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Before we reveal this year's Tiny Desk Contest winner, discover some of the best of the nearly 6,000 entries we received.

2:Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF makes his top ten picks for 1994....10. "Natural Born Killers" 9. "To Live" 8. "Ladybird, Ladybird" 7. "Quiz Show" 6. "L627" (L-6-2-7) 5. "The Madness of King George" 4. "Hoop Dreams" 3. "Vanya on 42nd Street" 2. "The Boys of St. Vincent" 1. "Pulp Fiction". His runners-up include "Bullets Over Broadway", "Speed", "Little Women", and "Ed Wood". Terry also talks with SCHIFF about the growing number of independent American films, the state of Hollywood, and the message of Forrest Gump.

Also: Flooding displaces thousands of Palestinians in Gaza; Chile elects former president Michele Bachelet as its new president; and the Mega Millions jackpot could reach a new record.

Today, we’re talking national and regional politics. You can’t have that conversation without talking about former President Donald Trump and the January 6 hearings on Capitol Hill. We have a guest with a lot of knowledge of Trump and who recently spoke to the January 6 committee: Mick Mulvaney.

Also: Al-Qaida threatens to kill an American hostage kidnapped in Yemen; the Ebola death toll tops 6,000; and Target Australia will stop selling "Grand Theft Auto V" because of violence to women.

Also: ISIS militants destroy another temple in Palmyra; there are three hurricanes in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans; and Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta tosses the 6th no-hitter of the majors' season.

For some insight into the fighter pilot culture, Linda talks with Captain Rosemary Mariner, a retired Navy Captain Aviator. She was trained to fly planes like the fighter that collided with the US reconnaissance plane. Mariner is now a Research Fellow for the University of Tennessee, Center for the Study for War and Society.

The Tiny Desk series producer shares his favorite records of the year.

Bring your lawn chairs and join your neighbors for a fun outdoor evening. The Village of Wesley Chapel and Union County Parks and Recreation will be hosting a movie night on Saturday, May 26th. Gathering begins at 6:30pm with fun and games, and the movie will start at dusk. Jersey Mike's will be available for purchase, and popcorn will be provided. See you there!

Also: Turkey's prime minister will discuss Syria with President Obama at the White House; congressional panels OK cuts to the federal food stamp program; the formerly obscure Arctic Circle gains new member countries; and nobody has yet won the Powerball jackpot.

Surprise, anger, parenting and Lizzo: That's one way to sum up the list of the most engaging stories in 2019. Other big topics included consumerism and climate change — and officials behaving badly.

Mecklenburg County's charter school enrollment grew to 21,028 this year, an even bigger increase than Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools budgeted for.CMS has…

More than 75,000 ballots were cast in our annual summer readers' poll. Here's a printable list of the top 100 winners.

From breaking news like the shooting at UNC Charlotte and the arrival of MLS to the Queen City to issues that continue to affect the Charlotte area, such…

Cookbook author Diane Morgan says there's much more to a carrot than the orange part. But too often, she says, the root vegetable's frilly green fronds end up in the trash.

Also: Bank of America agrees to pay billions to Fannie Mae; oil rig that ran aground off Alaska is refloated; Syrian opposition rejects Assad's "peace plan;" NHL players and owners reach tentative deal, season may start soon; NFL playoffs get underway.

Foreign affairs specialist Dr. Fiona Hill said during the first Trump impeachment hearing that she feared the nation was going down a dangerous path. In town to speak at the World Affairs Council of Charlotte, she joins us Thursday to talk about foreign policy, the war in Ukraine and America’s path toward autocracy.

Forget the typing etiquette you learned in school. In this game, we ignore most of the keyboard to focus only on the 10 letters to the right of the Tab key. House musician Jonathan Coulton leads this game and shows us just how many words we can spell with Q, W, E, R, T, Y, U, I, O and P.

A trio of amazing young musicians, from ages nine to 18, give jaw-dropping performances that will bolster your faith in the future of great music making.

Not paying someone for a job they did is illegal. It's called wage theft. But in California, the worst offender has paid only a tiny fraction of the millions of dollars in wages he owes workers.