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There’s a movement to take a more natural and environmentally-friendly approach to burials. One Charlotte funeral director is advancing the cause.

The nation's largest aluminum can manufacturer is raising its minimum order size due to soaring demand and supply chain issues. That's leaving small brewers in a lurch.

Five years after Hurricane Sandy, residents of a coastal Staten Island neighborhood are selling their homes to the state, leaving behind barren and decrepit land.

Hong Kong is struggling to contain a severe outbreak of coronavirus infections.

Mexico Beach, Fla., was leveled more than 3 years ago by Hurricane Michael. As hurricane season begins, a major business, a hotel, is reopening and the real estate market is hotter than ever.

In Tennessee, proposed federal cuts in some areas of drug enforcement may affect the ability of authorities to seize methamphetamine -- or meth -- labs in rural communities. In 2004, Tennessee ranked second nationwide in the number of meth labs seized. From member station WUOT in Knoxville, Matt Shafer Powell reports.

The decision lost some urgency, however, because Cawthorn lost his May 17 primary in the 11th Congressional District to state Sen. Chuck Edwards.

High-profile Washington, D.C. politicians are testing positive for the coronavirus in a reminder that the pandemic is far from over.

Gas prices have soared just as workers who have been remote for two years return to their commutes. Some are asking for companies to wait until prices come down to bring people back.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Dnitra Landon, a GM assembly line worker at the GM Detroit-Hamtramck plant. She was recently told about planned layoffs by GM.