NPR's Juana Summers talks with Jessica Yung and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about the physics of hula hooping, why some vaccines last longer than others, and a few moon launches to watch for in 2025.

The Great Lakes don't readily evoke images of surfing and surfboard-making, but a surfer in Wisconsin is on an eco-friendly mission to change that.

Merrell, the Fire Administrator for FEMA, about fighting -- and plans to rebuild after -- the fires in Los Angeles.

As he prepares to leave his post, CIA Director Bill Burns speaks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about the transition to a new Trump administration as well as priorities for the U.S. intel apparatus.

Planet Money buys a "biodiversity credit" and travels to the Andean cloud forest in Colombia — to see how these credits work, and if they can really help save threatened species.

Storm Watch has been issued for all areas of ENC except coastal Dare, coastal Hyde, Carteret, and Onslow Counties from 4 p.m.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Raul Stolk, the managing director of Caracas Chronicles, which covers Venezuelan politics. Friday will see President Maduro sworn in despite disputed results.

A North Carolina U.S. lawmaker has introduced a bill that will create a federal tax credit to help businesses shift away from ...

The bill is named after 22-year-old University of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, who was murdered last year by an ...

Governor Richard Caswell was the target of an assassination plot organized by a group of protestant farmers from Martin, ...

Commissioner Mike Causey said there were 119 home fire deaths in North Carolina, many related to home heating.

A hacker attacked the PowerSchool information system that schools use to track student enrollment, grades and attendance. The ...