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A third round of retaliatory strikes by the U.S. in Syria has resulted in the death of an Al-Qaeda-affiliated leader, said U.S. Central Command.

The Wilmington 1898 Museum for Healing, Education, and Democracy aims to tell the story of the only successful coup in American history.

On and around the former Vance Monument’s pedestal are sculpture, video projection, and fragments of audio interviews with people who are or have been without housing.

Mecklenburg County manager Dena Diorio proposed closing the 72-bed facility to save money and alleviate a staffing shortage that has impacted the main detention center uptown.

Outgoing Governor Roy Cooper has commuted the death sentences for 15 inmates on death row to life in prison without the possibility of parole. That’s a little more than a tenth of the total number of inmates on North Carolina’s death row.

A funeral will be held next week for Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man shot and killed by North Carolina deputies, with the Rev. Al Sharpton delivering the eulogy.

Parents who sued the North Carolina and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Association of Educators over remote classes in September have been ordered to pay $11,620 to cover legal fees for the teachers' groups.

A national grassroots group is launching a voter mobilization effort across the country, including in North Carolina.

The felony case against a woman accused of assaulting a federal officer outside Charlotte’s ICE office was dismissed Monday, only for prosecutors to file a new set of misdemeanor charges Tuesday.

The complaints from the Campaign Legal Center against four Democrats and three Republicans show a trend — lawmakers failing to disclose transactions required by an insider trading law.

Joseph Moore wore a wire for the FBI under his white robe.

If there are ghosts in the music, Ran Blake finds them and stretches their abstract melodies into an unknown ether. The 74-year-old pianist crosses streams of music, film and life in what he calls "recompositions," which amount to long strands of improvisation from multiple, original compositions. In his only concert of 2009, a small audience witnessed his recompositions unfold.

The U.S. is likely to keep some troops in northern Syria. The acting U.S. ambassador to Ukraine is to testify in the impeachment inquiry. Justin Trudeau wins a second term as Canada's prime minister.

Every year, the trust puts out a list of the most endangered historic sites in America — this year, it includes civil rights campsites, a hotel that was home to the blues and a Navajo trading post.

A record 4.3 million workers in America quit their jobs in August. Some share their stories and an economist explains what this means for the U.S. economy.

Ukrainian troops make limited progress retaking Russian-occupied land. The fraud trial begins Tuesday for the founder of FTX. Laphonza Butler will make history as California's newest U.S. senator.

Data from 15 states reveal that female inmates are disciplined at higher rates than men for smaller infractions of prison rules — often with harsh consequences.

They represent two closely contested Sun Belt states. But Georgia's Democratic senators are taking more progressive positions, while Arizona's are opting for a more centrist approach.

MacArthur fellow McLorin Salvant sings jazz standards as well as forgotten early songs. "In jazz, I felt I could sing these deep, husky lows," she told Terry Gross in this 2015 interview.

Legendary actress, dancer and choreographer Debbie Allen is directing the new Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' play, Cat On a Hot Tin Roof. Allen talks about the challenge of adapting this classic American story for an African-American cast, and about the cultural challenges of show business.