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"When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings," originally sung by Tim Blake Nelson and Willie Watson in the film The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,gets a delicate reworking ahead of the Oscars.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said now is the time to expand Medicaid coverage. North Carolina is one of 14 states that hasn’t yet expanded government…

Last Wednesday night, Charlotte Mecklenburg police set up a “saturation patrol” in east Charlotte. There had recently been a DWI-related traffic fatality…

Gov. Roy Cooper today appointed Justice Cheri Beasley to serve as chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, making her the first African-American…

The Recording Academy stepped up on Sunday, giving major awards to Childish Gambino, Cardi B and Drake, but these efforts might be too late to make up for decades of turning its back on the genre.

Two Latino advocacy groups in North Carolina are establishing a legal fund for immigrants arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.The Raleigh News…

CMS officials are updating the district’s student wellness policy to include a greater focus on student mental health needs.The current policy focuses on…

Steve Inskeep talks to U.S. Special Representative to Iran Brian Hook about State Department leaders meeting in Europe amid ongoing divisions over the Trump administration's exit from the Iran deal.

President Trump is not happy with a budget deal but thinks a government shutdown is unlikely. A drug lord is convicted on all charges. Migrant children are sent to a Florida shelter — we get a tour.

You might know actor Ken Jeong from the movie The Hangover. NPR's David Greene talks to him about his new Netflix special, and how he went from being a medical doctor to a comedian and actor.

The voices of Amelia Meath, Molly Erin Sarlé and Alexandra Sauser-Monnig come together behind the Tiny Desk, with songs that conjure a simpler life: dogs, friends, moonlight or skinny dipping.

Councilwoman LaWana Mayfield has resigned from a state commission just after her appointment to another commission was rescinded and she was criticized…

Some say Germany will force the EU to give Britain a good Brexit deal because it's a good market for German goods. But regrets about Britain leaving the EU appear to be more emotional than economic.

Lauren Wilkinson's debut novel follows the life and career of an African American FBI agent who's recruited by the CIA to aid in the overthrow of a charismatic African leader.

Charlotte activists have planned a "Day Without Immigrants" march for Monday to support the city's immigrant population and oppose U.S. Immigration and…

A bipartisan group of North Carolina legislators said Wednesday they will file a bill to create an 11-member independent body to draw the state’s…

The presiding judge overseeing the trial of Rayquan Borum said Wednesday that the trial is expected to be a lengthy one—three to four weeks. But first a…

Kentucky native Joan Osborne started her music career in 1996 with a Grammy-winning record Relish. Decades later, she continues to explore her vocal versatility.

The doctor-turned-actor released a new comedy special on Valentine's Day. It's dedicated to the woman whose sense of humor, especially while facing aggressive breast cancer, made his career possible.

The songwriting of this Boston-born artist is sly, mellifluous and bitingly honest. Her latest, "Whorey Heart," illustrates the emotive see-saw of trying to cut someone off.