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  • Facebook Recruits Surveillance Hawk To Be Its Top Lawyer
    Facebook's new chief lawyer is tasked with guiding the firm through increasingly treacherous legal woes. Jennifer Newstead was one of the lawyers who crafted the controversial Patriot Act.
  • A top chef weighs in on recipe ideas for the Kwanzaa table
    The weeklong celebration of Kwanzaa is a perfect opportunity to revisit soothing, hearty winter foods, says celebrity chef Tanya Holland.
  • Drew Ball is one of 20 candidates running for Asheville City Council in the March 2026 primary election.
    Drew Ball
    Drew Ball, 42, is Southeastern Campaigns Director at The Natural Resources Defense Council. He is engaged and lives in Horney Heights. He's lived in Asheville off-and-on since 2010 and came back for good in 2019.
  • China Confirms Nearly 6,000 Cases Of Coronavirus
    China's health officials say the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus has risen to 5,974 in 31 provinces with 132 deaths. People are asking why it took so long for controls to be implemented.
  • Kevin Spacey (left) and Robin Wright star in <em>House of Cards, </em>directed by David Fincher. The Netflix series, which follows a Machiavellian politician, is an adaptation of a BBC series of the same name. <a href="http://www.npr.org/2013/01/31/170465471/spacey-and-fincher-make-a-house-of-cards">Hear an interview with Spacey and Fincher</a>.
    David Bianculli's Top 10 Shows: 2013 Was A 'Good Year For TV'
    Two new shows from Netflix -- House of Cards and Orange Is the New Black — changed the TV landscape, but Bianculli's top pick for 2013 is AMC's Breaking Bad. "It ended as brilliantly as it began," he says. "I'm so grateful for that series."
  • This image released by 20th Century Studios shows Jake Sully, portrayed by Sam Worthington, in "Avatar: The Way of Water."
    'Avatar' marks 6 straight weeks at No. 1 as it surpasses $2 billion in ticket sales
    James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water led ticket sales in movie theaters for the sixth straight weekend, making it the first film to have such a reign atop the box office since 2009's Avatar.
  • The Boston Celtics are set to be sold for a record-breaking $6.1 billion
    The Boston Celtics are being sold for $6.1 billion. The sale is pending approval by the NBA. If approved, the purchase of the Celtics would be the largest of any sports franchise in the United States.
  • Bella And Max Are Top Dog Names In New York City
    Since 2008, Bella has been the city's most popular dog name. That's when the last of Stephenie Meyer's vampire-themed Twilight novels featuring heroine Bella Swan was published.
  • What the leaked Jan. 6 recordings say about democracy right now
    Some Republicans are on the defensive about what they said or wrote privately after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. NPR's Michel Martin discusses that with Harvard professor Steven Levitsky.
  • U.S. HIV Cases Top 1 Million
    Some 1.1 million people are living with HIV in the United States, according to new figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In a survey of Baltimore, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City and San Francisco in the past year, 46 percent of the black men surveyed at local bars and dance clubs were HIV positive.
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