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Mooresville High School was one of many schools in the Charlotte region where students walked out as part of a nationwide demonstration to bring attention…

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said the state should raise the minimum age of buying assault weapons to 21 and is calling on closing a loophole in state…

Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis is traveling in the Middle East after a two-day trip to Afghanistan. NPR's David Welna is traveling with Mattis and talks with NPR's Ari Shapiro about the Trump Administration's goals to end the war there.

A Bostonian dressed as Elsa from Frozen to mark the city's third nor'easter in 10 days. A police van got stuck in a drift. You know exactly what happens next; please don't accuse us of clickbait here.

President Trump has chosen CNBC contributor Larry Kudlow to be his top economic adviser, replacing Gary Cohn. It's the latest staff change in an administration recently roiled by them.

UNC Charlotte hosted a live-streamed panel this afternoon to discuss campus safety and highlight resources available to students. The discussion followed…

Beginning in the 10th inning, teams will open with a runner already on second. That's one of the rules being tested in hopes of speeding up the pace. Major league extra innings aren't affected. Yet.

An appeals court backs a Texas law banning sanctuary city policies. Supporters of the ban say public safety is at stake. Opponents say it opens the door to racial profiling.

Toys R Us is officially going out of business. Unable to get its finances in order through a months-long bankruptcy process, the retail chain has reached the end of the line.

As Russians prepare to vote for president on Sunday, two distinct views of Vladimir Putin have emerged from young professionals in the Russian city of Tula.

High School athletes often raise money door-to-door for their teams. In Newton, Mass., a football player rang the doorbell of a leading brain injury researcher. Instead of money, he got a talk.

Figuring out what is the best time for schools to open is something parents and schools officials don’t always agree on. Many studies show that later…

Just kidding, it was the frozen chicken — then came the American tax that helped shape the domestic market for trucks.

Audie Cornish of All Things Considered joins the panel as we return to one of our favorite recurring segments: the Regrettable Television Pop Quiz.

There are more than 15,000 sexual assault evidence collection kits in North Carolina that have yet to be tested, according to the numbers compiled by the…

The Carolina Panthers have jettisoned long-time running back Jonathan Stewart.Stewart, who has played all 10 of professional seasons for the Panthers, is…

Kent Anderson's new novel is a sequel to 1997's Night Dogs, and it picks up with antihero Hanson, once an English teacher, now working as a police officer in Oakland — bad attitude entirely intact.

The D.C. native takes her relationship drama to the virtual world in a new video.

The filing deadline for North Carolina congressional and legislative seats passed with Democrats and Republicans making good on goals to compete in every…

In tribute to our guest Andrea Kirby -- a pioneering woman in sportscasting -- we present songs by Southern artists that feature sports ... or at least…