It's customary for the president of the United States to spare the life of a turkey each year for Thanksgiving. But when and how did the strange tradition begin?
There are many high-paying jobs that don’t require a master’s degree or higher.
The Fair Housing Act was created 50 years ago to prevent discrimination in lending. How is it doing today?
Oct. 1, 2020 marks three years since 58 people were killed in the largest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
Since 1953, the United States and Iran have maintained a complicated relationship. As the current situation indicates, that relationship periodically becomes tense and threatens to flare into armed conflict. As we cautiously observe what seems to be a de-escalation of tensions, it is instruc…
Thunberg, 16, is the youngest individual to be recognized.
Teenage Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was named Time’s youngest “person of the year” on Wednesday.
Thunberg, 16, is the youngest individual to be recognized.
Teenage Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was named Time’s youngest “person of the year” on Wednesday.
The founder of the company said the amount of money that each employee gets is based on tenure. The average bonus was $50,000, but some employees will get upward of $250,000.
As the opioid epidemic in the United States grows, local communities are left to deal with the effects. See how prevalent these prescription drugs are in your area.
For years, scientists have tried to explain why moths and other insects are attracted to lights.
Pete Frates, the man whose battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease helped inspire the ALS ice bucket challenge that has raised more than $200 million worldwide, died Monday. He was 34.
Climate and data scientists agreed U.S. weather station data show a clear sign of human-caused climate change. Read on to find out more about this issue and how it affects your state and town.
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A 50-year-old inmate died at the Lincoln County Detention Center on Wednesday night.
Is our employment picture getting better or worse? See recent changes in local jobs, unemployment, earnings and more in these regularly updated charts and maps.
A judge has ruled against 36 congregations suing to leave the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church over theological reasons.
North Carolina’s elected auditor has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for leaving the scene of a December crash in which she drove her state-owned vehicle into a parked car. Four-term Democratic State Auditor Beth Wood told a Wake County judge on Thursday that she made a “grave mistake” and should have remained at the accident. A judge sentenced Wood to about $300 in court costs and fines in the hit-and-run plea. He pointed out that Wood already had personally paid over $11,000 to cover damages to both cars. Wood said in court that she had drunk two glasses of wine at the party but was not impaired.
Four-term Democratic State Auditor Beth Wood told a judge she made a “grave mistake” and should have remained at the accident.
Parent said she obtained a temporary no-contact order on behalf of her son after an incident involving a teacher on Monday.
“The three-room, 660-square foot clapboard house had fallen in disrepair” before a team of artists bought it in 2017.
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A Kannapolis man has been charged in a crash involving a stolen car in Newton. The wreck occurred in the early morning hours of March 13.
A Hickory man pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact to second-degree murder in the shooting death of Andres Moscotte.
A Newton woman pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the overdose death of a woman from the town of Catawba.
Murder and assault charges against a Conover man were dismissed on Tuesday morning.
Between 450,000 and 650,000 North Carolinians have been moved a historic step closer to predictable and potentially life-changing health-care coverage.
Members of the Hickory City Council lauded the successes of the city’s bond program as they heard presentations on project updates and the program’s economic impact at their Tuesday meeting.
A South Carolina-based tire dealer has submitted the top bid for a city-owned property on U.S. Highway 70 that was once plagued by sinkholes.
Profit from liquor sales at North Carolina’s government-run alcoholic beverage control stores has more than tripled in the past 10 years. There are few rules that guide how that money is spent, leaving governments to use the earnings as local leaders please.