Local search for North Carolina

3+ hour, 16+ min ago  (270+ words) KALAMAZOO, Mich. " A mother and her infant are safe after being rescued from a burning home in Kalamazoo, Mich. , last week, thanks to a quick-thinking public safety officer who caught the baby after the mother dropped the child from a…...

4+ hour, 24+ min ago  (1778+ words) WASHINGTON " Six states have primary elections on Tuesday." If you live in Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Oregon or Pennsylvania, and are registered, you will likely have the opportunity to vote for a major party candidate. Here are the races and…...

4+ hour ago  (575+ words) CHARLOTTE, N. C. " The Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office says it plans to reopen Jail North later this summer as overcrowding inside the county's main detention center reaches what Sheriff Garry Mc Fadden calls crisis levels. According to the sheriff's office, the Mecklenburg…...

8+ hour, 59+ min ago  (636+ words) WASHINGTON " Federal safety investigators opened two days of hearings Tuesday to examine why the'engine flew off a UPS cargo plane last year, causing a crash that killed 15 people, and why Boeing didn't address an underlying flaw sooner. The engine separated…...

6+ hour, 5+ min ago  (991+ words) SAN DIEGO " The teenagers who killed three people at a San Diego mosque met online and shared a "broad hatred" toward different religions and races, authorities said Tuesday. Mark Remily of the FBI said during a news conference that authorities…...

8+ hour, 36+ min ago  (702+ words) COLUMBIA, S. C. " Alex Murdaugh's attorneys filed a federal lawsuit Monday against former Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill, accusing her of violating his constitutional right to a fair trial through alleged jury tampering during his high-profile double murder trial. The…...

10+ hour, 17+ min ago  (441+ words) WARNER ROBINS, Ga. " City leaders in Warner Robins have approved a key waiver allowing a disabled Navy veteran and his wife to exceed the Georgia city's animal limit and take in a medically-needy rescue dog that had been at risk…...

5+ hour, 56+ min ago  (338+ words) CHARLOTTE, N. C. " With temperatures climbing into the 90s, the heat is not just uncomfortable, it is showing up on energy bills across the Carolinas. Duke Energy says a free home assessment program can help customers cut costs before summer peaks. JB Mc…...

9+ hour, 8+ min ago  (401+ words) WASHINGTON " The TSA is launching a program that would allow private contractors to operate security lines in airports." The move further privatizes work primarily being done by federal employees months after a prolonged government shutdown led to long wait lines…...

17+ hour, 8+ min ago  (432+ words) KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo " At least 131 deaths and more than 500 suspected cases have been reported in the ongoing Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo, the Congolese health ministry said Tuesday as details emerged about the government's delayed response. Samuel…...