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Updated: 12:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12More than a year after it was knocked down by an errant driver, the statue of Hugh McManaway returned — fully repaired…

You may not know it, but companies are silently scoring you... and using that score to figure out how to treat you.

Syrians who've allied with U.S. forces in the fight against ISIS are now worried about their security and future after President Trump's sudden decision to withdraw troops from the country.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to technology and science writer Annalee Newitz about Google's "Duplex" — an app that acts as your personal assistant.

The 2018 farm bill legalized industrial hemp, after decades of restrictions. Hemp looks like marijuana, it smells like marijuana, but it's not marijuana. Hemp growers are now anticipating a boom.

Host Ari Shapiro speaks to the natural historian Sir David Attenborough, who began making documentaries and TV programs in the 1950s. Wherever he went in the world, he also recorded music. Dozens of those recordings have now been released in a new collection, called "David Attenborough: My Field Recordings from Across the Planet."

In Raqqa, where many streets are still filled with rubble from the battle to force out ISIS a year ago, people are shocked and worried about the U.S. decision to pull out of Syria.

The band performs songs from its first album of holiday songs, including one inspired by the Ramones.

A look back at the extraordinary creative souls we lost in 2018, from producer Richard Swift and opera singer Montserrat Caballé to rapper Mac Miller and Aretha Franklin.

Flames engulfed a family’s one-story home Christmas night on Everette Keith Road, causing extensive damage. The Huntersville Fire Department said the…

Authorities in Stanly County say two people died in a house fire early Wednesday morning in the town of Badin.Police told the Stanly News & Press that a…

2018 was a rough year for the housing market. We take a look at what happened.

Washington Post reporter Chelsea Janes is switching from the Washington Nationals beat to the 2020 presidential campaign and discusses the differences and similarities of covering politics and sports.

A dog-walking app named "Wag" just got a $300 million investment from Saudi Arabia. The big business is increasingly crowding out the independent dog walking companies that used to dominate.

This year saw a historic reduction in the number of refugees allowed to resettle in the U.S. Next year will be similar — reshaping the U.S.'s role in the world amid a refugee crisis.

Retired army captain Jair Bolsonaro will be inaugurated as Brazil's president on New Year's Day. His homophobic record and far right views alarm LGBT Brazilians who fear losing the right to marry.

Jemisin is the only author to win three Hugo Awards in a row — for her Broken Earth trilogy, which begins with an apocalypse. She says she likes to explore what apocalypses mean for different people.

The University of Southern Indiana is experimenting with small houses designed for the elderly to maintain independence. The school is considering building an inter-generational village.

In a restaurant world dominated by men, Crenn recently became the first female chef in the U.S. awarded three Michelin stars. It's "showing young girls you can achieve a lot in your life," she says.

This year brought memoirs from several former Trump administration officials, investigations by journalists reporting on Trump's White House — and a look back from former first lady Michelle Obama.