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The idea of removing the statute had been debated for decades. It will be replaced by a plaque explaining the rationale for its removal from a site near City Hall.

The president has dug in on the issue of raising tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, but GOP lawmakers are lobbying him to back down. Midterm elections kick off Tuesday with the primary in Texas.

Americans tend to have more children in a strong economy. Research suggests that conceptions might be a leading economic indicator — meaning declines in conceptions can predict the next downturn.

Despite public and private lobbying from senior Republicans, the president has not budged on his call for steel and aluminum tariffs, which are expected to be implemented by the White House this week.

The decision to establish an age of consent in the country for the first time follows two cases involving men who had escaped rape charges despite intercourse with 11-year-old girls.

The organization behind the Grammy Awards took a first public step in its attempt to address issues of gender inequality within its organization — and the music industry more broadly.

Democratic leaders in Raleigh are calling for one of their own to step down. According to reporting from left-leaning publication NC Policy Watch, five...

Cobalt used to be a sideshow on the periodic table. Now it's the main event.

The president goes full steam ahead on tariffs. We’ll take a look at whether trade wars are as good and winnable as he says.

Luis Alberto Urrea's latest, based loosely on his own brother's death, follows the members of a vibrant Mexican-American family as they deal with grief and impending death — but also celebrate life.

The violence, which began on Sunday, was reportedly triggered by a road-rage incident in which a Sinhalese Buddhist driver was beaten to death by a Muslim youth.

Plastic hearts cooked in a skillet, a lizard chopped with chives, a world absorbed into a marble. It's all part of a pleasant trip in the psych-pop band's new video.

Director Ava DuVernay's adaptation of the classic novel is devoid of cynicism, full of beautiful images and deeply moving.

CMPD's Sexual Assault Cold Case Unit has charged a 56-year-old Charlotte man with two sexual assaults that happened in the 1990s. The arrest came with the…

Woody Durham, the retired "Voice of the Tar Heels" who called North Carolina football and basketball games for four decades, died Wednesday. He was 76.

Gabriella Papadakis left the rink on the verge of tears after her costume came undone and her breast was briefly exposed. But the dancer and her partner still have a shot at the gold.

This new essay, edited by Ernest Drucker, argues that mass incarceration — more than 2 million Americans are locked up — tears at our social fabric and leaves people with no option but to reoffend.

There's brilliant new music from the Asheville-based quartet. The song, "Van Dyke Brown," is a revelatory coming-of-age tune.

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein joined 19 other Attorneys General in urging the Department of Education and Secretary Betsy DeVos to deny the…

North Carolina has seen several efforts to take partisanship out of redistricting. The latest appeal comes from two Mecklenburg County residents –…