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A 21-year-old woman from China came out on top in the 10-meter air rifle competition. Qian Yang narrowly beat out a competitor from Russia and beamed as she held up her gold medal.

Rock critic Ken Tucker gives us his top picks in pop for 2004. He runs down his 10 best albums, and then talks about some trends of 2004, such as the return of punk, the year of the hip-hop producer, crunk music, and the potential end of an era as iPods and single song downloads replace album purchases. Ken Tucker is also a film critic for New York magazine.

For five years, Down Beat has named Joey DeFrancesco the industry's top jazz organist. In addition to enjoying a successful solo career, he's also played in bands with Miles Davis, John McLaughlin, and Pat Martino, to name a few. Hear an interview and a solo performance from KPLU.

Primary voters headed to the polls Tuesday to set the field for the Nov. 4 general municipal elections.

On Sunday, Oct. 1, a little after 10 p.m. PT, a person police identified as Stephen Paddock fired into a crowd of more than 20,000 people at the Route 91 Harvest festival. Authorities say that Paddock targeted the concertgoers from a room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino and that he took his own life before police entered the room. Fifty-eight people died and 480 others were injured in the mass shooting (as of 7 a.m. ET Oct. 6). 00000174-fa0c-de55-a17c-fe2d0e180000

The eight-time All-Star, who muscled up beside the likes of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as one of the NBA's top players of the 1970s, died Tuesday. Lanier had worked for the league as a global ambassador.

TV crews and celebrity sightings have become the new normal at high school basketball games in Southern California, thanks in part to the kids of NBA royalty lining up for local teams.

Top North Carolina education officials on Thursday called for all of the state's 115 school districts to make available at least partial in-person instruction by the end of the month to any of the system's 1.5 million students who want it.

The party voted resoundingly to support former President Trump's false claims about the 2020 election in their picks for state's next top elections officer and top law enforcement official.

"Manchild," the first single from Sabrina Carpenter's forthcoming album, Man's Best Friend, enters this week's Hot 100 singles chart at No. 1, making a late-breaking bid for "song of the summer" status in the process.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth briefed top lawmakers on Wednesday on a series of strikes conducted by the Trump administration on alleged drug boats.

Rep. Adam Smith, the top Democrat serving on the House Armed Services Committee, says Trump administration officials offered "vague talk" in briefing about the long-term strategy for Venezuela.

A super PAC supported by the top Republicans in Congress is getting involved in a North Carolina primary fight.

Woody Durham, the retired "Voice of the Tar Heels" who called North Carolina football and basketball games for four decades, died Wednesday. He was 76.

Services are planned this week for Jason Crisp, the U.S. Forest Service officer who was shot and killed last Wednesday during a manhunt for a North…

After a coaching career spanning four decades, Coach Mike Krzyzewski has coached his final home game with the Duke Blue Devils, a game that saw Duke upset by the North Carolina Tar Heels 94-81.

Charlotte Observer sportswriter Langston Wertz Jr. fills us in on all the Super Bowl players with ties to the Carolinas. South Carolina’s women’s basketball team is gunning for a second consecutive National Championship title after defeating LSU on Sunday. And the Charlotte Hornets shake up their roster with several trades.

Why do some sidewalks in the Charlotte region come to an abrupt end? This special rebroadcast of an FAQ City episode tells you some reasons why.

The Charlotte Observer's Ann Doss Helms on Sunday continued an examination of CMS Superintendent Peter Gorman's plans to pay teachers based on student…