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We received nearly 7,000 entries to this year's Tiny Desk Contest. Cast your vote for your favorite entry from Top Shelf.

Nearly 2,000 new top-level Internet domains are becoming available. Which are the most popular so far? And what will become of .com?

In our weekly series, Lost and Found Sound, a collaboration between NPR and independent producers, we learn about self-appointed disc-jockey Eric Byron.

There has been no winner for 35 consecutive drawings, since the last time someone won the top prize on July 19. That streak trails the record of 41 draws set in 2021 and 2022.

Following her duet with Luke Combs at the Grammys, the 1988 song sped to the top of the iTunes chart — streams more than tripled and digital sales shot up more than 38,000%, Billboard says.

Chief Justice John Roberts has declined an invitation to meet with top Senate Democrats over judicial ethics, citing “separation of powers concerns.”

The 2014 Land of Opportunity Study that ranked Charlotte 50 out of 50 for the largest community zones in the nation for economic mobility has been updated with tax returns through 2015. It also separates people by race and ethnicity, allowing a direct comparison between Black, Latino and white residents from different cities.

This week the lore-rich, genre-smashing, entirely anonymous hard-rock band Sleep Token lands its first-ever No. 1 album. Elsewhere, on the Hot 100 singles chart, Kendrick Lamar's "Luther (feat. SZA)" registers a 13th consecutive week at No. 1.

This week, the album at No. 1 on the charts is one everyone saw coming: With the biggest streaming numbers of 2025 and strong sales to boot, Morgan Wallen's I'm the Problem is the chart-topper it had always seemed destined to become.

Bobby Jones built a basketball career on his ability to guard other players, to the point where Nike created a marketing campaign calling him the…

Hickory-based CommScope is about to more than double in size. The telecommunications equipment company says it's buying cable set-top box maker Arris for…

Cris Jacobs and his ace four-piece band stopped by Mountain Stage on Oct. 6, 2019 for a show at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, W.Va.

Charlotte's City Council election is in July. But the May 17 primary helped narrow down the candidates. Here’s who won the Democratic and Republican primaries for mayor and City Council.

While Charlotte was going about planting its iconic trees, the seeds of the American conservation movement were being planted just up the road in…

The City of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County are working together with more than 100 governments and organizations in the 14-county region in North and…

On occasion, we hear stories in the news of animal cruelty perpetrated by owners on their pets. We wondered what happens next? What happens to those…

9:00 Tuesday, February 2, 2015Abraham Lincoln changed millions of lives and the course of history with the Emancipation Proclamation. But did he free the…

From Ferguson to New York, San Bernadino to North Charleston come stories of questionable reactions on the part of police, apparent racial profiling and…

A few years ago a Charlotte bartender named Doc Hendley spent his nights dispensing wine and spirits and his days wondering what more he could do with his…

In his long career as a journalist, Ed Williams had a front row seat to many of the big issues and events that happened in the South, beginning in the…