Barry Michael Cooper, the journalist and screenwriter behind films like "New Jack City" and "Above The Rim," died this week. The Harlem native chronicled New York City's highs and lows.

Griffin asserts these targeted voters failed to provide one of two required forms of identification, either a driver's license number ... have not responded to WUNC's request for comment.

Cooper Webb (48.851) settled into third on the list as he makes a bid for the red plate. Fourth-place Jason Anderson (48.974) and Chase Sexton (49.035) rounded out the top five. In the 250 division, ...

A spokesperson for the Charlotte Hornets, speaking on behalf of the NBA franchise's ownership group, confirmed to WUNC that the team is involved in a bid to bring a WNBA expansion side to Charlotte.

He caught up with WUNC music reporter Brian Burns to talk about the record before his show at Cat's Cradle in Carrboro on February 20. This is an excerpt of an edited transcript of that conversation.

"Even though my experience with Summer of Soul was one of the most magical, transformative moments of my life ... there's a fear of winning, because if you're too successful then you're singled ...

Food and sex have been deeply intertwined in our cultural imagination for millennia. Anita dives into the surprising history of why. Food and love looms large in our cultural imagination. We’re ...

Tesfaye might have been content to play in his creation's personal Sodom forever, were it not for the rise of streaming and its effects on the acts of listening and discovery. The fully anonymous ...

But supporters hope the idea has a better shot this session. Rep. Harry Warren, R-Rowan and a bill co-sponsor, told WUNC that the House Republican caucus includes more small business owners this year.

That's when a temporarily higher unemployment benefit enacted by Gov. Roy Cooper's Helene executive order will expire. The temporary increase to a $600 maximum was designed to help people who lost ...

For a few minutes on Sunday evening, the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans will be teleported 1,895 miles away to the city of Compton, Calif. Kendrick Lamar, the first solo rapper to headline the ...

During the Sundance Film Festival, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson was in his zone at the turntables for the premiere party for Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius). It's his latest film, about ...