North Carolina U.S. Senator Ted Budd said the bill will also provide raises for service members and create a pilot program to ...

Sound Rivers officials say contaminated water in a New Bern area lake likely caused a “pretty gnarly” skin rash in a swimmer.

The ruling means the neighbors can bring in additional information that shows why they believe a prior hearing before the city of Greenville’s Board of Adjustment didn’t meet standards of fairness and ...

NCWRC Inland Fisheries Chief Corey Oakley said the limits allow for a limited harvest of flounder while protecting the fishery from further overfishing.

The Senate voted to approve a $9 billion rescission package aimed at clawing back money already allocated for public radio ...

The tax cut and spending bill Congress just passed contains new work requirements for Medicaid. Georgia has a system, but eligible recipients have had problems with getting and staying enrolled.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Omer Bartov, Holocaust and genocide studies scholar at Brown University, about his essay outlining why he believes Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks John Dinkelman, new president of the American Foreign Service Association, about how layoffs will affect the State Department and American diplomacy.

Israel hit the Syrian military headquarters and close to the presidential palace in Damascus with airstrikes Wednesday. The UN Security Council will meet to discuss the crisis between the countries.

Israel bombed the Syrian capital Damascus on Wednesday, saying it targeted the Syrian military headquarters and the area near the presidential palace to protect the Druze religious minority in Syria.

Eighty-year-old Bob Becker became the oldest person ever to complete the grueling Badwater 135 ultramarathon, starting in ...

Under a legacy of the war on drugs, some states still ban people with drug convictions from getting government food assistance. Nebraska lawmakers tried to do away with their ban and just fell short.