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Department of Public Safety Secretary Erik Hooks has appointed William Ray as the state's new director of emergency management, the agency said in a news release.

A new documentary examines the history of women warriors and asks why we haven't had our Wonder Woman movie yet.

Prosecutors relied heavily on racist evidence from cell phones and testimony from acquaintances, but the defense called only one witness.

Commentator Amy Dickinson writes about sibling rivalry. She knows that sisters are often rivals. But in the case of the Williams sisters, it is especially hard, because there is always a winner and a loser.

Scott speaks with Williams College historian James McGregor Burns. Professor Burns says the problem with this year's Presidential election is that there is too much moderation.

Are the athletic feats of Tiger and the Williams sisters inspiring young African Americans to pick up tennis racquets or sets of golf clubs? NPR's Cheryl Corley explores the question.

Liane Hansen speaks with singer/songwriter Wayne Hancock. He ollows in the footsteps of Hank Williams with his debut cd, "Thunderstorms and eon Signs" (DejaDisc DJD 3221).

NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr remembers former CIA Director William Colby, who headed that agency at a unique time in intelligence history.

In May, we shared the story of a New Orleans high school marching band. Two students earned scholarships to play for Jackson State University's marching band, the Sonic Boom of the South.

Videogame writer Walt Williams describes his Red-Bull-and-Adderal-fueled advancement in a competitive and secretive industry. Critic Jason Sheehan says the book "plays out ... like a videogame."

A Connecticut state representative who was considered a rising political star was killed when a wrong-way driver crashed into his vehicle Thursday, state police said. The other driver also died.

Not many musicals feature a serial killer in the lead but the 2014 Tony Award Winner for Best Musical does. A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder is a…

The reopening of Jail North is just weeks away after the Mecklenburg County Commission voted unanimously to approve it. Two protesters arrested during last fall's immigration crackdown go to trial in U.S. district court. North Carolina Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards is formally censured by the House of Representatives. And North Carolina plays host to the G20.

Composers like Harry T. Burleigh, Nathaniel Dett and William Dawson, who applied Western classical music training to the traditional spiritual and created a new repertoire for the concert stage.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Emily Watson and Olivia Williams, who play the leads in the HBO prequel series "Dune: Prophecy." The season premiere airs on Max on November 17.

The podcast The Last Ride examines systemic problems in media and policing and illuminates the deep wounds that are left when no one is held accountable.

The director Harold Ramis didn't intend for his movie Groundhog Day to be heralded by religious thinkers as an example of how to live life, but that's exactly what happened after it was released in 1993. Salon reporter Mary Elizabeth Williams tells NPR's Mary Louise Kelly that after fighting cancer, she has come to understand the movie's universal message.

A group at UNC Charlotte is a finalist in an Energy Department engineering contest. The participants were challenged with creating a device that turns saltwater into clean drinking water, powering their device with ocean waves.

There are more players over 40 in this World Cup than all previous World Cups combined. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Dr. Riley Williams of New York's Hospital for Special Surgery about aging athletes.

A study from the Governors Highway Safety Association finds that not wearing a helmet and alcohol consumption are big factors in the deaths.