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At a time when refugees are feeling less welcome than ever in the U.S., a group of them have built new lives in a Southern city by sharing their food and culture with locals.

Updated 11 a.m.Five children and two adults were transported to area hospitals with life-threatening injuries following a house fire in east Charlotte…

As of Thursday, after six years, Robert Pittenger no longer represents North Carolina's 9th Congressional District. It's still unclear who the district's…

Throughout his career, which spanned more than half a century, he delighted viewers as an inept stuntman and as Marty Funkhouser. He died on Wednesday after recently being diagnosed with cancer.

In a unanimous voice vote on Wednesday, the Senate confirmed a new permanent head of the Census Bureau who will oversee the 2020 census and inherit seven lawsuits over a new citizenship question.

A profit warning from Apple shows how China's economic slowdown can have ripple effects here in the U.S.

China's space program has landed a wheeled rover on the far side of the moon that's never seen from Earth. It's part of a systematic plan that the country has for space exploration.

A second child has reportedly died from injuries suffered in a house fire in east Charlotte early Wednesday.According to WSOC-TV and the Charlotte…

Herb Kelleher, who died Thursday, was known for building the business on affordable flights, and a culture that put employees and customer service first.

House Democrats pass bills aimed at reopening the government. More U.S. troops are expected to be deployed to the border. And thousands of new homes for Israeli settlers may be built in the West Bank.

The start of the spring semester at Johnson C. Smith University has been delayed two weeks while mold is cleaned in some dorms.Students were scheduled to…

Two South Carolina law officers have been charged in the deaths of two women who drowned while locked in the back of a sheriff's department van during…

A Guatemalan family devastated by a deadly house fire in east Charlotte is receiving help from friends and strangers who are raising funds on their…

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with New York Times reporter Eric Lipton about the number of industry executives and lobbyists running cabinet agencies in the Trump administration.

The Supreme Court is plunging back into the issue of whether electoral districts can be too partisan.Disputes have arisen in cases involving North…

The National Rifle Association has been going international in promoting gun ownership. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Bloomberg reporter Polly Mosendz, who covers the firearms industry.

The shutdown has closed much of the National Marine Fisheries Service, which oversees Bering Sea fisheries off the Alaska coast. Industry workers don't know when boats will get needed authorizations.

The first American woman to direct a feature-length drama, Weber made woman-centered films with daring commentary. She's barely known now, though the rerelease of two major works may change that.

The actor and TV/podcast host answers three questions about the MTV reality show in the North of England modeled after Jersey Shore. Originally broadcast March 24, 2018.

Over 130 critics voted on the best jazz albums of 2018 — celebrated elders dominated the top of the results, but a class of younger musicians is rising.