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CHARLOTTE — The Carolina Panthers sent a clear message over the weekend: It's time to upgrade the defense.General manager Marty Hurney and new coach Matt…

The Cam Newton era is over in Carolina, as the Panthers released the 30-year-old quarterback after nine seasons.The move became a mere formality after the…

STORRS, Conn. This is beginning to get serious. The unseeded Charlotte 49ers' improbable run through the NCAA men's soccer tournament continued Sunday…

http://66.225.205.104/HK20081006.mp3The 8th congressional district stretches from Fayetteville to East Charlotte. In 2006, the district had one of the…

The religious holiday Eid al-Adha, the Feast of the Sacrifice, began on Friday across the Muslim world. What is normally a time of celebration is for the 1.6 million residents of the Gaza Strip a reminder of their desperate financial straits after five years of Israeli blockade. This week's fierce exchange of Palestinian rockets and Israeli air and artillery strikes has also sparked fears of another Israeli military operation in Gaza.

http://66.225.205.104/LM20100929.mp3CMS staff on Tuesday recommended the school board close 12 schools next year to save money. They include popular…

Outlaw, "Okie from Muskogee," poet of working-class values and a fixture in country music for 50 years, Merle Haggard died Wednesday, April 6, his 79th birthday.

The Marine Corps base Camp Lejeune was devastated by Hurricane Florence. Climate scientists say global warming will inevitably mean more such damage to the country's national security infrastructure.

Economists have generally downplayed the impact on the U.S. and global economies, but many are reassessing now that trade tensions appear to be entering a new phase.

With possession of small amounts of pot about to be decriminalized in Washington State, Seattle's finest went to the Web to explain what's going to happen. Bilbo and Gandalf from Lord of the Rings help set the cool mood.

Most public schools are unlikely to feel the effects of the sequester before September. But educators and administrators nationwide are worried they may be forced to cut Head Start enrollment, after-school programs, reading coaches and even teachers when those budget reductions hit.

The Congressional Budget Office estimates the automatic budget cuts that go into effect Friday will shave 0.6 percent from the economy's annual growth rate. That might not be a big worry if the economy were growing at 3 or 4 percent. But growth is a paltry 2 percent, so the impact may be noticeable.

STORRS, Conn. This is beginning to get serious. The unseeded Charlotte 49ers' improbable run through the NCAA men's soccer tournament continued Sunday…

Mexican actor Mario Moreno, known as Cantinflas, made dozens of films between the 1930s and 1980s. A biopic about the comic, whose humor tweaked the rich and powerful, opens in the U.S. this weekend.

For those eyeing city life, the trick to paying reasonable rent might mean downsizing — really downsizing. Developers of micro apartments says they offer affordability and a sense of community.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with José Díaz-Briseño, Washington correspondent for the Mexican newspaper Reforma, about the agreement between the U.S. and Mexico on immigration.

Daniela Rus' lab at MIT is inventing new, ever more remarkable "reconfigurable robots." Don't know what they are? Well, take a look at what her grad students have made and prepare to be frightened — or delighted. Me? I'm kinda delighted.

A former backup singer, a group of bluegrass veterans and a budding R&B star — seven artists bubbling under in Music City that won't be ignored in the new year.

The race for mayor of Charlotte is down to three candidates. Former city councilman Edwin Peacock will represent the Republican Party in the general…

Carthaginians vs. Romans at Cannae. English vs. French at Agincourt. Confederacy vs. Union at Chancellorsville. In Outnumbered, author Cormac O'Brien details 14 David and Goliath battles in which underdog forces overcame extraordinary odds to prevail against much stronger opponents.