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FBI starts probe into death of Black man killed by deputies in North Carolina
The FBI launched a civil rights probe Tuesday into the death of Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man killed by deputies in North Carolina, as his family released an independent...

Vaccine appointments canceled amid confusion over supply
An increasing number of COVID-19 vaccination sites around the U.S. are canceling appointments because of vaccine shortages in a rollout so rife with confusion that even the new CDC director...

More U.S. troops deploy to Mideast amid tensions with Iran
FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- Hundreds of U.S. soldiers deployed Saturday from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to Kuwait to serve as reinforcements in the Middle East amid rising tensions following the...

Precarious spot for mobile home owners as investors swoop in
Across the country, mobile home parks are an attractive investment. Tenants own their homes but not the land they sit on, and because the homes aren't actually easy to move,...

Barry’s flood threat lingers as storm slowly sweeps inland
Tropical Storm Barry dumped rain as it slowly swept inland through Gulf Coast states Sunday, sparing New Orleans from a direct hit but stoking fears elsewhere of flooding, tornadoes, and...

Emails show that census question discriminates, voting rights advocates say
Voting rights activists argue that newly discovered 2015 correspondence between a GOP redistricting expert and a current Census Bureau official bolster arguments that discrimination motivated efforts to add a citizenship...

North Carolina gas explosion: 1 dead, 17 injured, police say
North Carolina firefighters responding to a gas leak were evacuating people from a building Wednesday morning when a gas leak exploded, killing one and injuring more than a dozen others,...

Nearly stalled, Hurricane Florence besieges Carolinas with floodwaters
Blowing ashore with howling 90 mph winds, Hurricane Florence splintered buildings, trapped hundreds of people and swamped entire communities along the Carolina coast Friday in what could be just the...

“Threat becomes reality”: Hurricane Florence begins days of rain, wind
The big slosh has begun, and the consequences could be disastrous.

“Big and vicious”: Hurricane Florence closes in on Carolinas
WILMINGTON, N.C. -- Motorists streamed inland on highways converted to one-way evacuation routes Tuesday as about 1.7 million people in three states were warned to get out of the way...