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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and Lauren Cusitello of San Diego, Cali.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and KUT listener Dan Tatje of Georgetown, Texas.

Last October, a developer withdrew plans for a proposed data center in Matthews after residents objected. Now, the same developer is pursuing a new site in North Carolina’s Triad region.

The Education Law Center has released its annual "Making the Grade" report on school funding across the country — and North Carolina is getting an F.

The program under the Senate bill would be limited to families that qualify for Medicaid, which is usually about twice the federal government’s poverty level.

An emergency rental assistance program in Charlotte is set to receive an extra $26.4 million from Mecklenburg County this week.

Charlotte police say they’ve arrested a former pro skateboarder in connection with sexual abuse allegations that go back to 1993.

The Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office says 33-year-old Derrick Geter died Thursday morning. He was housed in the infirmary.

State environmental regulators will hold an online public hearing Tuesday on Duke Energy's plans for a new landfill to handle coal ash from the Allen Steam Station in Belmont.

Regulators have given final approval to rate increases that begin June 1 for customers of Duke Energy's two North Carolina divisions.

North Carolina’s jobless rate fell further in October to 4.1% as the overall number of people employed kept growing. The state Commerce Department unveiled the seasonally adjusted rate on Friday. It compares to a revised September rate of 4.3%.

Latinos in Charlotte gathered Saturday at Johnson C. Smith University at an annual event to honor Afro-Latinos, Latinos of African descent.

Homeland Security Investigations agents made arrests Thursday at an east Charlotte apartment complex without providing warrants to the property manager.

With early voting starting this week, taxpayers in the Union County Public Schools District will have to decide whether to greenlight a $39 million bond package that school officials say will address some of the district’s aging facilities.

A three-judge panel will soon hear a case challenging North Carolina’s legislative and congressional maps, according to court filings released Monday afternoon.

Supplement maker BestCo has been approved for a state grant to expand its facility in Mooresville.

Steelmaker Nucor Corp. announced on Thursday that it will build a $350 million manufacturing plant in Lexington in Davidson County.

North Carolina legislators won’t take up any business during a scheduled three-day reconvened session this week. Legislative leaders agreed last month to return in case there was some urgent business that needed addressing.

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A Charlotte nonprofit is inviting the community to celebrate Afro-Latino traditions through music, dance and history this weekend.