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North Carolina health officials have chosen 17 school districts to pilot rapid COVID-19 testing in schools, and none of the state’s largest districts is among them.

Afghanistan's interior ministry said at least 57 others were wounded in the bombing outside of an education center in a heavily Shiite neighborhood in Kabul.

North Carolina on Friday reported a new record high in the number of daily coronavirus cases for the second day in a row. On Thursday, the state’s Department of Health and Human Services reported 2,532 new cases. That number jumped to 2,684 the following day.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro plays the puzzle with Steve Becker of Grantham, N.H and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

Universal Music Publishing Group announced Monday that it had bought the lucrative publishing rights to over 600 Bob Dylan songs. The deal is worth a reported $300 million.

Listener Rick Tett plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

Charlotte's Latin American Coalition celebrates its 30th birthday Thursday. It's seen big changes since its founding by Latino leaders who wanted to organize cultural events for what then was still a small community.

Mars will be in "opposition" on Oct. 13: the sun and Mars will be on opposite sides of Earth. It's going to be ideal for viewing the red planet.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern appointed Nanaia Mahuta to the role of Minister of Foreign Affairs, the nation's first Indigenous woman to hold the position.

Investors are betting that Democrats could take control of the White House and the Senate, increasing the prospect of passing a new relief package once the election is over.

Republican U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson won reelection in North Carolina's 8th Congressional District.

NPR's Scott Simon remembers Rose Liberto, a nurse at Atrium Health North East Hospital in Charlotte, N.C., who died of COVID-19. She was 64.

D.C. is home to 700,000 people. The city is far more than merely the seat of our federal government. What's it been like to live and work in the city after a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol?

Anti-fascist protesters carried signs rejecting Joe Biden's presidency and scuffled with law enforcement in Portland, Ore., on Wednesday.

Those indicted have ties to what the Justice Department calls "a paramilitary organization focused on recruitment of current and former military, law enforcement, and first responder personnel."

In 2006, Spektor's album Begin to Hope helped cement her place as a pop phenomenon. Its success was buoyed by the hit "Fidelity," which is one of several songs Spektor performed on Mountain Stage.

Updated 3:15 p.m. Oct. 7About 25 solar-curious people pedaled around the Plaza Midwood neighborhood Oct. 5 in the Charlotte Solar Homes Cycling Tour.The…

The system will detect the beginning of a quake and send out alerts warning residents that they have a few seconds to prepare for a possibly deadly temblor.

More than 1,000 people had gathered at a hall in a Shiite neighborhood to celebrate a wedding. On Sunday, the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.

The veteran band's new single is a gritty swamp-rock critique of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and the powers that have kept it open.