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A Colorado man is suing Bank of America over trademarks for its use of Erica, the virtual assistant the Charlotte-based bank created to help customers who…

Police have arrested a man in connection with a homicide in northeast Charlotte in March.CMPD says officers arrested Jamarr James, 26, Wednesday. James…

It's never easy to be laid off, but a Charlotte-based band is trying to make it easier.The Business People, a rock band formed in 2010, are throwing a…

Updated at 5:29 p.m. The Mecklenburg County Health Department reports a new case of Hepatitis A from a worker at the Village Tavern in Charlotte. This…

At a concert in Los Angeles this week in honor of her 75th birthday, Joni Mitchell listened carefully as a hand-picked group of peers and protégés entered into a dialogue with her inexhaustible voice.

West Charlotte High School is celebrating its 80th anniversary this weekend. Through the 70s, 80s and 90s the school served as a national model for…

For the last seven years, the Lake Norman Charter School has held its spring graduation at The Park Church in Charlotte.But a Washington D.C.-based group,…

The 401(k) retirement plan turned 40 this week! Today on the show, we chronicle the rise of the 401(k), the fall of the pension, and talk to the man who started it all.

Democrat Rachel Hunt has taken a 64-vote lead over Republican Bill Brawley in the race for N.C. House seat 103, Mecklenburg elections director Michael…

Hye-young Pyun's new novel, about an exterminator on a work trip to a nameless dystopian country, has overtones of Kafka, Stephen King and J.G. Ballard. It's grim, it's gross, and it's unputdownable.

Wildfires across California are fueled by late-season Santa Ana winds. The Camp Fire in northern California destroyed the town of Paradise while more fires threaten southern parts of California.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with ESPN's Howard Bryant about the start of the NBA season and the lack of breakout teams in the NFL.

For decades the Navajo Generating Station provided a good livelihood for Navajo and Hopi tribes. But the plant is scheduled to close next year, leaving 500 workers scrambling for an alternative.

Originally published Nov. 7Catch up on the week's news with a roundtable of reporters on the Charlotte Talks’ local news roundup.After a big week in…

Not a day goes by that my dad, former Army Staff Sgt. Tom Frame, doesn't think about the men who fought and died alongside him in Vietnam.In recent years…

In a speech at the Arc de Triomphe, French President Emmanuel Macron took aim at the style of nationalism that has been embraced by President Trump.

A police chief in Albemarle, North Carolina, says that a suspect stood up through a car's sunroof and fired a rifle at one of his officers in a police…

More than a year after it was hit by a drunken driver, the gold-colored statue of Hugh McManaway was reinstalled at the intersection of Providence and…

The search continues for a 13-year-old Lumberton girl who was abducted outside her home the morning of Nov. 5.The Lumberton Police Department and the FBI…

In Huntersville, a new commission that is studying charter schools and other educational options held its first meeting Monday night.The 11-member…