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Fonda Lee's Jade War is the second volume in her sweeping yet intimate saga about two clans on a small island nation, battling for control over supplies of the magical jade that powers their fighters.

Many people have been left behind as the Charlotte region has thrived and housing costs have boomed. One response has been to increase Charlotte's…

Police are training tattoo artists to identify potential human trafficking. Victims are commonly forced to get a tattoo. A recent workshop in Omaha, Neb., reached nearly 100 tattoo artists.

The London, U.K. band Sons of Kemet brought its carnival rhythm, club abandon and jazz improv to a midnight show at Big Ears in Knoxville, Tenn.

You might look at the dime as a coin, but it’s also a piece of art. Since 1946, the dime has featured a portrait of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and…

The narrow waterways of the Strait of Hormuz have recently been the scene of confrontation but they're also a highway for traders, smugglers and dolphins.

At least 57 prisoners were killed by fellow inmates during a prison riot in northern Brazil in what authorities have described as a "targeted act" by gang members directed at a rival group.

Can a bad mood be contagious? Lulu Miller, from NPR's Invisibilia podcast, examines one of the ways in which we're all connected –- whether we realize it or not.

Democrats begin a second round of debates Tuesday night in Detroit. A vigil is held for shooting victims in Gilroy, Calif. And, Capital One Bank is dealing with a major data breach.

It all started at a hotel high in the mountains of New Hampshire.

Around 175 affordable housing units are being planned for Charlotte’s Ballantyne neighborhood.Real estate firm Northwood Office told the Charlotte Ledger…

Out Oct. 4, the singer-songwriter's new album features a 14-piece orchestra. If All Mirrors' first single is any indication, it'll be a massive, sweeping, intense ride.

If author Dale Beran is to be believed, all the world's an Internet forum. His new book offers an overview of Internet culture and explores the mindset and techniques of early Internet trolls.

Updated at 5:30 p.m. RALEIGH — North Carolina's elections board indicated Tuesday that it could certify suppliers of new voting machines this week while…

The Voice of America has begun a daily radio show in Rohingya, the language spoken by Muslim refugees who have been forced to flee Myanmar. The program is called "Lifeline."

Donald Glover, never one to shy away from making the Internet happy, offers a heartfelt version of the sappy love ballad by Garth Brooks' alter-ego.

NPR's David Greene talks to David Rennie, Beijing bureau chief for The Economist, about the trade talks between the U.S. and China. Another round of talks resumed Tuesday in Shanghai.

The U.S. Treasury Department announced it's imposing sanctions on Iran's foreign minister. NPR's Steve Inskeep discusses the move with Dennis Ross, a former special assistant to President Obama.

We kind of owe recycling to the Mafia and a 1987 garbage barge that couldn't dock anywhere. That's when cities started sending trucks to everyone's homes to pick up glass bottles and cardboard boxes.

Panthers billionaire owner David Tepper believes Charlotte is destined to be the "sports entertainment capital of the Carolinas" — and he's vowing to make…