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The group overseeing the fund for victims of the Parkland, Fla., shooting met Tuesday to discuss how the funds will be distributed. As of now, more than $7.5 million has been collected.

The report card is out on how the nation, states and some urban school districts have done over the past two years. It shows that not much has changed.The…

President Trump has directed federal agencies to look for ways to strengthen work requirements for various aid programs, including Medicaid, food stamps, housing assistance and cash welfare.

Gunmen opened fire at the prison in Para state in northern Brazil in an effort to aid a breakout, but most of the dead were either inmates or their would-be liberators.

Tyler Childers writes songs about hard lives and hard love with direct heart and a soulful Kentucky drawl.

Most of the artists on this playlist were suggested by Webb Hubbell, native of Arkansas and the guest on the most recent episode of SouthBound. (Jimmy…

Dianne Reeves, Pat Metheny, Joanne Brackeen and Todd Barkan are recipients of the 2018 Jazz Masters award — the highest honor the U.S. gives to a jazz musician or advocate.

The teachers are demanding a 20 percent pay raise. Their action follows similar protests in Oklahoma, Kentucky and West Virginia.

One of country music's best voices delivers a subtly feminist statement on the double standards of grief and presentation.

America has a love affair with advice columns. We’ll tour the rich history and racy questions from a new generation.

The CBO projects the federal budget deficit could top 800 billion dollars this year... and reach a cool trillion by 2020. So ... what?

"There's something weirdly serene about a film that doesn't try any harder than it must," says critic Chris Klimek.

Police arrested two people following a high-speed chase that started in northwest Charlotte and ended in Gaston County Wednesday afternoon. The two people…

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Superintendent Clayton Wilcox presented an ambitious budget to school board members last night that will require an increase of $40…

Residents of Douma in Syria are evacuating this week after a reported chemical attack. Mahmoud Bwedany was in Douma when Syrian government forces began their assault. Mouaid El Deen left earlier.

For 6 1/2 years, Barbara J. King has written commentaries for NPR on everything from animals and anthropology to gender and higher education. Here, she offers up some of her favorite pieces.

The late gospel singer and guitarist will get an overdue recognition for her crucial influence on early rock and roll, joining a class of inductees that includes Bon Jovi, Dire Straits and The Cars.

Cassidy Hooper, 22, is pretty typical for a college student. She's trying to keep up with sociology and American government classes at Central Piedmont…

Vice President Mike Pence will visit Charlotte on April 20, according to a statement released by Congressman Robert Pittenger's office. Pence will join…

The Lanesboro Correctional Institution is currently on lockdown after a stabbing that injured two inmates and a correctional officer Thursday morning.An…