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The IMF's board expressed "full confidence" in Managing Director Christine Lagarde after she was convicted of negligence for improperly overseeing a 2008 case when she was France's finance minister.

Musicians Lydia Liza and Josiah Lemanski have reimagined the holiday classic to emphasize consent — but at the time it was written, the song was actually something of a feminist anthem.

Need some podcasts to listen to on your way home for the holidays? We recommend 19 specific episodes of (non-NPR) shows that dropped in 2016.

In a fashion industry dominated by whiteness, Machado was a Portuguese-Chinese superstar — and a force to be reckoned with. She blazed trails on runways, in photos and on magazine mastheads.

Associated Press Photographer Burhan Ozbilici was at Monday's event at an art gallery in Ankara when a shooter suddenly took the life of Russia's ambassador to Turkey. Ozbilici recalls what happened.

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Stefan Kornelius of the newspaper Süeddeutsche Zeitung about the political reaction in Germany to Monday's attack on a Christmas market in Berlin.

The White House ordered an indefinite ban on offshore oil drilling in large parts of the Atlantic and Arctic oceans. Officials say President-elect Trump will not be able to automatically overturn it.

Climate scientists say polar bears have been showing up more frequently in villages along Alaska's North Slope.

A high school student from eastern North Carolina has helped the state's first licensed female doctor receive more recognition in Charlotte. The North…

Two top running backs, Stanford's Christian McCaffrey and LSU's Leonard Fournette, have said they won't play in their respective bowl games in order to start preparations for the NFL draft.

New Delhi's citizens are increasingly voting with their feet and leaving the city in search for less polluted air. India's capital is thought to have some of the world's most polluted air.

President Obama has placed large sections of the Arctic and the Atlantic Oceans off limits to oil drilling. The oil industry wants President-elect Trump to overturn the order when he takes office.

Moshow goes by the name "The Cat Rapper," and he owns not one but four cats. Recently, he even made a video with the Humane Society called "Adopt A Cat."

Liz Harris' new 7" is a muted meditation that sighs with stark melancholy, "My head hurts."

It’s been another day of surprises with House Bill 2, Charlotte, and the city’s non-discrimination ordinance. The Charlotte City Council met again…

RALEIGH, N.C. — A deal to undo House Bill 2 fell apart Wednesday night when legislators couldn't agree on a plan to the repeal the measure, a sign of the…

Also: President-elect Trump visits North Carolina for one of his "Thank You" rallies; the U.S. will return land to Japan on Okinawa; and a transformer fire caused foam to fill a Philadelphia street.

A hunger researcher and two restaurateurs teamed up to open EAT Café, a restaurant that aims to provide a sit-down dining experience even to people who typically can't afford to eat at restaurants.

Charlotte Area Transit System has begun planning for an overhaul of the region's bus system. CATS CEO John Lewis says the goal of the Envision My Ride…

Nobody was injured in the accident, which took a long time to unfold. Vehicle after vehicle — including a police car with its lights on, and one surprising addition we won't spoil for you — slid in.