Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe, said Friday he is stepping down because a chronic health problem has resurfaced. He told reporters that it was “gut wrenching” to leave many of his goals unfinished. Abe has...
Read MoreThe remnants of Hurricane Laura unleashed heavy rain and twisters hundreds of miles inland from a path of death and mangled buildings along the Gulf Coast, and forecasters warn of new dangers as the tropical weather blows toward...
Read MoreCapping a week of protests and outrage over the police shooting of a Black man in Wisconsin, civil rights advocates will highlight the scourge of police and vigilante violence against Black Americans at a commemoration of the...
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North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Forest will participate in a...
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Hurricane Laura pounded the Gulf Coast with ferocious wind and torrential rain and unleashed a...
Read MoreRepeated calls for armed vigilantes to travel to Kenosha, Wisconsin, to protect businesses following the police shooting of Jacob Blake spread across social media in the hours before two people were shot to death and a third was...
Read MoreVice President Mike Pence forcefully defended law enforcement but made no mention of the Black Americans killed by police this year as he addressed Republican convention proceedings that unfolded amid new protests against racial...
Read MoreJust over 1 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, a sign that the coronavirus outbreak continues to threaten jobs even as the housing market, auto sales and other segments of the economy rebound from a...
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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper recommended to legislators on Wednesday how to spend the state’s...
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North Carolinians will soon get some much-needed relief to help pay their rent and utility bills...
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