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North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein announced $5.7 million in grants Monday to support flood mitigation projects in Western North Carolina. The funding is expected to go toward eight projects in the French ...

A lawsuit filed in federal court this week alleges that a hotel management company looked the other way as a teenage girl was repeatedly sex-trafficked. Reached by phone on Thursday, a man listed as ...

Tulsa Golden Hurricane, Okla. (AP) Miles Barnstable's 25 points helped Tulsa defeat Charlotte 49ers 79-74 on Wednesday night. Tylen Riley’s free throw with 1:19 left gave Tulsa the lead for good at 73 ...

Many of these homes were once hundreds of feet from the beach but are now constantly exposed to ocean water, a drastic example of ongoing coastal erosion, which has been exacerbated by storms over ...