Category Archives: Triangle/Local
Record-breaking heat wave scorches Southeast US
By RUSS BYNUM and MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Residents in the Southeast U.S. are no strangers to heat in the summertime, but this week's sweltering hot weather set at least o...
Jul 29, 2025
Wiley Nickel exits North Carolina Senate race the day after Roy Cooper announces candidacy
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press CARY, N.C. (AP) - A former congressman will no longer seek an open U.S. Senate seat in North Carolina next year now that fellow Democrat Roy Cooper is running for...
Jul 29, 2025
Heat advisories and warnings issued for Southeast and Midwest as temperatures and humidity soars
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press It's always hot in the summer in the U.S. Southeast, but even by the standards of Florida and the Carolinas, the steamy heat wave on tap for the region Saturday int...
Jul 26, 2025
Crocosmia: From Sweet Melissa's grandparents to your garden
MIKE RALEY WPTF Weekend Gardener We have enjoyed growing the very colorful Crocosmia-"montbretia" or "Coppertips"- a summer-blooming flower that reminds me of a miniature gladiola. Crocosmia grows fro...
Jul 26, 2025
Lumbee tribe of North Carolina sees politics snarl recognition by Washington
By GRAHAM LEE BREWER Associated PressSince the 1980s, the Lumbee Tribe has lobbied Congress to acknowledge it as a sovereign nation. There was renewed hope last year when both major party candidates i...
Jul 25, 2025
Lumbee tribe of North Carolina sees politics snarl recognition by Washington
By GRAHAM LEE BREWER Associated Press Since the 1980s, the Lumbee Tribe has lobbied Congress to acknowledge it as a sovereign nation. There was renewed hope last year when both major party candidates ...
Jul 25, 2025
How to watch two meteor showers peak together in late July
By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science WriterWASHINGTON (AP) - It’s almost time for summer’s meteor shower duet.The Southern Delta Aquariid and the Alpha Capricornid meteor showers ...
Jul 25, 2025
Livingstone student dragged from his car and punched by Florida officers says he was scared and confused
By JEFF MARTIN Associated Press A Black college student shown on video being punched and dragged from his car by Florida law officers during a traffic stop faces a long recovery from injuries that inc...
Jul 23, 2025
North Carolina’s first standalone children’s hospital set to bring 8,000 jobs to Apex
APEX, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina's first standalone children's hospital will be built in a bedroom community near the state capital, the project's health systems announced Thursday, creating a campus ...
Jul 10, 2025
North Carolina's first standalone children's hospital set to bring 8,000 jobs to Apex
APEX, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina's first standalone children's hospital will be built in a bedroom community near the state capital, the project's health systems announced Thursday, creating a campus ...
Jul 10, 2025