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The Brazilian singer and guitarist, who won wide acclaim for his abundant technical skill and minimalist style, was behind one of the best-selling jazz albums of all time, 1964's Getz/Gilberto.

LAKE JAMES — Authorities have charged a Henderson County a man after a July 4 personal watercraft collision on Lake James that killed another man.News…

Photographer Adair Rutledge returned to Alabama to learn how the Azalea Trail Maids are redefining what it means to be a symbol of the South — while they wear a 50-pound, custom-made antebellum dress.

Jason Glass of Jeffco Public Schools wants the community to consider tearing down the site of the 1999 shooting, saying it's become a magnet for disturbed individuals obsessed with school shootings.

NPR's Noel King talks to former CNN journalist Isha Sesay about her book: Beneath the Tamarind Tree — A Story of Courage, Family, and the Lost Schoolgirls of Boko Haram.

Hedge fund manager faces allegations of sex trafficking. Iran says it exceeded a second uranium enrichment limit outlined in nuclear deal. And, after 2 powerful quakes, California braces for more.

South Carolina police say two homemade pipe bombs went off in a county courthouse.Pickens Police told news outlets the two devices went off Sunday night…

Marcy Dermansky's new novel is a tart lemonade of a summer read, full of outspoken characters, libidinous activity — much of it unwise — around a swimming pool, and a beautiful standard poodle.

The legendary Brazilian inverted the cacophony of samba, creating a worldwide sensation, forever influencing the sound of an entire country.

A K-9 that ran away after being spooked by Fourth of July fireworks has been found safe in Concord.The Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office says a tip led…

DES MOINES, Iowa — Democrats in the early presidential contest states of Iowa and Nevada will be able to cast their votes over the telephone instead of…

The legendary hip-hop designer is now partnering with the big fashion labels who originally shut him down for bootlegging their logos. He's got a new memoir out, called Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem.

Gov. Roy Cooper signed a bill today that requires public high school students to pass an economics and personal finance class as a graduation requirement.…

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is reviewing the role of human rights in foreign policy, worrying some that he's wants a way to put a conservative spin on what the U.S. calls out in other countries.

For some migrants in Juárez, Mexico, waiting for their asylum claims to be processed means staying in a hot, crowded hotel basement and embarking on a process marked by confusion and randomness.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to former U.S. prosecutor Berit Berger about Jeffrey Epstein's 2008 plea deal. Alex Acosta, the U.S. labor secretary, faces scrutiny for his past role in brokering the deal.

After Alaska's governor called a special session, feuding lawmakers gathered in two separate cities — making it difficult to reach an agreement on funding measures for the state.

Craig Davidson's new novel follows a group of kids through a strange summer of hunting urban legends — it's a coming-of-age story that's also about loss, particularly what we lose when we grow up.

Philadelphia parks officials have implemented a device called the Mosquito, which only people under age 25 can hear, in an effort to decrease loitering and vandalism late at night.

COLUMBIA, N.C. -- A North Carolina seafood company has been charged with selling almost 200,000 pounds of foreign crab meat falsely labeled domestic…