Category Archives: World/National
Brent crude briefly tops $119 per barrel before pulling back, and stocks sink worldwide
NEW YORK (AP) - Oil prices climbed again Thursday because of the war with Iran, tightening their grip on the global economy and sending stock markets lower around the world. Brent crude, the internati...
Mar 19, 2026
Iran intensifies attacks on Gulf energy sites after Israel struck its key gas field
By JON GAMBRELL, DAVID RISING, MIKE CORDER and NATALIE MELZER Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran intensified its attacks on oil and natural gas facilities around the Gulf on Thur...
Mar 19, 2026
Democrats storm out of Justice Department leaders' briefing on the Epstein files
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday stormed out of a closed-door briefing on the Jeffrey Epstein files by Justice Department...
Mar 18, 2026
French Bulldogs lead top dog list, but Raleigh is different
RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) - While French Bulldogs may be the most popular breed in the U.S., other breeds are more popular in some parts of North Carolina. That from a new report by the American Kennel...
Mar 18, 2026
Battle continues over stinky trees
RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) - While once thought as a way to dress up yards and neighborhoods, the war on the stinky Bradford Pear tree continues in North Carolina. North Carolina residents can remove an...
Mar 18, 2026
US stocks slump on worries about higher oil prices, inflation and interest rates
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks slumped Wednesday after a report said inflation was primed to worsen even before the war with Iran caused oil prices to spike. That a...
Mar 18, 2026
Mullin tells senators Homeland Security needs funding as he faces confirmation hearing
By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Markwayne Mullin, President Donald Trump's pick for Department of Homeland Security secretary, said Wednesday that Congress needed to put partisan...
Mar 18, 2026
Making menstrual leave official: 2 paid days off a month for period pain
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - It started with a casual lunch conversation between a county governor and his cabinet ministers about a colleague's menstrual pain. The discus...
Mar 18, 2026
Iran launches barrage of missiles after Israel kills 2 of its top officials
By JON GAMBRELL, JULIE WATSON and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Israel killed two senior Iranian security officials in a major blow to the Islamic Republic's leadershi...
Mar 17, 2026
Gunman killed and employee hospitalized after a shooting at a Georgia VA clinic, police say
JASPER, Ga. (AP) - There was a shooting Tuesday at a Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in a small town at the foot of the Blue Ridge mountains in Georgia, and the gunman was shot and killed, polic...
Mar 17, 2026