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The Philadelphia rapper became a bellwether for criminal justice reform due to his own court case last year. Now, he's putting his platform into his music.

A debate is intensifying over whether Charlotte should host the 2020 Republican National Convention if it's chosen at the end of this month. The matter…

With less than a year before the U.K. leaves the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May takes her cabinet on a retreat, hoping to agree on a approach to negotiating the terms of Brexit.

A group of Republican senators visited Moscow to deliver a warning to Russian President Vladimir Putin not to meddle in midterm elections. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.).

Duke Energy will begin offering solar rebates Monday in North Carolina. Solar energy advocates say it could help speed installations of rooftop solar…

The police officer, who shot the motorist at a checkpoint on Tuesday, has changed his story about the circumstances of the incident. On Friday he was charged with manslaughter.

When Rosemary's Baby hit the best-seller lists in 1967, it spawned a boom in paperback horror novels. All but forgotten today, they're a wacky feast of killer crabs, evil dolls and busy skeletons.

Tyler's new novel — her 21st — follows a woman who thinks she's at the end of the road, widowed and settled into a lonely life, when a mistaken call for help turns her world upside down.

Ten years ago, Sister Rita Clare Yoches was playing professional football for the Detroit Demolition. NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks with her about her journey from pro athlete to nun.

Michel Martin speaks to Holly Hart of the United Steel Workers Union about its support of the administration's tariffs.

When she was in her 20s, dancer Gesel Mason started emailing choreographers she admired, asking them to create a solo for her. To her surprise, many of them said yes.

On Sunday, four of the trapped soccer players had been freed from a flooded cave. A second round of rescues has begun. The operation is complicated and is an hours-long process.

Here's the most recent research on screens — just in time for summer, when kids are sure to have them out.

Charlotte Area Transit System says damage to overhead power lines early Monday morning has interrupted service on the Blue Line light rail between UNC…

David Bazan brings the downcast indie-rock banger to its raging crisis. In the process, he resurrects the sonic sphere of Pedro the Lion.

Members of several church groups from the Carolinas are stuck in Haiti following multiple days of violent protests in the country over high gas prices.…

Every time the yield curve has inverted since 1970, the economy has fallen into recession. It's getting close to inverting now, but it may no longer be the recession predictor it once was.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with New York Times reporter Jim Tankersley, about people rushing to finalize divorces so they can deduct alimony payments before the new tax law kicks in.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with author James Crabtree about his book The Billionaire Raj. The book talks about the growth of super-wealthy Indians and why there are so many.

As the climate warms, temperatures are spiking and heat waves are more frequent. Phoenix — one of the country's hottest cities — aims to be a model in figuring out how to keep people cool.