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It comes two weeks after its factories in Western North Carolina abruptly closed, leaving hundreds of workers without jobs.

The North Carolina General Assembly approved the new congressional map this week. It shifts the state's 1st Congressional District from a swing district to one where a Republican can more easily win.

Linguist WILLIAM LABOV (pronounced La Bove (like "cove") from the University of Pennsylvania discusses Ebonics. He's been studying Black English for 30 years and traced the rules governing Black and White English. He also examined the differences between the two and explored the roots of the changes taking place in the languages. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES THRU THE END OF THE SHOW). LABOV continued. 12:58:30 NEXT SHOW PROMO (:29) PROMO COPY On the next Fresh Air. . .part art, part industry, rock and roll music has become a $20 billion business It's the subject of former Rolling Stone editor FRED GOODMAN's new book, "The Mansion on the Hill." He talks with Terry about what has changed since the sixties that has made rock and roll a commercial powerhouse. Also, linguist WILLIAM LABOV (pronounced LA-Bove, like "Cove") on Ebonics. He's been studying Black English for 30 years. That and more coming up on today's Fresh Air.

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted on Thursday to recommend that the full chamber confirm President Trump's choice to take over the leadership of the Justice Department.

Ruto also seemed to have mended fences with his former boss, outgoing president Uhuru Kenyatta, asking him to keep leading talks on regional crises. His ascent concluded a markedly peaceful election.

William Faulkner — one of the great American novelists — thought of himself as a failed poet. Which made our critic Juan Vidal wonder: What is it about poetry that makes us hold it above other arts?

In her new book "Strive," tennis legend Venus Williams outlines some of the disciplines that helped her win multiple Grand Slam championships.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with actor William Shatner, best known for starring in Star Trek, about actually visiting space in 2021.

Marc Maron has been doing comedy for over two decades, be it standup, on the radio, or television specials. But his popularity has really taken flight…

Williams was young when he was thrust into the public eye as the star of Everybody Hates Chris. Now a teacher on Abbott Elementary, he works to help his child actor colleagues feel comfortable.

NPR's David Greene talks to Courtney Nguyen, a tennis reporter and co-host of the No Challenges Remaining podcast, about the start of the U.S. Open tennis tournament.

With her win at the U.S. Open, Andreescu became the first Canadian to win a major singles title.

The final matchup for Charlotte mayor took shape Tuesday night. Patrick Cannon beat fellow city councilman James Mitchell in the Democratic primary.…

The CMS board is used to getting dressed down from upset parents and community members. It can now add Mecklenburg County commissioners to that list.…

"To engage children's interest in anything you have to be keenly interested in that thing yourself," Margery Williams Bianco wrote in 1925. Her story endures because it connects to so many people.

In a new memoir, former Attorney General William Barr is defending his time in office. He says he refuted Trump's lies about the election, but blames progressives for dividing the country.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Jon Wertheim of Sports Illustratedabout the U.S. Open. Williams was ousted Monday after losing a close match, and Rafael Nadal was knocked off Sunday in a big upset.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Courtney Nguyen, senior writer at WTA Insider about 15-year-old Cori "Coco" Gauff's big upset against five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams.

It's been decades since Steven Spielberg directed a film without Williams' help. With the composer unable to do his latest, Bridge of Spies, Spielberg kept it in the "extended family," tapping Newman.

CharlotteObserver.comHe joined the Charlotte Police Department in an age when black officers were not permitted to drive police cruisers. He pioneered…