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Pressure has mounted on Trump to make his own views on abortion public after the Florida Supreme Court allowed the state's six-week ban on abortion to go into effect.

Charlotte-based Asana Partners is asking Mecklenburg County and the city of Charlotte for $19 million in property tax rebates. The money would help pay for them to convert the old Duke Energy headquarters into apartments and retail.

Almost 16,000 of you voted in our Best Beach Books poll. Whether such a vote can determine literary quality, who can say? But if there's one thing a multitude of book-loving NPR types can definitely do, it's pick books that appeal ... to book-loving NPR types.

Experts say you should gas up before you go, and plan to stay for a while afterward.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Omar Encarnacion about former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro being banned from running for office for eight years due to efforts to overturn Brazil's 2022 election.

Federal regulators say all airline passengers must be able to evacuate a plane within 90 seconds. The FAA reauthorization bill would require the agency to reconsider its testing standards.

The new Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Montgomery, Alabama, is designed to get visitors closer to the experiences of enslaved people in America.

Five of the 31 tanks have already been lost to Russian attacks in Ukraine, where the use of surveillance and hunter-killer drones had made it difficult for them to operate.

The Los Angeles Dodgers fired Ippei Mizuhara last week. Three months earlier, the team called Mizuhara "Shohei's best buddy."

President Biden's re-election campaign is kicking into a higher gear. Tonight he holds a rally in Georgia, a state where he's got some work to do to repair his coalition of supporters.

The Carolina Theatre opened nearly 100 years ago in uptown Charlotte and closed its doors in the late 1970s. Foundation for the Carolinas, which launched a project to renovate and restore the theater, says the Carolina Theatre plans to finish it this fall. This story and more, on this week's BizWorthy.

The presumptive GOP nominee will stand trial Monday in the first criminal trial of a former president. At this point, Trump is used to trying to leverage his appearances as part of his campaign.

Digital eye strain is on the rise. NPR's Life Kit has tips for keeping your eyes healthy in a world of screens.

PFAS chemicals have been used for decades to waterproof and stain-proof consumer products and are linked to health problems.

NBC anchor Chuck Todd spoke out against his network's decision to hire former Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, who was a prominent election denier and often attacked the media.

Baltimore's port isn't one of the nation's largest, and some goods can be rerouted. But some auto companies are having to scramble, and the bridge disaster could spell trouble for local jobs.

The city of Charlotte has recommended only allowing triplexes to be built on corner lots in residential neighborhoods.

A North Carolina principals' group asks the General Assembly to revise their pay scale, with more money for leading high-needs schools and less tied to performance pay.

Over the past 18 years, a group of African Americans has been quietly providing grants to nonprofits in Charlotte that serve the city’s Black communities. The New Generation of African American Philanthropists, or NGAAP, has more than 70 members from various career fields, who pool their dollars to fund their grantmaking work. One of its founders talked to WFAE's Gwendolyn Glenn.

The FBI has shared more of what it is learning about the shooter who tried to kill former President Donald Trump at a rally in western Pennsylvania.