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The North Carolina House passes a bill to automatically send 16- and 17-year-olds accused of serious crimes to adult court. Novant Health gets permission to acquire two Iredell County hospitals. Rock Hill officials warn of an impending property tax hike. The N.C. Music Hall of Fame announces its 2024 inductees.

Former President Donald Trump will address the Fraternal Order of Police Friday afternoon in Charlotte. Student test scores released Thursday remained stagnant for Hispanic students and English-language learners in CMS. The school year has just begun in Union County but one charter school abruptly closed just before classes started. Plus, hundreds of trays of baklava are baked for the Yiasou Greek Festival.

The Tar Heels aren’t the only team from North Carolina that will be playing in the NCAA women’s tournament. Joining them will be N.C. State, one of the tournament’s top seeds, and Charlotte.

Friday, Dec. 28, 2018From politics and education, to sports and scooters. The Local News Roundup looks back at the year in news with guest host Erik…

The most popular video on YouTube has no lip-synching Chinese teenagers, no babies falling over, no drunk cats: It's Barack Obama's speech on race. So far, the Obama speech has been clicked on 1.6 million times and has drawn more than 4,000 comments, ranging from "awesome" to "no, we can't" to "Barrack to the Future!!"

A decades-old British institution is on its way out. The BBC says it will retire the show Top of the Pops. The program lost its allure as THE place for rock bands to be seen.

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The tech industry is in turmoil. But there's at least one startup that is thriving these days, and it's one that's helping other startups lay off workers.

Police are still not saying what motivated the gunman who walked into a crowded Aurora, Colo., movie theater and opened fired. Suspect James Holmes, 24, was apprehended immediately after the attack. Until recently, he was a grad student studying neuroscience.

Louisville, Kansas, Indiana and Gonzaga are the No. 1 seeds in the four regions of the NCAA Division I men's basketball championship. Now it's time to start picking your winners if you're a college basketball fan.

9:00, Thursday, February 19, 2015This weekend is the public memorial for legendary UNC-Chapel Hill basketball coach Dean Smith. We've been hearing many…

The Blue Devils are North Carolina’s highest-seeded team in this year’s tournament, but they’re joined by 10th-seeded N.C. State, and No. 15 UNC-Asheville.

A lot happened in 2020. Take a look back at the top stories WFAE reported on this year.

The following is the WFAE newsroom's Top 10 list of how to make news in our listening area in 2009: 10. Throw nothing but interceptions. 9. Yell "You Lie"…

Bob Clark plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.

Everage Richardson is the world's top-scoring basketball player. You've probably never heard of him, because like thousands of American players, he's taken his game overseas. Three years ago, he moved from Brooklyn, N.Y., to Elbingrode, a town of 6,000 in the Harz Mountains. Das Schwarze Perle — "The Black Pearl" — as he is known here, averaged an astounding 42 points a game. Connor Donevan reports.

Wednesday, February 28, 2018The nation’s top teacher, Bobbie Cavnar, from South Point High in Belmont talks about excellence in teaching and why, after…

We get some tips on good books to spend time with this summer at the beach or on your couch.

Friday, Dec. 29, 2017A year-in-review edition of the Local News Roundup - from political changes and Charlotte's rising murder count, to the swift…

Ann Powers picks her favorite chart-topping, radio-dominating songs of 2012.