A well-known Asheville musical tradition has returned in a sign of hopefulness a week after Helene battered the mountain city. The Asheville Drum Circle had its first regular Friday night session ...

Former AP correspondent in Chile, Eva Vergara, who covered stories including the first protests against the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet and revealed key information about abuses by members ...

Associated Press Steven R. Hurst, who over a decades-long career in journalism covered major world events as he worked for news outlets including The Associated Press, NBC and CNN, has died. He was 77 ...

The owner of a water buffalo that ran loose in a Des Moines, Iowa, suburb for days in August has pleaded guilty for having an animal at large. The Des Moines Register reports the owner was fined $105 ...

A judge has rejected a lawsuit filed by Republican Party officials in Georgia that sought to cast doubt on the security of voting machines that will be used across the state in the upcoming 2024 ...

Canadian ice dancer Nikolaj Sørensen has been suspended for a minimum of six years for “sexual maltreatment,” Canada’s Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner (OSIC) announced on Wednesday. The ...

Democrats and civil rights groups are asking election officials in the states ravaged by Hurricane Helene to give voters more time to register for the Nov. 5 presidential election. A judge in South ...

A Honda Accord rear-ended a semi-truck Friday at the intersection of State Highway 33 and I-15 in Jefferson County. Driver of ...

A federal judge has denied a request by a Black high school student in Texas for a court order that the student’s lawyers say would have allowed him to return to his high school without fear of having ...

A jury on Friday acquitted a former police officer in Virginia of involuntary manslaughter after he fatally shot a shoplifting suspect last year outside a busy shopping mall. But the jury in Fairfax ...

Oklahoma’s top education official is seeking to purchase 55,000 Bibles that match one endorsed by former President Donald Trump. The request is part of Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters’ ...

The Biden administration will not extend a two-year program that allows migrants from certain nations into the U.S. if they came by plane with sponsorship. The program began in 2022 with Venezuelans a ...