Imagination, Skittles help boy, 5, conquer Appalachian Trail
PORTLAND, Maine — Harvey Sutton, or “Little Man,” as he is known on the Appalachian Trail, won’t have long to bask in the glory...
2 dead, 20 missing in North Carolina county flooded by Fred
RALEIGH, N.C. — Authorities combing areas of North Carolina flooded by the remnants of Tropical Storm Fred said Thursday that two people have been...
Journalist Joe Galloway, chronicler of Vietnam War, dies
WASHINGTON — Longtime American foreign correspondent Joseph L. Galloway, best known for his book recounting a pivotal battle in the Vietnam War that was...
Fred is a sloppy mess, shuts highways with mudslides, floods
Tropical Depression Fred swirled over West Virginia early Wednesday and dumped heavy rain over the northeastern U.S., threatening to unleash mudslides and flash floods...
Proposal to raise North Carolina marriage age to 16 gets OK
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina lawmakers on Tuesday finalized legislation to raise the minimum age to get married in the state from 14 or...
UNC journalism school dean announces she is stepping down
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The dean of the school of journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who led the effort to...
Ex-NC lawmaker gets probation for campaign money scheme
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A former North Carolina state lawmaker was sentenced Tuesday to probation and ordered to pay a fine for an unlawful scheme...
Fred drenches US Southeast; Grace lashes quake-hit Haiti
Crews worked to repair downed power lines and clear toppled trees after Tropical Storm Fred move over the Florida Panhandle and trekked inland early...
Q&A: Author calls for donors to ‘decolonize’ their wealth
Edgar Villanueva is on a mission to change philanthropy.
Villanueva,...
Rural population losses add to farm and ranch labor shortage
OMAHA, Neb. — Rural America lost more population in the latest census, highlighting an already severe worker shortage in the nation's farming and ranching...