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Thursday, July 6, 2017A closer look at the ongoing controversy about quality care - or the lack of it at the Mecklenburg County Health Department and we…

NPR interviewed Maron in the cramped garage where he tapes most of his podcast, WTF. When he's the interviewer, he says, "I generally don't have a page full of questions, like you have there."

Ruckelshaus was a moderate Republican who held several posts in the Nixon administration. His loyalty to Nixon had its limits.

Longtime men's college basketball coach Roy Williams is retiring. For 33 seasons, Williams led two of basketball's most storied programs — North Carolina and Kansas.

The 67-year-old doesn't look like a ballet superstar. But he is known for deconstructing a dance tradition that goes back five centuries.

Gibson's latest is Agency — set in a future where climate change has mostly wiped out humanity. The cyberpunk godfather says today's online world is "utterly banal" compared to his original vision.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with William Cope Moyers about his new memoir "Broken Open: What Painkillers Taught Me about Life and Recovery."

"I'm turning 41 this month, and something's got to give," Williams told Vogue. She attributed the choice to the competing urges of wanting another child while facing off with the world's best players.

The unflinching multidisciplinary artist has long welcomed new challenges. With the release of a new album and a new book, he embraces the role his career has been building toward: investigative poet.

State Democratic officials vote overwhelmingly for Williams on Monday. Lewis had represented the majority-Black and Democratic district, which includes Atlanta, since 1987.

William Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, appeared before the House committees conducting the impeachment inquiry on Tuesday. Lawmakers view him as a key witness.

COLIN ESCOTT talks about his new book, "Hank Williams, The Biography"(Little Brown.) He's also the author of "Good Rockin' Tonight: Sun Records & The Birth of Rock & Roll", and he produced and annotated the CD Collection "Hank Williams: The Original Singles Collection...Plus" (a1990 Polygram Records release).

Workers have repainted lane lines and posted orange construction signs on I-77 in the Lake Norman area as work begins to widen the road with toll lanes.…

There's been no shortage of media coverage for SXSW. But here's a slightly different perspective: the view from the stage.

The BBC "made lurid and false claims about the Royal Family which played on her fears and fueled paranoia," Prince William said, adding that it also made his parents' relationship worse.

Linguist GEOFF NUNBERG comments on William Safire''s recent choice of words for describing Hillary Clinton: "congenital liar."

In a long-running career, Hurt was nominated for an Academy Award three times, winning for 1985's Kiss of the Spider Woman.

Jayden Daniels is about to play the game of his life, and former Washington quarterback Doug Williams can relate. He's has served as Senior Advisor to the team and Daniels this season.

In Angelique Kerber's first Grand Slam final on Saturday, she defeated Serena Williams 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. In the men's tournament on Sunday, Novak Djokovic beat Andy Murray 6-1, 7-5, 7-6.

NPR Music culture critic and reporter Rodney Carmichael ruminates on the latest in rap culture. This week: like-minded releases from Erykah Badu and Saul Williams, closure in the 2Pac murder and more.