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Updated 11:40 p.m.North Carolina lawmakers will have to iron out their differences on how to pay for a buyout or changes to the NCDOT's controversial…

It's an exclusive club: pitchers who win with the knuckleball in Major League Baseball. The New York Mets' R.A. Dickey is one of the few active starting pitchers in professional baseball who use this slower, methodical pitch, and he is one of the subjects of a new documentary, Knuckleball!

The annual pop culture convention underway in San Diego is not just for comic books — it brings the biggest stars from film, television and books together with their fans to talk about upcoming, and vintage, work.

The legendary toy store will close its doors Wednesday for the last time on New York City's 5th Avenue. The store's owner, Toys "R" Us, says rent is too high to stay but plans to reopen in Manhattan.

House and Senate Republicans spoke of the opportunity to talk with members of the opposite chamber and hear their views. But they remain divided on issues like immigration.

Officials at American Red Cross shelters set up to house people during Hurricane Florence are still busy registering local residents and those who…

The Dominican Republic team, which had a perfect run in the series, beat Puerto Rico in the championship game 3-0 Tuesday night in San Francisco.

Kentucky Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell reaches a career milestone on Tuesday, becoming the longest serving GOP leader in Senate history.

A vote in the House expected on Wednesday could end what is now the longest shutdown on record. Democrats are decrying the plan, saying it fails to address expiring health care subsidies.

Can a children's author strike gold twice? R.L. Stine's Goosebumps series sold more than 300 million copies in the 1990s. Now, he's hoping to revisit that success with Goosebumps: HorrorLand.

Ronnie Wilson, a founding member of the Gap Band, has died at age 73. The group dominated the R&B charts in the 1980s, and their music went on to be sampled by artists decades later.

An extraordinary new recording from Fiona Apple; Classic R&B singer Bettye LaVette; Reggae classics from Sinéad O'Connor; The quirky Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and more.

We're now a decade into the 21st century, so it's time to check in on the blues and see how it's doing in the relatively new world of loops, samples and remixing technology.

On her new album, King has further honed her '80s-colored pop, rock and R&B sound. What's changed is the scenery.

Think all vocal jazz is passe lounge music? Think again. This London-based expat covers John Coltrane and works with L.A. producer Flying Lotus, among others. Listen to Jose James' stirring studio session on WBGO's The Checkout.

Twenty years after the invasion of Iraq, the U.S. Senate is moving to repeal the congressional authorization that provided the justification for the war.

The Democratic-led Senate takes up legislation that would expand federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research, defying a White House veto threat. The bipartisan bill is nearly identical to one that the president vetoed last year.

Amid an uproar over soaring drug prices, three GOP senators are seeking an investigation into whether the Orphan Drug Act is being manipulated to jack up the cost of medications for rare diseases.

For more than three decades, pharmaceutical companies have claimed a 50 percent tax credit for the cost of clinical trials of drugs for rare diseases. The credit is now in jeopardy.

Other House Freedom Caucus members have said that while they disagree with House Speaker Mike Johnson, they don't think it's in their best interests to go through another speakership fight.