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http://66.225.205.104/JR20100126a.mp3The Better Business Bureau in Charlotte released its Dirty Dozen list for 2009: twelve companies with the most…

Rick Spinrad previously served as the agency's top scientist. His nomination comes at a difficult period for NOAA, which spent the Trump administration mired in scandal and without a permanent leader.

Sen. Bernie Sanders won narrowly, but can he expand his base? Pete Buttigieg again did well, but in another largely white state. And the story of the night was Sen. Amy Klobuchar's third-place finish.

Simone Biles, 26, is now the only U.S. woman ever chosen for six World Championships. The star gymnast is heading back to Antwerp, where she competed in her first Worlds in 2013.

Here’s how President Joe Biden’s announcement is playing out among elected officials and candidates in Western North Carolina.

The election for Charlotte Mecklenburg's school board will take place on Nov. 7. There are six seats up for grabs in the district with incumbents seeking…

The probe into soccer's governing body centers on an American who admitted to taking bribes. Ari Shapiro talks to Nathaniel Vinton, who is part of the New York Daily News sports investigation team.

After one CEO warned of an economic downturn that will be like a "hurricane," other chief executives suggest the debate over the likelihood of a recession is a tempest in a teapot.

DJ Mike Haile of WHMS in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois shares his picks for the holidays, including "We Need A Little Christmas" by Johnny Mathis.

A group of leading Shiite clerics are holding talks to resolve the U.S. standoff with radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, whose anti-American rhetoric touched off a wave of attacks on U.S.-led forces in several Iraqi cities. Al-Sadr's militiamen have withdrawn from police and government buildings they had occupied, but the security situation remains unstable. Hear NPR's Anne Garrels.

The FAA changes its tune regarding instruments on planes, the passing of "conduction" innovator Butch Morris, the stats on coughing at concerts and what the New Jersey Symphony board wasn't told about Richard Dare. Plus: violinist vs. composer and a music retailer's staff retaliates on Twitter.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board voted unanimously Tuesday to promote Deputy General Counsel André Mayes to the district's top legal job.Mayes will…

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Democrat, about the latest Jan. 6 hearings.

The two candidates, incumbent Republican Tariq Bokhari and Democrat Stephanie Hand, join Mike Collins to discuss the race and issues pertinent to the city.

Actor James Franco details the lives of flailing California teens in his debut story collection, while Michael Capuzzo profiles a real life crime-fighting society. Daniel Okrent probes Prohibition, Sebastian Mallaby takes a hard look at hedge funds, and Laura Ingraham opens President Obama's "diaries."

Singer Sabrina Carpenter is having a huge year: Two of her singles have hit the Top 10 this summer -- including the inescapable “Espresso.”

Also: Diplomats agree on a temporary Syrian ceasefire; Uber settles a safety lawsuit for $28.5 million; and while one rare surf competition is cancelled in Hawaii, another is on in California.

Also: Defense Secretary Ash Carter visits Iraq; a federal appeals court blocks North Dakota's tough abortion law; and the World Santa Congress ends in Denmark.

Also: Sen. Elizabeth Warren discusses reforming financial regulators; more bodies are discovered on a Japanese volcano; and the Kansas City Royals win a wildcard playoff game.

Also: Protests over a fatal Minneapolis police shooting of an unarmed black man; an emergency in Washington state after a storm; and an Irish visitor gets his GoPro camera wrong on a Vegas trip.