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In some rural North Carolina counties, sheriffs are taking advantage of a state law passed in 2013 that allows them to recruit armed volunteers for school…

NPR is doing a series of personal finance stories with some looking at the best ways to make a budget and stick to it and we want to hear from you about your struggles and successes.

Our first mix of new music in 2019 includes a spare heartbreaker from Lana Del Rey, the sharp guitar pop of Telekinesis, a candid takedown from Stella Donnelly and more.

The U.S. Supreme Court is leaving in place a decision that barred Rowan County commissioners from opening meetings with Christian prayers.The high court’s…

The head of Charlotte Area Transit System says property owners and other private partners will be needed to help pay for the estimated $6-8 billion in…

Electricity rates will increase slightly for thousands of households in central and western North Carolina even though state regulators rejected Duke…

Hear sets from Courtney Barnett, Margo Price, Lucius, Fantastic Negrito and more during the live stream of the Newport Folk Festival.

Musical theater fans were in a frenzy Wednesday morning as tickets went on sale for "Hamilton" - the blockbuster musical that comes to Charlotte Oct. 10 -…

Almost 300,000 North Carolinians without health insurance could get a plan with no monthly premiums on the federal marketplace. That’s according to a…

Watch Caleb Teicher tap his way through Bach's Goldberg Variationswith pianist Conrad Tao at the Steinway factory in New York.

Democratic newcomers unseated all three Republican incumbents on the Mecklenburg County Commission Tuesday to create the first all-Democrat county…

Republican State Senator Dan Bishop of Mecklenburg County said Tuesday that his colleague, GOP House member Andy Dulin, should step down after it was…

Miller, who died last month, will be remembered by friends and collaborators at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on the evening of Oct. 31.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is making judicial appointments to the state superior court less than a week before an amendment challenging his power to…

The streets of uptown filled with music and color as the annual Charlotte Pride Festival took place this past weekend. Two days of celebration wrapped up…

This week, Starbucks opens its first location in Italy. The new store is in Milan, which former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz credits with the inspiration for the company.

Are you fired up to vote in this election?

Early voting started in North Carolina today, with 19 polling places opened across Mecklenburg County. The county board of elections estimated more than…

A 7.3-magnitude earthquake rattled the nerves of an area that was devastated by a 9.0-magnitude quake and tsunami that hit in 2011. So far, there have been no reports of serious damage.

Scientists believe a long-lost land mass, sandwiched between the land masses that make up today's India and Madagascar, was lost on the sea tens of millions of years ago.