The McDowell Technical Community College Foundation has received a new $3,500 gift from Crane Charitable Funds, thanks to a recommendation by local Crane associate Anthony Frady of Crane ChemPharma & ...

A new permanent bridge is complete at the main entrance to Baxter Healthcare in the North Cove area of McDowell County. One year ago, on Sept. 27, 2024, Hurricane Helene swept through North Carolina ...

Miami moved back to No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday, Texas Tech has its highest ranking since 2008 and Penn State and Texas fell all the way out of the Top 25 for the ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez was pepper-sprayed and stabbed multiple times during a late-night altercation with a 69-year-old truck driver in a downtown Indianapolis alley, which ...

President Donald Trump is sending 300 California National Guard members to Oregon after a judge temporarily blocked his administration from deploying that state’s guard to Portland, California's ...

After Paola Freites was allowed into the U.S. in 2024, she and her husband settled in Florida, drawn by warm temperatures, a large Latino community and the ease of finding employment and housing. They ...

In the absence of stronger federal regulation, some states have begun regulating apps that offer AI "therapy" as more people turn to artificial intelligence for mental health advice.

NEW YORK — The moon will appear slightly larger and brighter Monday night during what's known as a supermoon. October's supermoon is the first of three this year. It happens when a full moon is closer ...

Most employees who keep U.S. airports and air travel running are working without pay until the government reopens.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Golden lion tamarins and Hoffman's two-toed sloths have become unlikely roommates in a brand new habitat at the Palm Beach Zoo and Conservation Society in Florida. Both species ...

President Donald Trump did not let the government shutdown interfere with a stop in Norfolk, Virginia, on Sunday to salute the Navy as it celebrates its 250th anniversary.

Scientists warn that "flying rivers" — invisible streams of moisture that carry rain from the Atlantic Ocean westward across the Amazon — are weakening as deforestation and climate change advance.