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David Tepper makes another coaching change. Panthers Coach Matt Rhule is out. CATS CEO John Lewis resigns. The Brooklyn Village mixed-use development project is on track to start construction, but concerns remain over the amount of affordable housing included. CMPD releases third-quarter crime numbers. Crime is up. And Lamelo Ball may miss the Hornets' season opener because of a sprained ankle. Mike Collins and our roundtable of reporters detail those and other stories.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools increases the number of days of in-person learning for students, but what does that mean for the rest of this year? Gov. Roy Cooper and state lawmakers agree on a compromise to reopen schools across the state. Fewer people are getting COVID-19 tests, so cases reported are dropping — but that hurts in predicting any future upticks. And we get an update on the former residents of "Tent City."

Schools in multiple area counties receive numerous bomb threats resulting in lockdowns and a promise to prosecute the perpetrator or perpetrators. Unruly behavior at Carowinds results in a chaperone rule. Actors Theatre is set to close its doors for good. Gaston County Schools continues to have payroll problems. And CATS drivers vote on a new contract.

Nearly 20 years after the Charlotte Sting disbanded, the Queen City buzzes again with talk of women’s basketball. We discuss the latest developments and the potential for more women’s basketball coming to Charlotte.

A new bill — The Women’s Safety and Protection Act — is under consideration in the state Senate, which would require individuals to use restrooms in public schools and some government-funded buildings based on the sex listed on their birth certificates. It would also restrict other rights. We look at the bill and hear from those in favor and those against.

In Silicon Valley, there is a group referred to as the PayPal Mafia — the founders and employees of PayPal who later started their own successful tech companies. In Charlotte, we have the Passport Mafia which springs from a company called Passport, which provided employees with experience in building a business and helped birth more than a dozen startups. Is Charlotte an entrepreneur’s kind of place?

Charlotte’s immigration court, which serves North and South Carolina, is among the busiest in the country. To ensure work continues, those courts remain open during the government shutdown and dozens of new judges have been sworn in, some with little to no immigration law experience. This follows firings of previous judges by the Trump administration. We take a look at our immigration court and its trials in tribulations.

Topped by Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay," the R&B Top 20 from the week of March 30, 1968 shows American soul flourishing in all directions.

Butterscotch seemed to have fallen out of fashion, but food writer Rina Rapuano says she's seeing glimmers of a comeback. And we don't mean hard candies and instant pudding. The revival of this old-fashioned flavor inspires a crepe cake, a chocolate-crusted tart and more.

See what albums NPR listeners picked in our year-end poll for the best music of 2013.

Dad jokes aren't just a thing of the present: NPR's Scott Simon has the details on the "Liber Patavinus" - a book of humor for Ancient Rome.

Democrats will try the same budgetary process from four decades ago when first-year President Ronald Reagan used reconciliation to achieve his "revolution" in federal fiscal policy.

In the first installment of our new series Still Here, a South Carolina woman shares her story of love, loss and new beginnings.

Lately, there’s been a lot of focus on whose names are in history books and on monuments, streets and buildings, especially after the recent protests over racial injustice. So how can you request to have a Charlotte street renamed?

In September 2019, hip-hop publication XXL posed a question: “Is North Carolina next up?” What they're referring to, in part, is the A+ rap and hip-hop talent coming out of North Carolina including prominent names like J. Cole, DaBaby and Lute. When it comes to Southern-fried rap and hip-hop in the Queen City, Elevator Jay is the name to know as the king of country rap in Charlotte.

Across North Carolina, health care workers are rolling up their sleeves to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The first shipments of vaccine doses arrived at hospitals this week after being developed and approved in record time. So how does the vaccine work? And when can you expect to get a shot? FAQ City answers your questions.

Madelyn Beck is a regional Illinois reporter, based in Galesburg. On top of her work for Harvest Public Media, she also contributes to WVIK, Tri-States Public Radio and the Illinois Newsroom collaborative.

Joni Deutsch was the manager for on-demand content and audience engagement, at WFAE, where also hosted the Amplified podcast and helped produce such podcasts as FAQ City, SouthBound, Inside Politics, Work It and the Apple Podcast chart-topping series She Says. Joni also led WFAE's and Charlotte's first podcast festival.

It’s no secret that something changes when kids enter Middle School. Developmentally, emotionally and socially, middle school is where some kids really…

For years, we’ve all heard jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi. He came to popularity because his is the music you hear under the Charlie Brown Peanuts specials…