The global benchmark for crude oil rose above $70 a barrel on Monday for the first time in over three months, with jitters rising over the escalating military tensions between Iran and the United States.
A 5.8-magnitude quake hit Puerto Rico before dawn Monday, unleashing small landslides, causing power outages and severely cracking some homes.
President Trump is informing members of Congress about potential action against Iran, via tweet. Trump has already said the U.S. has targeted 52 Iranian sites for attack should the country strike "Any Americans, or American Assets" in retaliation for the strike that killed Qasem Soleimani.
On Friday, January 3rd, North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein filed a petition to the United States Supreme Court seeking review of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuitβs decision in Texas v. United States.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a national terrorism advisory Saturday evening in light of the recent tensions with Iran.
Iranian state television reports that Iran will no longer abide by any of the limits of its 2015 nuclear deal.
Al-Shabab extremists overran a key military base used by U.S. counterterror forces in Kenya before dawn Sunday, destroying several U.S. aircraft and vehicles, Kenyan authorities said.
American pop singer Pink says she is donating $500,000 to help fight the deadly wildfires that have devastated parts of Australia.
President Donald Trump said Friday he ordered the killing of a top Iranian general βto stop a war,β not start one, but in the tense aftermath the Pentagon braced for retaliation by sending more troops to the Middle East. Democrats complained that Trump hadnβt consulted Congress, and some worried that the strike made war more likely.
The senior U.S. Senator from North Carolina Richard Burr who is also the chairman of Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released a statement on the death of Iran's Qassem Soleimani.
The United States is sending nearly 3,000 more Army troops to the Mideast as reinforcements in the volatile aftermath of the killing of an Iranian general in a strike ordered by President Donald Trump, defense officials said Friday.
Christian McCaffreyβs versatility and superb statistics helped him to a rare double: The Carolina Panthers running back has made The Associated Press NFL All-Pro Team at two positions.
Charlotte rapper DaBaby, whose real name is Jonathan Kirk, was arrested Thursday in Miami on battery charges.
North Carolina is among seven states that are poised to gain at least one new congressional seat.
The state of North Carolina says it has secured an agreement with Duke Energy to excavate nearly 80 million tons of coal ash at six facilities.
The Washington Redskins have announced they have signed Ron Rivera to a five year deal.
A gunman who killed two people during a Texas church service was fatally shot within seconds by armed congregants, said state officials, who hailed the stateβs gun laws that allow weapons in places of worship.
Handwritten journals containing references to Jews and anti-Semitism were found in the home of a man charged with federal hate crimes Monday in the stabbing of five people celebrating Hanukkah in a rabbiβs house north of New York City, authorities said.
As a candidate for the White House, Donald Trump repeatedly promised that he would βimmediatelyβ replace President Barack Obamaβs health care law with a plan of his own that would provide βinsurance for everybody.β
The Catholic Diocese of Charlotte published a list of 14 clergy who have been credibly accused of child sexual abuse in western North Carolina since the diocese was established in 1972.
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