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The proposal spends less on raises than the spending plan proposed by Gov. Roy Cooper. Most state employees would receive an increase of 4.25% this year and 3.25% next year. Overall, the budget increases state spending by 6.5% in the fiscal year that begins in July.

Dana Bowerman is one of about 6,100 prisoners just released as part of a change in the way the U.S. punishes people convicted of federal drug crimes. "It still feels weird, different," she told NPR.

Vice President Harris gave her closing argument from the spot, the ellipse in front of the White House, that her GOP opponent spoke from on Jan. 6, 2021.

The system, which costs around $6 million per month, will be decommissioned after the end of hurricane season.

Two families are battling for bragging rights as the inventor of the wildly popular dish. Will the truth come out? Or it could be there's another origin story involving ... British tastebuds?

Here are the new releases coming your way between now and Thanksgiving — we've got award contenders, goofy comedies, a smattering of romance, plenty of anti-heroes, and a musical documentary in LEGOs.

The new generation of smart speakers doesn't always play nice with each other's ecosystems, but at least they all sound much better.

Forty years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades of guilt and the vital lessons that remain critical for NASA today.

Chastened since the turn of the millennium, the streaming revolution has now revivified the recording industry — at least, those at the top of it. What are the alternatives, then?

An overblown immune response could be killing a portion of the sick, and some doctors think that new treatments being tested could help at least some of those patients.

The boy band craze goes back. Way back.

The U.K. approves a COVID-19 vaccine. Deforestation in the Amazon is at a 12-year high.

The 1,600-foot-tall coral reef is taller than the Empire State Building, and its base is a mile wide. It's the first time in 120 years since a coral reef this size has been discovered.

People on social media lifted a photo of Sanders and his mittens out of the inauguration, and put him on a ski lift, atop the throne from Game of Thrones and sitting on an unfinished skyscraper.

World leaders react to the inauguration. Mike Pompeo says China is committing genocide.

The trumpeter brings the biggest and boldest iteration of his genre-agnostic "stretch music" concept back to his old school in Boston. Watch his new band perform live.

Gifted 21-year-old guitarist and composer Roy Guzman is one of many exciting young musicians to perform at Newport this year. Hear a full set by Guzman and his Quintet, recorded live.

The sardonic, punk-minded staple of '80s college-radio rock returns with The King in Yellow.

Hear the fervently imaginative trumpeter perform at Newport with his trio and special guests.

In his debut appearance, the singer's enthusiasm for performing in his home state of West Virginia is evident. Venderlic plays cuts from his self-titled LP, which he released earlier this year.