Search efforts continue though hopes are fading as teams dig for survivors from the 7.4 magnitude earthquake that killed more than 250 people.

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The war in the Middle East is playing a role in Davie County’s decision to stop fluoridating its water. Officials say they’re concerned in part about the availability of water-treatment chemicals from ...

Starting this month,14 Guilford County schools will have designated kindergarten transition specialists helping children and families navigate the change.

On Thursday, the board of the Kennedy Center voted a second time to shut down most of the Washington, D.C., arts complex for what is being described as a two-year major renovation plan, according to a ...

It's a twice-a-year injection that is remarkably effective in preventing an HIV infection. Distribution is starting. But questions are being raised about getting it to the areas that need it most.

Deborah Ross and Valerie Foushee are among the sponsors of federal legislation to boost funding for foreign language programs nationally.

When Coleman Domingo thinks about the characters he's played, he's reminded of a lyric from an Abbey Lincoln song: "I've got some people in me." "I believe everyone lives in me and everyone calls on ...

The North Wilkesboro Speedway is gearing up for what could be its biggest race week ever. The speedway has announced its first-ever NASCAR triple-header race weekend coming in May. Officials are ...

Federal prosecutors and Luigi Mangione's defense team will hold a special court conference Friday morning in Manhattan federal court, raising intense speculation that the two sides may have reached a ...

The drills come amid rising tensions with China, which frequently sends military planes and ships towards Taiwan.

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday made his first visit to the Kuril Islands, a Moscow-controlled Pacific archipelago that also is claimed by Japan, which voiced a diplomatic ...