“The vast majority of these injuries have been minor, and 108 service members have already returned to duty,” Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in an emailed statement. Eight are currently “severely injured,” Parnell added.
North Carolina is still without a new state budget. On Monday, Governor Josh Stein urged state lawmakers to pass funding for what he is calling critical needs.
North Carolina Democrats have had success in winning elections for governor. It's a different story in Senate races. A former governor is out to change that when Roy Cooper takes on Republican Michael Whatley in November.
Oil prices surged and stock markets slid after hard-line Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei was chosen to succeed his late father as Iran’s supreme leader. His appointment on Monday, and new strikes on regional oil infrastructure, signaled that Iran was digging in 10 days into the war launched by the United States and Israel.
North Carolina does not mind electing Democrats as governor, but it is a different matter when it comes to sending them to the U.S. Senate.
A coalition of 24 states are suing the Trump administration to block a new 10% global tariff.
Three former Democratic presidents are set to speak at a Chicago church as mourners pay a final public tribute to the late Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.
President Donald Trump says he’s replacing his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and will nominate in her place Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin.
Iran has launched a new wave of attacks against Israel, American bases and countries around the region. The Islamic Republic warned that the U.S. would “bitterly regret” torpedoing an Iranian warship. Israel and the U.S. hammered Iran for a sixth day.
One of this year’s marquee Senate contests was practically a done deal heading into Tuesday. Democrat Roy Cooper will face Republican Michael Whatley in a race that’s critical to deciding control of the Senate in November.
The U.S. Senate is headed toward a vote Wednesday on President Donald Trump's decision to embark on a war against Iran, an extraordinary test in Congress for a conflict that has rapidly spread across the Middle East with no clear U.S. exit strategy.
Former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and ex-Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley have won their respective party nominations for a North Carolina U.S. Senate seat.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended her department's immigration enforcement tactics in front of a Senate committee on Tuesday and pushed back against criticism from Democrats.
According to a new CNN poll, nearly six in ten Americans say they oppose the decision to strike Iran. More than half believe the conflict will drag on for an extended period of time.
Protesters took to First Ward Park on Monday to speak out against President Donald Trump's decision to bomb Iran.
The conflict with Iran is spiraling across the Middle East and it appears set to escalate. The U.S. is urging Americans to leave the region right now. This comes as an attack on U.S. troops in Kuwait claims the lives of at least six service members. WCCB Charlotte's Sherrell Hubbard has the latest.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that the U.S. has “ the capability to go far longer ” than its projected four to five week time frame for its military operations against Iran.
Tehran and its allies hit back with attacks on Israel, neighboring Gulf states, and targets critical to the world’s production of oil and natural gas.
Iran vowed revenge Sunday after the killing of its supreme leader and traded strikes with Israel as part of a widening war prompted by a surprise U.S. and Israeli bombardment.
World leaders have urged calm after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran raised concerns about whether the violence could spread across the region.
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