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One million Rohingya refugees live in camps outside the Bangladeshi town of Cox's Bazar. The conditions there make infection control difficult and put the camps at risk of the coronavirus outbreak.

Vice President Pence is road-testing the political and logistical hurdles the White House faces as it looks to try to return to some kind of new political normal.

Writer David Rakoff, who has died at the age of 47, left both writing and audio appearances on shows like This American Life that illustrate a worldview that was dark, but deeply human.

Refinancing is not available to everyone. But those who can refinance switch from adjustable- to fixed-rate mortgages, locking money in at rates their parents in the 1980s never dreamed of. Many shave a couple of hundred dollars off their monthly mortgage payment; some get an even bigger windfall.

Cindy Ayers takes great pride in her kitchen. She keeps everything clean and well organized. She has to – she feeds hundreds of Elementary school kids…

Journalists from across the United States and the world attend a logistical briefing and walk-through of Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C. on…

http://66.225.205.104/JR20090511.mp3Drought has forced North Carolina to take a closer look at its dependence on rivers for drinking water and economic…

Experts are pointing to a murder-suicide Monday evening at a Lowe's Home Improvement store as an example of what can happen when domestic violence -…

http://66.225.205.104/JR20120524.mp3If you follow local government, you know this is budget season. And if you know that, you probably also know that…

Journalists from across the United States and the world attend a logistical briefing and walk-through of Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C. on…

Lake Norman Christian Principal Sarah Beam works at her desk in the new building, with a note from a parent nearby. (Christina Ritchie…

http://66.225.205.104/JR20120127.mp3Governor Bev Perdue will not seek re-election. That announcement yesterday turned upside-down a rematch of the 2008…

Some 39 percent of Americans polled in a survey said they eat less meat now than they did three years ago. Health experts say that's a sign that Americans' attitudes about consuming meat are changing.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is an Indian-American with a compelling life story. At 41, he's already had a successful political career. He could also add some buzz to the GOP ticket. But his 2009 moment in the spotlight has some Republicans worrying whether he's ready to be vice president.

In the spring, Reid Gorecki, 31, said he might retire from baseball and become a firefighter. But as the minor league season winds down, he says he "got the itch back" to play pro ball after he hit his first home run of this season. Now he says he's ready to play another year.

Despite some limitations on the sale imposed by the European Commission, Universal will command close to 40 percent of the global market in recorded music.

http://66.225.205.104/JR20111007qa.mp3It's been another tumultuous week for Charlotte-based Bank of America. CEO Brian Moynihan went on CNBC to defend a…

http://66.225.205.104/LL20100415.mp3This week during Morning Edition, WFAE is airing profiles of the three leading North Carolina Democratic candidates…

Software mogul Larry Ellison, who recently purchased the Hawaiian island of Lanai, is finding out that owning an island is not all Mai Tais and hammocks. Along with the island, Ellison bought a relationship with the 3,000 people who live there.

The proposal would make the Anderson School of Management more autonomous and financially independent of the University of California system. But critics — including some faculty — worry the move means the school will stray from its public mission.