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Until a video of "Stand by Me" had gone viral on YouTube, Roger Ridley had sung and played guitar anonymously on the streets for years. A new collection, Playing for Change: Songs Around the World, is a cross-continental effort that connects disparate cultures with the universal language of music.

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Thousands of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools employees could see a pay raise in July. The proposal would be funded by recently approved Mecklenburg County funding.

The company recalled mini and full-size versions of the toys after a dozen children were injured after sitting or falling onto them.

Charlotte Area Transit System is holding a series of virtual public meetings over the next two weeks seeking comments on the route for the proposed Silver…

The move is the latest salvo in a tense relationship between the state and federal government.

http://66.225.205.104/JR20100315.mp3Tonight a group of Cornelius citizens will publicly present the findings of a two month investigation into unusually…

On Monday, the Georgia Bulldogs beat the Oklahoma Sooners in an exciting double-overtime Rose Bowl, while Alabama's Crimson Tide beat the Clemson Tigers in the Sugar Bowl.

Updated: 2:30 p.m. Nov. 12Police have found the three-year-old Gastonia girl reported missing in an Amber Alert sent out Sunday morning and have arrested…

It wasn't clear whether the Nationals' Michael Morse had hit a grand slam. When the umps decided he had, they made him go back to home plate and pretend he'd done it again. See the video.

Amarillo, Tex. has already seen 17 inches. By the time it's all over, it may break its all time snowfall record.

Autumn in the South is a time of extremes: chilly nights, sweltering days, and azaleas abloom for the second time in a year.It also means that until five…

"We need it," says critic Ann Powers of the rapper's comeback, which yielded an eye-popping new video on Thursday. "There's really no other figure like her in all of hip-hop."

For listeners expecting an airing of dirty laundry, Lambert's new single might feel like a sophisticated sucker punch. Instead of bitterness, "Vice" tells a tale of heartache-fueled self-destruction.

Even though temperatures were less than normal late in the season, winter 2012-13 was still on the warm side.

The agreement would fund programs through the end of September 2020 and avoid a government shutdown. Federal agencies run out of money at midnight on Dec. 20.

So far, the banks have offered more than $10 billion in consumer relief, in the form of refinancing, modifications and loan forgiveness. Bank of America must pay the biggest share of the settlement, But the report showed the bank had not completed any refinancings or principal-reduction modifications.

The Australian artist's rise to stardom had the unlikeliest of beginnings.

As the head pastry chef to five U.S. presidents, Roland Mesnier has dazzled White House visitors for 25 years. Now he's retiring. NPR's Renee Montagne visits Mesnier.

The singer from Mallorca whose voice is steeped in flamenco and layered with jazz and R&B influences, duets with an American pop superstar.