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Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta is defending a plea deal he oversaw nearly a dozen years ago as a U.S. attorney in Florida. Also, a major teachers' union is suing the U.S. Department of Education.

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A man who federal agents said exploded two bombs outside a South Carolina courthouse had his lawsuit about poor jail conditions in the…

Pablo Medina's The Cuban Comedy walks a fine line between poetry and political satire. It follows a woman in rural 1960s Cuba who longs to be a poet, and the troubles she faces when she succeeds.

Police say they've charged a second person with murder in connection with a deadly shooting at a south Charlotte restaurant earlier this…

We lost one of Charlotte’s true characters the other day. His name was Greg Good but you probably knew him as the Catman. The cameras would find him at…

New tech and automation have caused banks to adjust to how people today interact (or don't) with money.

It’s called the Innovation Barn. And it’s meant to showcase local businesses – like a restaurant and coffee shop - that produce zero waste. Amy Ausseieker…

Summer fun is all around for this second weekend in July. Live performances, festivals and more coming up in the Charlotte area. Joining "All Things…

A paste made from chickpeas, soy, peanuts and bananas is the result of years of work studying the bacteria that live in the human gut.

Scientists say there's a mass of seaweed stretching from the Gulf of Mexico to West Africa. They call it the biggest seaweed bloom in the world and that it's a signal of a new normal.

NPR's Ari Shapiro, speaks with Iain Dale, host of London radio station LBC, about the race for prime minister in the U.K. and the candidates, Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson.

Heavy rains are predicted in Louisiana and Mississippi with the expected arrival of a tropical system swirling in the Gulf of Mexico. Flooding is a major concern in areas already saturated by water.

Richard Billingham documented his parents' neglect and abuse in previous documentary projects. His first narrative film captures their brutality even as it affords them some measure of dignity.

The latest summer action-comedy to attempt to satirize summer action-comedies by upping the violence, Stuberwastes its two charismatic leads in an unfunny riff on 2004's Collateral.

Director Lynn Shelton and writer Mike O'Brien constructed an outline and got a cast of great comics to improvise the details in this agreeably loose comedy about an antique sword.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Joan Donovan, director of the Shorenstein Center's Technology and Social Change Research Project, about how tech platforms are approaching far-right social media posts.

It was a tough week for the agency in charge of implementing Trump's ambitious plans to reduce drug costs. The administration rolled back one plan and had another shot down in court.

"I did not want there to be a perception that I was riding with another female and that something promiscuous was going on or anything like that," Robert Foster told NPR.

To honor the anniversary, Mattel has come out with a Bowie Barbie that channels the pop icon's alter ego Ziggy Stardust. She's got the red mullet, gold makeup and the iconic metallic spacesuit.

In rural Minnesota, local dairy farmers rely on Hispanic immigrants for labor. And as agents arrest employees on their way to their jobs, farmers are pushing back.