Category Archives: State/Regional
Arctic air sweeping south over Plains shatters record temperatures in North Dakota
By JACK DURA Associated PressBISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - More than 95 million people are facing gripping cold Tuesday as a polar vortex sends temperatures plunging to record levels, closing schools, burstin...
Feb 18, 2025
Stretch of North Carolina interstate that collapsed during Helene to reopen by March 1
WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (AP) - A section of Interstate 40 in western North Carolina that collapsed during Hurricane Helene's historic flooding will reopen to traffic by March 1, Gov. Josh Stein announced Mo...
Feb 10, 2025
New North Carolina governor sues over more laws meant to weaken him
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - New North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein says more recent laws enacted by state Republicans that erode some gubernatorial appointment powers are "p...
Feb 10, 2025
Some Fort Liberty soldiers will head to US-Mexico border, bringing the total to 3,600
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon will deploy roughly 1,500 more active duty soldiers to the southern border to support President Donald Trump's expanding crackdown on immigration. That would eventually ...
Feb 07, 2025
NC-based Honeywell, one of the few remaining US industrial conglomerates, will split into three companies
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Honeywell, one of the last remaining U.S. industrial conglomerates, will split into three independent companies, following in the footsteps of manufacturing gian...
Feb 06, 2025
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