Category Archives: State/Regional
Paul Plishka, whose Metropolitan Opera career spanned 51 years, dies at age 83
By RONALD BLUM Associated Press Paul Plishka, a powerful bass with a ready smile and hearty laugh who sang 1,672 performances at the Metropolitan Opera over 51 years, has died. He was 83. Plishka died...
Feb 05, 2025
New NC facility part of Toyota's EV and battery push in China and U.S.
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) - Toyota is developing and making electric vehicles and EV batteries in China, the Japanese automaker said Wednesday, under a new partnership with the Sh...
Feb 05, 2025
American bald eagles are having a moment, ecologically and culturally
By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press WEST ORANGE, N.J. (AP) - Along the long road from American icon to endangered species and back again, the bald eagle - the national bird of the United States, often s...
Feb 03, 2025
How key Republican senators are responding to Trump allies' primary threats
By THOMAS BEAUMONT and MEG KINNARD Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - From activists on the far right to Elon Musk, allies of President Donald Trump have been quick to threaten primary challenge...
Jan 25, 2025
Trump ends Fauci's security detail and says he'd feel no responsibility if harm befell him
By WILL WEISSERT and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press FLETCHER, N.C. (AP) - President Donald Trump has ended the federal security detail for Dr. Anthony Fauci, the infectious disease expert who advised hi...
Jan 24, 2025
Trump proposes 'getting rid of FEMA' while visiting North Carolina
By WILL WEISSERT, CHRIS MEGERIAN and MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) - President Donald Trump said he was considering "getting rid of" the Federal Emergency Management Agency dur...
Jan 24, 2025
Heavy snow and frigid Arctic blast put 70 million across the U.S. under winter storm warnings
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) - Tens of millions of residents along the East Coast are bracing for several inches of snow Sunday followed by dangerously cold temperatures that will tak...
Jan 19, 2025
North Carolina justices block certification of election outcome in race for one of its own seats
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina's highest court blocked on Tuesday the certification of a November election result for one of its own seats so it can review l...
Jan 07, 2025
First US bird flu death is announced in Louisiana
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The first U.S. bird flu death has been reported - a person in Louisiana who had been hospitalized with severe respiratory symptoms. State health offici...
Jan 06, 2025
Last North Carolina legislative races get finalized, confirming GOP loss of veto-proof control
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina General Assembly elections were finalized Monday as officials issued certificates to the winners in three close legislative ra...
Jan 06, 2025