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A recount at the Mecklenburg Board of Elections Thursday confirmed that Huntersville Mayor Jill Swain was re-elected on Nov. 5, defeating challenger and…

Rarely does one encounter an actual sweet potato emergency – but this is the time of year it’s most likely to happen. Perhaps you’re late making dinner,…

About 40 Department of Motor Vehicles offices across North Carolina have seen especially long lines recently.DMV Commissioner Torre Jessup told WRAL that…

The bills are rolling in after South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster's campaign welcomed the country's top two politicians to campaign for his Republican…

Three people prosecutors say are members of the United Blood Nation gang in North Carolina were sentenced yesterday in Charlotte.According to the U.S.…

http://66.225.205.104/JR20090309.mp3The number of companies interested in moving to Charlotte has slowed along with the economy. So the Charlotte Regional…

http://66.225.205.104/JR20090424.mp3The unemployment data for North Carolina counties was released today and seemed to show a glimmer of hope. Rates…

The former cricketer was being lifted above a crowd of supporters when he suddenly took a tumble.

Police in Washington responded to a call about a Bengal tiger — turns out it was a stuffed animal. In Thailand, an elephant grabbed a tourist's camera. Instead of a selfie, can we call it an elfie?

Taming Ebola virus is now a challenge for the American health care system. We track the U.S. experience with Ebola from the discovery of a strain in laboratory monkeys in 1989 to the current outbreak.

Chancellors at a dozen UNC system schools are getting pay raises of between 8 and 19 percent. UNC Charlotte Chancellor Philip Dubois received one of the…

Police and security officials in Hannover evacuated a soccer stadium after receiving “concrete” information about a bomb threat.

Beer. Water. Pretzels. It takes effort, strategy, and some serious lungs to sell expensive junk food at a baseball game. Meet the hot dog vending legend of Fenway Park.

Janet Webster Jones recommends Why Grow Up? by Susan Neiman, The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson and A History Of Food In 100 Recipes by William Sitwell.

If vodka is by definition colorless, odorless and tasteless, then why are some vodkas so much more expensive than others?

WASHINGTON — Authorities at a Pentagon mail screening facility found two envelopes suspected of containing ricin, a poison made from castor beans, and…

Afghanistan's president says cowards were behind this week's bombing in Kabul. After their latest meeting, Germany's Chancellor calls out President Trump. And of course, the President makes his decision on the Paris climate accord. A discussion of the week's most interesting news stories.

A curious warning from the White House to Syria about further use of chemical weapons was just one of the big global news stories this week.

Spanish-born Salvador Salort-Pons, 45, is looking to grow the museum's operating endowment by $400 million.

A restaurant in Sapporo, Japan, tells its customers to clean their plates. If they order the signature dish, which is all you can eat, they must eat it all or pay a fine which goes to fishermen.