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In NPR's Elise Tries series, correspondent Elise Hu tries out new experiences in East Asia. In this episode from Seoul, K-pop dance steps prove too complicated for completion.

Our first glimpse at Kamaiyah's forthcoming mixtape, Don't Ever Get It Twisted, is a smorgasbord of color, joy and movement.

Officials with an organization in South Carolina that tracks recruitment and retention efforts of teachers statewide say more needs to be done to stem the…

Gas prices went up an average of 11 cents over the past week, following a massive leak in a gas pipeline that’s a major supplier to the Southeast. Some…

Lots of otherwise sensible people follow what’s known as the “5 Second Rule.” They believe if they drop food on the floor and pick it up fast enough, the…

Calls to police and emergency rooms for heroin and opioid overdoses in Rowan County have more than doubled over the past year. That’s according to…

Billionaire Warren Buffett's investment company became Bank of America's biggest stockholder this week and it’s already sitting on a big profit.Berkshire…

The General Assembly gaveled in a special session Wednesday. Their first order of business: Overriding a veto of a bill which changes more than a dozen…

The new 9-speed and 10-speed transmissions are aimed at meeting new federal fuel efficiency standards.

The Russian president says the part of the money will go to complete a new launch facility under construction in the country's far east.

Monday's strike bogged down commuters in the San Francisco area. Member station KQED says some 200,000 people looked for alternative ways to get to work.

Obama picked Indiana, Florida, Louisville and Ohio State to advance to the final four. Unfortunately, the commander in chief has a checkered history picking NCAA winners.

Economists said this means progress in the job market, mostly through a reduction in layoffs.

North Carolina House Republicans presented Monday afternoon their proposed budget for the next two years. In total, the budget spends $20.6 billion.“In…

The USA's northern neighbor stopped distributing cents on Monday. The Canadian government expects to save millions of dollars a year. The case has been made for years that the U.S. should get rid of its penny too. Would that be a good idea?

Concealed handguns could soon be allowed in Mecklenburg county parks and recreational areas.The county doesn’t really have a choice. A state law last year…

The truth about koalas (and athletes) shows what we already know: Not everything is what it seems to be. There are some fictions we are wiling to accept as fact.

The cost of going to a public university has been rising faster in North Carolina than in most other states, but it's still relatively cheap here compared…

The State Department said it made the decision "'out of an abundance of caution." It said that there is the potential that the closures could extend.

Also: The Daily Beast says it has uncovered more plagiarized passages in Jane Goodall's book; Junot Diaz goes head to head with Stephen Colbert on immigration.