to the president of Ukraine.

Sprint Corporation confirms its two top executives are leaving the company. The Wall Street Journal reports that CEO William Esrey and President Ronald LeMay were forced out in a boardroom dispute over their use of a tax shelter. Matt Hackworth of member station KCUR reports.

The leaders of the Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement division say they are taking aggressive action to combat potential investment fraud related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Social Venture Partners Charlotte is thrilled to announce the return of SEED20 OnStage!

SEED20 OnStage is a celebration of 10 innovative nonprofits in our area who were selected to participate in two months of training, coaching, feedback, and mentoring on how to succinctly and powerfully tell their organization’s story. The culmination of their efforts will be a high-energy event where the nonprofits will compete to win cash awards by making three-minute pitches to a community audience – hopefully including you!

SEED20 Onstage is also an opportunity for audience members to interact and connect with the nonprofit participants to learn more about their mission and opportunities for support and engagement. It’s also an opportunity for all ticket holders, whether attending in person or watching via the Livestream, to vote for the participants to win cash awards the night of the event.

We have been innovating our program over the past two years and the refreshed SEED20 OnStage evening will include:

6:30 PM | Doors open for mingling in the lobby. We ask that all attendees take their seats by 6:55 PM.
7:00 PM | The stage portion of the evening will feature ten nonprofit pitches, an audience text-to-vote to select the top prize winner, a presentation of cash and in-kind awards, and the opportunity to donate directly to those participants who inspired you.
8:30 PM | After the show, in the lobby, while snacking on sweet and savory treats and drinking a celebratory glass of wine, beer or soda, audience members can interact and connect with the stars of the night–the nonprofit presenters–to learn more about their initiatives and opportunities for further support and engagement.

There is nothing like being there in person for SEED20 OnStage.

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.

Also: The status of the trade talks between the U.S. and the E.U. are unclear; there are primary elections in Arizona and Florida today; and somebody mysteriously stole 500 cows in New Zealand.

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