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NPR first reported on the case of Charles Givens, a disabled inmate at Virginia's Marion Correctional Treatment Center, in 2023. Four corrections officers were accused of beating him to death and a fifth accused of negligence. Givens' sister, Kymberly Hobbs, sued the five men.

Nadra Wilson and other Virginians got letters saying her U.S. citizenship was in question, along with her voter registration. "I was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. — I'm a citizen," Wilson told NPR.

The Spanish-language radio network Radio Campesina reaches millions of Latino voters, including in Arizona. It recently launched a campaign to fight false information ahead of this year's election.

Already, lower courts have found President Trump's removal of Democratic members of independent agencies to be unlawful. The Trump administration has appealed.

Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger has been on the job less than six months. He hopes to lead a new chapter at the embattled agency.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Grady Hendrix about his latest horror novel, "Witchcraft for Wayward Girls," in which the witches are not the worst evil-doers, the humans are.

Riley's pioneering piece, which premiered 60 years ago, leaves many decisions up to the performers. It helped launch the movement known as minimalism, but In C itself has also survived and changed.

There's nothing quite like a tailgate, where fans serve food to strangers who share the same passion. We went to a Philadelphia Eagles tailgate to learn what drives this uniquely American tradition.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is campaigning in competitive districts across the U.S. with the goal of flipping control of the House of Representatives in the November election.

Groups that Democrats believed would always turn out in their favor did not do so this year. Here's how the vote shook out in the seven swing states.

Two months into the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, Black North Carolinians continue to lag behind white residents in receiving shots. In Mecklenburg County, where Black people make up 32% of the population, only 19% have received first doses of the vaccines.

Some of the week's top stories: The Charlotte area looks back on the year since George Floyd was killed by police, North Carolina marks 1 million COVID-19 cases as residents mark the first holiday weekend with no major restrictions, and a three-part special examines the impact of the pandemic on a local elementary school.

In 1873, a group of about 50 African Americans facing threats from the Ku Klux Klan in their hometown of Cross Anchor in Spartanburg County, left in the middle of the night for the western North Carolina mountains. They named a king and queen, built a two-story palace and called their new kingdom Happy Land. Bestselling author Dolen Perkins-Valdez has written a novel with the same title based on this incredible true story.

Helene knocked out power to more than 1 million people in North Carolina, and repairs have been slower in rural towns. Buncombe County has solar panels on many of its buildings. You might think that would have helped keep the lights on, but it didn’t. Instead, portable solar systems have helped mountain communities reconnect.

It’s a mixed bag for Charlotte sports teams right now. Charlotte FC is playing a must-win match Friday; Johnson C. Smith University is still undefeated at 8 and 0; the Charlotte Hornets are 2 and 2, but face NBA Champions the Boston Celtics Friday and Saturday and the Carolina Panthers continue to struggle. Charlotte Observer veteran sportswriter Langston Wertz, Jr. talks about some of this with WFAE’s Gwendolyn Glenn.

If the top stories of 2021 sound vaguely familiar, it’s because a lot of them were. COVID-19 continued to dominate every facet of life as the pandemic raged on, but there were a few more added storylines to it and other big stories.

With eviction moratoriums set to expire in a few weeks, North Carolina renters and landlords worry about the future.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to NBC Sports' Mike Tirico about his upcoming double feature as the main announcer for the super bowl and hosting live coverage of the winter Olympics during the same day.

The court will examine whether workplace discrimination protections extend to LGBTQ people — a ruling that will have widespread implications in more than 25 states without such safeguards.

Playwright Tony Kushner has worked with Steven Spielberg on four movies. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Kushner about the latest collaboration, "The Fabelmans," which explores Spielberg's childhood.