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Rodger McDaniel grew up to the sounds of his dad's guitar, a memory eclipsed by his dad's addiction. Finding the guitar 25 years after his death helped transform McDaniel's memory of his dad.

Behind musical legends like Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley and Ray Charles is one timeless genre that spans across lifetimes: gospel music.

As north Mecklenburg County and the Lake Norman area have grown over the past few decades, newcomers have brought higher incomes — and skyrocketing…

Now here’s a college class that sounds like it’s worth the tuition.Pat McCrory, former mayor of Charlotte and governor of North Carolina, is teaching a…

Updated 6:20 p.m., Feb. 1, 2019Officials at High Point University gave Greensboro-based Bennett College $1 million in the form of a 48-hour challenge…

Sportswriter Ray Ratto believes you're hating the New England Patriots for all the wrong reasons. NPR's Ari Shapiro chats with Ratto ahead of Sunday's Super Bowl.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Ben Sinclair and Katja Blichfeld, the co-creators of the TV series High Maintenance. The show is now in its third season on HBO.

Fairly dividing goods is one of the hardest problems economists face. NPR's Planet Money talks to economists about how best to solve it.

Rigoberto Reyes, founder of Amigos Car Club in San Diego, California shares the story of how he became a lowrider and activist.

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After being indicted last November along with four others, the Brooklyn rapper pleaded guilty last week to nine counts including racketeering and drug trafficking.

Caleb Roehrig's new YA thriller follows socialite-turned-cat burglar Margo Manning and her crew of kickboxing drag queens as they take on one last multimillion-dollar heist — and its consequences.

As more states legalize marijuana, there are growing calls from professional football players to let them use pot to manage and alleviate their pain.

The NASCAR Hall of Fame is holding its induction day today, following the announcement yesterday evening that Jeff Gordon, Roger Penske, Davey Allison,…

An investigation by two South Carolina newspapers found law enforcement agencies over three years seized $17 million from people in South Carolina they…

Oscar-nominated composer Britell seeks out sounds that capture a movie's essence. Kevin Whitehead reviews a new release of Oscar Peterson's Motions & Emotions. Nunez discusses her novel, Friend.

Our panelists predict what we will find under all this ice when it finally melts.

Lulu Wang's film, The Farewell, asks whether honesty is always the best path forward.

The Charlotte Area Transit System Monday is implementing changes on several of its bus routes. For example, the Route 3 bus in north Charlotte will now…

The neighborhood around Kilborne Park in east Charlotte doesn’t look so different than those that surround it. It has a couple of apartment complexes and…