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Ethiopia's Tola broke the 12-year-old record for the course. Hellen Obiri of Kenya won the women's race.

Chapman has performed sparingly in recent years. She took the Grammy stage to raucous applause and capped her performance with Luke Combs by receiving a standing ovation.

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday, but policymakers signaled they still expect to start cutting rates later this year. The stock market jumped in response.

The European Union has charged Elon Musk’s X with violating new regulations for social media platforms. Musk faces hefty fines over delivering misinformation.

The weather has cleared in the Charlotte area and crews are cleaning up after heavy rain, a possible tornado, and wind moved through on Tuesday.According to Catawba County officials, the storm ripped through a mobile home park in Claremont that left one person dead and two critically injured. On Wednesday, the National Weather Service will send out a team to determine if a tornado touched down in the area.

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The lawsuit over a deal to combine the two largest U.S. supermarkets came just a day after it was blocked in both federal and Washington state courts.

Charlotte's unemployment rate dropped in 2021, and North Carolina's landed some big employers over the course of the year. A Wells Fargo economist says those are all reasons to be bullish about the region's economy heading into 2022.

Duke Energy shareholders on Thursday narrowly supported a non-binding proposal that calls for improved disclosures of political contributions to candidates, parties and electoral committees. But it may not affect how Duke reports its political activity.

This #NowPlaying discovery of Semler comes to us from this year's Tiny Desk Contest.

Paige Olsen calls the ears on her coonhound "extravagantly long." Each ear measures more than 13 inches. Her coonhound tops the Guinness World Record list for longest ears on any living dog.

A session guitarist in the Los Angeles area, Mike Post was 20 years old when he played on Sonny & Cher's "I Got You, Babe." In 1967, Post produced and arranged a top 10 hit for Kenny Rogers & the First Edition: "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)." Post's TV career began at 24, when he was made the Music Director for the "Andy Williams Show." He has since composed theme music for shows including The Rockford Files (his theme won a Grammy), Magnum P.I., Hill Street Blues and most recently, NYPD Blue.

NPR Music's resident viking shares his favorite albums and songs of 2021.

NPR Music's senior manager shares her favorite albums and songs of 2021.

In 2010, New York gubernatorial candidate Jimmy McMillian honed in on a singlular campaign message.

Funny Ha Ha, the first film by 29-year-old director Andrew Bujalski, made a lot of critics top 10 lists in 2004 -- quite a feat for a film made with a minimal crew, a loose script, and the director's friends. Bujalski’s new film, Mutual Appreciation, features Justin Rice, lead singer for the indie pop band Bishop Allen. Now playing in New York and Los Angeles, it will open in more cities this fall.

Saxophonist Euge Groove earned his chops as a member of Tower of Power and sideman for Huey Lewis, Tina Turner and Elton John. He's back with a new solo CD of smooth tunes that are equal parts jazz, pop and R&B. Hear full-length cuts from the CD.

Ruffin Poole, a former top aide to ex-Gov. Mike Easley, was to report to prison in Pensacola, Fla., on Tuesday, but he got another day of freedom thanks…

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Steven Levy, senior writer for Wired, has written an article called "How the NSA Almost Killed the Internet." He tells Audie Cornish about what he learned from security personnel at many of the top tech companies. They claim that they were surprised to learn of the National Security Agency's data gathering.