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Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools officials are in the process of interviewing candidates for a new Crisis Response Director for the district.According to the…

Our pals Josh Barro of New York Magazine and Jennifer Doleac from Texas A&M tell us what they're keeping an eye on in 2019.

How is the resignation of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis playing abroad? NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Bobby Ghosh, Foreign Affairs editor and columnist for Bloomberg Opinion, based in London.

Mecklenburg County’s newly-elected sheriff is temporarily restoring in-person visits at the county jail during Christmas week.That’s after the previous…

North Carolina's top elections official issued an urgent plea nearly two years ago for the Trump administration to file criminal charges against the man…

Monáe's Dirty Computer can be found on just about every list of the best albums of 2018 — and it topped NPR's. The songwriter, actress and self-styled media exec says it could only have happened now.

With the help of American volunteers, a family of refugees from the Democratic Republic Congo is navigating a new life and establishing new holiday traditions.

Holiday season is party season. Hosts decorate their homes with trees, flowers and candles in the windows to make them cozy and festive. Yet so many parties end up in the kitchen. Why?

Our panelists predict what Mark Zuckerberg will get for Christmas.

Many independent businesses use Amazon to sell goods. But thanks to a new deal between Amazon and Apple, some small businesses selling used Apple products are unable to sell through Amazon.

Many people enjoy baking holiday cookies, but cookie making and decorating have become a big business for companies and for private individuals who see it as a delicious art form.

"Merry Christmas" showcases classic songs and McComb's powerful voice. She tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about growing up singing and about Christmas at home in France.

Despite gridlock in Washington, D.C., more than 1,500 military personnel and volunteers at a Colorado Air Force base will be hard at work Christmas Eve, tracking Santa and answering children's calls.

There’s a good chance that the live Christmas tree in your living room was grown in North Carolina. But there’s also a good chance that some of the…

Grief can be amplified this time of year, whether you celebrate Christmas or Hanukkah. Honoring the memory of late family members helps many NPR listeners and readers process their heartache.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police department has identified a man who was found dead in a Matthews home Sunday afternoon.Police said 54-year-old Keith…

Our list of the year's best hip-hop is an encapsulation of a year awash in trolls and tabloid fodder, grief and grit and escapist fantasy, and also an attempt to extract meaning from the chaos.

Jackie Hoffman grew up speaking what her mother called "kitchen Yiddish" — a few words here and there. Now, she's dusting off the mama-loshen(mother tongue) for a production of the 1964 musical.

The federal government is likely to remain partially shut down until after the new year. The death toll is expected to rise after a tsunami hit Indonesia. U.S. troops wind down their mission in Syria.

An LAPD detective with a murky past appears in every scene of Karyn Kusama's new drama. Light and dark, male and female, hero and antihero, it's a thriller that plays with the conventions of noir.