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NC Unemployment Rate Dips Slightly in January

The latest unemployment rates for North Carolina have been released by the Department of Commerce, giving a different look to the state’s economy. WHQR’s…

Alice McKennis speeds down the course during the women's downhill at the Alpine skiing world championships in Schladming, Austria, in February.

Skier Vies For A Spot On Team USA After Breaking Both Legs

Alice McKennis has a metal plate and 11 screws in her leg after breaking it in 30 places in March. She's had other injuries before that, but she says it gives her an edge over the competition. "To make the Olympics is extremely hard," she says, "so it takes a certain kind of toughness."

A Washington Redskins helmet lies on the turf at the football team's training facility in Richmond, Va.

At Washington's Training Camp, Fans Are Split On Name Change

Weeks after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office deemed the Washington Redskins' name offensive to Native Americans, some football fans continue to support the team's name.

Carlos Leveron, 38, left El Salvador in 1999 and came to California to support his family. He holds pictures of his son Freddy David, 18, and his daughter Marta Elsie, 19. He has not seen either in 16 years, but a new U.S. program has raised the possibility that they will be able to move to the U.S.

A Father In California, Kids In El Salvador, And New Hope To Reunite

Unaccompanied minors surged across the U.S. southern border last year, fleeing violence in Central America. This year the Obama administration hopes to forestall a new wave with a quiet new program.

WHQR's Candidate Forums

WHQR will host and broadcast four candidate forums as part of the 2012 Election Season in the MC Erny Gallery, 254 N. Front Street, #300.Each forum will…

Murray State fans celebrate a 3-point shot by Murray State's Donte Poole during the first half of a game St. Mary's on Feb. 18. Since January, every Racers home game has sold out.

Murray State Racers Fans Revved Up Over NCAA

This year the Murray State University men's basketball team grabbed the highest NCAA tournament seed in the program's history. Excitement over the Racers' success has spread from the campus into the community. The team won its first 23 games and every home game has sold out since January.

Much To His Chagrin, On Broadway Larry David Has To 'Wait And Talk'

"I like to interject, and there's no interjections here," says the comedian behind Curb Your Enthusiasm. It's "very unnatural for an interrupter." David makes his Broadway debut in Fish in the Dark.

The dark history of eating green on St. Patrick's Day

Cupcakes, cookies and beer dyed green may mean party time in America. But in Ireland, there's a bitter history to eating green that harks back to the nation's darkest chapter.

Kidnappers In Mexico Now Target Undocumented Migrants

David Greene talks with Sarah Stillman of The New Yorker about her report on kidnappers in Mexico who are grabbing thousands of Central American migrants every year, as they travel to the U.S.

Tea Party activists rally in front of the U.S. Capitol in June 2013.

Is The Tea Party Finished?

Where insurgents arose with a clear claim to being Tea Party favorites, they have lost. In many cases, they have flat-lined weeks before the primary.

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