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U.S. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., arrives for the Senate Republican leadership elections at the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington, D....

Heavy rains from Hurricane Helene caused record flooding and damage on Sept. 28 in Asheville. (Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)A committee...

The U.S. Education Department urged schools and districts on Tuesday to set policies governing smartphone use in schools. (Photo by SDI Prod...

Inmates exercise in the maximum security yard of the Lansing Correctional Facility in Lansing, Kan. When prisons enter lockdown, access to y...

The city of Asheville stressed that its distribution pipes do not contain lead, and it has no detectable lead in its main reservoir. (Photo:...

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the results of the 2024 election in the Rose Garden at the White House on Nov. 7, 2024 in Washington...

House Speaker Tim Moore (left) and Senate leader Phil Berger (right) have helped establish an environment in which public dissent from Repub...

Judge Jefferson Griffin (File photo)Democratic incumbent Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs’ recent recount-confirmed victory over Republic...

Senate Leader Phil Berger (Screengrab from NCGA video) North Carolina Senate Leader Phil Berger defended his questioning of election results...

The NC Senate chamber (Photo: ncleg.net)Republicans in North Carolina’s legislature are rapidly advancing a pair of proposed constitutional...

Demonstrators protest the veto override of Senate Bill 382 from outside the Senate chamber on Dec. 2, 2024. (Christine Zhu/NC Newsline)Repub...

Tech insiders say Biden is leaving a strong foundation for high-tech industry, boosting broadband access, setting a foundation for AI regula...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, speaks with reporters in the basement of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday Feb. 7, 20...

A landslide during Hurricane Helene destroyed the private road leading to Athene Grant's home in Mitchell County. She's sought — and failed...

The storm ravaged city of Asheville as it appeared pre-Hurricane Helene (Photo: AshevilleNC.gov)North Carolina legislators return to Raleigh...

Rep. Mark Pless (R-Haywood) and other mountain Republicans could secure a better deal for western North Carolina hurricane relief by voting...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden Sunday night announced he has pardoned his son Hunter, a reversal in his long-standing pledge that he would...

Tesla owner Elon Musk, right, was hardly alone in the tech sector in supporting the reelection efforts by Donald Trump, left. Many Silicon V...

Hundreds of immigrant rights advocates and others participate in rally and demonstration at the Federal Building in lower Manhattan on June...

Duke Energy and other utilities, particularly in the South, are pushing to add new natural gas plants like this Florida facility. (Photo by...

Frozen turkeys are displayed for sale inside a grocery store. Americans are expected to pay less for their Thanksgiving dinners for the seco...

Heather Hunter and Noah Hunter have been in Swannanoa for several weeks serving meals and snacks to disaster survivors. (Photo: Greg Childre...

Thanksgiving dinner. (Drazen Zigic | Getty Images Plus)For many decades, Americans have celebrated the notion that the first Thanksgiving re...

A National Institutes of Health Pediatric Oncology Branch POB researcher's lab jacket. The NIH consists of 27 different centers and institut...