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Wall Street's currency markets are under scrutiny. New York's top financial regulator is looking at whether traders at some of the street's biggest firms shared information with each other in a bid to manipulate exchange rates.

To add a little drama to your summer, NPR is assembling a list of the best young adult novels ever written. Let the voting begin!

Researchers in North Carolina and nationwide may have finally answered an important question in health care: for people with high blood pressure, how low…

As expansive as EDM's reach has been, inside the scene, the path to success is narrow. And overwhelmingly male.

Batman creator BOB KANE. In his autobiography, Batman & Me, KANE tells how he came up with the idea for the caped crusader, and what influence he had on the TV series and previous Batman movies. Kane drew Batman from its inception in 1939 to the late 60s. DC Comic still publishes Batman in a monthly and quarterly form. (REBROADCAST FROM 3/23/90)The creator of such Marvel comic book superheroes as Spiderman, The Incredible Hulk, and The Fantastic Four - cartoonist STAN LEE. He joined Marvel comic books at the age of 16, more than 30 years ago. LEE is currently launching Excelsior Comics, an independent comic book division of Marvel Entertainment. He is also co-executive producer of several top rated television series including "X-Men." (REBROADCAST FROM 10/

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

Within the first 25 seconds of "Moon and Moon," Bat for Lashes' Natasha Khan drops the line, "I'm a huntress for a husband lost at sea," revealing both a stark seriousness and a penchant for lyrical flights of fancy. But then, within the song's first five seconds, Khan had already uncorked a mesmerizing minor-key piano melody, so it was already clear that she's not messing around.

The pop star took to Instagram to fret about COVID-19. Little did she know someone would turn it into a viral hit.

North Carolina's large solar developers and Duke Energy have reached agreements on key issues that have delayed many projects. Duke says that could get…

Rick Bright, a top scientist working on a vaccine, says he was reassigned for not focusing on treatments favored by President Trump, even though they lacked "scientific merit."

http://66.225.205.104/JR20110906a.mp3Top Republican candidates for president trekked to South Carolina to spend Labor Day afternoon answering the probing…

http://66.225.205.104/JR20100402.mp3 President Obama's visit brought a spotlight to Charlotte's emerging energy sector, which includes Duke Energy and…

http://66.225.205.104/CW20100701.mp3South Carolina has some of the lowest gas prices in the country. But that's not stopping one organization from setting…

Like most things that happen in the bedroom, the collection of essays found in Dirty Words is fun, naughty and totally inappropriate for the eyes of children.

Had he not been stopped by police, Buffalo Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia told ABC News on Monday, the alleged perpetrator would have driven away in search of more victims.

Pop singer Ari Gold was discovered while singing at his brother's bar-mitzvah at the tender age of five. The Bronx native opens up about being gay, his Orthodox Jewish background and his music.

The former prime minister was sentenced to three years for violating the official secrets act, on top of a 20-year sentence already handed down by the military junta that took power in 2021.

Pop acts embraced the ukulele and the saxophone. Rock bands crafted weird, widescreen albums that still brimmed with solid, hummable songs. And a few notorious recluses returned to the public eye.

"Thinking 'Bout Somethin'" is a perfectly soul-infused pop song completed with cowbell, horns and belted-out harmonies. Like its video, the song sums up Hanson's modern-day persona as a band that's polished, charming and confident enough to delight in everything that came before it.

In a sign of continued tense relations, the U.S. says China declined the request for a phone call between top defense officials