Davie County officials say the war in the Middle East played a role in their decision to stop adding fluoride to the local water supply. The county board of commissioners recently approved a ...

Guilford County Schools is ramping up support for students and families transitioning to kindergarten this year. Officials say about two-thirds of incoming kindergarteners were not enrolled in a ...

Two semiautomatic pistols are displayed, one with a conversion device installed, making it fully automatic, at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) National Services Center.

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — For 30 minutes, the internet in parts of Taiwan crawled. The slowdown Thursday for people in the capital, Taipei, and six other cities and localities was part of the last phase of the ...

One Asheville mayoral contender, all six city council hopefuls and one Buncombe County sheriff candidate took the stage at the Shiloh Community Center Wednesday afternoon for a forum about issues ...

Bridgers' third solo album is her account of a time in which she retreated from the public eye, reeling from the effects of fame, a complicated love life and the sudden death of her father.