Author: Associated Press

Us Opioid Crisis

AP: Purdue Pharma and owners to pay $7.4 billion in settlement to lawsuits over the toll of OxyContin

Justice Department Immigration

Justice Department directs prosecutors to probe local efforts to obstruct immigration enforcement

President Donald Trump signs an executive order on birthright citizenship in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump administration directs all federal DEI staff be put on leave

President Donald Trump Talks About Renaming The Gulf Of Mexico

Trump administration cancels travel for refugees already cleared to resettle in the US

Rare snowfall blankets a home in Goose Creek, SC on Wednesday, January 22, 2025.

Winter storm that dropped record-breaking snow in New Orleans spreads into Florida and the Carolinas

Firefighter Joshua Cari sprays water while battling the Lilac Fire near the Bonsall community of San Diego County, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Dangerous winds return to Southern California as new wildfires break out

President Donald Trump signs an executive order on birthright citizenship in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

NC and other states sue to stop Trump’s order blocking birthright citizenship

A person stops to take a picture at Jackson Square as snow falls in the French Quarter in New Orleans, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Storm drops rare snow on Houston and New Orleans as Florida readies plows in the Panhandle

President Donald Trump signs an executive order on birthright citizenship in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump signed an order to end birthright citizenship. What is it and what does that mean?

Stewart Rhodes, Founder Of The Citizen Militia Group Known As The Oath Keepers Speaks During A Rally Outside The White House In Washington.

Jan. 6 sedition defendants, Oath Keepers’ Rhodes and Proud Boys’ Tarrio, are released from prison after Trump clemency

President Donald Trump holds up an executive order commuting sentences for people convicted of Jan. 6 offenses in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump grants sweeping pardon of Jan. 6 defendants

President Donald Trump Talks About Renaming The Gulf Of Mexico

Trump says he will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to ‘Gulf of America.’ Can he do that?

(D) Rep. Joe John / Wake Co. resigns after terminal cancer diagnosis.

NC Democratic state lawmaker resigns after terminal cancer diagnosis

Dr Martin Luther King Jr Celebration

MLK Day kicks off at King’s Atlanta congregation with daughter’s warning about anti-woke rhetoric

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden stand outside the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden issues pardons to his family members due to ‘unrelenting attacks’ from Trump and allies

Trump Inauguration

Donald Trump returns to power after unprecedented comeback, emboldened to reshape American institutions

Trump Inauguration

Biden and Trump at the US Capitol for the swearing-in

This combination of photos shows Sting, from left posing for photographers upon arrival for the premiere of the film 'Emancipation' in London, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022, Lady Gaga attending the Critics Choice Awards celebration at The Savoy Hotel on Sunday, March 13, 2022, in London, and Billie Eilish arriving at the 30th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024 in Los Angeles. (Photos by Vianney Le Caer/Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Sting, Lady Gaga, Billie Eilish and the Red Hot Chili Peppers to perform at FireAid benefit concert

Wintry Weather

Millions across the US brace for plummeting temperatures and winter storms

President Joe Biden Addresses Nation 2024 07 24 20h24m12s947

Biden pardons Fauci, Milley, Jan. 6 committee

President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania arrive for church service at St. John's Episcopal Church across from the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, on Donald Trump's inauguration day. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Trump kicks off Inauguration Day pageantry with morning church service

Keke Palmer

Keke Palmer comedy ‘One of Them Days’ and ‘Mufasa’ in close race for No. 1

Aptopix Trump Inauguration

It’s inauguration eve and Trump is ready to revel in his return to power

Tiktok Ban

TikTok says it’s restoring service to US users based on Trump’s promised executive order

Tiktok Ban

Trump says he ‘most likely’ will give TikTok a 90-day extension to avoid US ban

Homeowners Insurance North Carolina

North Carolina home insurance premium base rates increasing about 15% by mid-2026

Supreme Court Tiktok

TikTok says it will ‘go dark’ unless it gets clarity from Biden following Supreme Court ruling

South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley gestures on the sideline during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Charleston Southern in Columbia, S.C., Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)

Dawn Staley’s $25M extension makes her highest paid coach in women’s college hoops history

Shooting

Gunman kills man inside Raleigh restaurant

Workers continue with the finishing touches on the presidential reviewing stand on Pennsylvania outside the White House Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Washington, ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. (Jon Elswick via AP)

Trump’s swearing-in will be moved indoors

Tiktok Lawsuit

Supreme Court upholds the law banning TikTok

Watch On Health

Ozempic, Wegovy and other new drugs are selected for Medicare’s price negotiations

Tiktok Lawsuit

Biden won’t enforce TikTok ban, official says, leaving fate of app to Trump

Spacex Starship Launch

SpaceX loses spacecraft after catching rocket booster at the launch pad in latest Starship test

Nintendo Switch 2

Nintendo’s new Switch 2 console will come out in 2025

Fda Zyn Pouches

FDA OKs sales of Zyn nicotine pouches, citing health benefits for adult smokers

North Carolina Governor

NC governor rolls out further abortion protections ahead of next Trump term

David Lynch appears at the Governors Awards in Los Angeles on Oct. 27, 2019. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

David Lynch, visionary filmmaker behind ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Mulholland Drive,’ dies at 78

Smoke rises behind destroyed buildings by Israeli bombardments as seen inside the Gaza Strip from southern Israel, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Netanyahu says ‘last-minute crisis’ with Hamas holding up ceasefire

Bob Uecker

‘Mr. Baseball’ Bob Uecker, Brewers announcer, dies at 90

In this picture made available on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025 by Vatican Media, Pope Francis wears a sling on his right arm, due to a fall earlier in the day, while meeting with FAO Programme Committee Chairperson on World Food Security Nosipho Nausca-Jean Jezile at The Vatican. (Vatican Media via AP, HOGP)

Pope Francis hurts his right arm after falling for the second time in just over a month

In this image, made from NASA TV, US astronaut Suni Williams works outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. ( AP Photo/NASA TV)

NASA’s stuck astronaut steps out on a spacewalk

Biden

Biden warns of dangers of ‘oligarchy’ of ultra-rich, ‘tech-industrial complex’ running country

Suns Hornets Basketball

Hornets send center Nick Richards to Suns for guard Josh Okogie, 3 2nd-round draft picks

Gavel

North Carolina court says mother of student killed in ride-along can sue trooper for negligence

Tiktok Lawsuit

With a possible ban days away, Charlotte residents prepare for life without TikTok

FILE - A person spins a basketball on their finger during South Carolina's practice for the NCAA Women's Final Four championship basketball game Saturday, April 6, 2024, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

March Madness will pay women’s teams under a new structure approved by the NCAA

Nascar Daytona 500 Earnhardt Stapleton Auto Racing

JR Motorsports enters Justin Allgaier into Daytona 500 in partnership with Chris Stapleton

Jail Bars

SC jail plagued by rapes, assaults and security shortfalls, a federal report says

FDA floats plan to make cigarettes nonaddictive

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