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China's health officials say the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus has risen to 5,974 in 31 provinces with 132 deaths. People are asking why it took so long for controls to be implemented.

Thursday marks the first of a series of deadlines for federal agencies and social media companies to turn over records to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Federal environmental officials say they've finished testing more than 100 additional properties around an old asbestos mill in Davidson. Only six --…

Kids from across the country compete Thursday night in the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The film Spellbound captured the drama involving 8 kids who competed in the bee 16 years ago.

Florida's top COVID-19 data scientist has been dismissed. Rebekah Jones says she's been fired for refusing to manipulate data "to drum up support" for the state's plan to reopen.

The current longest-serving member of the North Carolina House was stripped Tuesday of her chairmanship on the House Finance Committee. Speaker Tim Moore removed 17-term Rep. Julia Howard on Tuesday from the tax-policy committee and placed her on Appropriations Committee.

Updated 2:39 p.m.Mayor Vi Lyles said Monday that keeping the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte is the single biggest business retention challenge the city…

Gonzaga gone. Arizona adieu. Baylor busted. That's leaves Kansas as the only No. 1 seed left.

Some Republicans are on the defensive about what they said or wrote privately after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. NPR's Michel Martin discusses that with Harvard professor Steven Levitsky.

The move comes after German investigators discovered a second citizen suspected of spying for the U.S. Renee Montagne talks to James Bamford, who writes about U.N. intelligence agencies and the NSA.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Norman Roule, a former top Iran analyst, about the killing Gen. Qassim Soleimani, a powerful Iranian military leader, in an airstrike in Baghdad.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken insists U.S. support for Israel has not left it isolated, despite anger over Israel's offensive in Gaza. It's just one of the crises he's looking at as the year ends.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide surpassed 10 million on Sunday while deaths topped half a million. Health officials estimate the actual case count could be much higher.

From twin Minnesota lockouts to plans for a "pop-up" NY Phil, here's your guide to all the current must-reads, watches and listens. Plus: rumors of the Met's next season, a smashed cello in Germany and a gourmand-themed World Series bet between two of America's top orchestras.

One-third of the Texas blues-rock mainstay ZZ Top has died. Dusty Hill, the band's bassist and one of its vocalists, was 72 years old, and according to his bandmates died at his home in Houston.

The weeklong celebration of Kwanzaa is a perfect opportunity to revisit soothing, hearty winter foods, says celebrity chef Tanya Holland.

It's only Wednesday, but we have your link to all the conversations and ideas you need for your holiday: from a joyous sharing of astonishing musical moments to what it's like for a classical newcomer to tweet from a symphony hall.

The alto player, one of many to be inspired by Charlie Parker, enjoyed a six-decade career as a leading bandleader and first-call sideman. He was 83.

A white New Yorker says her life changed after she wore an afro wig to a party. Michelle Joni Lapidos has been called a racist, but she tells host Michel Martin she meant no harm; she just loves wearing the fro.

Defense lawyers in the Sept. 11 military commissions trial at Guantanamo Bay will be allowed to see the secret section of the prison — known as Camp 7 — where the Sept. 11 defendants are held.