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Some North Carolina GOP representatives have praised the federal response.

The entrance to Biltmore and other low-lying areas, such as its farm, experienced significant wind, flooding, and building damage, the estate announced.

Of the roughly 1 million acres burned in the state this year, nearly half were in fires allegedly caused by arson.

Jessie Hoerman said an archive of historical materials she has collected could help many bolster their challenging water contamination cases.

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With hundreds of thousands still without power and an untold number of homes destroyed, the hunt for long-term shelter begins.

The assailants had a “previous interaction” with Paterson’s stepson, a spokesperson for the former governor said. They both went to a hospital as a precaution.

Bailey Sharp, 23, helped plot and carry out a California man’s brutal death. Three weeks later, one of the men she conspired with killed her.

With roads and homes gone in Mitchell County, North Carolina, neighbors attempt to sort through the rubble and begin to ask, what's next?

Prosecutors argued Wesley Shifflett acted recklessly when he shot and killed an unarmed man, Timothy McCree Johnson, after a short foot chase in 2023.

A bear bulking up for hibernation happened upon a platter of pancakes on the side of a highway before it was struck and killed by a car, Appalachian Bear Rescue said.